Evidence of stability in a chondrichthyan population: Case study of the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeridae)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1765-1788

  Barnett, L A K ^a   Ebert, D A ^a   Cailliet, G M ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

By catch; Mortality; Ontogenetic segregation; Overfishing; Stock recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FISHES; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHIMAERIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; HYDROLAGUS COLLIEI;

EID: 84859773821     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03216.x     Document Type: Article

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