Fisheries bycatch of marine turtles: Lessons learned from decades of research and conservation

The Biology of Sea Turtles

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 329-352

  Lewison, Rebecca ^a   Wallace, Bryan ^b,c   Alfaro Shigueto, Joanna ^d,e   Mangel, Jeffrey C ^d,e   Maxwell, Sara M ^f,g   Hazen, Elliott L ^h  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Oceanic Society   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Pro Delphinus ^*  (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Marine Conservation Institute   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b13895     Document Type: Chapter

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