Tidal movements of female leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) in Elkhorn Slough, California

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-45

  Carlisle, Aaron B ^a,b   Starr, Richard M ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Estuary; Foraging ecology; Rate of movement; Tides; Triakis semifasciata

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHARK; TELEMETRY; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDE;

CALIFORNIA; ELKHORN SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; FELIDAE; TRIAKIS; TRIAKIS SEMIFASCIATA;

EID: 77955421455     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9667-0     Document Type: Article

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