Confronting the gauntlet: Understanding incidental capture of green turtles through fine-scale movement studies

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-179

  McClellan, Catherine M ^a   Read, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

By catch; Gill nets; Sea turtles; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BYCATCH; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GILLNET; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SITE FIDELITY; TELEMETRY; TURTLE; VULNERABILITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952186767     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00199     Document Type: Article

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