Spatio-temporal associations between harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena and specific fisheries in the German Bight

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2962-2972

  Herr, Helena ^a   Fock, Heino O ^b   Siebert, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

By catch; Gillnet fisheries; North Sea; Resource competition; Sandeel fisheries; VMS

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PORPOISE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

CETACEA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; TRISOPTERUS MINUTUS;

EID: 70449106223     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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