Vertebral Bomb Radiocarbon Suggests Extreme Longevity in White Sharks
Conservation and management efforts for white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) remain hampered by a lack of basic demographic information including age and growth rates. Sharks are typically aged by counting growth bands sequentially deposited in their vertebrae, but the assumption of annual depositi...
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
Published: |
Public Library of Science
2014
|
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86085 |