Relative abundance and reproductive characteristics of sharks in southeastern North Carolina coastal waters

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-20

  Thorpe, Teresa ^a   Jensen, Christopher F ^b   Moser, Mary L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS ACRONOTUS; CARCHARHINUS BREVIPINNA; CARCHARHINUS ISODON; CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CARCHARIAS; CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISODON; RHIZOPRIONODON; RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNA TIBURO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2042492902     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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