Residency patterns and migration dynamics of adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) on the east coast of Southern Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Daly, Ryan ^a,b   Smale, Malcolm J ^b,d   Cowley, Paul D ^c   Froneman, Pierre W ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

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

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; COASTAL WATERS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SPRING; TELEMETRY; WINTER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; MOZAMBIQUE; SEAWATER; SHARKS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907833261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109357     Document Type: Article

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