Assessing the impact of the pelagic longline fishery on albatrosses and petrels in the southwest Atlantic

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-64

  Jiménez, Sebastián ^a,b,c   Abreu, Martín ^a,b   Pons, Maite ^b,c   Ortiz, Mauricio ^d   Domingo, Andrés ^a,b  

^a Proyecto Albatros y Petreles Uruguay ^*  (Uruguay)

^b Direccion Nacional de Recursos Acuaticos   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Pelagic longline; Petrels; Seabird bycatch estimation; South Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CAPTURE METHOD; LONGLINING; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE; THALASSARCHE CHLORORHYNCHOS;

EID: 77949725945     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2010002     Document Type: Article

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