Demographic and risk analyses applied to management and conservation of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the North Atlantic Ocean

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 570-580

  Aires Da Silva, Alexandre M ^a,b   Gallucci, Vincent F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Leslie matrix; Nursery grounds; Shark fisheries management

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 34347343717     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06156     Document Type: Article

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