Spatial and seasonal distribution patterns of juvenile and adult raggedtooth sharks (Carcharias taurus) tagged off the east coast of South Africa

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-134

  Dicken, M L ^a   Booth, A J ^a   Smale, M J ^b   Cliff, G ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Life history stages; Movement patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EXPLOITATION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; PHILOPATRY; PREGNANCY; SHARK FISHERY; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAGGING; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 33846602792     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06018     Document Type: Article

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