Winter migration and diving behaviour of porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus, in the Northeast Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-174

  Saunders, Ryan A ^a   Royer, François ^b   Clarke, Maurice W ^a  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b CLS   (France)

Author keywords

Diving behaviour; Lunar cycle; Migration; Porbeagle shark; Satellite tag

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; LUNAR CYCLE; MIGRATION; PREDATOR; SHARK; TAGGING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BAY OF BISCAY; CELTIC SEA; IRELAND; MOROCCO;

CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNA NASUS; LAMNIDAE;

EID: 79951969571     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq145     Document Type: Article

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