Size and sex compositions, length-weight relationship, and occurrence of the Brazilian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon lalandii, caught by artisanal fishery from southeastern Brazil

Fisheries Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 116-126

  Motta, Fabio S ^a   Gadig, Otto B F ^a   Namora, Rafael C ^a   Braga, Francisco M S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishery; Elasmobranchii; Population biology; Reproductive seasonality; Rhizoprionodon lalandii

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SHARK; SIZE STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; RHIZOPRIONODON LALANDII; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 20444407685     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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