Seasonal variation in the spatial distribution of basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) in the lower Bay of Fundy, Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Siders, Zachary A ^a,b   Westgate, Andrew J ^b,c   Johnston, David W ^d   Murison, Laurie D ^b   Koopman, Heather N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ARTICLE; BASKING SHARK; BAY; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT USE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDICTION; PREY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BAYS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SHARKS;

EID: 84891774014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082074     Document Type: Article

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