Effects of prolonged entanglement in discarded fishing gear with substantive biofouling on the health and behavior of an adult shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 391-394

  Wegner, Nicholas C ^a   Cartamil, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnacle biofouling; Conchoderma; Discarded fishing gear; Entanglement; Lepas; Mako shark

Indexed keywords

CONCHODERMA; DISCARDED FISHING GEAR; ENTANGLEMENT; LEPAS; MAKO SHARK;

BIOFOULING; FISHERIES; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES;

ROPE;

ABRASION; BIOFOULING; CRUSTACEAN; FISHING GEAR; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATUS; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SATELLITE; SHARK;

ABRASION; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BARNACLE; BIOFOULING; GROWTH RATE; INJURY; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; SCOLIOSIS; SHARK; SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOFOULING; FISHERIES; HEALTH; MALE; SHARKS; TIME FACTORS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CONCHODERMA; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; LEPAS; THORACICA;

EID: 84856298826     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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