Genetic profiling reveals illegal international trade in fins of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1035-1039

  Shivji, Mahmood S ^a   Chapman, Demian D ^a   Pikitch, Ellen K ^b   Raymond, Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fin trade; Great white sharks; Shark DNA forensics

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE;

CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIDAE;

EID: 33344465722     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9082-9     Document Type: Article

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