Comparative Life History and Demography of Pelagic Sharks

Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 309-322

  Cortés, Enric ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic models; Density dependence; Elasticity analysis; Matrix population models; Maximum sustainable yield; Pelagic sharks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955527665     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302516.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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