Loss of large predatory sharks from the Mediterranean Sea

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 952-964

  Ferretti, Francesco ^a   Myers, Ransom A ^a   Serena, Fabrizio ^b   Lotze, Heike K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ARPAT Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale della Toscana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasmobranchs; Extinction risk; Generalized linear models; Historical population trends; Meta analysis; Overfishing; Predatory sharks; Top down control

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EXTINCTION RISK; FISHING MORTALITY; META-ANALYSIS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RED LIST; SHARK; SPORT FISHING; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SHARK; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SHARKS; TIME FACTORS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; LAMNA NASUS; PISCES; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SPHYRNA;

EID: 48749095488     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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