Size-Based Analysis of Diet and Trophic Position of the White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in South African Waters

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 27-50

  Hussey, Nigel E ^a,b   McCann, Heather M ^a   Cliff, Geremy ^c   Dudley, Sheldon F J ^c   Wintner, Sabine P ^c   Fisk, Aaron T ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11532-8     Document Type: Chapter

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