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Demography of a deep-sea lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) caught in trawl fisheries of the northeastern Atlantic: Application of Leslie matrices with incorporated uncertainties

dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Rui
dc.contributor.authorAlpizar-Jara, Russell
dc.contributor.authorErzini, Karim
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-23T11:18:15Z
dc.date.available2016-12-23T11:18:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.description.abstractThe deep-sea lantern shark Etmopterus spinax occurs in the northeast Atlantic on or near the bottoms of the outer continental shelves and slopes, and is regularly captured as bycatch in deep-water commercial fisheries. Given the lack of knowledge on the impacts of fisheries on this species, a demographic analysis using age-based Leslie matrices was carried out. Given the uncertainties in the mortality estimates and in the available life history parameters, several different scenarios, some incorporating stochasticity in the life history parameters (using Monte Carlo simulation), were analyzed. If only natural mortality were considered, even after introducing uncertainties in all parameters, the estimated population growth rate (A) suggested an increasing population. However, if fishing mortality from trawl fisheries is considered, the estimates of A either indicated increasing or declining populations. In these latter cases, the uncertainties in the species reproductive cycle seemed to be particularly relevant, as a 2-year reproductive cycle indicated a stable population, while a longer (3-year cycle) indicated a declining population. The estimated matrix elasticities were in general higher for the survivorship parameters of the younger age classes and tended to decrease for the older ages. This highlights the susceptibility of this deep-sea squaloid to increasing fishing mortality, emphasizing that even though this is a small-sized species, it shows population dynamics patterns more typical of the larger-sized and in general more vulnerable species. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.01.012
dc.identifier.issn0967-0645
dc.identifier.otherAUT: KER00534; RMS01092;
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8869
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.relation.isbasedonWOS:000355055400007
dc.subjectBottom trawling
dc.subjectDeep-sea sharks
dc.subjectDeep-sea fisheries
dc.subjectDemographic analysis
dc.subjectFishing mortality
dc.subjectPopulation dynamics
dc.titleDemography of a deep-sea lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) caught in trawl fisheries of the northeastern Atlantic: Application of Leslie matrices with incorporated uncertainties
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage72
oaire.citation.startPage64
oaire.citation.titleDeep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies In Oceanography
oaire.citation.volume115
person.familyNameCoelho
person.familyNameErzini
person.givenNameRui
person.givenNameKarim
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