Fishery biology of the Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi (poey, 1876), in a Caribbean insular platform: Los Roques Archipelago national park, Venezuela

Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-512

  Tavares, Rafael ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRÍCOLAS INIA   (Venezuela)

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

Author keywords

Conservation; Elasmobranchs; Fishery; Management; Nursery area

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; CARCHARHINUS PEREZI; CARCHARHINUS PEREZII; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77953738866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18099009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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