Composition and abundance of pelagic shark by-catch in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Cybium

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-140

  Megalofonou, Persefoni ^a   Damalas, Dimitrios ^a   Yannopoulos, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

By catch; CPUE; MED; Pelagic sharks; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; HEXANCHUS NAKAMURAI; HEXANCHUS VITULUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 28344443546     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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