Conservation of freshwater and euryhaline elasmobranchs: A review

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1049-1073

  Martin, R Aidan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CARCHARHINUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; GLYPHIS; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE; PRISTIDAE;

EID: 26444598497     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405012105     Document Type: Review

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