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Expanded niche for white sharks

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Until the advent of electronic tagging technology1,2,3,4, the inherent difficulty of studying swift and powerful marine animals made ecological information about sharks of the family Lamnidae5,6 difficult to obtain. Here we report the tracking of movements of white sharks by using pop-up satellite archival tags, which reveal that their migratory movements, depth and ambient thermal ranges are wider than was previously thought.

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Figure 1: Movements, diving and temperature preference of white sharks.

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  1. Tuna Research and Conservation Center, Stanford University and Monterey Bay Aquarium, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, 93950, California, USA

    Andre M. Boustany & Barbara A. Block

  2. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 95064, California, USA

    Scott F. Davis & Burney J. Le Boeuf

  3. Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, 94970, California, USA

    Peter Pyle & Scot D. Anderson

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Boustany, A., Davis, S., Pyle, P. et al. Expanded niche for white sharks. Nature 415, 35–36 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/415035b

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