Basking sharks ( Cetorhinus maximus) schooling in the southern Gulf of Maine

Abstract Schools of up to 50 basking sharks ( Cetorhinus maximus ) were observed on the warm side of a persistent thermal front in the southern Gulf of Maine from early September through mid‐October 2002. Aerial photographs showed a variety of schooling patterns, including echelon, cartwheel and mil...

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Published in:Fisheries Oceanography
Main Author: Wilson, Steven G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004
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Cetorhinus maximus
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spelling crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00292.x 2024-09-15T18:01:49+00:00 Basking sharks ( Cetorhinus maximus) schooling in the southern Gulf of Maine Wilson, Steven G. 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00292.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2419.2004.00292.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00292.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Fisheries Oceanography volume 13, issue 4, page 283-286 ISSN 1054-6006 1365-2419 journal-article 2004 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00292.x 2024-08-30T04:09:19Z Abstract Schools of up to 50 basking sharks ( Cetorhinus maximus ) were observed on the warm side of a persistent thermal front in the southern Gulf of Maine from early September through mid‐October 2002. Aerial photographs showed a variety of schooling patterns, including echelon, cartwheel and milling formations. While the function of these aggregations remains unknown, they may represent group courtship behaviour. Article in Journal/Newspaper Cetorhinus maximus Wiley Online Library Fisheries Oceanography 13 4 283 286
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