Seasonal and ontogenetic changes in movement patterns of sixgill sharks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Andrews, Kelly S ^a   Williams, Greg D ^a   Levin, Phillip S ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEXANCHUS GRISEUS; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PREDATION RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; ANIMAL; ECHOLOCATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; HEXANCHIDAE; HEXANCHUS GRISEUS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECHOLOCATION; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SHARKS;

EID: 77958611259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012549     Document Type: Article

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