Using spatial and behavioral data to evaluate the seasonal bycatch risk of diamondback terrapins Malaclemys terrapin in crab pots

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 467, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-217

  Harden, Leigh Anne ^a   Williard, Amanda Southwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Blue crab fishery; Bycatch risk; Malaclemys terrapin; Radio telemetry; Spatial overlap

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BYCATCH; CRAB FISHERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISHING GEAR; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DATA; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EMYDIDAE; MALACLEMYS; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868013135     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09958     Document Type: Article

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