Mortality estimates and demographic analysis for the Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori, from northern Australia

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 978-986

  Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a,b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; SHARK;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHIZOPRIONODON TAYLORI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032711207     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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