Shark Tooth Weapons from the 19th Century Reflect Shifting Baselines in Central Pacific Predator Assemblies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Drew, Joshua ^a,b   Philipp, Christopher ^a   Westneat, Mark W ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CARCHARHINUS SORRAH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCUMENTATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; HISTORY; INFORMATION CENTER; KIRIBATI; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PREDATOR; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WEAPON;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHARKS; TOOTH; WEAPONS;

CARCHARHINUS SORRAH; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84875726761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059855     Document Type: Article

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