Abundance and demography of a seasonal aggregation of zebra sharks Stegostoma fasciatum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 368, Issue , 2008, Pages 269-281

  Dudgeon, Christine L ^a   Noad, Michael J ^a   Lanyon, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Mark recapture; Photo identification; Seasonal aggregation; Stegostoma fasciatum; Zebra shark

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEASONALITY; SHARK; SIZE STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ORECTOLOBIFORMES; POLLACHIUS; STEGOSTOMA FASCIATUM; STEGOSTOMATIDAE;

EID: 54549109212     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07581     Document Type: Article

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