An acoustic tracking of a megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios: A crepuscular vertical migrator

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-399

  Nelson, Donald R ^a   McKibben, James N ^a   Strong Jr , Wesley R ^b   Lowe, Christopher G ^a   Sisneros, Joseph A ^a   Schroeder, Donna M ^b   Lavenberg, Robert J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diel behavior; Megachasmidae; Ultrasonic telemetry

Indexed keywords

DAILY VARIATION; DIURNAL MIGRATION; LIGHT EFFECTS; MEGAMOUTH SHARK; SWIMMING; VERTICAL MIGRATION; VERTICAL MIGRATIONS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, DANA POINT;

MEGACHASMA PELAGIOS;

EID: 0030753876     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007369619576     Document Type: Article

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