Conservation Status of Pelagic Elasmobranchs

Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 397-417

  Camhi, Merry D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered; Pelagic sharks; Population abundance; Red list; Status; Threatened; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947721728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302516.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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