Population Trends in Pacific Oceanic Sharks and the Utility of Regulations on Shark Finning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-209

  Clarke, Shelley C ^a   Harley, Shelton J ^a   Hoyle, Simon D ^a   Rice, Joel S ^a  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Indicator; Mortality; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SHARK; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LINEAR MODELS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 84872266410     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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