Decoding fingerprints: Elemental composition of vertebrae correlates to age-related habitat use in two morphologically similar sharks

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 133-142

  Tillett, Bree J ^a,b,e   Meekan, Mark G ^d   Parry, David ^c,e   Munksgaard, Niels ^c   Field, Iain C ^a,f   Thorburn, Dean ^g   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^h,i  

^a School for Environmental Research   (Australia)

^b Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge Research Hub   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Indo Pacific Environmental   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

ⁱ SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcharhinidae; LA ICP MS; Long term; Movement; Resource partitioning; Vertebral microchemistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; EYE; HABITAT USE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; JUVENILE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SHARK;

AUSTRALIA;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; SUIDAE;

EID: 79961067445     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09222     Document Type: Article

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