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Incidental catch of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) along the Sicilian coasts by longline fishery

It has been estimated that 44,000 Caretta caretta turtles die every year due to anthropomorphic activity in the Mediterranean Sea, and that longline fishing is one of the most significant causes of mortality. A total of 482 specimens of C. caretta were rescued from different parts of the Sicilian co...

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Autores principales: Caracappa, Santo, Persichetti, Maria Flaminia, Piazza, Antonio, Caracappa, Giulia, Gentile, Antonino, Marineo, Sandra, Crucitti, Daniela, Arculeo, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6086082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30123712
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5392