Chapter 3 Sieving a Living. A Review of the Biology, Ecology and Conservation Status of the Plankton-Feeding Basking Shark Cetorhinus Maximus

Advances in Marine Biology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2008, Pages 171-220

  Sims, David W ^a,b  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural ecology; Calanus; Climate; Elasmobranch; Rhincodon; Whale; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGY; PLANKTIVORE; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CALANUS; CETACEA; CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; REVIEW; SHARK;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANKTON; SHARKS;

EID: 53049101600     PISSN: 00652881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2881(08)00003-5     Document Type: Review

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