Sea turtle density surface models along the United States Atlantic coast
Spatially explicit estimates of marine species distribution and abundance are required to quantify potential impacts from human activities such as military training and testing, fisheries interactions, and offshore energy development.
A DiMatteo +12 more
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The Protection and Management of the Sargasso Sea [PDF]
The Sargasso Sea is a fundamentally important part of the world's ocean, located within the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre with its boundaries defined by the surrounding currents.
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Strandings of cetaceans and sea turtles in the Alboran Sea and Strait of Gibraltar: a long–time glimpse of the north coast (Spain) and the south coast (Morocco) [PDF]
A total of 13 species of cetaceans and three species of marine turtles were found in this study. Data were collected by eight independent and self-regulated stranding networks, providing information about 1,198 marine mammal (10 odontocetii, three ...
Rojo–Nieto, E. +6 more
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A Market-Based Approach to Manage Endangered Species Interactions [PDF]
An economic activity interacts with an endangered species. The activity can be divided into mutually exclusive strata with different levels of interaction. Observing the activity in order to monitor interactions is costly.
Kvamsdal, Sturla Furunes +1 more
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The National Marine Fisheries Service’s National Bycatch Strategy [PDF]
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) launched its National Bycatch Strategy (NBS) in March 2003 in response to the continued fisheries management challenge posed by fisheries bycatch.
Benaka, Lee R., Dobrzynski, Tanya J.
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Sea turtles of the Benin coast: Pressure and ethnozoology
Sea turtles are threatened by factors associated with overfishing. To identify these factors, we investigated the fishing pressure and the ethnozoological knowledge of turtles along the Benin coast. A questionnaire-based field survey was undertaken in 48
Maximin Kouacou Djondo +4 more
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Predicting Effort and Protected Species Bycatch Under an Effort Limit or Take Caps [PDF]
Many production processes feature joint production of a desirable output with an undesirable byproduct. Producers and consumers of the desirable output mutually benefit at the expense of non-consumers, who bear external damage costs imposed by production
Stohs, Stephen M.
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Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2007 [PDF]
(PDF contains 88 pages.
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The cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of particulate and soluble hexavalent chromium in leatherback sea turtle lung cells. [PDF]
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A comparison of particulate hexavalent chromium cytotoxicity and genotoxicity in human and leatherback sea turtle lung cells from a one environmental health perspective. [PDF]
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