Expanded niche for white sharks.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Until the advent of electronic tagging technology, the inherent difficulty of studying swift and powerful marine animals made ecological information about sharks of the family Lamnidae difficult to obtain. Here we report the tracking of movements of white sharks by using pop-up satellite archival tags, which reveal that their migratory movements, depth and ambient thermal ranges are wider than was previously thought.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Boustany, AM; Davis, SF; Pyle, P; Anderson, SD; Le Boeuf, BJ; Block, BA
Published Date
- January 2002
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 415 / 6867
Start / End Page
- 35 - 36
PubMed ID
- 11780105
Pubmed Central ID
- 11780105
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1476-4687
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0028-0836
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1038/415035b
Language
- eng