A multiple instrument approach to quantifying the movement patterns and habitat use of tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier) and Galapagos sharks (Carcharhinus galapagensis) at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1857-1868

  Meyer, Carl G ^a   Papastamatiou, Yannis P ^a   Holland, Kim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOACOUSTICS; CHLOROPHYLL; HABITAT USE; MIXED LAYER; MOVEMENT; OPEN OCEAN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD; SHARK; THERMOCLINE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS GALAPAGENSIS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER;

EID: 77955700620     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1457-x     Document Type: Article

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