Devil in the details: growth, productivity, and extinction risk of a data-sparse devil ray
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data-sparse devil ray Sebastián A. Pardo1,*, Holly K. Kindsvater1,2, Elizabeth Cuevas-Zimbrón3, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki4, Juan Carlos Pérez-Jiménez5, Nicholas K. Dulvy1, 1 Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada 2 Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA 3 Fisheries Biology Consultant, Boulevard Chahue #66 Mz 6, Sector R, La Crucecita, Bahı́as de Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 4 Laboratorio de Ecologı́a Pesquera, Departamento de Oceanografı́a Biológica, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico 5 Ciencias de la Sustentabilidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Lerma, Campeche, Mexico * Corresponding author: [email protected]
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