Elevated body temperatures of adult female leopard sharks, Triakis semifasciata, while aggregating in shallow nearshore embayments: Evidence for behavioral thermoregulation?

By Barbara V. Hight, Christopher G. Lowe. 2007

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Subfields: Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Deep danger: intra-specific predation risk influences habitat use and aggregation formation of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris (2012, background): “Physiological functions are known to be directly affected by changes in temperature (Schmidt-Nielsen 1990), and habitat selection for a number of shark species indicates a thermoregulatory function (Economakis & Lobel 1998, Hight & Lowe 2007).”
Sharks in nearshore environments: models, importance, and consequences (2010, background): “Shallow nearshore waters also appear to be used for thermoregulation and energy conservation, which is thought to increase metabolic rate, growth, and embryonic development (Economakis & Lobel 1998, Hight & Lowe 2007).”
Quantifying movement patterns for shark conservation at remote coral atolls in the Indian Ocean (2011, background): “females that use warm shallow waters as a means of increasing gestation rates or by young juveniles to increase growth rates (Economakis and Lobel 1998; Hight and Lowe 2007).”
Importance of environmental and biological drivers in the presence and space use of a reef‑associated shark (2014, background): “Evidence also suggests that female sharks may seek out warmer waters to help speed gestation and thus base their presence and movement patterns on availability of warm water (Hight & Lowe 2007, Knip et al. 2012).”
Social preferences of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (2009, background): “Water temperature and depth were also recorded at 10 min intervals throughout the trials as these are thought to influence shark behaviour (Morrissey & Gruber 1993; Hight & Lowe 2008 ).”
Habitat use, residency, and seasonal distribution of female leopard sharks Triakis semifasciata in Elkhorn Slough, California (2009, background): “Also, it is possible that shark use of shallow intertidal mudflats may be thermoregulatory in nature, and reflects behavior that increases physiological, digestive, and metabolic rates (Carlson et al. 2004, Hight & Lowe 2007).”
Environmental influences on the occurrence of coastal sharks in estuarine waters (2010, background): “At least 16 species of coastal sharks use Gulf of Mexico waters off Florida and Texas as juvenile habitat (Hueter & Tyminski 2007, McCandless et al. 2007).”
Heat-seeking sharks: support for behavioural thermoregulation in reef sharks (2012, background): “The function of female shark aggregations during the middle of the day, when water temperatures are at their peak, might serve to increase embryonic development in gestating individuals (Taylor 1993, Economakis & Lobel 1998, Hight & Lowe 2007).”
Abundance and demography of a seasonal aggregation of zebra sharks Stegostoma fasciatum (2008, background): “The attracting environmental resources may be driven by physical processes, e.g. oceanic structures (Friedlaender et al. 2006) or temperature (Hight & Lowe 2007), or biological pro- cesses, e.g. feeding sites (Friedlaender et al. 2006) or spawning aggregations (Domeier & Colin 1997).”
Social behaviour in sharks and rays: analysis, patterns and implications for conservation (2012, background): “2009a) and adult phases (Economakis and Lobel 1998; Hight and Lowe 2007).”
Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management (2010, background): “…et al. 2006), as do male dogfish (Sims et al. 2001), sixgill sharks Hexanchus griseus (Andrews et al. 2009), leopard sharks (Ackerman et al. 2000, Hight & Lowe 2007), white tip reef sharks Triaenodon obesus (Whitney et al. 2007), grey reef sharks (McKibben & Nelson 1986), lemon sharks (Gruber et…”
Spatial and temporal movement patterns of a multi-species coastal reef shark aggregation (2011, unknown): “…thermoregulation, although potential courtship behaviour was also observed in Carcharhinus melanopterus and Triaenodon obesus, as has been found elsewhere (e.g. Johnson & Nelson 1978, Whitney et al. 2004, McCauley et al. 2010), indicating that these species might be using this area for mating.”
Habitat use, movements and site fidelity of the gray smooth-hound shark (Mustelus californicus Gill 1863) in a newly restored southern California estuary (2011, background): “Female leopard sharks aggregated during the day in a warm, shallow embayment in southern California, but moved away from their “thermal refuge” at night (Hight and Lowe, 2007).”
The Use of Electronic Tags in Fish Research - An Overview of Fish Telemetry Methods (2013, methodology): “It is possible to retrieve stored data from some types of DSTs by two-way communication with receivers without recapturing the fish (so-called CHAT-tags, Hight and Lowe, 2007).”