Sharks caught in the protective gill nets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 10. The dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur 1818)

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-127

  Dudley, S F J ^a   Cliff, G ^a   Zungu, M P ^a   Smale, M J ^b  

^a Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cpue; Distribution; Embryos; Gillnets; Length frequency; Length weight relationships; Maturity; Nursery grounds; Reproduction; Seasonality; Stomach contents; Tagging

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; GILLNET; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; NURSERY GROUND; SEASONALITY; SHARK; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; SARDINOPS SAGAX; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 23644445816     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320509504072     Document Type: Article

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