Seasonal distribution and historic trends in abundance of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the western North Atlantic ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Curtis, Tobey H ^a   McCandless, Camilla T ^a   Carlson, John K ^b   Skomal, Gregory B ^c   Kohler, Nancy E ^a   Natanson, Lisa J ^a   Burgess, George H ^d   Hoey, John J ^a   Pratt Jr , Harold L ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; FISHERY; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREND STUDY; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEMOGRAPHY; SEASONS; SHARKS;

EID: 84903379896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099240     Document Type: Article

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