Movement patterns of silvertip sharks (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) on coral reefs

Coral Reefs

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 807-821

  Espinoza, Mario ^a   Heupel, Michelle R ^a,b   Tobin, Andrew J ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Behavior; Conservation; Coral reefs; Predator; Sharks

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DIEL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; INDEX METHOD; MOVEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; CARCHARHINUS ALBIMARGINATUS; CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84938747578     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1312-0     Document Type: Article

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