Effects of an extreme temperature event on the behavior and age structure of an estuarine top predator, Carcharhinus leucas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 447, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-178

  Matich, Philip ^a   Heithaus, Michael R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Carcharhinus leucas; Cold snap; Demographic change; Environmental variability; Estuary; Extreme weather event; Shark; Temperature stress

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH STATISTICS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME EVENT; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARK; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC CONTROL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SHARK ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84857307678     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09497     Document Type: Article

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