The repulsive and feeding-deterrent effects of electropositive metals on juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus)

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-307

  Brill, Richard ^a,g   Bushnell, Peter ^b   Smith, Leonie ^c   Speaks, Coley ^d   Sundaram, Rumya ^b   Stroud, Eric ^e   Wang, John ^f  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SharkDefense Technologies LLC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; SCOMBRIDAE; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 68049099076     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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