Predicting bycatch hotspots for endangered leatherback turtles on longlines in the Pacific Ocean

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1777, 2014, Pages

  Roe, John H ^a,b   Morreale, Stephen J ^c   Paladino, Frank V ^b   Shillinger, George L ^d   Benson, Scott R ^e   Eckert, Scott A ^f   Bailey, Helen ^g   Tomillo, Pilar Santidrián ^h,i   Bograd, Steven J ^j   Eguchi, Tomoharu ^k   Dutton, Peter H ^k   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^k   Block, Barbara A ^d   Spotila, James R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA NMFS SWFSC Protected Resources Division   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^h DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Leatherback Trust   (Costa Rica)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Critically endangered species; Fisheries bycatch; Marine conservation; Marine turtles; Migratory pelagic vertebrate; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BYCATCH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; GYRE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84891878324     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2559     Document Type: Article

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