Structure and dynamics of the shark assemblage off Recife, Northeastern Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Afonso, André S ^a,b   Andrade, Humber A ^a   Hazin, Fábio H V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARCHARHINUS ACRONOTUS; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLUVIOSITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASHORE; SHARK; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIDAL AMPLITUDE; WATER TURBIDITY; WIND DIRECTION; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; HUMANS; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904254490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102369     Document Type: Article

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