Use of natural marks on population estimates of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, at Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, Brazil

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-221

  Castro, Andrey L F ^a   Rosa, Ricardo S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Photo identification; Population size; Population structure; Sighting resighting; Underwater visual censuses

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM;

EID: 15044365519     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-1479-7     Document Type: Article

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