Distribution and abundance of the life stages of the blue shark Prionace glauca in the Southwest Atlantic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-179

  Montealegre Quijano, Santiago ^a   Vooren, Carolus M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Longline fishery; Migration circuits; Nursery; Size structure; Subtropical Convergence

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 70649114417     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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