Biology of sea turtles under risk from tiger sharks at a foraging ground

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 288, Issue , 2005, Pages 285-294

  Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Frid, Alejandro ^b   Wirsing, Aaron J ^b   Bejder, Lars ^c   Dill, Lawrence M ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Population structure; Predation risk; Sea turtle; Shifting baseline; Site fidelity; Tiger shark

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHARK; SITE FIDELITY; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; MYDAS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 17644390669     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps288285     Document Type: Article

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