Natural or Artificial? Habitat-Use by the Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Werry, Jonathan M ^a,b   Lee, Shing Y ^a   Lemckert, Charles J ^a   Otway, Nicholas M ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ocean and Coast Research   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTUARY; HABITAT; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SHARK;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SHARKS;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84869238306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049796     Document Type: Article

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