Standardization of CPUE of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) caught by pelagic longliners in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-75

  Pons, Maite ^a,b   Domingo, Andrés ^a,b   Sales, Gilberto ^c   Niemeyer Fiedler, Fernando ^d   Miller, Philip ^a,b   Giffoni, Bruno ^e   Ortiz, Mauricio ^f  

^a Direccion Nacional de Recursos Acuaticos   (Uruguay)

^b Centro de Investigacion y Conservacion Marina   (Uruguay)

^c Centro TAMAR / ICMCB   (Brazil)

^d Rua Antônio Athanazio da Silva   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^f Fundação Pró TAMAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bycatch; GLM; Longline; Sea turtle; Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BYCATCH; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; LONGLINING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDARDIZATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; URUGUAY;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77949835885     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2010001     Document Type: Article

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