Diving behaviour of whale sharks in relation to a predictable food pulse

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 109-116

  Graham, Rachel T ^a   Roberts, Callum M ^b   Smart, James C R ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Belize)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Diving behaviour; Elasmobranch; Fourier transform; Rhythmicity; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; SHARK; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODONTIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERIODICITY; SHARKS; SWIMMING;

EID: 33747096253     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2005.0082     Document Type: Article

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