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Oceans apart? Short-term movements and behaviour of adult bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans determined from pop-off satellite archival tagging
Article first published online: 6 SEP 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02757.x
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Brunnschweiler, J. M., Queiroz, N. and Sims, D. W. (2010), Oceans apart? Short-term movements and behaviour of adult bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans determined from pop-off satellite archival tagging. Journal of Fish Biology, 77: 1343–1358. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02757.x
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- Issue published online: 12 OCT 2010
- Article first published online: 6 SEP 2010
- (Received 23 December 2009, Accepted 12 July 2010)
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Keywords:
- Fiji;
- habitat use;
- migration;
- satellite telemetry;
- Shark Reef Marine Reserve;
- site fidelity
Adult bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas were monitored with electronic tags to investigate horizontal and vertical movements in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In both locations, C. leucas showed some fidelity to specific coastal areas with only limited horizontal movements away from the tagging sites after tag attachment. Fish tagged in the Bahamas were detected mostly in the upper 20 m of the water column in water 25–26° C, whereas C. leucas tagged in Fiji spent most of their time below 20 m in water usually >26° C. The results highlight the importance of coastal inshore habitats for this species.