Observations on the behavior of white sharks scavenging from a whale carcass at Point Reyes, California

California Fish and Game

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 113-124

  Curtis, Tobey H ^a,b   Kelly, John T ^c   Menard, Karl L ^a   Laroche, R Karl ^a,d   Jones, Robert E ^e   Peterklimley, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SHARK; WHALE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; POINT REYES; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 33746112315     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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