An empirical test of the 'shark nursery area concept' in texas bays using a long-term fisheries-independent data set

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-76

  Froeschke, John T ^a,c   Stunz, Gregory W ^a   Sterba Boatwright, Blair ^a   Wildhaber, Mark L ^b  

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

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^c Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull shark; Essential fish habitat; Gulf of mexico; Nursery

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 78649277191     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00290     Document Type: Article

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