An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic

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 o...

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Published in:Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Main Authors: Barreiros, João P., Gadig, Otto B. F., Haddad Jr., Vidal
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Subjects:
Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Shark Attack Azores
Wildlife Medicine
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3136
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2014.03.014
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spelling ftunivacores:oai:repositorio.uac.pt:10400.3/3136 2023-05-15T17:41:17+02:00 An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic Barreiros, João P. Gadig, Otto B. F. Haddad Jr., Vidal 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3136 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2014.03.014 eng eng Elsevier http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1080603214001033 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 doi:10.1016/j.wem.2014.03.014 closedAccess Human-Wildlife Conflicts Shark Attack Azores Wildlife Medicine article 2014 ftunivacores https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2014.03.014 2022-05-01T14:31:00Z 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). […]. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic Repositório da Universidade dos Açores Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 25 3 371 372
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topic Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Shark Attack Azores
Wildlife Medicine
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Shark Attack Azores
Wildlife Medicine
Barreiros, João P.
Gadig, Otto B. F.
Haddad Jr., Vidal
An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic
topic_facet Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Shark Attack Azores
Wildlife Medicine
description 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). […].
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author Barreiros, João P.
Gadig, Otto B. F.
Haddad Jr., Vidal
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Gadig, Otto B. F.
Haddad Jr., Vidal
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title An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic
title_short An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic
title_full An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic
title_fullStr An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic
title_full_unstemmed An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic
title_sort unprovoked attack by a blue shark prionace glauca (chondrichthyes: carcharhinidae) on a spear fisherman in terceira island, azores, northeast atlantic
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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.
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