Environmental influences on the occurrence of coastal sharks in estuarine waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 407, Issue , 2010, Pages 279-292

  Froeschke, John ^a   Stunz, Gregory W ^a   Wildhaber, Mark L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Essential fish habitat; Shark

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; SPHYRNA TIBURO; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 77954098720     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08546     Document Type: Article

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