Migration of an upper trophic level predator, the salmon shark Lamna ditropis, between distant ecoregions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 253-264

  Weng, Kevin C ^a,c   Foley, David G ^b   Ganong, James E ^a   Perle, Christopher ^a   Shillinger, George L ^a   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Elasmobranch; Foraging behavior; Habitat selection; Lamna ditropis; Landscape ecology; Migration; Oceanography; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; TELEMETRY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNA DITROPIS;

EID: 58249120014     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07706     Document Type: Article

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