Short-term movements of juvenile and neonate sandbar sharks, Carcharhinus plumbeus, on their nursery grounds in Delaware Bay

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-128

  Rechisky, Erin L ^a   Wetherbee, Bradley M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Essential fish habitat; Home range; Movement patterns; Site attachment

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; SHARK;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 0345598935     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000003820.62411.cb     Document Type: Article

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