Sea snake by-catch of prawn trawlers on the northern Australian continental shelf

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 631-635

  Ward, T M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS MERGUIENSIS; HYDROPHIINAE; MARTES; METAPENAEUS ENDEAVOURI; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PENAEUS MONODON; SERPENTES; ENSIS; FENNEROPENAEUS INDICUS; METAPENAEUS ENSIS; PENAEUS ESCULENTUS; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS; REPTILIA;

BYCATCH; PRAWN TRAWLERS; REPTILES; SEA SNAKE; TRAWLING;

ARAFURA SEA; INDIAN OCEAN, NORTHWEST AUSTRALIAN SHELF;

EID: 0029664097     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9960631     Document Type: Article

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