Global phylogeography of the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus: Implications for fisheries management and monitoring the shark fin trade

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Benavides, Martin T ^a   Horn, Rebekah L ^b   Feldheim, Kevin A ^c   Shivji, Mahmood S ^b   Clarke, Shelley C ^d   Wintner, Sabine ^e   Natanson, Lisa ^f   Braccini, Matias ^g   Boomer, Jessica J ^h   Gulak, Simon J B ⁱ   Chapman, Demian D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f NOAA Fisheries Service   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Mitochondrial DNA; Mixed stock analysis; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK FISHERY;

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 80054767304     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00337     Document Type: Article

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