Distribution and habitat partitioning of immature bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in a Southwest Florida estuary

By C. Simpfendorfer, Garin G. Freitas, T. Wiley, M. Heupel. 2005

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation

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

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• Long-term presence and movement patterns of juvenile bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas, in an estuarine river system (2010, background): “In another study of C. leucas distribution, Simpfendorfer et al. (2005) identified distinct habitat partitioning within a south-west Florida estuary with neonate and young-of-the-year individuals occupying different habitats from older juveniles.”
• Ontogenetic shifts in movement and habitat use of juvenile pigeye sharks Carcharhinus amboinensis in a tropical nearshore region (2011, background): “Previous research has found that home ranges of young sharks increase in size over time (Heupel et al. 2004) and that segregation may occur between different age classes of juveniles (Simpfendorfer et al. 2005).”
• Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management (2010, background): “Other abiotic conditions might provide gradients to separate juvenile and adult habitats such as salinity (Simpfendorfer et al. 2005), temperature (McAuley et al. 2007), physical structures (Morrissey & Gruber 1993a, McAuley et al. 2007), benthic cover (Carraro & Gladstone 2006, Heithaus et al.…”
• Spatial and temporal movement patterns of a multi-species coastal reef shark aggregation (2011, unknown): “…partitioning is common in some species, with many studies concluding that juveniles and adults partition habitats by depth, temperature, salinity, or benthos type (Chapman et al. 2005, Pikitch et al. 2005, Simpfendorfer et al. 2005, McAuley et al. 2007, Yeiser et al. 2008, Speed et al. 2010).”
• Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions (2007, background): “This low level of mortality may be the result of bull sharks utilizing rivers where salinity is below those that are tolerated by other shark species and potential predators (Simpfendorfer et al. 2005b).”
• Phylogeography and conservation of the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) inferred from mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA (2011, background): “The time of residency, however, varies depending upon the age of the animal and physical characteristics of the estuary (Simpfendorfer et al. 2005; Heupel and Simpfendorfer 2008; Yeiser et al. 2008; Heupel et al. 2010).”
• Residence and movement patterns of cownose rays Rhinoptera bonasus within a south‐west Florida estuary (2007, background): “are known to feed upon batoids (Snelson et al., 1984; Chapman & Gruber, 2002) and both species regularly occur throughout Charlotte Harbor ( Simpfendorfer et al., 2005; unpubl.”
• Movement and distribution of young bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in a variable estuarine environment (2008, background): “Simpfendorfer et al. (2005) demonstrated that temperature was significant in explaining the occurrence of young bull sharks, but only as factor that may control seasonal cycles.”
• Estuarine nursery areas provide a low-mortality environment for young bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas (2011, background): “In addition, distribution data for bull sharks along the coast of Florida revealed size-based segregation with the largest individuals found in the fully marine waters of the Gulf of Mexico (Simpfendorfer et al. 2005b).”
• Habitat use, residency, and seasonal distribution of female leopard sharks Triakis semifasciata in Elkhorn Slough, California (2009, background): “Temperature and salinity are therefore likely to be important factors that influence the abundance, residency and distribution of leopard sharks (and other elasmobranchs) in bays and estuaries (Snelson & Williams 1981, Hopkins & Cech 2003, Simpfendorfer et al. 2005, Abel et al. 2007).”