More vaquita porpoises survive than expected
In 2018, it was estimated that fewer than 20 of Mexico’s endemic vaquita porpoise Phocoena sinus remained, and the species was declining by 47% yr-1. Entanglement in gillnets is the sole threat to the species, and since the last population size estimate, gillnetting has increased in the small area w...
Main Authors: | L Rojas-Bracho, B Taylor, C Booth, L Thomas, A Jaramillo-Legorreta, E Nieto-García, G Cárdenas Hinojosa, J Barlow, SL Mesnick, T Gerrodette, P Olson, A Henry, H Rizo, E Hidalgo-Pla, A Bonilla-Garzón |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Inter-Research
2022-07-01
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Series: | Endangered Species Research |
Online Access: | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v48/p225-234/ |
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