Derelict fishing gear in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia: Spatial patterns and implications for marine fauna

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 114-123

  Bilkovic, Donna Marie ^a   Havens, Kirk ^a   Stanhope, David ^a   Angstadt, Kory ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Bycatch; Derelict fishing gear; Diamondback terrapin; Eastern oyster; Marine debris

Indexed keywords

BLUE CRAB; BY-CATCH; DERELICT FISHING GEARS; DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN; EASTERN OYSTER; MARINE DEBRIS;

DEBRIS; FISHERIES; LOSSES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SHELLFISH;

UNDERWATER STRUCTURES;

BYCATCH; CRAB; FAUNA; FISHING GEAR; OYSTER CULTURE;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BAY; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA; DANGEROUS GOODS; DERELICT FISHING GEAR; DERELICT POTS; EQUIPMENT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; ICTALURIDAE; MARINE DEBRIS; MARINE SPECIES; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; MORONE AMERICANA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPSANUS TAU; OYSTER; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAPIN; UNITED STATES;

BLUE CRAB; BYCATCH; DERELICT FISHING GEAR; DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN; EASTERN OYSTER; MARINE DEBRIS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BAYS; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; SEASONS; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CENTROPRISTIS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; MALACLEMYS; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS;

EID: 84896388808     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.034     Document Type: Article

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