Mortality rates for two shark species occupying a shared coastal environment

Fisheries Research

Volumn 125-126, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-189

  Knip, Danielle M ^a   Heupel, Michelle R ^b   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Coastal area; Mortality; Sharks; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS AMBOINENSIS; CARCHARHINUS SORRAH; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84858978010     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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