Basking sharks overlap with primary and secondary deep scattering layers during overwintering migration in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Jaida N. Elcock; Martin C. Arostegui; Laura H. McDonnell; C. Antonia Klöcker; Gregory B. Skomal; Simon R. Thorrold; Camrin D. Braun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0348589

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Basking sharks overlap with primary and secondary deep scattering layers during overwintering migration in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Jaida N. Elcock ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: jelcock@mit.edu

Affiliation Biological Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4802-3036

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Martin C. Arostegui,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9313-9487

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Laura H. McDonnell,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8585-7876

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C. Antonia Klöcker,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus,‌‌ Edinburgh, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7552-7892

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Gregory B. Skomal,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford,‌‌ Massachusetts, United States of America
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Simon R. Thorrold,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Camrin D. Braun

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Basking sharks overlap with primary and secondary deep scattering layers during overwintering migration in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Jaida N. Elcock,
Martin C. Arostegui,
Laura H. McDonnell,
C. Antonia Klöcker,
Gregory B. Skomal,
Simon R. Thorrold,
Camrin D. Braun

Published: June 3, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348589

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