Distribution of sawfishes (Pristidae) in the Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, with notes on sawfish ecology

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 391-402

  Peverell, Stirling Charles ^a  

^a Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anoxypristis cuspidata; Gill netting; Pristis clavata; Pristis microdon; Pristis zijsron

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; HABITAT SELECTION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARAFURA SEA; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ANOXYPRISTIS CUSPIDATA; CARPENTARIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; LATES CALCARIFER; PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS; PRISTIS MICRODON; PRISTIS PRISTIS; PRISTIS ZIJSRON;

EID: 23744438333     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-005-1599-8     Document Type: Article

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