Diversity, abundance, and distribution of reef sharks on outer-shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2847-2855

  Rizzari, Justin R ^a   Frisch, Ashley J ^a   Magnenat, Katalin A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARRIER REEF; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI;

EID: 84911806059     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: 14321793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2550-3     Document Type: Article

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