A Review of Research on the White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in Southern Africa

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 511-535

  Dudley, Sheldon F J ^a,b  

^a Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11532-37     Document Type: Chapter

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