Food color and marine turtle feeding behavior: Can blue bait reduce turtle bycatch in commercial fisheries?

We conducted laboratory and field experiments to investigate the behavioral responses of Kemp’s ridleyLepidochelys kempiiand loggerhead turtlesCaretta carettato whole squid dyed different colors. Our ultimate goal was to identify bait modifications that could reduce the interaction of turtles with l...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) 2005-06, Vol.295, p.273-278
Hauptverfasser:	Swimmer, Yonat, Arauz, Randall, Higgins, Ben, McNaughton, Lianne, McCracken, Marti, Ballestero, Jorge, Brill, Richard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphibia. Reptilia Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Boats Bycatch Experimentation Fisheries science Food Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Longline fishing Marine Ocean fisheries Sea turtles Sea water ecosystems Squid Synecology Turtles Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution
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