Seasonal occurrence and population structure of the broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus in coastal habitats of south-east Tasmania

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1688-1701

  Barnett, A ^a,b   Stevens, J D ^b   Frusher, S D ^a   Semmens, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apex predator; CPUE; Habitat use; Shark nursery; Tag and recapture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SHARK; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SHARKS; TASMANIA; TEMPERATURE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; NOTORYNCHUS CEPEDIANUS;

EID: 78449308291     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02810.x     Document Type: Article

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