Live-capture of grey seals in a modified salmon trap

Fisheries Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 214-216

  Lehtonen, Esa ^a   Suuronen, Petri ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Grey seal; Halichoerus grypus; Live capture; Pontoon trap; Salmon trap

Indexed keywords

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 73449106406     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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