Abiotic affinities and spatiotemporal distribution of the endangered smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in a south-western Florida nursery

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1165-1177

  Poulakis, Gregg R ^a,b   Stevens, Philip W ^a   Timmers, Amy A ^a   Wiley, Tonya R ^c   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^d  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Haven Worth Consulting   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caloosahatchee River; Charlotte Harbor; elasmobranch; habitat use; lower lethal temperature; Myakka River; ontogenetic niche shift; Peace River; Pristidae; ray; recapture; tag

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; BODY SIZE; CATCH STATISTICS; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEONATE; NICHE PARTITIONING; NURSERY GROUND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS PECTINATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 80054095817     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11008     Document Type: Article

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