Captive Feeding and Growth of Young-of-the-Year White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-16

  Ezcurra, Juan M ^a   Lowe, Christopher G ^b   Mollet, Henry F ^a,c   Ferry, Lara A ^d   O’Sullivan, John B ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11532-6     Document Type: Chapter

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