Residency and spatial use by reef sharks of an isolated seamount and its implications for conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Barnett, Adam ^a,c   AbrantesKá, Kátya G ^b   Seymour, Jamie ^b   Fitzpatrick, Richard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Reef Channel   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARCHARHINUS ALBIMARGINATUS; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEMETRY; TRIAENODON OBESUS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA; CARCHARHINUS ALBIMARGINATUS; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES; TRIAENODON OBESUS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; SHARKS;

EID: 84861206374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036574     Document Type: Article

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