Status and the potential for extinction of the largetooth sawfish Pristis pristis in the Atlantic Ocean

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 478-497

  Fernandez Carvalho, Joana ^a,b   Imhoff, Johanna L ^a,c   Faria, Vicente V ^d   Carlson, John K ^e   Burgess, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^e National Marine Fisheries Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish; Coastal; Conservation evaluation; Endangered species; Estuary; Fish

Indexed keywords

ELASMOBRANCHII; PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS PECTINATA; PRISTIS PRISTIS;

EID: 84904982196     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2394     Document Type: Article

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