Hook ingestion rates in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta as a function of animal size, hook size, and bait

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Stokes, Lesley W ^a   Hataway, Dominy ^a   Epperly, Sheryan P ^a   Shah, Arvind K ^b   Bergmann, Charles E ^a   Watson, John W ^a   Higgins, Benjamin M ^c  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Caretta caretta; Experimental; Loggerhead; Longline fishing; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BYCATCH; FISHING; INGESTION RATE; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CEPHALOPODA; CHELONIIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80054722125     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00339     Document Type: Article

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