Seabird mortality associated with ice trawlers in the Patagonian shelf: Effect of discards on the occurrence of interactions with fishing gear

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-139

  Favero, M ^a,b   Blanco, G ^c   Garcia G ^a,b   Copello, S ^a,b   Seco Pon, J P ^a,b   Frere, E ^a,d,e,f   Quintana, F ^a,e   Yorio, P ^a,e   Rabuffetti, F ^g   Canete G ^h   Gandini, P ^a,d,e  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f BirdLife International   (Argentina)

^g Aves Argentinas   (Argentina)

^h Fundación Viva Silvestre Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Argentina; Incidental mortality; Patagonia; Petrels; Seabirds; Trawlers

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHING GEAR; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MORTALITY; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIAN SHELF;

AVES; DIOMEDEA EPOMOPHORA; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 79952685071     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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