To Madagascar and back: long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas
To Madagascar and back: long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas
A large, pregnant, female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas was tracked migrating from Seychelles across open ocean to south-east Madagascar, c. 2000?km away, and back again. In Madagascar, the shark spent a prolonged period shallower than 5?m, consistent with entering estuarine habitat to pup, and upon return to Seychelles the shark was slender and no longer gravid. This represents an unprecedented return migration across the open ocean for a C. leucas and highlights the need for international collaboration to manage the regional C. leucas population sustainably.
geolocation, parturition, philopatry, PSAT, satellite telemetry
1313-1321
Lea, J.S.E.
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Humphries, N.E.
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Clarke, C.R.
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Sims, D.W.
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2015
Lea, J.S.E.
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Humphries, N.E.
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Clarke, C.R.
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Sims, D.W.
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Lea, J.S.E., Humphries, N.E., Clarke, C.R. and Sims, D.W.
(2015)
To Madagascar and back: long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas.
Journal of Fish Biology, 87 (6), .
(doi:10.1111/jfb.12805).
Abstract
A large, pregnant, female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas was tracked migrating from Seychelles across open ocean to south-east Madagascar, c. 2000?km away, and back again. In Madagascar, the shark spent a prolonged period shallower than 5?m, consistent with entering estuarine habitat to pup, and upon return to Seychelles the shark was slender and no longer gravid. This represents an unprecedented return migration across the open ocean for a C. leucas and highlights the need for international collaboration to manage the regional C. leucas population sustainably.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 2015
Published date: 2015
Keywords:
geolocation, parturition, philopatry, PSAT, satellite telemetry
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Ocean and Earth Science
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Local EPrints ID: 383505
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/383505
ISSN: 0022-1112
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C.R. Clarke
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