Transequatorial Migrations by Basking Sharks in the Western Atlantic Ocean

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1019-1022

  Skomal, Gregory B ^a   Zeeman, Stephen I ^b   Chisholm, John H ^c   Summers, Erin L ^d   Walsh, Harvey J ^e   McMahon, Kelton W ^e   Thorrold, Simon R ^e  

^a Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^d MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SHARK; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOGRAPHY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; SHARKS;

CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 67349124389     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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