A Review of Elasmobranch Reproductive Behavior with a Case Study on the Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma Cirratum

By H. L. Pratt, J. Carrier. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2001

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Subfields: Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Spatial and temporal movement patterns of a multi-species coastal reef shark aggregation (2011, neutral): “…et al. 2007), coastal species (Klimley & Nelson 1981, Dudley et al. 2005, Heupel & Simpfendorfer 2005) and reef-associated sharks (Stevens 1984, McKibben & Nelson 1986, Gruber et al. 1988, Economakis & Lobel 1998, Smith & Pollard 1999, Pratt & Carrier 2001, Whitney et al. 2004, Hight & Lowe 2007).”
Identifying shark mating behaviour using three-dimensional acceleration loggers (2010, background): “Mating typically occurs in the shallows or nearby in slightly deeper (2 to 3 m) water into which males will often attempt to carry a female to improve their chance of successful copulation, which only happens in ~8% of events (Pratt & Carrier 2001).”
Social preferences of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (2009, background): “Lemon and nurse sharks were our test subjects because of their abundance in Bimini, renowned hardiness in captivity, relatively small body size, extensively overlapping home ranges and known heterospecific encounters (Gruber 1982; Gruber et al. 1988; Castro 2000; Pratt & Carrier 2001; T. L. Guttri”
Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management (2010, background): “Adult male and female nurse sharks display mating site fidelity by returning to the same site annually and every second year, respectively (Pratt & Carrier 2001).”
The role of learning in shark behaviour (2009, background): “Mates Elasmobranch reproductive behavior has been implied from freshly caught specimens, laboratory studies of reproductive structures and from observations of sharks in captivity (Gordon 1993; Pratt and Carrier 2001; Powter and Gladstone 2008).”
Seasonal and life-stage variation in the reproductive ecology of a marine apex predator, the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier, at a protected female-dominated site (2016, background): “The body of each captured shark from Phase II was examined for evidence of mating scars and bite wounds, which were identified as distinct, semicircular marks along the flank or fins (Pratt & Carrier 2001 ).”
Group courtship, mating behaviour and siphon sac function in the whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus (2004, methodology): “The cessation or absence of female avoidance behaviour in some mating events (event 3 of this study; Pratt & Carrier 2001) indicates that females may be cooperating with some males, and hence choosing them over others.”
Abundance and demography of a seasonal aggregation of zebra sharks Stegostoma fasciatum (2008, background): “Pratt & Carrier (2001), however, found male nurse sharks showed greater philopatry than females as males returned annually to a mating area while females returned biennially during the mating season.”
Shark Tagging: A Review Of Conventional Methods and Studies (2001, background): “Other tagging studies on sharks have used internal tags (Olsen 1953) and miscellaneous dangler, collar, loop, and hydrostatic tags and, in some cases, multiple tagging protocols on each fish (Gruber 1982, Gruber & Stout 1983, Pratt & Carrier 2001).”
Use of natural marks on population estimates of the nurse shark,Ginglymostoma cirratum, at Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, Brazil (2005, background): “ Pratt & Carrier (2001) claimed that some natural marks in nurse sharks heal rapidly, grow or change in time, what makes the tagging of animals the best method to identify individuals.”