Habitat and space use of an abundant nearshore shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 959-968

  Munroe, S E M ^a   Simpfendorfer, C A ^a   Heupel, M R ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

kernel utilisation distributions; residency; small bodied sharks

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT USE; MUDFLAT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; SHARK; SPACE USE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; RHIZOPRIONODON TAYLORI;

EID: 84908288110     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF13272     Document Type: Article

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