Ecological patterns, distribution and population structure of Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) in the tropical-subtropical transition zone of the north-eastern Pacific

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-52

  Vögler, Rodolfo ^a   Beier, Emilio ^b   Ortega García, Sofía ^a   Santana Hernández, Heriberto ^c   Valdez Flores, J Javier ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blue shark; By catch; Landscape ecology; North eastern Pacific; Spatial temporal distribution patterns; Subtropical convergence

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHARK; BY-CATCH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NORTH-EASTERN PACIFIC; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE;

ECOLOGY;

TROPICS;

BYCATCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY; SEX RATIO; SHARK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER MASS;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LATITUDE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LONGITUDE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHARK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPICS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEASONS; SHARKS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

CARCHARHINIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 84655164358     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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