Biomass removal by dolphins and fisheries in a Mediterranean Sea coastal area: Do dolphins have an ecological impact on fisheries?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 549-559

  Bearzi, Giovanni ^a   Stefano, Agazzi ^a   Gonzalvo, Joan ^a   Bonizzoni, Silvia ^a   Costa, Marina ^a   Petroselli, Annalise ^a  

^a Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Ecological interactions; Fisheries; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; LONGLINING; MARINE PARK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77957243719     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1123     Document Type: Article

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