Novel acoustic technology for studying free-ranging shark social behaviour by recording individuals' interactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Guttridge, Tristan L ^a,b   Gruber, Samuel H ^b,c   Krause, Jens ^d   Sims, David W ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Bimini Biological Field Station   (Bahamas)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^e THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SHARK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND INTENSITY; TELEMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; BAHAMAS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; SEAWATER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHARKS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949508069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009324     Document Type: Article

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