Seasonal Sexual and Size Segregation of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, at the Neptune Islands, South Australia

Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 287-300

  Robbins, Rachel L ^a   Booth, David J ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84873816003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b11532-25     Document Type: Chapter

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