Hotspots within hotspots? Hammerhead shark movements around Wolf Island, Galapagos Marine Reserve

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1899-1915

  Hearn, Alex ^a,b   Ketchum, James ^a   Klimley, A Peter ^a   Espinoza, Eduardo ^c   Peñaherrera, Cesar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; CENSUS; MARINE PARK; MONITORING SYSTEM; MOVEMENT; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAMOUNT; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRACKING; ULTRASONICS; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; WOLF ISLAND;

CARANGIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; SCOMBRIDAE; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 77955775944     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1460-2     Document Type: Article

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