Age and growth of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus, from the pelagic longline fisheries in the tropical northeastern Atlantic Ocean, determined by vertebral band counts

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-368

  Fernandez Carvalho, Joana ^a   Coelho, Rui ^a,b   Erzini, Karim ^b   Neves Santos, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Alopiidae; Bycatch; Lamniformes; NE Atlantic Ocean; Pelagic longline fisheries; Shark; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE DETERMINATION; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING VESSEL; GROWTH RATE; LONGLINING; PELAGIC FISHERY; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ALOPIAS; ALOPIAS SUPERCILIOSUS; ALOPIIDAE; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIFORMES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 84858173303     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2011046     Document Type: Article

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