Northerly Distribution of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Eastern Pacific and Relation to ENSO Events
Twenty-nine verified records of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, from British Columbia and Alaska waters(1961–2004) are presented. Record locations ranged from lat. 48°48ʹN to lat. 60°17ʹN, including the northernmost occurrence of a white shark and the first report of this species from the cent...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/26341 2023-05-15T15:43:52+02:00 Northerly Distribution of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Eastern Pacific and Relation to ENSO Events Martin, R. Aidan 2004 application/pdf 16-26 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26341 en eng http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr661/mfr6612.pdf 0090-1830 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26341 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/9727 403 2012-08-15 18:06:06 9727 United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fisheries Management article TRUE 2004 ftoceandocs 2023-04-06T17:03:10Z Twenty-nine verified records of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, from British Columbia and Alaska waters(1961–2004) are presented. Record locations ranged from lat. 48°48ʹN to lat. 60°17ʹN, including the northernmost occurrence of a white shark and the first report of this species from the central Bering Sea. White sharks recorded from the study area were generally large, with 95% falling between 3.8 and 5.4 m in length. Mature white sharks of both sexes occur in British Columbia and Alaska waters,although they do not necessarily reproduce there. White sharks actively feed in the study area; their diet is similar to that reported for this species from Washington and northern California waters. Sea surface temperature (SST) concurrent with white shark records from the study area ranged from 16°C to between 6.4°C and 5.0°C, extending the lower extreme of the range of SST from which this species has been previously reported. White sharkstrandings are rarely reported, yet 16 (55%) of the records in this study are of beached animals; strandings generally occurred later in the year and at lower latitudes than nonstrandings. No significant correlation was found between white shark records in the study area and El Niño events and no records occurred during La Niña events. The datapresented here indicate that white sharks are more abundant in the cold waters of British Columbia and Alaska than previous records suggest. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Alaska IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Bering Sea Pacific |
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Twenty-nine verified records of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, from British Columbia and Alaska waters(1961–2004) are presented. Record locations ranged from lat. 48°48ʹN to lat. 60°17ʹN, including the northernmost occurrence of a white shark and the first report of this species from the central Bering Sea. White sharks recorded from the study area were generally large, with 95% falling between 3.8 and 5.4 m in length. Mature white sharks of both sexes occur in British Columbia and Alaska waters,although they do not necessarily reproduce there. White sharks actively feed in the study area; their diet is similar to that reported for this species from Washington and northern California waters. Sea surface temperature (SST) concurrent with white shark records from the study area ranged from 16°C to between 6.4°C and 5.0°C, extending the lower extreme of the range of SST from which this species has been previously reported. White sharkstrandings are rarely reported, yet 16 (55%) of the records in this study are of beached animals; strandings generally occurred later in the year and at lower latitudes than nonstrandings. No significant correlation was found between white shark records in the study area and El Niño events and no records occurred during La Niña events. The datapresented here indicate that white sharks are more abundant in the cold waters of British Columbia and Alaska than previous records suggest. |
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Northerly Distribution of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Eastern Pacific and Relation to ENSO Events |
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Northerly Distribution of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Eastern Pacific and Relation to ENSO Events |
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Northerly Distribution of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Eastern Pacific and Relation to ENSO Events |
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Northerly Distribution of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Eastern Pacific and Relation to ENSO Events |
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Northerly Distribution of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Eastern Pacific and Relation to ENSO Events |
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northerly distribution of white sharks, carcharodon carcharias, in the eastern pacific and relation to enso events |
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