Archival tagging of a basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, in the western North Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 795-799

  Skomal, Gregory B ^a   Wood, Grayson ^b   Caloyianis, Nick ^c  

^a Martha's Vineyard Research Station   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; SHARK; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TAGGING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CETORHINUS; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 4544364878     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009968h     Document Type: Article

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