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Travelling light: white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) rely on body lipid stores to power ocean-basin scale migration

Many species undertake long-distance annual migrations between foraging and reproductive areas. Such migrants depend on the efficient packaging, storage and utilization of energy to succeed. A diverse assemblage of organisms accomplishes this through the use of lipid reserves; yet, it remains unclea...

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Autores principales: Del Raye, Gen, Jorgensen, Salvador J., Krumhansl, Kira, Ezcurra, Juan M., Block, Barbara A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0836