Destined to decline? Intrinsic susceptibility of the threatened estuary stingray to anthropogenic impacts

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1468-1481

  Pierce, Simon J ^a   Bennett, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecological risk assessment; fuzzy logic; population viability analysis.

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION RISK; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GROWTH CURVE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

DASYATIS FLUVIORUM; ELASMOBRANCHII; PISCES;

EID: 78650297262     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10073     Document Type: Article

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