Sea turtle strandings reveal high anthropogenic mortality in Italian waters

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 611-620

  Casale, Paolo ^a,b   Affronte, Marco ^c   Insacco, Gianni ^d   Freggi, Daniela ^e   Vallini, Carola ^f   Pino D'Astore, Paola ^g   Basso, Roberto ^h   Paolillo, Giuseppe ^b   Abbate, Graziana ⁱ   Argano, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b WWF Italy   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Cetacea Onlus   (Italy)

^d Centro Regionale Recupero Fauna Selvatica e Tartarughe Marine   (Italy)

^e Sea Turtle Rescue Centre WWF Italy   (Italy)

^f ARCHE'   (Italy)

^g Centro di Prima Accoglienza della Fauna Selvatica in Difficoltà Provincia di Brindisi   (Italy)

^h Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Jesolo   (Italy)

ⁱ NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boat strike; Bycatch; Caretta caretta; Longline; Mediterranean; Stranding; Trawl

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LONGLINING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; STRANDING; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAWLING; TURTLE;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78651472366     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1133     Document Type: Article

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