Wet-season effects on the distribution of juvenile pigeye sharks, Carcharhinus amboinensis, in tropical nearshore waters

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 658-667

  Knip, Danielle M ^a   Heupel, Michelle R ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a   Tobin, Andrew J ^a   Moloney, James ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental effects; passive acoustic monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; SHARK; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER FLOW; WET SEASON;

AUSTRALIA; CLEVELAND BAY; QUEENSLAND;

CARCHARHINUS AMBOINENSIS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 79959780419     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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