Biology of the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, off the southeastern United States

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 508-522

  Castro, José I ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS;

BLACKTIP SHARK; DIET; FISH BIOLOGY; LENGTH-AT-MATURITY; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

USA, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0030302470     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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