Environmental influences on the spatial ecology of juvenile smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata): Results from acoustic monitoring

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a,c   Yeiser, Beau G ^a,b   Wiley, Tonya R ^a,d   Poulakis, Gregg R ^b   Stevens, Philip W ^b   Heupel, Michelle R ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Haven Worth Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; FISH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RECOVERY; SALINITY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS PECTINATA;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; SALINITY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951836024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016918     Document Type: Article

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