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Transoceanic Migration, Spatial Dynamics, and Population Linkages of White Sharks
Abstract
The large-scale spatial dynamics and population structure of marine top predators are poorly known. We present electronic tag and photographic identification data showing a complex suite of behavioral patterns in white sharks. These include coastal return migrations and the fastest known transoceanic return migration among swimming fauna, which provide direct evidence of a link between widely separated populations in South Africa and Australia. Transoceanic return migration involved a return to the original capture location, dives to depths of 980 meters, and the tolerance of water temperatures as low as 3.4°C. These findings contradict previous ideas that female white sharks do not make transoceanic migrations, and they suggest natal homing behavior.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bonfil, R., Meÿer, M., Scholl, M. C., Johnson, R., O'Brien, S., Oosthuizen, H., Swanson, S., Kotze, D., & Paterson, M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2005-10-07
- Volume
- 310
- Issue
- 5745
- Pages
- 100-103
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2104068398
- Cited by
- 488
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 10.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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