Incidental bycatch of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) by pairtrawlers off northwestern Spain

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1732-1738

  Fernandez Contreras M M ^a   Cardona, L ^a   Lockyer, C H ^b   Aguilar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Age Dynamics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bycatch; northwestern Atlantic; pairtrawlers; short beaked common dolphin

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOLPHIN; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAWLING; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

EID: 77958194123     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq077     Document Type: Article

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