Range extension of the endangered great hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran in the Northwest Atlantic: Preliminary data and significance for conservation

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-116

  Hammerschlag, Neil ^a,b   Gallagher, Austin J ^b   Lazarre, Dominique M ^a,b   Slonim, Curt ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Curt A Sea Fishing Charters   (United States)

Author keywords

Argos; Elasmobranch; Habitat use; Predator; Satellite tag; Shark

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT USE; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; PREDATOR; RANGE EXPANSION; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SPHYRNA MOKARRAN; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 79251513621     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00332     Document Type: Article

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