Global patterns of marine turtle bycatch

Conservation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-142

  Wallace, Bryan P ^a,b   Lewison, Rebecca L ^c   Mcdonald, Sara L ^b   Mcdonald, Richard K ^b,d   Kot, Connie Y ^b,e   Kelez, Shaleyla ^b   Bjorkland, Rhema K ^b   Finkbeiner, Elena M ^b   Helmbrecht, S'rai ^b   Crowder, Larry B ^b  

^a Global Marine Division   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch rates; Fisheries bycatch; Fishing effort; Gillnets; Longlines; Marine conservation; Marine megafauna; Marine turtles; Trawls

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77956881294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00105.x     Document Type: Review

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