Designating Critical Habitat for Juvenile Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish in the United States

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 473-480

  Norton, Shelley L ^a   Wiley, Tonya R ^b   Carlson, John K ^a   Frick, Amanda L ^a   Poulakis, Gregg R ^c   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Haven Worth Consulting   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84867647744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2012.676606     Document Type: Article

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