Spatial behaviour and site fidelity of the sicklefin lemon shark Negaprion acutidens in a remote Indian Ocean atoll

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2425-2436

  Filmalter, J D ^a,b,c   Dagorn, L ^c   Cowley, P D ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; LAGOON; MOVEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SHARK; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS;

EID: 84883054142     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2237-1     Document Type: Article

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