Simple criteria to determine detachment point of towed satellite tags provide first evidence of return migrations of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Animal Biotelemetry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hearn, Alex R ^a,d   Green, Jonathan R ^b   Espinoza, Eduardo ^c   Peñaherrera, Cesar ^b   Acuña, David ^b   Klimley, A Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^d Turtle Island Restoration Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Galapagos Islands; Migration; SPLASH tag; SPOT tag; Tag detachment; Whale shark

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018192839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20503385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-1-11     Document Type: Article

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