Shark attacks on a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 397-402

  Fitzpatrick, Ben ^a   Meekan, Mark ^b   Richards, Allison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c WWF Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REEF; SHARK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS;

EID: 33645789020     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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