Movement patterns and water quality preferences of juvenile bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in a Florida estuary

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-373

  Ortega, Lori A ^a   Heupel, Michelle R ^b,c   Beynen, Philip Van ^a   Motta, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Activity space; Carcharhinus leucas; Habitat use; Manual tracking; Movement patterns

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ACTIVITY PATTERN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SHARK; TELEMETRY; WATER QUALITY;

CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 62549164224     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-009-9442-2     Document Type: Article

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