To go or not to go with the flow: Environmental influences on whale shark movement patterns

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-98

  Sleeman, Jai C ^a   Meekan, Mark G ^b   Wilson, Steven G ^c   Polovina, Jeffrey J ^d   Stevens, John D ^e   Boggs, Guy S ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^f,g  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geostrophic currents; Migration; Oceanography; Passive diffusion model; Rhincodon typus; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CURRENT VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GIS; MODIS; MOVEMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE; SEAWIFS; SHARK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAGGING;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 78349312107     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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