Ghosts of the Salish Sea: Threats to marine birds in puget sound and the northwest straits from derelict fishing gear

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-76

  Good, Thomas P ^a   June, Jeffrey A ^b   Etnier, Michael A ^c   Broadhurst, Ginny ^d  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Consultants Inc   (United States)

^c Applied Osteology   (United States)

^d Northwest Straits Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Derelict gillnets; Gear characteristics; Location and recovery; Management concerns; Marine bird mortality; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; GILLNET; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD;

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AVES;

EID: 70349850778     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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