Sound, chemical, and light detection in sea turtles and pelagic fishes: Sensory-based approaches to bycatch reduction in longline fisheries

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 225-238

  Southwood, Amanda ^a   Fritsches, Kerstin ^b   Brill, Richard ^c   Swimmer, Yonat ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Conservation; Endangered species; Hearing; Vision

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; CHEMORECEPTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; VISUAL CUE;

CHELONIIDAE; PISCES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77951880643     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00097     Document Type: Review

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