Diel temperature patterns of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris, in a shallow-water nursery

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1436-1448

  Digirolamo, A L ^a   Gruber, S H ^b,c   Pomory, C ^d   Bennett, W A ^d  

^a JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION   (Bahamas)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Elasmobranchs; Habitat selection; Predation; Thermal physiology

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; ECOSYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; ECOSYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; SEAWATER; SHARKS; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ELASMOBRANCHII; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 84859779394     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03263.x     Document Type: Article

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