Pupping areas and mortality rates of young tiger sharks Galeocerdo cuvier in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-170

  Driggers III, William B ^a   Ingram Jr , G Walter ^a   Grace, Mark A ^a   Gledhill, Christopher T ^a   Henwood, Terry A ^a   Horton, Carrie N ^a   Jones, Christian M ^a  

^a NOAA Fisheries Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcharhinidae; Galeocerdo cuvier; Mortality; Nursery area; Pupping area; Tiger shark

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER;

EID: 76149085530     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00045     Document Type: Article

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