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Animal-Borne Imaging Reveals Novel Insights into the Foraging Behaviors and Diel Activity of a Large-Bodied Apex Predator, the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

  • James C. Nifong ,

    * E-mail: ncboy@ufl.edu

    Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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  • Rachel L. Nifong,

    Affiliation School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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  • Brian R. Silliman,

    Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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  • Russell H. Lowers,

    Affiliation InoMedic Health Applications, Merritt Island, Florida, United States of America

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  • Louis J. Guillette Jr,

    Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Hollings Marine Laboratory, Medical University of Charleston South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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  • Jake M. Ferguson,

    Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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  • Matthew Welsh,

    Affiliation Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Marineland, Florida, United States of America

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  • Kyler Abernathy,

    Affiliation National Geographic Remote Imaging, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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  • Greg Marshall

    Affiliation National Geographic Remote Imaging, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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Animal-Borne Imaging Reveals Novel Insights into the Foraging Behaviors and Diel Activity of a Large-Bodied Apex Predator, the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

  • James C. Nifong, 
  • Rachel L. Nifong, 
  • Brian R. Silliman, 
  • Russell H. Lowers, 
  • Louis J. Guillette Jr, 
  • Jake M. Ferguson, 
  • Matthew Welsh, 
  • Kyler Abernathy, 
  • Greg Marshall
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  • Published: January 15, 2014
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083953
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