Entanglement and drowning of a Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in a gill net recorded by a time-depth recorder in South-Central Chile

Waterbirds

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-125

  Pütz, Klemens ^a   Hiriart Bertrand, Luciano ^b,c   Simeone, Alejandro ^c   Riquelme, Victoria ^d   Reyes Arriagada, Ronnie ^d   Lüthi, Benno ^e  

^a Antarctic Research Trust   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e Antarctic Research Trust   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishery; data logger; entanglement; gill net; penguin mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BREEDING SEASON; BYCATCH; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHING COMMUNITY; GILLNET; LONGLINING; MARINE MAMMAL; MORTALITY; SEABIRD; TRAWLING;

CHILE;

AVES; CILUS GILBERTI; MAMMALIA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953647838     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.034.0117     Document Type: Article

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