An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic
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28/08/2014
28/08/2014
2014
25/07/2014
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| Resumo |
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Science Ltd. The blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758), is a large predatory oceanic-epipelagic species with worldwide distribution that is usually harmless to humans. However, its inquisitive behavior when facing divers in open waters and a moderately powerful set of jaws and teeth can inflict severe injuries, reasons for this shark to be regarded with caution in some shark-human interaction scenarios. There are at least 13 recorded unprovoked attacks imputed to this species to date (eg, http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/species3.htm). […]. |
| Identificador |
Barreiros, JP; Gadig, Otto BF; Haddad, Vidal (2014). "An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic", Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, [Article In Press]. DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.03.014. 1080-6032 (Print) 1545-1534 (Online) http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3136 10.1016/j.wem.2014.03.014 |
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eng |
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Elsevier |
| Relação |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1080603214001033 |
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closedAccess |
| Palavras-Chave | #Human-Wildlife Conflicts #Shark Attack Azores #Wildlife Medicine |
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article |
