Migration and habitat of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-894

  Weng, Kevin C ^a,b   Boustany, Andre M ^a,c   Pyle, Peter ^d,e   Anderson, Scot D ^f   Brown, Adam ^d   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^e Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FORAGE; HABITAT TYPE; MIGRATION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PINNIPED; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASON; SHARK;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; PISCES;

EID: 34548142563     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0739-4     Document Type: Article

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