Efficient PCR-Based Identification of Shark Products in Global Trade: Applications for the Management and Conservation of Commercially Important Mackerel Sharks (Family Lamnidae), Thresher Sharks (Family Alopiidae) and Hammerhead Sharks (Family Sphyrnidae).
Shark populations worldwide are suspected to be in severe decline due to domestic and international markets for trade in shark products, especially dried fins in Asian markets, and as a result of bycatch mortality in multi-species fisheries. The management of sharks on a species-specific basis has b...
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2004
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Online Access: | http://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/131 http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1271&context=occ_stuetd |