Movement patterns and nursery habitat of juvenile thresher sharks Alopias vulpinus in the Southern California Bight

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 404, Issue , 2010, Pages 249-258

  Cartamil, D ^a   Wegner, N C ^a   Kacev, D ^b   Ben Aderet, N ^c   Kohin, S ^d   Graham, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Alopias vulpinus; Shark nursery area; Southern California Bight; Thresher shark

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; PREDATION RISK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHARK; SHARK FISHERY; SITE FIDELITY; TELEMETRY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 77952971151     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08495     Document Type: Article

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