Refuging behaviour in the nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii): Preliminary evidence from acoustic telemetry

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1137-1140

  Sims, D W ^a   Southall, E J ^a   Wearmouth, V J ^a   Hutchinson, N ^a   Budd, G C ^a   Morritt, D ^b  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PHILOPATRY; REFUGE; SHARK;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; SCYLIORHINUS STELLARIS;

EID: 26444603865     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405012191     Document Type: Article

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