Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 275-293

  Speed, Conrad W ^a,b   Field, Iain C ^c   Meekan, Mark G ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depth range; Extinction risk; Habitat loss; Habitat partitioning; Harvest; Home range; Horizontal range; Life history; Ontogeny; Segregation; Site fidelity; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE PARK; META-ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; SHARK; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 77954102456     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08581     Document Type: Review

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