Fishery discards and incidental mortality of seabirds attending coastal shrimp trawlers at Isla Escondida, Patagonia, Argentina

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-719

  Marinao, Cristian Javier ^a   Yorio, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b U9120ACD ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CAPTURE METHOD; COASTAL FISHERY; COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHING INDUSTRY; FISHING VESSEL; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GADOID; MORTALITY; NEST; SEABIRD; TRAWLING;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; ESCONDIDA ISLAND; PATAGONIA;

EID: 82955240817     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/11-023.1     Document Type: Article

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