Spatial dynamics and expanded vertical niche of blue sharks in oceanographic fronts reveal habitat targets for conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Queiroz, Nuno ^a,b   Humphries, Nicolas E ^a,d   Noble, Leslie R ^c   Santos, António M ^b   Sims, David W ^a,e  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLUE SHARK; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEMALE; HABITAT; LATITUDE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PELAGIC SPECIES; PELAGIC ZONE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SHARK; SPACE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SHARKS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857773014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032374     Document Type: Article

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