Transatlantic migration and deep mid-ocean diving by basking shark

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-398

  Gore, Mauvis A ^a,b   Rowat, David ^a,c   Hall, Jackie ^d   Gell, Fiona R ^e   Ormond, Rupert F ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Marine Conservation International   (United Kingdom)

^c Marine Conservation Society Seychelles   (Seychelles)

^d Manx Wildlife Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e Wildlife and Conservation Division   (United Kingdom)

^f Save Our Seas Foundation d'Arros Research Centre (SOSF DRC)   (Switzerland)

^g Save Our Seas Foundation   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Conservation; Diel pattern; Foraging; Habitat; Satellite tag

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; DIEL MIGRATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SHARK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIVING; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 46949099614     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0147     Document Type: Article

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