Population structure of nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum (Orectolobiformes), caught off Ceará State, Brazil, south-western Equatorial Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1193-1196

  Santander Neto, Jones ^a   Shinozaki Mendes, Renata A ^a   Silveira, Leonardo M ^b   Jucá Queiroz, Bruno ^b   Furtado Neto, Manuel A A ^b   Faria, Vicente V ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

conservation; elasmobranchs; fisheries landings; management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; OVERFISHING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SHARK; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); BRAZIL; CEARA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE; ORECTOLOBIFORMES;

EID: 84857505204     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001293     Document Type: Article

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