Tracking free-ranging sharks with hand-fed intra-gastric acoustic transmitters

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-209

  Brunnschweiler, J M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic tracking; Carcharhinus leucas; Fiji; Galeocerdo cuvier; Movement; Negaprion acutidens; Regurgitation; Shark reef marine reserve; Tagging

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; MARINE PARK; REEF; SHARK; TAGGING; TRACKING;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS;

EID: 70449369926     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240903033519     Document Type: Article

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