Conservation challenges of sharks with continental scale migrations

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Heupel, Michelle R ^a,b   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^b   Espinoza, Mario ^b   Smoothey, Amy F ^c   Tobin, Andrew ^b   Peddemors, Victor ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AATAMS; Acoustic telemetry; Carcharhinus leucas; Connectivity; Spatial management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008697702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00012     Document Type: Article

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