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== Ecology == | == Ecology == | ||
The Basking Shark lives in the coastal to pelagic in boreal warm-temperatures and insular shelves <ref name=sharkbio/>. These can be offshore as well as very close to land, sometimes just off the surf and even at the inlets of bays <ref name=sharkbio/>. They are known to live in deeper waters in lower latitudes with a known range of 0-1870 ft in depth <ref name=sharkbio/>. They are normally seen in surface waters, but are primarily midwater inhabitants<ref name=sharkbio/>. They will surface when the water conditions and food conditions are favorable <ref name=sharkbio/>. | |||
The are seen much more often in cooler temperatures in locations such as of both coasts of North America<ref name=sharkbio/>. The summer plankton blooms are at moderate to high levels in New Zeland waters doing summer and fall <ref name=sharkbio/>. This encourages sightings near the Cook Straight and Dunedin during summer and fall <ref name=sharkbio/>. They seem to migrate to higher latitudes in the summer and autumn while seeming to disappear during winter months <ref name=sharkbio/>. They seem to fair better to water temperatures in the range od 46-54 degree F. <ref name=sharkbio/> | |||
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