Concurrent scavenging off a whale carcass by great white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, and tiger sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 646-649

  Dudley, Sheldon F J ^a   Anderson Reade, Michael D ^a   Thompson, Greg S ^a   McMullen, Paul B ^a  

^a Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCHARIAS; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; LAMNIDAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0033859423     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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