The sandbar shark summer nursery within bays and lagoons of the Eastern Shore of Virginia

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 999-1007

  Conrath, Christina L ^a,b   Musick, John A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCHABILITY; JUVENILE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NURSERY GROUND; SAMPLING; SHARK;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 34547684395     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-107.1     Document Type: Article

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