Movements, reproductive seasonality, and fisheries interactions in the whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) from community-contributed photographs

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-136

  Whitney, Nicholas M ^a,b   Pyle, Richard L ^c   Holland, Kim N ^b   Barcz, Jessica T ^b  

^a CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Hawaiian Islands; Home range; Mark recapture; Movement patterns; Philopatry

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HOME RANGE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; PHILOPATRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SHARK; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES; TRIAENODON OBESUS;

EID: 82555167111     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9897-9     Document Type: Article

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