Incidental Catch and Ecological Observations of Juvenile White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in Western Baja California, Mexico: Conservation Implications

Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 187-198

  Santana Morales, Omar ^a   Sosa Nishizaki, Oscar ^a   Escobedo Olvera, Miguel A ^a   Oñate González, Erick C ^a   O’Sullivan, John B ^b   Cartamil, Daniel ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11532-20     Document Type: Chapter

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