Occurrence of a juvenile white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in the southeastern Gulf of California, Mexico
Records of white sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias ) sightings or captures from the southern Gulf of California have been poorly documented and anecdotal evidence is limited. Even rarer is the event of a juvenile in subtropical waters. In the present paper, we report the capture of a juvenile female w...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UAS |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:175053482024 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=175053482024 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias de la Tierra incidental catch great white shark Gulf of California Carcharodon carcharias |
| Sumario: | Records of white sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias ) sightings or captures from the southern Gulf of California have been poorly documented and anecdotal evidence is limited. Even rarer is the event of a juvenile in subtropical waters. In the present paper, we report the capture of a juvenile female white shark taken in the lower Gulf of California, which represents an important contribution among the connectivity between indiv iduals from California, United States and the Gulf of California, Mexico. |
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