Spatial distribution patterns of basking sharks on the European shelf: Preliminary comparison of satellite-tag geolocation, survey and public sightings data.

• Main Authors: Southall, Emily, Sims, David, Metcalfe, J, Doyle, J, Fanshawe, S, Lacey, Claire, Shrimpton, Juliet, Solandt, J-L, Speedie, Colin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Cornwall; Cetorhinus maximus; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/spatial-distribution-patterns-of-basking-sharks-on-the-european-shelf-preliminary-comparison-of-satellitetag-geolocation-survey-and-public-sightings-data(65f95cbb-c746-4f74-8951-789269bcfc86).html; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/spatial-distribution-patterns-of-basking-sharks-on-the-european-shelf-preliminary-comparison-of-satellitetag-geolocation-survey-and-public-sightings-data/512A2A3785275CF0749EDE9FA7AE04A7

Current concerns about the population levels of the basking shark (cetorhinus maximus) in the north-east atlantic have prompted a need to understand population distribution, habitat preference and centres of abundance. in this study, spatial distribution maps derived from satellite-tag geolocations,...