Diversity in immature-shark communities along a tropical coastline

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 399-410

  Yates, Peter M ^a   Heupel, Michelle R ^a,b   Tobin, Andrew J ^a   Moore, Stephen K ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

community structure; elasmobranch; portfolio effect

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COAST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARADIGM SHIFT; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CARCHARHINIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84928719540     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF14033     Document Type: Article

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