Variable response of coastal sharks to severe tropical storms: Environmental cues and changes in space use

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 480, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-183

  Udyawer, Vinay ^a   Chin, Andrew ^a   Knip, Danielle M ^b   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a   Heupel, Michelle R ^a,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Behaviour; Disturbance event; Elasmobranch; Extreme weather; Flight response

Indexed keywords

BAY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOTELEMETRY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXTREME EVENT; FLIGHT; INNATE BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SHARK; SPACE USE; TOLERANCE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALIA; CLEVELAND BAY; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84876872978     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10244     Document Type: Article

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