Long-term natal site-fidelity by immature lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at a subtropical island

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3500-3507

  Chapman, Demian D ^a   Babcock, Elizabeth A ^b   Gruber, Samuel H ^b,c   Dibattista, Joseph D ^d   Franks, Bryan R ^c   Kessel, Steven A ^c,e   Guttridge, Tristan ^c,f   Pikitch, Ellen K ^a   Feldheim, Kevin A ^g  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Bimini Biological Field Station   (Bahamas)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispersal; Elasmobranch; Fishery closure; Marine protected area; Natal philopatry

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SHARK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHARKS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 68349133552     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04289.x     Document Type: Article

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