Basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) schooling in the southern Gulf of Maine

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-286

  Wilson, Steven G ^a,b  

^a Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basking sharks; Courtship; Fronts; Gulf of Maine; Remote sensing; Schooling; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; REMOTE SENSING; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

CETORHINUS; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 3042844228     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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