Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5271-5276

  Lewison, Rebecca L ^a   Crowder, Larry B ^b   Wallace, Bryan P ^c   Moore, Jeffrey E ^d   Cox, Tara ^e   Zydelis, Ramunas ^f   McDonald, Sara ^g   DiMatteo, Andrew ^h   Dunn, Daniel C ^g   Kot, Connie Y ^g   Bjorkland, Rhema ⁱ   Kelez, Shaleyla ^j   Soykan, Candan ^k   Stewart, Kelly R ^d,l   Sims, Michelle ^m   Boustany, Andre ^g   Read, Andrew J ^g   Halpin, Patrick ^g   Nichols, W J ⁿ   Safina, Carl ^o  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oceanic Society   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DHI   (Denmark)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic US Department of the Navy   (United States)

ⁱ ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^j EcOceanica   (Peru)

^k NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^l The Ocean Foundation   (United States)

^m University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^o STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Fisheries bycatch; Gillnets; Longlines; Trawls; Trophic downgrading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BREATHING; BREEDING; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA TURTLE; SEABIRD; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TURTLE;

FISHERIES BYCATCH; GILLNETS; LONGLINES; TRAWLS; TROPHIC DOWNGRADING;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; TURTLES;

EID: 84898050425     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318960111     Document Type: Article

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