North Pacific warming shifts the juvenile range of a marine apex predator

Abstract During the 2014–2016 North Pacific marine heatwave, unprecedented sightings of juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) emerged in central California. These records contradicted the species established life history, where juveniles remain in warmer waters in the southern California Cu...

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Main Authors: Kisei R. Tanaka, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Eric Mailander, Beatriz S. Dias, Carol Galginaitis, John O’Sullivan, Christopher G. Lowe, Salvador J. Jorgensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82424-9