Spatial and ontogenetic variation in growth of nursery-bound juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris: A comparison of two age-assigning techniques

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-355

  Barker, Michael James ^a   Gruber, Samuel H ^b,c   Newman, Steven P ^c,d   Schluessel, Vera ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Bimini Biological Field Station   (Bahamas)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcharhinidae; Elasmobranchs; Florida Keys; Passive Integrated Transponder; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; ONTOGENY; SHARK; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; BIMINI; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; ELASMOBRANCHII; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 17744372334     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-2584-3     Document Type: Article

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