Species diversity, relative abundance and length structure of oceanic sharks caught by the Venezuelan longline fishery in the Caribbean Sea and western-Central Atlantic;Diversidad de especies, abundancia relativa y estructura de tallas de tiburones oceánicos capturados por la flota palangrera Venezolana en el Mar Caribe y Atlántico Centro-Occidental

Zootecnia Tropical

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Tavares, Rafael ^a,c   Arocha, Freddy ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRÍCOLAS INIA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^c Centro Para la Investigación de Tiburones CIT   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Blue shark; CPUE; Diversity; Elasmobranchs; Fishery; Variogram

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS SIGNATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SCOMBRIDAE; SPHYRNA MOKARRAN; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 65249182127     PISSN: 07987269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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