Sex-biased incidental mortality of albatrosses and petrels in longline fisheries: Differential distributions at sea or differential access to baits mediated by sexual size dimorphism?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-268

  Bugoni, Leandro ^a,b   Griffiths, Kate ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Incidental capture; Longline fishery; Seabirds; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION STATUS; LONGLINING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 79952699163     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0577-x     Document Type: Article

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