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SUBMITTER: Haulsee DE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5043177 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20160930
Complex social networks and behaviors are difficult to observe for free-living marine species, especially those that move great distances. Using implanted acoustic transceivers to study the inter- and intraspecific interactions of sand tiger sharks Carcharias taurus, we observed group behavior that has historically been associated with higher order mammals. We found evidence strongly suggestive of fission-fusion behavior, or changes in group size and composition of sand tigers, related to five b ...[more]