Movement patterns and nursery habitat of juvenile thresher sharks Alopias vulpinus

Contacts

Daniel Cartamil

Species

COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus

Sex

Both

Purpose

Identifying spatial or temporal patterns in habitat use

Type of tag

Sonic

Oceanic Region

California current

Start Year

2005

End Year

2007

Releases

7

Recoveries

0

Tagging Place

Southern California Bight

Min Length

66cm

Max Length

108cm

Time Period Tracked

32 to 75 hours

Farthest track

114km

Comment

temperature and depth sensing acoustic transmitters

References
Movement patterns and nursery habitat of juvenile thresher sharks <i>Alopias vulpinus</i> in the Southern California Bight