Ghostnet impacts on globally threatened turtles, a spatial risk analysis for northern Australia

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 247-254

  Wilcox, C ^a   Hardesty, B D ^a   Sharples, R ^a   Griffin, D A ^a   Lawson, T J ^a   Gunn, R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Northern Gulf Resources Management Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity impact; Ghostnet; Marine debris; Net swept area; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84881643107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12001     Document Type: Article

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