Temporal trends (2000-2011) and influences on fishery-independent catch rates for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) at an important coastal foraging region in the southeastern United States

Authors :: Arendt, Michael D.
Schwenter, Jeffrey A.
Boynton, Jessica
Segars, Albert L.
Byrd, Julia I.
Whitaker, J. David
Parker, Lindsey
Source :: Fishery Bulletin. October 1, 2012, Vol. 110 Issue 4, p470, 14 p.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Abstract--Seasonal trawling was conducted randomly in coastal (depths of 4.6-17 m) waters from St. Augustine, Florida, (29.9°N) to Winyah Bay, South Carolina (33.1°N), during 2000-03, 2008-09, and 2011 to assess [...]

Subjects :: Stock assessment (Wildlife management) -- Methods
Trawling -- Methods
Loggerhead turtle -- Protection and preservation
Zoology and wildlife conservation

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