Fisheries-independent surveys identify critical habitats for young scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in the Rewa Delta, Fiji

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Marie, Amandine D ^a   Miller, Cara ^b   Cawich, Celso ^a   Piovano, Susanna ^a   Rico, Ciro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FIJI; FISHERY; HABITAT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NURSERY; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SUMMER; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIJI; FISHERIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SHARKS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85037654857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17152-0     Document Type: Article

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