Modeling age and growth of the bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus) in the Atlantic Ocean

The bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus) is a pelagic shark captured as bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries. Important information on its biology is still missing, especially from the Atlantic Ocean. In all, 546 vertebrae collected by fishery observers between 2007 and 2009 were used to estimat...

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Main Author: Fernandez-Carvalho, Joana (author)
Other Authors: Coelho, R. (author), Erzini, Karim (author), Santos, Miguel N. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/7045
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/7045