Swimming behaviour and energetics of free-ranging sharks: New directions in movement analysis

Fish Locomotion: An Eco-ethological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 419-447

  Sims, David W ^a,b  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10190     Document Type: Chapter

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