Importance of prey density in relation to the movement patterns of juvenile blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) within a coastal nursery area

By M. Heupel, R. Hueter. 2002

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Foraging ecology of the early life stages of four sympatric shark species (2004, unknown): “Heupel & Hueter (2002) examined 693 juvenile blacktip shark stomachs from Terra Ceia Bay, Florida, and 258 Bethea et al.: Foraging ecology of four shark species found sparids (mostly Lagodon rhomboides; 28.7%IRI), clupeids (mostly Opisthonema oglinum; 22.7%IRI), sciaenids (mostly Bairdiella…”
Environmental influences on the occurrence of coastal sharks in estuarine waters (2010, background): “In a study of blacktip sharks, Heupel and Simpfendorfer (2002) reported highest mortality rates during the first 15 weeks of life when animals are smallest and susceptible to the widest range of predators.”
First characterization of shark nursery habitat in the United States Virgin Islands: evidence of habitat partitioning by two shark species (2008, background): “Boulon (1992) and Tobias et al. (1996) reported on the importance of USVI mangroves as important habitat for various teleost species, which are the main prey items for young blacktip and lemon sharks (Cortés & Gruber 1990, Heupel & Hueter 2002, Hoffmayer & Parsons 2003).”
Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions (2007, background): “…in northwest Florida (e.g. Carlson & Brusher 1999, Carlson 2002, Bethea et al. 2004, Bethea et al. 2006), and blacktip sharks Carcharhinus limbatus in central west Florida (e.g. Heupel & Hueter 2001, 2002, Hueter & Tyminski 2002, Heupel et al. 2004, Heupel & Simpfendorfer 2005, Heupel in press).”
Habitat use, residency, and seasonal distribution of female leopard sharks Triakis semifasciata in Elkhorn Slough, California (2009, background): “…leopard sharks in Elkhorn Slough, patterns of habitat use are more influenced by prey availability than by predator avoidance, which has been shown to be an important factor influencing habitat use in other elasmobranch species (Morrissey & Gruber 1993, Heupel & Hueter 2002, Duncan & Holland 2006).”
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): “The high proportion of immature individuals observed inside the FTB suggests that this new habitat could be ecologically important for early stages of GSH (Heupel and Hueter, 2002; Conrath and Musick, 2010).”
Habitat use and demographic population structure of elasmobranchs at a Caribbean atoll (Glover's Reef, Belize) (2005, background): “Within these areas, larger, older individuals often occupy deeper areas than those utilized by smaller, younger individuals; ostensibly this is a means for small sharks to avoid being preyed upon by larger conspecifics (Springer 1967, Castro 1993, Morrissey & Gruber 1993, Heupel & Hueter 2002).”
Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management (2010, background): “In contrast, 283 Mar Ecol Prog Ser 408: 275–293, 2010 Heupel & Hueter (2002) found no correlation between prey density and juvenile blacktip shark presence within a nursery, so they suggested instead that movement was affected by temperature and predator avoidance, as appears to be the case in…”
Habitat use, growth rates and dispersal patterns of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini in a nursery habitat (2006, background): “…Sphyrna lewini, but closer to empirically-derived mortality estimates of Age 0 lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris (0.64, Manire & Gruber 1993; 0.38 to 0.65, Gruber et al. 2001), and within the range of 0.61 to 0.92 determined for blacktip sharks Carcharhinus limbatus (Heupel & Simpfendorfer 2002).”
Long-term movement patterns and trophic ecology of blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at Palmyra Atoll (2010, background): “Many species of sharks are apex predators, yet currently there are few studies that have explored the relationship between movements and foraging in elasmobranchs (e.g. Heupel and Hueter, 2002; Heithaus and Dill, 2006; Sims et al., 2006).”
Movement patterns of young Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi, at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil: the potential of marine protected areas for conservation of a nursery ground (2006, background): “This observation, coupled with recaptures of two large juvenile sharks (110–150 cm TL) at locations at least 5 km away from their tagging location, suggests that the activity space of C. perezi increases with shark size, as has been shown for other sharks (Nelson 1990; Heupel and Hueter 2002).”