Predictable temperature-regulated residency, movement and migration in a large, highly mobile marine predator (Negaprion brevirostris)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 514, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-190

  Kessel, S T ^a,b   Chapman, D D ^c   Franks, B R ^d   Gedamke, T ^e   Gruber, S H ^d   Newman, J M ^f   White, E R ^g   Perkins, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION   (Bahamas)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^f Dykoke Enterprises Incorporated   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; GLMM; Lemon shark; Seasonal migration; Seasonal residency; Temperature preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908695164     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10966     Document Type: Article

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