A breath of fresh air: Avoiding anoxia and mortality of freshwater turtles in fyke nets by the use of floats

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-205

  Larocque, Sarah M ^a,b   Cooke, Steven J ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Commercial fisheries; Conservation physiology; Eastern musk turtles; Net modifications; Painted turtles

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BLOOD; BYCATCH; COMMERCIALIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING EFFORT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84859440289     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1247     Document Type: Article

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