Telemetry and satellite tracking of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, and the north Pacific Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 60, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 299-308

  Eckert, Scott A ^a   Stewart, Brent S ^a  

^a HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranchs; Migration; Satellite telemetry; Thermal habitat

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; SHARK; TELEMETRY; TRACKING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; RHINCODON; RHINCODON TYPUS;

EID: 0035115551     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007674716437     Document Type: Article

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