Gillnet fisheries as a major mortality factor of Magellanic penguins in wintering areas

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 840-844

  Cardoso, Luis Gustavo ^a   Bugoni, Leandro ^a   Mancini, Patrícia Luciano ^a   Haimovici, Manuel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Driftnet; Incidental capture; Seabird; Setnet; Spheniscus magellanicus

Indexed keywords

DRIFTNET; INCIDENTAL CAPTURE; SEABIRD; SETNET; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

FISHERIES;

BIRDS;

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; GILLNET; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MORTALITY RISK; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GILLNET FISHERY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; WINTER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPHENISCIDAE;

BRAZIL;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 79954599742     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.033     Document Type: Article

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