Impacts of fisheries bycatch on marine turtle populations worldwide: Toward conservation and research priorities

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Wallace, Bryan P ^a,b,f   Kot, Connie Y ^b   Dimatteo, Andrew D ^c   Lee, Tina ^a   Crowder, Larry B ^d   Lewison, Rebecca L ^e  

^a Global Marine Division   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Oceanic Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch rates; Distinct population segments; Fisheries bycatch; Fisheries mortality; Longlines; Marine megafauna; Marine turtle; Nets; Regional management units; Stock assessment; Trawls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898044385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00388.1     Document Type: Article

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