Collaborative photo-identification and monitoring of grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus) at key aggregation sites along the eastern coast of Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 971-979

  Barker, Sean M ^a   Williamson, Jane E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

mark resighting; migration; philopatry; photo ID; photographic database

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; DISPERSAL; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MONITORING; MOVEMENT; PHILOPATRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK; SURVIVAL; TAGGING; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE;

EID: 77957203153     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09215     Document Type: Article

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