The shark assemblage at French Frigate Shoals atoll, Hawai'i: Species composition, abundance and habitat use

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Dale, Jonathan J ^a,b   Stankus, Austin M ^a,b   Burns, Michael S ^a   Meyer, Carl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FISHING; HABITAT USE; LAGOON; LONGLINE FISHERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; SEAL; SHARK; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANTHOZOA; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CARCHARHINUS GALAPAGENSIS; CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; MONACHUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951849151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016962     Document Type: Article

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