Running before the storm: blacktip sharks respond to falling barometric pressure associated with Tropical Storm Gabrielle

By M. Heupel, C. Simpfendorfer, R. Hueter. 2003

196 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. M. Peck
2. G. Schofield
3. G. Hays
4. C. Simpfendorfer
5. M. Heupel
6. D. Knip
7. K. A. Katselidis
8. J. Pinnegar

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. C. Simpfendorfer
2. Corey J. A. Bradshaw
3. G. Hays
4. M. Heupel
5. D. Knip
6. C. Speed
7. M. Meekan
8. I. Field

Citations in the corpus

• The importance of research and public opinion to conservation management of sharks and rays: a synthesis (2011, unknown): “…te rn at io n al ap p ro ac h es b e co o rd in at ed ? surprises over the past decade, such as ocean-crossing transits in white shark (Bonfil et al. 2005), hurricane-detection in juvenile blacktip sharks (Heupel et al. 2003) and selective tidal transport in the thornback ray (Hunter et al. 2005).”
• Resolving the effect of climate change on fish populations (2009, background): “0018C; Brown, 2003) and some sharks move to deeper water before the onset of severe storms (Heupel et al., 2003).”
• Inter-annual variability in the home range of breeding turtles: implications for current and future conservation management. (2010, background): “…pressure (as little as 5 hPa) may serve as a signal of approaching environmental change to which animals respond to avoid storms (e.g. sharks, Heupel et al., 2003; flounder, Sackett et al., 2007) or initiate migration (e.g. spider-mites, Li and Margolies, 1994; eels, Okamura et al., 2002;…”
• Importance of environmental and biological drivers in the presence and space use of a reef‑associated shark (2014, background): “Large changes such as hurricane or cyclone events may cause sharks to be displaced or change their movement patterns (Heupel et al. 2003, Udyawer et al. 2013), although data from Udyawer et al. (2013) also suggest that even these extreme events may not alter the presence of reef species.”
• Estimation of Shark Home Ranges using Passive Monitoring Techniques (2004, unknown): “Recent results from Heupel et al. (2003) showed that subtle environmental cues, such as changes in barometric and thus hydrostatic pressure, can cause a population-level change in behavior.”
• Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management (2010, background): “Heupel et al. (2004) suggested that longer movements in juvenile blacktip sharks might be related to foraging and/or atmospheric pressure declines associated with approaching storms (Heupel et al. 2003).”
• Sharks in nearshore environments: models, importance, and consequences (2010, background): “Analysis of this event suggested sharks used the corresponding drop in barometric pressure as a cue to leave the bay (Heupel et al. 2003).”