To roam or to home: Site fidelity in a tropical coastal shark

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1647-1657

  Knip, Danielle M ^a,c   Heupel, Michelle R ^b   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONITORING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK; SITE FIDELITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CLEVELAND BAY; QUEENSLAND;

CARCHARHINUS SORRAH; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84864390908     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1950-5     Document Type: Article

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