Investigations into depth and temperature habitat utilization and overwintering grounds of juvenile sandbar sharks, Carcharhinus plumbeus: The importance of near shore North Carolina waters

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-131

  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

Closed area; Elasmobranch; Essential fish habitat; Nursery habitat; Winter nursery

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DEPTH; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; OVERWINTERING; SHARK; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 42549170111     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9263-0     Document Type: Article

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