Satellite tracking of sympatric marine megafauna can inform the biological basis for species co-management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Gredzens, Christian ^a   Marsh, Helene ^a   Fuentes, Mariana M P B ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b   Shimada, Takahiro ^a   Hamann, Mark ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DUGONG; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; SATELLITE TELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY; TURTLE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DUGONG; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELEMETRY; TURTLES;

EID: 84902532346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098944     Document Type: Article

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