Effect of illegal harvest on apparent survival of Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 280-286

  Mintzer, Vanessa J ^a   Martin, Anthony R ^b   da Silva, Vera M F ^c   Barbour, Andrew B ^a   Lorenzen, Kai ^a   Frazer, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bait; Barker model; Boto; Calophysus macropterus; Mark recapture; Poaching

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FINFISH; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POACHING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL;

INIA GEOFFRENSIS;

EID: 84870383592     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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