Habitat use by loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta off the coast of eastern Spain results in a high vulnerability to neritic fishing gear

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2621-2630

  Cardona, Luis ^a   Revelles, Mónica ^a   Parga, Mari Luz ^b,c   Tomás, Jesús ^d   Aguilar, Alex ^a   Alegre, Ferran ^b   Raga, Antonio ^d   Ferrer, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Marine Animal Rescue Center (CRAM)   (Spain)

^c University of Valencia ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT USE; LONGLINING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ONTOGENY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70350379076     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1288-9     Document Type: Article

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