Assessing Habitat Use and Movement

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 579-602

  Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a   Heupel, Michelle R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84891781867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b11867-28     Document Type: Chapter

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