Ontogenetic habitat preferences of the narrownose smooth-hound shark, Mustelus schmitti, in two Southwestern Atlantic coastal areas

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 661, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 445-456

  Cortes F ^a,b   Jaureguizar, A J ^a,c   Guerrero, R A ^a,d   Menni, R C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Distribution pattern; Essential fish habitat; Habitat use; Sexual segregation; Shark nursery area

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; NEONATE; NURSERY GROUND; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHARK; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CHONDRICHTHYES; MUSTELUS SCHMITTI;

EID: 79959782073     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0559-2     Document Type: Article

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