Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini, utilizes deep-water, hypoxic zone in the Gulf of California

S J Jorgensen; A P Klimley; A F Muhlia-Melo

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02230.x

Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini, utilizes deep-water, hypoxic zone in the Gulf of California

J Fish Biol. 2009 May;74(7):1682-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02230.x.

Authors

S J Jorgensen¹, A P Klimley, A F Muhlia-Melo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 20735666
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02230.x

Abstract

A hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini tracked for 74 days revealed an expansion of the range of vertical distribution for the species to include the extreme hypoxic environment of the oxygen minimum layer in the Gulf of California.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Behavior, Animal
California
Diving
Ecosystem*
Female
Motor Activity
Pacific Ocean
Satellite Communications
Seawater / analysis
Sharks / physiology*