Limited potential to recover from overfishing raises concerns for deep-sea sharks, rays and chimaeras

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a   Kyne, Peter M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchs; Intrinsic rebound potential; Life history; Population doubling time

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGINOUS FISHES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP-SEA FISH; FISHING EFFORT; LIFE HISTORY; PELAGIC SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RECOVERY RATE;

BIODIVERSITY; FISHERIES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHONDRITE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; LIFE HISTORY; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHARK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHIMAERIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; PISCES;

EID: 77951574506     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892909990191     Document Type: Article

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