Occurrence, home range and movement patterns of juvenile bull (Carcharhinus leucas) and lemon (Negaprion brevirostris) sharks within a Florida estuary

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-501

  Yeiser, B G ^a   Heupel, M R ^a,b   Simpfendorfer, C A ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL LAGOON; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PINE ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 45849111407     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07181     Document Type: Article

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