Underwater photo-identification of sicklefin lemon sharks, negaprion acutidens, at Moorea (French polynesia)

Cybium

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Buray, Nicolas ^a,b   Mourier, Johann ^a,b   Planes, Serge ^a,b   Clua, Eric ^a,b,c  

^a University Via Domitia   (France)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (France)

^c Secrétariat de la Communauté du Pacifique   (France)

Author keywords

Carcharhinidae; French polynesia; Moorea Island; Negaprion acutidens; Shark feeding; Sicklefin lemon shark; Sighting resighting; Visual identification

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS;

EID: 68249137062     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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