Use of an acceleration data logger to measure diel activity patterns in captive whitetip reef sharks, Triaenodon obesus

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-305

  Whitney, Nicholas M ^a,b   Papastamatiou, Yannis P ^a,b   Holland, Kim N ^b   Lowe, Christopher G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Diel cycles; Elasmobranch; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIEL MIGRATION; ENERGY BUDGET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLIDING; METABOLISM; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; REEF; SHARK; SPAWNING; SWIMMING; TAGGING; TELEMETRY;

CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES; TRIAENODON OBESUS;

EID: 39749193933     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008006     Document Type: Article

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