Shark aggregation in coastal waters of British Columbia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 414, Issue , 2010, Pages 249-256

  Williams, Rob ^a,b   Okey, Thomas A ^c,d   Wallace, Scott S ^e   Gallucci, Vincent F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d West Coast Aquatic   (Canada)

^e David Suzuki Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Density; Distance sampling; Distribution; Elasmobranch; Line transect; Salmon mortality; Shark; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SAMPLING; SHARK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TRANSECT;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNA DITROPIS; LAMNIDAE; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77957737306     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08718     Document Type: Article

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