The relationship between fluctuation in the basking sharks, Cetorhinus Maximus (Gunnerus) population in Cornish coastal waters (SW England) and abiotic and biotic factors and the effect imposed by the North Atlantic Oscillation

• Main Author: Chadwick, Mark
• Other Authors: Faculty of Science
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: basking sharks distribution; copepods; C. Helgolandicus; North Atlantic Oscillation; climate change; Cornish; Cetorhinus maximus; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Copepods
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.2/2124

This study reports on the abiotic and biotic factors which influence the basking sharks distributional patterns. A relationship was found between basking shark abundances and C. Helgolandicus abundances. Only a correlation was found between basking sharks and total copepods. This suggest that baskin...