Fine-scale spatial and seasonal partitioning among large sharks and other elasmobranchs in south-eastern Queensland, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 638-647

  Taylor, Stephen ^a   Sumpton, Wayne ^a   Ham, Tony ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

community structure; hammerhead shark; partitioning; shark control program; spatial patterns; spinner shark; temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; CATCH COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GILLNET; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

CARCHARHINIFORMES; CARCHARHINUS BREVIPINNA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; SPHYRNA; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 79959785540     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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