First documented southern transatlantic migration of a blue shark Prionace glauca tagged off South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 639-642

  da Silva, C ^a   Kerwath, S E ^a,b   Wilke, C G ^a   Meyer M ^c   Lamberth, S J ^a,d  

^a Branch Fisheries   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Oceans and Coasts   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blue shark; Length frequency; Migration; Nursery area; Prionace glauca; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LONGLINING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; NEONATE; NURSERY GROUND; PARTURITION; SHARK; TAGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BENGUELA CURRENT; URUGUAY;

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 78650476458     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2010.540777     Document Type: Article

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