Validated age and growth of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo 1827) in the waters off Western Australia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 385-400

  McAuley, Rory B ^a,c   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^b   Hyndes, Glenn A ^c   Allison, Rick R ^a   Chidlow, Justin A ^a   Newman, Stephen J ^a   Lenanton, Rod C J ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Calcein; Carcharhinus plumbeus; Growth; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SHARK; SHARK FISHERY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 33751206863     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9126-0     Document Type: Article

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