Postrelease survival, vertical and horizontal movements, and thermal habitats of five species of pelagic sharks in the central Pacific Ocean

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-368

  Musyl, Michael K ^a   Brill, Richard W ^b   Curran, Daniel S ^c   Fragoso, Nuno M ^d   McNaughton, Lianne M ^a   Nielsen, Anders ^e   Kikkawa, Bert S ^c   Moyes, Christopher D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Large Pelagics Research Center   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPIAS SUPERCILIOSUS; CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 79960490678     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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