Drivers of Spatial Distributions of Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in the Southwest Pacific

Drivers of Spatial Distributions of Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in the Southwest Pacific

Basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) were widely reported throughout New Zealand waters. Once commonly observed, and sometimes in large numbers, basking sharks are now infrequently reported. Basking shark observations are known to be highly variable across years, and their distribution and occurrence...

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Main Authors: Brittany Finucci, Clinton A. J. Duffy, Tom Brough, Malcolm P. Francis, Marco Milardi, Matthew H. Pinkerton, Grady Petersen, Fabrice Stephenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
New Zealand
species distribution models
boosted regression tree models
threatened species
elasmobranch
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.665337/full

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