Ecological drivers of shark distributions along a tropical coastline

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

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

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARCHARHINUS AMBOINENSIS; CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CARCHARHINUS TILSTONI; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPHYRNA LEWINI; TURBIDITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS AMBOINENSIS; CHONDRICHTHYES; SPHYRNA LEWINI;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; SHARKS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84928920113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121346     Document Type: Article

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