Spatial ecology of juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in tidal creeks and coastal waters of Eleuthera, The Bahamas

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-104

  Murchie, Karen J ^a,b   Schwager, Emily ^a   Cooke, Steven J ^a,b   Danylchuk, Andy J ^a,b,c   Danylchuk, Sascha E ^b   Goldberg, Tony L ^b,d,e   Suski, Cory D ^b,f   Philipp, David P ^b,d,f  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE   (Bahamas)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Lemon shark; Nursery area; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; COAST; COASTAL WATER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HYDROPHONE; JUVENILE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TELEMETRY;

BAHAMAS; ELEUTHERA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 77955430772     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9693-y     Document Type: Article

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