White sharks Carcharodon carcharias at Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-182

  Dicken, M ^a   Smale, M ^b,c   Booth, A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

seasonality; zero altered model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SHARK; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGOA BAY; BIRD ISLAND [EASTERN CAPE]; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84882241144     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2013.800579     Document Type: Article

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