- Title
- Residency patterns and migration dynamics of adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) on the east coast of southern Africa:
- Creator
- Daly, Ryan, Smale, Malcolm J, Cowley, Paul D, Froneman, P William
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/143235
- Identifier
- vital:38213
- Identifier
- doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109357
- Description
- Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) are globally distributed top predators that play an important ecological role within coastal marine communities. However, little is known about the spatial and temporal scales of their habitat use and associated ecological role. In this study, we employed passive acoustic telemetry to investigate the residency patterns and migration dynamics of 18 adult bull sharks (195–283 cm total length) tagged in southern Mozambique for a period of between 10 and 22 months. The majority of sharks (n = 16) exhibited temporally and spatially variable residency patterns interspersed with migration events. Ten individuals undertook coastal migrations that ranged between 433 and 709 km (mean = 533 km) with eight of these sharks returning to the study site.
- Format
- 12 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- PloS one, Daly, R., Smale, M.J., Cowley, P.D. and Froneman, P.W., 2014. Residency patterns and migration dynamics of adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) on the east coast of southern Africa. PloS one, 9(10)., PloS one volume 9 number 10 1 11 October 2014 1932-6203
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Cowley, Paul Denfer (Prof)
Froneman, Pierre William (Prof)
SDG 14. Life Below Water
RU South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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