There and back again: A review of residency and return migrations in sharks, with implications for population structure and management

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 547-570

  Chapman, Demian D ^a   Feldheim, Kevin A ^b   Papastamatiou, Yannis P ^c   Hueter, Robert E ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation; genetics; Philopatry; population dynamics; telemetry; tracking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; TELEMETERING;

COMBINATION STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GENETICS; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION STRUCTURES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK; TRACKING;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84948614450     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015730     Document Type: Article

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