Preliminary observations of tag shedding, tag reporting, tag wounds, and tag biofouling for raggedtooth sharks (Carcharias taurus) tagged off the east coast of South Africa

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1640-1648

  Dicken, M L ^a   Booth, A J ^b   Smale, M J ^a  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

biofouling; Carcharias taurus; South Africa; tag reporting; tag shedding; tag wound

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SHARK; TAGGING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 33750632500     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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