Using stable isotope analysis to understand the migration and trophic ecology of northeastern Pacific white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias).

The white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is a wide-ranging apex predator in the northeastern Pacific (NEP). Electronic tagging has demonstrated that white sharks exhibit a regular migratory pattern, occurring at coastal sites during the late summer, autumn and early winter and moving offshore to oce...

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Main Authors: Aaron B Carlisle, Sora L Kim, Brice X Semmens, Daniel J Madigan, Salvador J Jorgensen, Christopher R Perle, Scot D Anderson, Taylor K Chapple, Paul E Kanive, Barbara A Block
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3280240?pdf=render