Estimating trends of population decline in long-lived marine species in the mediterranean sea based on fishers' perceptions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Maynou, Francesc ^a   Sbrana, Mario ^b   Sartor, Paolo ^b   Maravelias, Christos ^c   Kavadas, Stefanos ^c   Damalas, Dimitros ^c   Cartes, Joan E ^a   Osio, Giacomo ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata ^*  (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER; ANGELSHARK; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; FISHERMAN; FISHING; GREECE; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MARINE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONK SEAL; MUSTELUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RAJA; SEA; SEAL; SHARK; SMOOTHHOUND; SPAIN; SQUALUS; SQUATINA; TREND STUDY; TURTLE; WHALE; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGEVITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MONACHUS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DATA COLLECTION; DOLPHINS; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960471603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021818     Document Type: Article

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