Encounter success of free-ranging marine predator movements across a dynamic prey landscape

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1591, 2006, Pages 1195-1201

  Sims, David W ^a   Witt, Matthew J ^a,d   Richardson, Anthony J ^b,e,f   Southall, Emily J ^a   Metcalfe, Julian D ^c  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Fish; Foraging ecology; Satellite telemetry; Strategy; Tactics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENCOUNTER RATE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODELING; MOVEMENT; PREY LOCATION; SHARK; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CETACEA; CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SHARKS; TELEMETRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 33745040578     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3444     Document Type: Article

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