Distribution and dynamic habitat use of young bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in a highly stratified Northern Gulf of Mexico estuary

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Drymon, J Marcus ^a,b   Ajemian, Matthew J ^a,b,c   Powers, Sean P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARCHARINUS LEUCAS; ESTUARY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GULF OF MEXICO; HABITAT USE; HYDROGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SHARK; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARIES; GULF OF MEXICO; SHARKS;

EID: 84901335501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097124     Document Type: Article

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