Archival pop-Off tag tracking of Greenland sharks Somniosus microcephalus in the High Arctic waters of Svalbard, Norway

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 468, Issue , 2012, Pages 255-265

  Fisk, Aaron T ^a   Lydersen, Christian ^b   Kovacs, Kit M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distribution; Elasmobranch; Polar; Pop up archival tags; Swimming depth; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; SHARK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; NORWAY; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS;

EID: 84869183845     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09962     Document Type: Article

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