Serendipitous re‐sighting of a basking shark Cetorhinus maximus reveals inter‐annual connectivity between American and European coastal hotspots
Abstract Transatlantic stock mixing in basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus is supported by low genetic diversity in populations throughout the Atlantic Ocean. However, despite significant focus on the species' movements; >1500 individual sharks marked for recapture and >150 individuals equi...
| Published in: | Journal of Fish Biology |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14163 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfb.14163 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.14163 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jfb.14163 |
| Summary: | Abstract Transatlantic stock mixing in basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus is supported by low genetic diversity in populations throughout the Atlantic Ocean. However, despite significant focus on the species' movements; >1500 individual sharks marked for recapture and >150 individuals equipped with remote tracking tags, only a single record of transatlantic movment has been previously recorded. Within this context, the seredipitous re‐sighting of a female basking shark fitted with a satellite transmitter at Malin Head, Ireland 993 days later at Cape Cod, USA is noteworthy. |
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