Shifting baselines and the decline of pelagic sharks in the Gulf of Mexico

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-145

  Baum, Julia K ^a   Myers, Ransom A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Generalized linear model; Marine; Overexploitation; Pelagic shark assemblage; Population; Predator; Restoration

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342269506     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2003.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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