Evaluation of the effectiveness of light streamer tori-lines and characteristics of bait attacks by seabirds in the western North Pacific

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Sato, Noriyosi ^a,b   Ochi, Daisuke ^a   Minami, Hiroshi ^a   Yokawa, Kotaro ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBATROS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT STREAMER TORI LINES; LONG STREAMER TORI LINES; LONGLINE FISHERY; NONHUMAN; SEABIRD; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FISHERIES; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84861477842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037546     Document Type: Article

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