Group courtship, mating behaviour and siphon sac function in the whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1435-1442

  Whitney, Nicholas M ^a   Pratt Jr , Harold L ^b   Carrier, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHARK;

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES; COCOS; TRIAENODON OBESUS;

EID: 9944225708     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.02.018     Document Type: Article

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