Determining shark size from forensic analysis of bite damage

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2483-2492

  Lowry, Dayv ^a,b   de Castro, Andrey Leonardo Fagundes ^b,c   Mara, Kyle ^b   Whitenack, Lisa B ^b   Delius, Bryan ^d   Burgess, George H ^d   Motta, Philip ^b  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLOMETRY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; DATA ACQUISITION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CARCHARHINUS ACRONOTUS; CARCHARHINUS BREVIPINNA; CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS;

EID: 70350371073     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1273-3     Document Type: Article

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