Spatial and temporal movement patterns of a multi-species coastal reef shark aggregation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 429, Issue , 2011, Pages 261-275

  Speed, Conrad W ^a,b   Meekan, Mark G ^a   Field, Iain C ^b,c   McMahon, Clive R ^b   Stevens, John D ^d   McGregor, Frazer ^e   Huveneers, Charlie ^f,g   Berger, Yuval ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Diel patterns; Habitat partitioning; Habitat use; Management; Residency; Site fidelity; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGE CLASS; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; COURTSHIP; DIEL VARIATION; GUILD; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SHARK; SITE SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS; CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES; NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS; TRIAENODON OBESUS;

EID: 79956114884     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09080     Document Type: Article

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