Introduction to Sharks of the Open Ocean

Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-13

  Pikitch, Ellen K ^a   Camhi, Merry D ^b   Babcock, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch species in Sharks of the Open Ocean; Future of oceanic sharks; International Pelagic Shark Workshop; Northwest Atlantic porbeagle (Lamna nasus, Lamnidae); Oceanic shark research and management; Oceanic sharks least studied and least managed elasmobranchs; Open ocean sharks conservation status; Sharks of the open ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947722306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302516.ch1     Document Type: Editorial

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