Physical factors influencing the distribution of a top predator in a subtropical oligotrophic estuary

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 472-482

  Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Delius, Bryan K ^a   Wirsing, Aaron J ^a,b   Dunphy Daly, Meagan M ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARY; FISHING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION; SALINITY; SHARK;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 63549093055     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.2.0472     Document Type: Article

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