Movements, behavior and habitat preferences of juvenile white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in the eastern Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 211-224

  Weng, Kevin C ^a   O'Sullivan, John B ^b   Lowe, Christopher G ^c   Winkler, Chuck E ^d   Dewar, Heidi ^a   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southern California Marine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Carcharodon carcharias; Diel behavior; Habitat; Juvenile white shark; Satellite tag

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SATELLITE; SHARK; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; POINT REYES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 34250810893     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338211     Document Type: Article

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