Age and growth of the great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran, in the north-western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 992-998

  Piercy, Andrew N ^a   Carlson, John K ^b   Passerotti, Michelle S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH CURVE; POPULATION DECLINE; SHARK; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); GULF OF MEXICO;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SPHYRNA MOKARRAN; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 77957194723     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09227     Document Type: Article

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