Demographic analyses of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, in the Northwest Atlantic incorporating hooking mortality estimates and revised reproductive parameters

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-289

  Romine, Jason G ^a   Musick, John A ^b   Burgess, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

By catch; Demography; Dusky shark; Gestation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FISHERY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 60449085231     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-008-9435-6     Document Type: Article

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