Population growth rates of reef sharks with and without fishing on the Great Barrier Reef: Robust estimation with multiple models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Hisano, Mizue ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a   Robbins, William D ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOOTSTRAPPING; CATCH SELECTIVITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; FISHING; GROWTH RATE; MARINE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; SHARK; TELEOST; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARKS;

EID: 80053093063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025028     Document Type: Article

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