Metabolic Rates and Bioenergetics of Juvenile Sandbar Sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus)

The lower Chesapeake Bay and adjacent coastal waters serve as the primary summer nursery areas for juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. The large population of juvenile sandbar sharks in this ecosystem benefits from increased food availability that fuels r...

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Main Author: Dowd, W. Wesley
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2003
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617798
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2928&context=etd