Biogeophysical and physiological processes drive movement patterns in a marine predator

Abstract Background Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) are among the most abundant and widely distributed of oceanic elasmobranchs. Millions are taken annually in pelagic longline fisheries and comprise the highest component of auctioned fin weight in the international shark fin trade. Though studies of...

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Main Authors: Lucy A. Howey, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Emily R. Tolentino, Mahmood S. Shivji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Movement Ecology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-017-0107-z