Crossing latitudes--long-distance tracking of an apex predator.

Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) are apex predators occurring in most tropical and warm temperate marine ecosystems, but we know relatively little of their patterns of residency and movement over large spatial and temporal scales. We deployed satellite tags on eleven tiger sharks off the north-weste...

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Main Authors: Luciana C Ferreira, Michele Thums, Jessica J Meeuwig, Gabriel M S Vianna, John Stevens, Rory McAuley, Mark G Meekan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4324986?pdf=render