Seasonal changes in the distribution and relative abundance of the Atlantic Sharpnose Shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae in the north central Gulf of Mexico

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2005, Pages 914-920

  Parsons, Glenn R ^a   Hoffmayer, Eric R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOVEMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CHONDRICHTHYES; RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE;

EID: 30344436970     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2005)005[0914:SCITDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. BAUM, J. K., AND R. A. MYERS. 2004. Shifting baselines and the decline of pelagic sharks in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecol. Lett. 7:135-145.
2. BAGENAL, T. B., AND F. W. TESCH. 1978. Age and growth, p. 101-136. In: Methods for Assessment of Fish Production in Fresh Waters. T. Bagenal (ed.). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
3. BRANSTETTER, S. 1987. Age and growth validation of newborn sharks held in laboratory aquaria, with comments on the life history of the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Copeia 1987:291-300.
4. CARLSON, J. K., AND G. R. PARSONS. 2001. The effects of hypoxia on three sympatric shark species: physiological and behavioral responses. Environ. Biol. Fish. 61:427-433.
5. CARRIER, J. C., H. L. PRATT, AND L. MARTIN. 1994. Group reproductive behavior in free-living nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Copeia 1994:646-656.
6. CORTES, E. 1995. Demographic analysis of the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, in the Gulf of Mexico. Fish. Bull. 93:57-66.
7. GOLDMAN, K. J. 2002. Aspects of age, growth, demographics and thermal biology of two Lamniform shark species. Unpubl. Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia.
8. HAGGARD, A. J. 2000. A study of hematological parameters in coastal sharks of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Unpubl. Master's thesis, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.
9. HOFFMAYER, E. R. 2003. Physiological ecology of the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, in the northern Gulf of Mexico: stress response and energetics. Unpubl. Ph.D. diss., The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.
10. _, AND G. R. PARSONS. 2001. The physiological response to capture and handling stress in the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizaprionodon terraenovae. J. Fish Physio. Biochem. 25:277-285.
11. KLIMLEY, A. P. 1985. Schooling in large predators, Sphyrna lewini, a species with low risk of predation: a non-egalitarian state. Z. Tierpsychol. 70:297-319.
12. _. 1987. The determinants of sexual segregation in the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini. Environ. Biol. Fish. 18:27-40.
13. MANIRE, C. A., AND S. H. GRUBER. 1993. Many sharks may be headed for extinction. Conserv. Biol. 4:10-11.
14. MÁRQUEZ-FARIAS, J. F., AND J. L. CASTILLO-GENIZ. 1998. Fishery biology and demography of the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Fish. Res. 39:183-198.
15. PARSONS, G. R. 1983. The reproductive biology of the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Fish. Bull. 81:61-73.
16. _. 1985. Growth and age estimation of the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae: a comparison of techniques. Copeia 1985:80-85.
17. _, AND J. K. CARLSON. 1998. Physiological and behavioral responses to hypoxia in the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo: routine swimming and respiratory regulation. J. Fish Physio. Biochem. 19:189-196.
18. PRATT, H. L., AND J. C. CARRIER. 2001. A review of elasmobranch reproductive behavior with a case study on the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Env. Biol. Fish 60:157-188.
19. RUCKSTUHL, K. E., AND P. E. NEUHAUS. 2000. Sexual segregation in ungulates: a new approach. Behav. 137:361-377.
20. SPRINGER, S. 1967. Social organization of shark populations, p. 149-174. In: Sharks, Skates and Rays. P. W. Gilbert, R. F. Matheson, and D. P. Rall (eds.). Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland.