Environmental Influences on Patterns of Vertical Movement and Site Fidelity of Grey Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) at Aggregation Sites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Vianna, Gabriel M S ^a,b   Meekan, Mark G ^a   Meeuwig, Jessica J ^b   Speed, Conrad W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALAU; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SUMMER; TELEMETRY; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; SHARKS;

ANTHOZOA; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84876015844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060331     Document Type: Article

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