Morphometric relationships and catch composition of wobbegong sharks (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobus) commercially fished in New South Wales, Australia

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 128, Issue , 2007, Pages 243-249

  Huveneers, Charlie ^a   Otway, Nicholas M ^b   Harcourt, Robert G ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commercial fishery; Morphometric relationship; Orectolobus; Wobbegong

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650344817     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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