Distribution, Movements and Growth of Young Sandbar Sharks, Carcharhinus Plumbeus, in the Nursery Grounds of Delaware Bay

By R. R. Merson, H. L. Pratt. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2001

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation

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• Stable isotope dynamics in elasmobranch fishes (2010, background): “movements as they have in other marine species making large scale migrations (Best & Schell, 1996; Burton & Koch, 1999) or movements between distinct habitat types (Fry et al., 2003; Nakamura et al., 2008) that have also been observed in many shark species (e.g., Merson & Pratt, 2001; Carpenter, 2”
• Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions (2007, background): “For example, sandbar sharks Carcharhinus plumbeus in the Chesapeake Bay–Delaware Bay region (e.g. Medved & Marshall 1983, Wetherbee & Rechisky 2000, Merson & Pratt 2001, Rechisky & Wetherbee 2003, Grubbs & Musick in press, Grubbs et al. in press), lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris at Bimini,…”
• Habitat use and demographic population structure of elasmobranchs at a Caribbean atoll (Glover's Reef, Belize) (2005, background): “Much of this research has occurred in nearshore areas of continental shelves, especially large estuaries, which are hypothesized to be nursery areas for these species (Castro 1993, Simpfendorfer & Milward 1993, Camhi 1998, Merson & Pratt 2001, Heupel & Hueter 2002).”
• First characterization of shark nursery habitat in the United States Virgin Islands: evidence of habitat partitioning by two shark species (2008, background): “Coastal nursery areas include bays (Hoese 1962, Castro 1993, Simpfendorfer & Milward 1993, Merson & Pratt 2001), estuaries (Snelson et al. 1984, Rountree & Able 1996), and reef lagoons (Stevens 1984, Gruber et al. 1988).”
• 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): “…150 cm TL), one at the archipelago’s southwestern extremity and the other at the slope of the insular shelf, suggest that juveniles of this species may extend their movements as they grow, including more distant and deeper sites, as has been observed in other shark species (Merson and Pratt 2001).”
• Decadal trends in shark catches and effort from the New South Wales, Australia, Shark Meshing Program 1950–2010 (2011, background): “The population structure of eastern Australian coastal sharks is largely unknown; however, with the juveniles of some Carcharhinus species capable of migrations of nearly 1000 km (Merson and Pratt 2001), it is likely that large-scale, panmictic populations may exist.”