Age and growth of the smooth hammerhead shark, Sphyrna zygaena, in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, using vertebral sections

The smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena (Sphyrnidae) is regularly caught as bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries, but is one of the least studied of all pelagic sharks. Recently, ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) issued recommendations underlining the need...

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Main Author: Coelho, Rui (author)
Other Authors: Fernandez-Carvalho, Joana (author), Amorim, Sérgio (author), Santos, Miguel N. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Age and growth
Pelagic longline fisheries
Life history
Carcharhiniformes
Vertebral band counts
Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8931
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/8931

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8931

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