Contrasting diel patterns in vertical movement and locomotor activity of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2981-2992

  Gleiss, Adrian C ^a,f   Wright, Serena ^a,b   Liebsch, Nikolai ^c   Wilson, Rory P ^a   Norman, Brad ^d,e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Customized Animal Tracking Solutions   (Australia)

^d ECOCEAN INC   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DIEL MIGRATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LOCOMOTION; PREDATION; SHARK; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; EUPHAUSIACEA; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 84886639129     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2288-3     Document Type: Article

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