Movement patterns of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris within Atol das Rocas, Brazil: A nursery characterized by tidal extremes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 343, Issue , 2007, Pages 283-293

  Wetherbee, Bradley M ^a   Gruber, Samuel H ^b   Rosa, Ricardo S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Movement patterns; Predator avoidance; Refuging; Shark nurseries; Tidal fluctuation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ATOLL; AVOIDANCE REACTION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; REEF; REFUGE; ROCK POOL; SHALLOW WATER; SHARK; TIDE;

BRAZIL; FAROL ISLAND; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34548425069     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06920     Document Type: Article

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