Validated age, growth and reproductive biology of Carcharhinus melanopterus, a widely distributed and exploited reef shark

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 965-975

  Chin, Andrew ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin ^a   Tobin, Andrew ^a   Heupel, Michelle ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

age validation; calcein; Great Barrier Reef; life history

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DYE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT LOSS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MODEL VALIDATION; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84885160071     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF13017     Document Type: Article

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