Vertical and horizontal movements of a silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) in the Fijian archipelago

Animal Biotelemetry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bond, Mark E ^a   Tolentino, Emily ^b   Mangubhai, Sangeeta ^c   Howey, Lucy A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICROWAVE TELEMETRY INC   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Fiji Country Program   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Diel vertical migration; Fijian archipelago; Locally managed marine area (LMMA); Satellite telemetry; Silvertip shark

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018193192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20503385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40317-015-0055-6     Document Type: Article

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