Seasonal distribution and historic trends in abundance of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the western North Atlantic Ocean.

Despite recent advances in field research on white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in several regions around the world, opportunistic capture and sighting records remain the primary source of information on this species in the northwest Atlantic Ocean (NWA). Previous studies using limited datasets h...

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Main Authors: Tobey H Curtis, Camilla T McCandless, John K Carlson, Gregory B Skomal, Nancy E Kohler, Lisa J Natanson, George H Burgess, John J Hoey, Harold L Pratt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4053410?pdf=render