How can the feeding habits of the sand tiger shark influence the success of conservation programs?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-301

  Lucifora, Luis O ^a   Garcia V B ^a   Escalante, A H ^b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carcharias taurus; Competition with fisheries; Hook damage; Patagonia; Shark fisheries

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIETARY OVERLAP; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHING MORTALITY; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BATOIDEA; CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ODONTASPIDIDAE; SQUATINIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67651160943     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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