Captures of swordfish Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758 and loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758) associated with different bait combinations in the Western Mediterranean surface longline fishery: Short communication

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-127

  Báez, José Carlos ^a,b   Real, R ^b   MacIas D ^a   De La Serna, J M ^a   Bellido, J J ^b,c   Caminas J A ^a,d  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Aula Del Mar de Málaga   (Spain)

^d Oficina de Málaga ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 75649112254     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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