Long-term movement patterns of a coral reef predator

Coral Reefs

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 679-691

  Heupel, M R ^a,b   Simpfendorfer, C A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Activity space; Grey reef shark; Habitat use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939970286     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1272-4     Document Type: Article

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