A nursery area for sharks and rays in Northeastern Brazil

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-360

  Yokota, Leandro ^a   Lessa, Rosângela Paula ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Early life history; Ecology; Elasmobranchs; Habitat; Predation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT; JUVENILE; PREDATION; SHARK FISHERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AETOBATUS NARINARI; CARCHARHINUS ACRONOTUS; CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIS AMERICANA; DASYATIS GUTTATA; DASYATIS MARIANAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; GYMNURA MICRURA; NARCINE BRASILIENSIS; RHINOBATOS PERCELLENS; RHINOPTERA BONASUS; RHIZOPRIONODON POROSUS;

EID: 33646472006     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-0038-9     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Alvim, A.F. 2005. Idade e crescimento do cação figuinho Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey 1861) no litoral do Estado do Maranhão. Monografia. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife. 35 pp
2. A.J. Bass 1978 Problems in studies of sharks in the southwest Indian Ocean E.S. Hogdson R.F. Mathewson Sensory Biology of Sharks, Skates and Rays Office of Naval Research Department of Navy Arlington 545 594
3. D.M. Bethea J.A. Buckel J.K. Carlson 2004 Foraging ecology of the early life stages of four sympatric shark species Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser. 268 245 264
4. H.B. Bigelow W.C. Schroeder 1953 Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Sawfishes, Guitarfishes, Skates and Rays 1 Memoirs Sears Foundation for Marine Research New Haven 588
5. S.J.M. Blaber T.G. Blaber 1980 Factors affecting the distribution of juvenile estuarine and inshore fish J. Fish Biol. 17 143 162
6. R. Bonfil 1997 Status of sharks resources in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean: implications for management Fish Res. 29 101 117
7. S. Branstetter 1987 Age, growth and reproductive biology of the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformes, and the scalloped hammerheas, Sphyrna lewini, from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico Environ. Biol. Fish. 19 3 161 173
8. S. Branstetter 1990 Early life-history implications of selected Carcharhinoid and Lamnoid sharks of the Northwest Atlantic NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 90 17 28
9. Camhi, M., S. Fowler, J. Musick, A. Brautigam & F. S. Fordham. 1998. Sharks and their relatives. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 20. 39 pp
10. J.I. Castro 1993 The shark nursery of Bulls Bay, South Carolina, with a review of the shark nurseries of the the southeastern coast of the United States Environ. Biol. Fish. 38 37 48
11. T.A. Clarke 1971 The ecology of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, in Hawaii Pacific Sci. 25 133 144
12. Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 4, Parts 1 and 2: Sharks of the world. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis 125. 665 pp
13. L.J.V. Compagno 1988 Sharks of the Order Carcharhiniformes Princenton University Press New Jersey 450
14. F.H.V. Hazin P.G. Oliveira M.K. Broadhurst 2002 Reproduction of the blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus) in coastal waters off northeastern Brazil Fish. Bull. 100 143 148
15. M.R. Heupel C.A. Simpfendorfer 2002 Estimation of mortality of juvenile blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, within a nursery area using telemetry data Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59 624 632
16. M.J. Holden 1974 Problems in the rational explotation of elasmobranch population and some suggested solutions F.R. Harden-Jones Sea Fisheries Research Halsted Press New York 117 137
17. M.J. Holden 1977 Elasmobranch J.A. Gulland Fish Population Dynamics John Wiley London 372
18. IBAMA. 2002. Boletim estatístico da pesca marítima e Estuarina do Nordeste do Brasil - 2000. MMA - Ministério do Meio Ambiente. CEPENE - Centro de Pesquisa e Extensão Pesqueira do Nordeste, ESTATPESCA. 139 pp
19. Laevastu, T. & M. Hayes. 1981. Fisheries Oceanography and Ecology Fishing. News Book Ltd., Farnham, 199 pp
20. Lessa, R.P., F.M. Santana, G. Rincón, O.B.F. Gadig & A.C.A. El-deir. 1999. Biodiversidade de Elasmobrânquios do Brasil. Relatório para o Programa Nacional de Diversidade Biológica (PRONABIO) - Necton - Elasmobrânquios. Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA), Recife. 119 pp
21. Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA). 1996. Macrodiagnóstico da Zona Costeira do Brasil na Escala da União. UFRJ, FUJB, LEGET - Programa Nacional do Meio Ambiente, Brasília, ATLAS. 280 pp
22. Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA). 2002. Biodiversidade Brasileira: Avaliação e identificação de áreas e ações prioritárias para a conservação, utilização sustentável e repartição de benefícios da biodiversidade brasileira, Brasília. 404 pp
23. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 1993. Fishery Management Plan for Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA, U.S. Departament of Commerce. 266 pp
24. Palma, J.J.C. 1979. Geomorfologia da plataforma continental brasileira. In: PETROBRÁS, CENPES, DINTEP. Geomorfologia da margem continental brasileira e das áreas oceânicas. Série Projeto REMAC, n. 7. Rio de Janeiro, pp. 25 - 51
25. R.G. Peterson L. Stramma 1991 Upper-level circulation in South Atlantic Ocean Prog. Oceanogr. 26 1 73
26. C.A. Simpfendorfer N.E. Milward 1993 Utilisation of a tropical bay as a nursery area by sharks of the families Carcharhinidae and Sphyrnidae Environ Biol. Fish. 37 337 345
27. S. Springer 1967 Social organization of shark populations P.W. Gilbert R.F. Matheson D.P. Rall Sharks, Skates and Rays John Hopkins Press Baltimore 149 174
28. P. Struhsaker 1969 Observations on the biology and distribution of the thorny stingray, Dasyatis centroura (Pisces: Dasyatidae) Bull. Mar. Sci. 19 2 457 481
29. W.A. Swenson 1978 Influence of Turbidity on Fish Abundance in Western Lake Superior. Research Report U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Duluth
30. H. Vital K. Stattegger W.F. Tabosa K. Riedel 2003 Why does erosion occur on the Northeastern coast of Brazil? The Caiçara do Norte beach example J. Coastal Res. 35 525 529
31. Yokota, L. 2005. Caiçara do Norte (RN): Um berçário de tubarões e raias? Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife. 89 pp