First Descriptions of Endoparasite Fauna of Elasmobranch and Mesopelagic Teleost Bycatch Fishes from the Western North Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fishery

• Main Authors: Taylor, Mae, Laubach, Harold E., Kerstetter, David W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NSUWorks 2012
• Subjects: Natural mortality; Pelagic elasmobranch; Mesopelagic teleost; Internal parasite taxa; Protocol revisions; Marine Biology; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Brama; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/536; https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1545&context=occ_facarticles

Natural mortality is a poorly known aspect of fisheries biology, despite its importance in stock assessments and population analysis. Of potential sources of mortality and morbidity in fishes, the effect of internal parasites is perhaps the least studied even though these organisms are known to inhi...