Enhancing the TurtleWatch product for leatherback sea turtles, a dynamic habitat model for ecosystem-based management

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-68

  Howell, Evan A ^a   Hoover, Aimee ^b,d   Benson, Scott R ^c   Bailey, Helen ^d   Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^c   Dutton, Peter H ^c  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Central North Pacific; Dynamic management; Fisheries; Leatherback sea turtles; Sea surface temperature; Swordfish

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; LONGLINING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 84925232653     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12092     Document Type: Article

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