Ghosts of the coast: Global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 134-153

  Dulvy, Nicholas K ^a   Davidson, Lindsay N K ^a   Kyne, Peter M ^b   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^c   Harrison, Lucy R ^a   Carlson, John K ^d   Fordham, Sonja V ^e  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e The Ocean Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Functional redundancy; Habitat degradation and loss; Mangrove; Range contraction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTUARY; EXTINCTION RISK; GHOST FISHING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MANGROVE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; SHARK;

ANOXYPRISTIS CUSPIDATA; CHONDRICHTHYES; PISCES; PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS; PRISTIS PECTINATA; PRISTIS PRISTIS; PRISTIS ZIJSRON;

EID: 84955590978     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2525     Document Type: Article

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