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Luongo SM, Schneider EVC, Harborne AR, Kessel ST, Papastamatiou YP. Habitat-specific impacts of climate change on the trophic demand of a marine predator. Ecology 2024; 105:e4222. [PMID: 38032348 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
Abstract
Metabolic ecology predicts that ectotherm metabolic rates, and thus consumption rates, will increase with body size and temperature. Predicted climatic increases in temperature are likely to increase the consumption rates of ectothermic predators; however, the ecological impact of these increases will partly depend on whether prey productivity changes with temperature at a similar rate. Furthermore, total predator consumption and prey productivity will depend on species abundances that vary across habitat types. Here we combine energetics and biotelemetry to measure consumption rates in a critically endangered coral reef predator, the Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), in The Bahamas. We estimate that, at present, the Nassau grouper needs to consume 2.2% ± 1.0% body weight day-1 , but this could increase up to 24% with a predicted 3.1°C increase in ocean temperature by the end of the century. We then used surveys of prey communities in two major reef habitat types (Orbicella reef and Gorgonian plain), to predict the proportion of prey productivity consumed by grouper and how this varied by habitat with changing climates. We found that at present, the predicted proportion of prey productivity consumed by Nassau grouper decreased with increasing prey productivity and averaged 1.2% across all habitats, with a greater proportion of prey productivity consumed (maximum of 5%) in Gorgonian plain habitats. However, because temperature increases consumption rates faster than prey productivity, the proportion of prey productivity consumed in a Gorgonian plain habitat could increase up to 24% under future climate change scenarios. Our results suggest that increasing ocean temperatures will lead to significant energetic challenges for the Nassau grouper because of differential impacts within reef food webs, but the magnitude of these impacts will probably vary across prey productivity gradients.
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- Sarah M Luongo
- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, USA
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- Exuma Sound Ecosystem Research Project, Cape Eleuthera Institute, Rock Sound, The Bahamas
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, USA
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- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, USA
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Simpfendorfer CA, Heithaus MR, Heupel MR, MacNeil MA, Meekan M, Harvey E, Sherman CS, Currey-Randall LM, Goetze JS, Kiszka JJ, Rees MJ, Speed CW, Udyawer V, Bond ME, Flowers KI, Clementi GM, Valentin-Albanese J, Adam MS, Ali K, Asher J, Aylagas E, Beaufort O, Benjamin C, Bernard ATF, Berumen ML, Bierwagen S, Birrell C, Bonnema E, Bown RMK, Brooks EJ, Brown JJ, Buddo D, Burke PJ, Cáceres C, Cambra M, Cardeñosa D, Carrier JC, Casareto S, Caselle JE, Charloo V, Cinner JE, Claverie T, Clua EEG, Cochran JEM, Cook N, Cramp JE, D'Alberto BM, de Graaf M, Dornhege MC, Espinoza M, Estep A, Fanovich L, Farabaugh NF, Fernando D, Ferreira CEL, Fields CYA, Flam AL, Floros C, Fourqurean V, Gajdzik L, Barcia LG, Garla R, Gastrich K, George L, Giarrizzo T, Graham R, Guttridge TL, Hagan V, Hardenstine RS, Heck SM, Henderson AC, Heithaus P, Hertler H, Padilla MH, Hueter RE, Jabado RW, Joyeux JC, Jaiteh V, Johnson M, Jupiter SD, Kaimuddin M, Kasana D, Kelley M, Kessel ST, Kiilu B, Kirata T, Kuguru B, Kyne F, Langlois T, Lara F, Lawe J, Lédée EJI, Lindfield S, Luna-Acosta A, Maggs JQ, Manjaji-Matsumoto BM, Marshall A, Martin L, Mateos-Molina D, Matich P, McCombs E, McIvor A, McLean D, Meggs L, Moore S, Mukherji S, Murray R, Newman SJ, Nogués J, Obota C, Ochavillo D, O'Shea O, Osuka KE, Papastamatiou YP, Perera N, Peterson B, Pimentel CR, Pina-Amargós F, Pinheiro HT, Ponzo A, Prasetyo A, Quamar LMS, Quinlan JR, Reis-Filho JA, Ruiz H, Ruiz-Abierno A, Sala E, de-León PS, Samoilys MA, Sample WR, Schärer-Umpierre M, Schlaff AM, Schmid K, Schoen SN, Simpson N, Smith ANH, Spaet JLY, Sparks L, Stoffers T, Tanna A, Torres R, Travers MJ, van Zinnicq Bergmann M, Vigliola L, Ward J, Warren JD, Watts AM, Wen CK, Whitman ER, Wirsing AJ, Wothke A, Zarza-González E, Chapman DD. Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays. Science 2023; 380:1155-1160. [PMID: 37319199 DOI: 10.1126/science.ade4884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
A global survey of coral reefs reveals that overfishing is driving resident shark species toward extinction, causing diversity deficits in reef elasmobranch (shark and ray) assemblages. Our species-level analysis revealed global declines of 60 to 73% for five common resident reef shark species and that individual shark species were not detected at 34 to 47% of surveyed reefs. As reefs become more shark-depleted, rays begin to dominate assemblages. Shark-dominated assemblages persist in wealthy nations with strong governance and in highly protected areas, whereas poverty, weak governance, and a lack of shark management are associated with depauperate assemblages mainly composed of rays. Without action to address these diversity deficits, loss of ecological function and ecosystem services will increasingly affect human communities.
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- Colin A Simpfendorfer
- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Ocean Frontier Institute, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth, WA, Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Earth to Ocean Group, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
- Marine Science Program, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth, WA, Australia
- Centre for Sustainable Ecosystems Solutions, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- International Pole and Line Foundation-Maldives, Malé, Republic of Maldives
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
- Maldives Marine Research Institute, Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, Malé, Republic of Maldives
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- Red Sea Global, Department of Environmental Protection and Regeneration, AlRaidah Digital City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Global, Department of Environmental Protection and Regeneration, AlRaidah Digital City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Mahonia Na Dari Research and Conservation Centre, Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, National Research Foundation, Makhanda, South Africa
- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Marine Conservation, Madagascar Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Cape Eleuthera Institute, Cape Eleuthera, Eleuthera, The Bahamas
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- Center for Sustainable Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Georgia Aquarium-IUCN Center for Species Survival, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Bimini Biological Field Station, Bimini, Bahama
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- MigraMar, Olema, CA, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- College of Arts, Society, and Education, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche de Mayotte, Dembeni, France
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- Paris Sciences Lettres, Centre de Recherche Insulaire et Observatoire de l'Environnement, Opunohu Bay, Papetoai, French Polynesia
- Laboratoires d'Excellence Corail, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Perpignan, France
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- Environmental Research Institute Charlotteville, Charlotteville, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Sharks Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Wageningen Marine Research, Wageningen University & Research, IJmuiden, Netherlands
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- Graduate School for Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- MigraMar, Olema, CA, USA
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- Environmental Research Institute Charlotteville, Charlotteville, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Reef Systems Ecology and Conservation Lab, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
- Cape Eleuthera Institute, Cape Eleuthera, Eleuthera, The Bahamas
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- Marine Megafauna Foundation, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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- Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, South Africa
- TRAFFIC International, Cambridge, UK
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- College of Arts, Science, and Education, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
- Science Department, Georgia Jones-Ayers Middle School, Miami, FL, USA
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Division of Aquatic Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Centro de Biociências, Departmento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Beacon Development Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Instituto de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Espaço Inovação do Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia Guamá, Guamá, Pará, Brazil
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- Ocean Frontier Institute, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, South Bimini, The Bahamas
- Saving the Blue, Cooper City, FL, USA
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- Sharks and Rays Conservation Program, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, USA
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- Maldives Marine Research Institute, Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, Malé, Republic of Maldives
- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Sharks and Rays Conservation Program, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, USA
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- The School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- The School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
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- Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, USA
- OCEARCH, Park City, UT, USA
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Elasmo Project, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Melanesia Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Suva, Fiji
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- Operation Wallacea, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, UK
- Wasage Divers, Wakatobi & Buton, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Kiritimati, Kiribati
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- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
- The UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Departamento de Pesquerias, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas del IPN, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Pelagios Kakunjá, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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- Yardie Environmental Conservationists Limited, Kingston, Jamaica
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Departamento de Ecología y Territorio, Facultad de Estudios Ambientales y Rurales, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Island Conservation Society Seychelles, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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- Emirates Nature - World Wide Fund for Nature, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- College of Marine Sciences and Aquatic Biology, University of Khorfakkan, Sharjah, UAE
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/Aquatic Research Network, Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth, WA, Australia
- Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Yardie Environmental Conservationists Limited, Kingston, Jamaica
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia, Hillarys, WA, Australia
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- Island Conservation Society Seychelles, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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- CORDIO East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
- Blue Ventures, Mombasa, Kenya
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- American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, Pago Pago, American Samoa
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- The Centre for Ocean Research and Education, Gregory Town, Eleuthera, The Bahamas
- Department of Ocean Science, Memorial University, NL, Canada
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- CORDIO East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Marine Conservation, Madagascar Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Blue Sanctuary-Avalon, Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
- Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, Habana, Cuba
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- Center for Marine Biology, University of São Paulo, São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines
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- Center for Fisheries Research, Ministry for Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Jakarta Utara, Indonesia
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- Fisheries Department, Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin, Bau Bau, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia: Teoria, Aplicação e Valores, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA
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- Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
- Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center and Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL, USA
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- CORDIO East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
- School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Beacon Development Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Thurgau Hunting and Fishing Administration, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- SalvageBlue, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Indo Ocean Project, Jln Toyapakeh DESA Toyapakeh, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
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- Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Reef Check Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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- Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia, Hillarys, WA, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
- Independent consultant, Hull, UK
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR Entropie (IRD-UR-UNC-CNRS-IFREMER), Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
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- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Apia, Samoa
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Reef Systems Ecology and Conservation Lab, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Environmental Research Institute Charlotteville, Charlotteville, Trinidad and Tobago
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- GIBEAM Research Group, Universidad del Sinú, Cartagena, Colombia
- Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo National Natural Park, Colombia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
- Saving the Blue, Cooper City, FL, USA
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Smukall MJ, Carlson J, Kessel ST, Guttridge TL, Dhellemmes F, Seitz AC, Gruber S. Thirty-five years of tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier relative abundance near Bimini, The Bahamas, and the Southeastern United States with a comparison across jurisdictional bounds. J Fish Biol 2022; 101:13-25. [PMID: 35446438 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Abundances of large sharks are reported to have declined worldwide, and in response various levels of fisheries management and conservation efforts have been established. For example, marine-protected areas have been suggested as a means to protect large expanses of ocean from fishing and other industrial activities (e.g., habitat destruction), and in 2011 The Commonwealth of The Bahamas established The Bahamas Shark Sanctuary. Nonetheless, assessing the effectiveness of conservation efforts is challenging because consistent long-term data sets of shark abundances are often lacking, especially throughout the Caribbean and The Bahamas. In this study, the authors investigated the catch rates and demographics of tiger sharks Galeocerdo cuvier caught in a fishery-independent survey near Bimini, The Bahamas, from 1984 to 2019 to assess relative abundance trends following the banning of longline fishing in 1993 and the subsequent establishment of the shark sanctuary. To contextualize the relative abundance trends near Bimini, the authors compared this to the relative abundance of tiger sharks in a fishery-dependent survey from the Southeastern USA (SE USA), conducted from 1994 to 2019. The data of this study suggest that local abundance of tiger sharks has been stable near Bimini since the 1980s, including after the ban of longline fishing and the implementation of the shark sanctuary. In comparison, the abundance near the SE USA has slowly increased in the past decade, following potential declines in the decade preceding the USA Shark Management Plan. The results of this study provide some optimism that current conservation efforts in The Bahamas have been effective to maintain local tiger shark abundance within the protected area. In addition, current fisheries management in the SE USA is allowing this species to recover within those waters.
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- Matthew J Smukall
- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, The Bahamas
- University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Panama City, Florida, USA
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, The Bahamas
- Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, The Bahamas
- Saving the Blue, Cooper City, Florida, USA
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, The Bahamas
- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, The Bahamas
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Knochel AM, Hussey NE, Kessel ST, Braun CD, Cochran JEM, Hill G, Klaus R, Checkchak T, Elamin El Hassen NM, Younnis M, Berumen ML. Correction: Home sweet home: spatiotemporal distribution and site fidelity of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in Dungonab Bay, Sudan. Mov Ecol 2022; 10:24. [PMID: 35596214 PMCID: PMC9121565 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-022-00325-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Anna M Knochel
- Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, Canada
- Equipe Cousteau, Paris, France
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- Equipe Cousteau, Paris, France
- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Knochel AM, Hussey NE, Kessel ST, Braun CD, Cochran JEM, Hill G, Klaus R, Checkchak T, Elamin El Hassen NM, Younnis M, Berumen ML. Home sweet home: spatiotemporal distribution and site fidelity of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in Dungonab Bay, Sudan. Mov Ecol 2022; 10:22. [PMID: 35484613 PMCID: PMC9052681 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-022-00314-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) populations along the Northeastern African coastline are poorly studied. Identifying critical habitats for this species is essential for future research and conservation efforts. Dungonab Bay and Mukkawar Island National Park (DMNP), a component of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sudan, hosts the largest known M. alfredi aggregation in the Red Sea. METHODS A total of 19 individuals were tagged using surgically implanted acoustic tags and tracked within DMNP on an array of 15 strategically placed acoustic receivers in addition to two offshore receivers. Two of these acoustically monitored M. alfredi were also equipped with satellite linked archival tags and one individual was fitted with a satellite transmitting tag. Together, these data are used to describe approximately two years of residency and seasonal shifts in habitat use. RESULTS Tagged individuals were detected within the array on 96% of monitored days and recorded an average residence index of 0.39 across all receivers. Detections were recorded throughout the year, though some individuals were absent from the receiver array for weeks or months at a time, and generalized additive mixed models showed a clear seasonal pattern in presence with the highest probabilities of detection occurring in boreal fall. The models indicated that M. alfredi presence was highly correlated with increasing chlorophyll-a levels and weakly correlated with the full moon. Modeled biological factors, including sex and wingspan, had no influence on animal presence. Despite the high residency suggested by acoustic telemetry, satellite tag data and offshore acoustic detections in Sanganeb Atoll and Suedi Pass recorded individuals moving up to 125 km from the Bay. However, all these individuals were subsequently detected in the Bay, suggesting a strong degree of site fidelity at this location. CONCLUSIONS The current study adds to growing evidence that M. alfredi are highly resident and site-attached to coastal bays and lagoons but display seasonal shifts in habitat use that are likely driven by resource availability. This information can be used to assist in managing and supporting sustainable ecotourism within the DMNP, part of a recently designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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- Anna M Knochel
- Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, Canada
- Equipe Cousteau, Paris, France
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- Equipe Cousteau, Paris, France
- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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MacNeil MA, Chapman DD, Heupel M, Simpfendorfer CA, Heithaus M, Meekan M, Harvey E, Goetze J, Kiszka J, Bond ME, Currey-Randall LM, Speed CW, Sherman CS, Rees MJ, Udyawer V, Flowers KI, Clementi G, Valentin-Albanese J, Gorham T, Adam MS, Ali K, Pina-Amargós F, Angulo-Valdés JA, Asher J, Barcia LG, Beaufort O, Benjamin C, Bernard ATF, Berumen ML, Bierwagen S, Bonnema E, Bown RMK, Bradley D, Brooks E, Brown JJ, Buddo D, Burke P, Cáceres C, Cardeñosa D, Carrier JC, Caselle JE, Charloo V, Claverie T, Clua E, Cochran JEM, Cook N, Cramp J, D'Alberto B, de Graaf M, Dornhege M, Estep A, Fanovich L, Farabaugh NF, Fernando D, Flam AL, Floros C, Fourqurean V, Garla R, Gastrich K, George L, Graham R, Guttridge T, Hardenstine RS, Heck S, Henderson AC, Hertler H, Hueter R, Johnson M, Jupiter S, Kasana D, Kessel ST, Kiilu B, Kirata T, Kuguru B, Kyne F, Langlois T, Lédée EJI, Lindfield S, Luna-Acosta A, Maggs J, Manjaji-Matsumoto BM, Marshall A, Matich P, McCombs E, McLean D, Meggs L, Moore S, Mukherji S, Murray R, Kaimuddin M, Newman SJ, Nogués J, Obota C, O'Shea O, Osuka K, Papastamatiou YP, Perera N, Peterson B, Ponzo A, Prasetyo A, Quamar LMS, Quinlan J, Ruiz-Abierno A, Sala E, Samoilys M, Schärer-Umpierre M, Schlaff A, Simpson N, Smith ANH, Sparks L, Tanna A, Torres R, Travers MJ, van Zinnicq Bergmann M, Vigliola L, Ward J, Watts AM, Wen C, Whitman E, Wirsing AJ, Wothke A, Zarza-Gonzâlez E, Cinner JE. Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. Nature 2020; 583:801-806. [PMID: 32699418 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Decades of overexploitation have devastated shark populations, leaving considerable doubt as to their ecological status1,2. Yet much of what is known about sharks has been inferred from catch records in industrial fisheries, whereas far less information is available about sharks that live in coastal habitats3. Here we address this knowledge gap using data from more than 15,000 standardized baited remote underwater video stations that were deployed on 371 reefs in 58 nations to estimate the conservation status of reef sharks globally. Our results reveal the profound impact that fishing has had on reef shark populations: we observed no sharks on almost 20% of the surveyed reefs. Reef sharks were almost completely absent from reefs in several nations, and shark depletion was strongly related to socio-economic conditions such as the size and proximity of the nearest market, poor governance and the density of the human population. However, opportunities for the conservation of reef sharks remain: shark sanctuaries, closed areas, catch limits and an absence of gillnets and longlines were associated with a substantially higher relative abundance of reef sharks. These results reveal several policy pathways for the restoration and management of reef shark populations, from direct top-down management of fishing to indirect improvement of governance conditions. Reef shark populations will only have a high chance of recovery by engaging key socio-economic aspects of tropical fisheries.
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- M Aaron MacNeil
- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.,The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.,Marine Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.,The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.,Centre for Sustainable Ecosystems Solutions, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Arafura Timor Research Facility, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- International Pole and Line Foundation, Malé, Maldives
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA.,Maldives Marine Research Institute, Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, Malé, Maldives
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- Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Costeros (CIEC), Cayo Coco, Morón, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
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- Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de la Habana, Havana, Cuba.,Galbraith Marine Science Laboratory, Eckerd College, St Petersburg, FL, USA
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- Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.,Habitat and Living Marine Resources Program, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Réseau requins des Antilles Francaises, Kap Natirel, Vieux-Fort, Guadeloupe
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- Mahonia Na Dari Research and Conservation Centre, Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa.,Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Bren School of Environmental Sciences and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Shark Research and Conservation Program, Cape Eleuthera Institute, Cape Eleuthera, Eleuthera, Bahamas
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- Center for Sustainable Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- University of the West Indies, Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Discovery Bay, Jamaica
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- CUFR Mayotte & Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Montpellier, France
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- PSL Research University, LABEX CORAIL, CRIOBE USR3278 EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Mòorea, French Polynesia
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Environmental Research Institute Charlotteville, Charlotteville, Trinidad and Tobago.,School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.,Sharks Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Wageningen Marine Research, Wageningen University & Research, IJmuiden, The Netherlands
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- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Environmental Research Institute Charlotteville, Charlotteville, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, USA
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- The South African Association for Marine Biological Research, Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, South Africa
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, South Bimini, Bahamas.,Saving the Blue, Kendall, Miami, FL, USA
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Biology Department, College of Science, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.,The School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
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- The School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
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- Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Melanesia Program, Suva, Fiji
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Development, Kiritimati, Kiribati
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- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Departamento de Ecología y Territorio, Facultad de Estudios Ambientales y Rurales, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hataitai, New Zealand
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- Endangered Marine Species Research Unit, Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.,The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Annapolis, MD, USA
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- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation & Attractions, Parks & Wildlife WA, Pilbara Region, Nickol, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, The Philippines
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- Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia, North Beach, Western Australia, Australia
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- Island Conservation Society Seychelles, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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- The Centre for Ocean Research and Education, Gregory Town, Eleuthera, Bahamas
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- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, The Philippines
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- Center for Fisheries Research, Ministry for Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Jakarta Utara, Indonesia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA
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- CORDIO East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya.,Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- SalvageBlue, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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- School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Indo Ocean Project, PT Nomads Diving Bali, Nusa Penida, Indonesia
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- Blue Resources Trust, Colombo, Sri Lanka.,Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Reef Check Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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- Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia, North Beach, Western Australia, Australia
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA.,Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, South Bimini, Bahamas
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR ENTROPIE (IRD-UR-UNC-CNRS-IFREMER), Nouméa, New Caledonia
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- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional, Environment Programme, Apia, Samoa
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- Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, USA.,Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Environmental Research Institute Charlotteville, Charlotteville, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo National Natural Park, GIBEAM Research Group, Universidad del Sinú, Cartagena, Colombia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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DiBattista JD, Saenz‐Agudelo P, Piatek MJ, Cagua EF, Bowen BW, Choat JH, Rocha LA, Gaither MR, Hobbs JA, Sinclair‐Taylor TH, McIlwain JH, Priest MA, Braun CD, Hussey NE, Kessel ST, Berumen ML. Population genomic response to geographic gradients by widespread and endemic fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:4314-4330. [PMID: 32489599 PMCID: PMC7246217 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Genetic structure within marine species may be driven by local adaptation to their environment, or alternatively by historical processes, such as geographic isolation. The gulfs and seas bordering the Arabian Peninsula offer an ideal setting to examine connectivity patterns in coral reef fishes with respect to environmental gradients and vicariance. The Red Sea is characterized by a unique marine fauna, historical periods of desiccation and isolation, as well as environmental gradients in salinity, temperature, and primary productivity that vary both by latitude and by season. The adjacent Arabian Sea is characterized by a sharper environmental gradient, ranging from extensive coral cover and warm temperatures in the southwest, to sparse coral cover, cooler temperatures, and seasonal upwelling in the northeast. Reef fish, however, are not confined to these seas, with some Red Sea fishes extending varying distances into the northern Arabian Sea, while their pelagic larvae are presumably capable of much greater dispersal. These species must therefore cope with a diversity of conditions that invoke the possibility of steep clines in natural selection. Here, we test for genetic structure in two widespread reef fish species (a butterflyfish and surgeonfish) and eight range-restricted butterflyfishes across the Red Sea and Arabian Sea using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms. We performed multiple matrix regression with randomization analyses on genetic distances for all species, as well as reconstructed scenarios for population subdivision in the species with signatures of isolation. We found that (a) widespread species displayed more genetic subdivision than regional endemics and (b) this genetic structure was not correlated with contemporary environmental parameters but instead may reflect historical events. We propose that the endemic species may be adapted to a diversity of local conditions, but the widespread species are instead subject to ecological filtering where different combinations of genotypes persist under divergent ecological regimes.
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- Joseph D. DiBattista
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and EngineeringRed Sea Research CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
- School of Molecular and Life SciencesCurtin UniversityPerthWAAustralia
- Australian Museum Research InstituteAustralian MuseumSydneyNSWAustralia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and EngineeringRed Sea Research CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y EvolutivasUniversidad Austral de ChileValdiviaChile
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- Computational Bioscience Research CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand
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- School of Marine and Tropical BiologyJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
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- Section of IchthyologyCalifornia Academy of SciencesSan FranciscoCAUSA
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- Section of IchthyologyCalifornia Academy of SciencesSan FranciscoCAUSA
- Genomics and Bioinformatics ClusterDepartment of BiologyUniversity of Central FloridaOrlandoFLUSA
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- School of Molecular and Life SciencesCurtin UniversityPerthWAAustralia
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQldAustralia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and EngineeringRed Sea Research CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
- Australian Institute of Marine ScienceTownsvilleQldAustralia
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- Marine Spatial Ecology LabSchool of Biological Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef StudiesUniversity of QueenslandSt. LuciaQldAustralia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and EngineeringRed Sea Research CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
- School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and ResearchJohn G. Shedd AquariumChicagoILUSA
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and EngineeringRed Sea Research CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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Lennox RJ, Harcourt R, Bennett JR, Davies A, Ford AT, Frey RM, Hayward MW, Hussey NE, Iverson SJ, Kays R, Kessel ST, Mcmahon C, Muelbert M, Murray TS, Nguyen VM, Pye JD, Roche DG, Whoriskey FG, Young N, Cooke SJ. A Novel Framework to Protect Animal Data in a World of Ecosurveillance. Bioscience 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Surveillance of animal movements using electronic tags (i.e., biotelemetry) has emerged as an essential tool for both basic and applied ecological research and monitoring. Advances in animal tracking are occurring simultaneously with changes to technology, in an evolving global scientific culture that increasingly promotes data sharing and transparency. However, there is a risk that misuse of biotelemetry data could increase the vulnerability of animals to human disturbance or exploitation. For the most part, telemetry data security is not a danger to animals or their ecosystems, but for some high-risk cases, as with species’ with high economic value or at-risk populations, available knowledge of their movements may promote active disturbance or worse, potential poaching. We suggest that when designing animal tracking studies it is incumbent on scientists to consider the vulnerability of their study animals to risks arising from the implementation of the proposed program, and to take preventative measures.
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- Robert J Lennox
- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, part of the Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE), Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science and the Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Conservation Technology Unit of the Zoological Society of London, London, England
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- Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with the College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom, and with the School of Environmental and Life Sciences, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, and with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, both in Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, the John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Instituto de Oceanografia, Rio Grande, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science and the Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Biology, the University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science and the Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Ivanova SV, Kessel ST, Espinoza M, McLean MF, O'Neill C, Landry J, Hussey NE, Williams R, Vagle S, Fisk AT. Shipping alters the movement and behavior of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida), a keystone fish in Arctic marine ecosystems. Ecol Appl 2020; 30:e02050. [PMID: 31821656 PMCID: PMC7187319 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Anthropogenic noise associated with shipping has emerged as a major disruptor of aquatic animal behavior worldwide. The Arctic marine realm has historically experienced little noise-generating human activity; however, the continual loss of sea ice has facilitated a dramatic increase in shipping activity. Here, we use a combination of acoustic telemetry and modeling of ship noise to examine the temporospatial habitat use of key Arctic forage fish, Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) in the presence and absence of vessels in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada. The presence and movement of vessels induced a horizontal shift in the home ranges of Arctic cod with low core overlap when compared to periods without vessel activity. Home range displacement occurred near the vessel. Individuals also altered their swimming behaviors in response to vessel presence with searching decreasing and travelling increasing in proportion. Results indicate that Arctic cod perceive vessel noise and presence as a threat and react by moving away and decreasing exploratory activities. These changes in fish behavior also coincide with the critical open water feeding period suggesting an interruption in exploitation of important and seasonally abundant food resources, and carry broader implications for dependent seabirds and marine mammals, and indirectly for all Arctic indigenous peoples' subsistence and long-term cultural traditions. Our study implies that strategic management is required for aquatic acoustic disturbance as an environmental stressor in the Arctic marine ecosystem, and highlights ecologically and socially important impacts that require timely conservation action.
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- Silviya V. Ivanova
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of Windsor401 Sunset AvenueWindsorOntarioN9B 3P4Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of Windsor401 Sunset AvenueWindsorOntarioN9B 3P4Canada
- Present address:
Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and ResearchJohn G. Shedd Aquarium1200 S Lake Shore DriveChicagoIllinois60605USA
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología & Escuela de BiologíaUniversidad de Costa RicaSan Pedro de Montes de OcaSan José2060Costa Rica
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- Biology DepartmentDalhousie UniversityHalifaxNova ScotiaB3H 4R2Canada
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- Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada9860 West Saanich RoadSidneyBritish ColumbiaV8L 4B2Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of Windsor401 Sunset AvenueWindsorOntarioN9B 3P4Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of Windsor401 Sunset AvenueWindsorOntarioN9B 3P4Canada
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- Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, Oceans Initiative2219 Fairview Avenue E #9SeattleWashington98102USA
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- Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada9860 West Saanich RoadSidneyBritish ColumbiaV8L 4B2Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of Windsor401 Sunset AvenueWindsorOntarioN9B 3P4Canada
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Raby GD, Johnson TB, Kessel ST, Stewart TJ, Fisk AT. Pop‐off data storage tags reveal niche partitioning between native and non‐native predators in a novel ecosystem. J Appl Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Graham D. Raby
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of Windsor Windsor ON Canada
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- Glenora Fisheries Station Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Picton ON Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of Windsor Windsor ON Canada
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- Glenora Fisheries Station Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Picton ON Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of Windsor Windsor ON Canada
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Pedro S, Fisk AT, Ferguson SH, Hussey NE, Kessel ST, McKinney MA. Limited effects of changing prey fish communities on food quality for aquatic predators in the eastern Canadian Arctic in terms of essential fatty acids, methylmercury and selenium. Chemosphere 2019; 214:855-865. [PMID: 30317166 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We determined concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids (EPA + DHA), Σomega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids (ΣPUFA), selenium, methylmercury, and selenium:methylmercury (Se:Hg) ratios in native and northward-redistributing sub-Arctic marine fish and invertebrates from low, mid-, and high Canadian Arctic latitudes. There was no clear latitudinal trend in nutrient or contaminant concentrations. Among species, EPA + DHA concentrations in native Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) were similar to concentrations in sub-Arctic capelin (Mallotus villosus) and sand lance (Ammodytes spp.) (444-658 mg.100 g-1), and higher than in most other species. Concentrations of EPA + DHA were related to lipid content, but to a greater extent for higher trophic position species (R2 = 0.83) than for species at lower trophic positions (R2 = 0.61). Selenium concentrations were higher in sand lance (1.15 ± 0.16 μg g-1) than in all other species (0.30-0.69 μg g-1), which was significantly, but weakly, explained by more pelagic feeding in sand lance. Methylmercury concentrations were similar (and Se:Hg ratios were higher) in capelin, sand lance, and Arctic cod (0.01-0.03 μg g-1 wet weight (ww)) and lower than in other prey (0.12-0.26 μg g-1 ww), which was significantly explained by the smaller size of these species and more pelagic feeding habits than other fish. These results suggested that a shift in prey fish composition from Arctic cod to capelin and/or sand lance is unlikely to reduce the food quality of the prey available to marine predators at least with respect to concentrations of essential fatty acids, selenium, and Se:Hg ratios.
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- Sara Pedro
- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Central and Arctic Region, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N6, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
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- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada.
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Smukall MJ, Kessel ST, Franks BR, Feldheim KA, Guttridge TL, Gruber SH. No apparent negative tagging effects after 13 years at liberty for lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris implanted with acoustic transmitter. J Fish Biol 2019; 94:173-177. [PMID: 30393865 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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An intact and uncompromised internal acoustic transmitter was non-lethally recovered from a lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris, after 13 years at liberty. The shark, first tagged at an estimated age of 2 years old near South Bimini, Bahamas in 2004, was recaptured in 2017 with a total length of 264 cm. The tagged shark displayed typical growth rate, pregnancy, natal homing and pupping behaviour of other individuals in this population. This observation provides important evidence regarding the effects from long-term retention of implanted acoustic transmitters in a carcharhinid shark.
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- Matthew J Smukall
- Department of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, Bahamas
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, Bahamas
- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, Bahamas
- Department of Biology and Marine Science, Marine Science Research Institute, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, Bahamas
- Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Bimini, Bahamas
- Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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Yurkowski DJ, Auger-Méthé M, Mallory ML, Wong SNP, Gilchrist G, Derocher AE, Richardson E, Lunn NJ, Hussey NE, Marcoux M, Togunov RR, Fisk AT, Harwood LA, Dietz R, Rosing-Asvid A, Born EW, Mosbech A, Fort J, Grémillet D, Loseto L, Richard PR, Iacozza J, Jean-Gagnon F, Brown TM, Westdal KH, Orr J, LeBlanc B, Hedges KJ, Treble MA, Kessel ST, Blanchfield PJ, Davis S, Maftei M, Spencer N, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Montevecchi WA, Bartzen B, Dickson L, Anderson C, Ferguson SH. Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada; Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada; Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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- University of British Columbia; Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Yellowknife Northwest Territories Canada
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- Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Nuuk Greenland
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- Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs); UMR7266 CNRS-University of La Rochelle; La Rochelle France
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- Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; UMR 5175, CNRS; Montpellier France
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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- University of Manitoba; Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research; John G. Shedd Aquarium; Chicago Illinois
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- High Arctic Gull Research Group; Victoria British Columbia Canada
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- High Arctic Gull Research Group; Victoria British Columbia Canada
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- High Arctic Gull Research Group; Victoria British Columbia Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada; Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada; Edmonton Alberta Canada
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Landry JJ, Fisk AT, Yurkowski DJ, Hussey NE, Dick T, Crawford RE, Kessel ST. Feeding ecology of a common benthic fish, shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) in the high arctic. Polar Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-018-2348-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kessel ST, Hondorp DW, Holbrook CM, Boase JC, Chiotti JA, Thomas MV, Wills TC, Roseman EF, Drouin R, Krueger CC. Divergent migration within lake sturgeon (
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cipenser fulvescens
) populations: Multiple distinct patterns exist across an unrestricted migration corridor. J Anim Ecol 2017; 87:259-273. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Steven T. Kessel
- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeCenter for Systems Integration and SustainabilityMichigan State University East Lansing MI USA
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- Great Lakes Science CenterU.S. Geological SurveyHammond Bay Biological Station Millersburg MI USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAlpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office Alpena MI USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAlpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office Alpena MI USA
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- Michigan Department of Natural ResourcesLake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station Harrison Township MI USA
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- Michigan Department of Natural ResourcesLake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station Harrison Township MI USA
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- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and ForestryLake Erie Management Unit London ON Canada
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeCenter for Systems Integration and SustainabilityMichigan State University East Lansing MI USA
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Raby GD, Johnson TB, Kessel ST, Stewart TJ, Fisk AT. A field test of the use of pop-off data storage tags in freshwater fishes. J Fish Biol 2017; 91:1623-1641. [PMID: 29023720 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In the present study, pop-off data storage tags (pDST) without any transmitting capabilities were attached to 118 adult salmonids in a 19 000 km2 freshwater system (Lake Ontario). The 9·3 cm long cylindrical tags were externally attached to fishes using a backpack-style harness, set to record pressure (dBar ≈ depth in m) and temperature every 70 s (and at some key times, every 5 s) and programmed to release from the harness and float to the surface after c. 1 year. Recapture of the bright-orange tags for data retrieval relied on members of the public finding tags on shore, or on anglers capturing fishes with tags attached and using the contact information displayed on each tag to mail tags to the research team in exchange for a monetary reward. Thirty-seven tags were found and returned from the 118 released (31%), while 26 of the 118 tags (22%) remained scheduled to pop-off in summer 2017. Of the 37 tags returned, 23 were from wild-caught fishes (out of 88 wild-caught and tagged fishes; 26%) and yielded useful data whereas 14 were from hatchery-reared fishes that were opportunistically tagged and appear to have been unable to acclimate to life in the wild and died days to weeks after release. The field study described here thus demonstrated that pDSTs can be a viable option for collecting large amounts of high-resolution depth and temperature data for salmonids in freshwater systems. Technical challenges, limitations and unknowns related to the use of pDSTs with freshwater fishes are discussed. In addition, pDSTs are compared with alternate electronic tagging technologies and assessed for their potential as a more widespread tool in research on freshwater fishes.
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- G D Raby
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 2601 Union St., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Glenora Fisheries Station, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Picton, Ontario KOK 2T0, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 2601 Union St., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, 1405 South Harrison Road, 115 Manly Miles Building, East Lansing, MI 48823, U.S.A
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- Glenora Fisheries Station, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Picton, Ontario KOK 2T0, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 2601 Union St., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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Walter RP, Roy D, Hussey NE, Stelbrink B, Kovacs KM, Lydersen C, McMeans BC, Svavarsson J, Kessel ST, Biton Porsmoguer S, Wildes S, Tribuzio CA, Campana SE, Petersen SD, Grubbs RD, Heath DD, Hedges KJ, Fisk AT. Origins of the Greenland shark ( Somniosus microcephalus): Impacts of ice-olation and introgression. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:8113-8125. [PMID: 29043060 PMCID: PMC5632604 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Herein, we use genetic data from 277 sleeper sharks to perform coalescent‐based modeling to test the hypothesis of early Quaternary emergence of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) from ancestral sleeper sharks in the Canadian Arctic‐Subarctic region. Our results show that morphologically cryptic somniosids S. microcephalus and Somniosus pacificus can be genetically distinguished using combined mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. Our data confirm the presence of genetically admixed individuals in the Canadian Arctic and sub‐Arctic, and temperate Eastern Atlantic regions, suggesting introgressive hybridization upon secondary contact following the initial species divergence. Conservative substitution rates fitted to an Isolation with Migration (IM) model indicate a likely species divergence time of 2.34 Ma, using the mitochondrial sequence DNA, which in conjunction with the geographic distribution of admixtures and Pacific signatures likely indicates speciation associated with processes other than the closing of the Isthmus of Panama. This time span coincides with further planetary cooling in the early Quaternary period followed by the onset of oscillating glacial‐interglacial cycles. We propose that the initial S. microcephalus–S. pacificus split, and subsequent hybridization events, were likely associated with the onset of Pleistocene glacial oscillations, whereby fluctuating sea levels constrained connectivity among Arctic oceanic basins, Arctic marginal seas, and the North Atlantic Ocean. Our data demonstrates support for the evolutionary consequences of oscillatory vicariance via transient oceanic isolation with subsequent secondary contact associated with fluctuating sea levels throughout the Quaternary period—which may serve as a model for the origins of Arctic marine fauna on a broad taxonomic scale.
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- Ryan P Walter
- Department of Biological Science California State University Fullerton CA USA.,Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research University of Windsor Windsor ON Canada
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
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- Biological Sciences University of Windsor Windsor ON Canada
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- Fram Centre Norwegian Polar Institute Tromsø Norway
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research University of Windsor Windsor ON Canada.,Department of Biology University of Toronto Mississauga Mississauga ON Canada
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Iceland Reykjavík Iceland
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA
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- Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110 Aix-Marseille University CNRS/INSU Toulon University IRD Marseille France
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- Auke Bay Laboratories AFSC/NMFS/NOAA/DOC Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute Juneau AK USA
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- Auke Bay Laboratories AFSC/NMFS/NOAA/DOC Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute Juneau AK USA
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Iceland Reykjavík Iceland
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- Conservation and Research Department Assiniboine Park Zoo Winnipeg MB Canada
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- Coastal and Marine Laboratory Florida State University St. Teresa FL USA
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research University of Windsor Windsor ON Canada
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- Arctic Aquatic Research Division Fisheries and Oceans Canada Winnipeg MB Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research University of Windsor Windsor ON Canada
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Cooke SJ, Nguyen VM, Kessel ST, Hussey NE, Young N, Ford AT. Troubling issues at the frontier of animal tracking for conservation and management. Conserv Biol 2017; 31:1205-1207. [PMID: 28079282 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- Steven J Cooke
- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Unit 2: Biology, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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Pedro S, Fisk AT, Tomy GT, Ferguson SH, Hussey NE, Kessel ST, McKinney MA. Mercury and persistent organic pollutants in native and invading forage species of the Canadian Arctic: Consequences for food web dynamics. Environ Pollut 2017; 229:229-240. [PMID: 28599207 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.05.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Contaminant dynamics within Arctic marine food webs may be altered through the climate-driven northward invasions of temperate/boreal species. Here, we compare tissue concentrations of total mercury (THg) and legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in native versus invading forage species sampled from 2012 to 2014 near Arviat, Clyde River, and Resolute Bay, NU, representing, low, mid- and high eastern Canadian Arctic regions, respectively. Concentrations of THg, legacy Σ-polychlorinated biphenyls (ΣPCB) and Σ-organochlorine (ΣOC) pesticides were detected in all forage species, whereas emerging halogenated flame retardants were detected in only a few individuals. Concentrations of major contaminant groups among regions did not vary for Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida), while for sculpin (Cottoidea) there was no clear latitudinal trend. Thus, considering interspecific variation, native sculpin and northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) had the highest overall concentrations of THg (0.17 ± 0.02 and 0.21 ± 0.01 μg g-1 wet weight, respectively), ΣPCB (322 ± 35 and 245 ± 25 ng g-1 lipid weight (lw), respectively), and ΣOC (413 ± 38 and 734 ± 64 ng g-1 lw, respectively). Comparing the keystone native species, Arctic cod, to its 'replacement' species, capelin (Mallotus villosus) and sandlance (Ammodytes spp.), THg concentrations were higher in Arctic cod compared to capelin (p < 0.001), which was partly explained by differences in fish length. Conversely, capelin and sandlance had higher concentrations of most POPs than Arctic cod (p < 0.02). Neither feeding habitat (based on δ13C), trophic position (based on δ15N), nor fish length significantly explained these differences in POPs between Arctic cod, capelin and sandlance. Higher POPs concentrations, as well as variation in congener/compound patterns, in capelin and sandlance relative to Arctic cod seem, therefore, more likely related to a more "temperate"-type contaminant signature in the invaders. Nevertheless, the relatively small (up to two-fold) magnitude of these differences suggested limited effects of these ecological changes on contaminant uptake by Arctic piscivores.
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- Sara Pedro
- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Central and Arctic Region, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N6, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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Lennox RJ, Aarestrup K, Cooke SJ, Cowley PD, Deng ZD, Fisk AT, Harcourt RG, Heupel M, Hinch SG, Holland KN, Hussey NE, Iverson SJ, Kessel ST, Kocik JF, Lucas MC, Flemming JM, Nguyen VM, Stokesbury MJ, Vagle S, VanderZwaag DL, Whoriskey FG, Young N. Envisioning the Future of Aquatic Animal Tracking: Technology, Science, and Application. Bioscience 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Hussey NE, Hedges KJ, Barkley AN, Treble MA, Peklova I, Webber DM, Ferguson SH, Yurkowski DJ, Kessel ST, Bedard JM, Fisk AT. Movements of a deep-water fish: establishing marine fisheries management boundaries in coastal Arctic waters. Ecol Appl 2017; 27:687-704. [PMID: 27984681 DOI: 10.1002/eap.1485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Management boundaries that define populations or stocks of fish form the basis of fisheries planning. In the Arctic, decreasing sea ice extent is driving increasing fisheries development, highlighting the need for ecological data to inform management. In Cumberland Sound, southwest Baffin Island, an indigenous community fishery was established in 1987 targeting Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) through the ice. Following its development, the Cumberland Sound Management Boundary (CSMB) was designated and a total allowable catch (TAC) assigned to the fishery. The CSMB was based on a sink population of Greenland halibut resident in the northern section of the Sound. Recent fishing activities south of the CSMB, however, raised concerns over fish residency, the effectiveness of the CSMB and the sustainability of the community-based winter fishery. Through acoustic telemetry monitoring at depths between 400 and 1200 m, and environmental and fisheries data, this study examined the movement patterns of Greenland halibut relative to the CSMB, the biotic and abiotic factors driving fish movement and the dynamics of the winter fishery. Greenland halibut undertook clear seasonal movements between the southern and northern regions of the Sound driven by temperature, dissolved oxygen, and sea ice cover with most fish crossing the CSMB on an annual basis. Over the lifespan of the fishery, landfast ice cover initially declined and then became variable, limiting accessibility to favored fisher locations. Concomitantly, catch per unit effort declined, reflecting the effect of changing ice conditions on the location and effort of the fishery. Ultimately, these telemetry data revealed that fishers now target less productive sites outside of their favored areas and, with continued decreases in ice, the winter fishery might cease to exist. In addition, these novel telemetry data revealed that the CSMB is ineffective and led to its relocation to the entrance of the Sound in 2014. The community fishery can now develop an open-water fishery in addition to the winter fishery to exploit the TAC, which will ensure the longevity of the fishery under projected climate-change scenarios. Telemetry shows great promise as a tool for understanding deep-water species and for directly informing fisheries management of these ecosystems that are inherently complex to study.
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- Nigel E Hussey
- Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N6, Canada
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- Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Za Zahradami 1407, 253 01, Hostivice, Czech Republic
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- Amirix Systems, 20 Angus Morton Drive, Bedford, Nova Scotia, B4B 0L9, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- School of Earth and Ocean Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
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Kessel ST, Hansell AC, Gruber SH, Guttridge TL, Hussey NE, Perkins RG. Three decades of longlining in Bimini, Bahamas, reveals long-term trends in lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris (Carcharhinidae) catch per unit effort. J Fish Biol 2016; 88:2144-2156. [PMID: 27245624 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In Bimini, Bahamas, the consistent employment of longlines, beginning in 1982, provided a rare opportunity to explore population trends for large resident sharks. This study assessed three shallow water longline survey periods at this location; 1982-1989, 1992-2002 and 2003-2014, with the aim of determining trends in annual catch per unit effort (CPUE) for an IUCN listed near-threatened species, the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris. A general additive model (GAM) was used to analyse the non-linear annual CPUE values over the entire 32-year research period. The GAM displayed high variability of annual CPUE, with a peak value of 0·026 N. brevirostris per hook day (hooks day(-1) ) in 2000. The temporal pattern of CPUE indicated an abundance trend with a complete cycle, from trough to trough, occurring over a period of approximately 18 years. The 1982-1989 survey period saw the highest proportion of mature individuals (19·8%) and the smallest average pre-caudal length (LPC ; 124·8 cm). The 1992-2002 survey period had the highest average annual CPUE (0·018 hooks day(-1) ), while the 2003-2014 research period saw largest average LPC size (134·8 cm) and the lowest average CPUE values (0·009 hooks day(-1) ) of the entire research period. The long-term trend identified in this study provides a baseline for future assessment.
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- S T Kessel
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada
- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, U.K
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- School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Fairhaven, MA, U.S.A
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, South Bimini, Bahamas
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, South Bimini, Bahamas
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, U.K
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Gledhill KS, Kessel ST, Guttridge TL, Hansell AC, Bester-van der Merwe AE, Feldheim KA, Gruber SH, Chapman DD. Genetic structure, population demography and seasonal occurrence of blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus in Bimini, the Bahamas. J Fish Biol 2015; 87:1371-1388. [PMID: 26709212 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A longline survey was conducted from 2004 to 2014 to investigate the demographic population structure and seasonal abundance of the blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus in the Bimini Islands, the Bahamas. All individuals sampled (n = 242) were sub-adult or adults [70·1-145·1 cm pre-caudal length (LPC) range] with no neonates or YOY recorded in Bimini. Carcharhinus limbatus abundance peaked in September, coincident with the largest ratio of female to male sharks and a peak in fresh mating wounds on females. Mitochondrial control region (mtCR) DNA sequences were obtained from C. limbatus at Bimini to test whether Bimini C. limbatus are most closely related to geographically proximate populations sampled on the south-eastern coast of the U.S.A., the closest known nursery areas for this species. Nine mtCR haplotypes were observed in 32 individuals sampled at Bimini [haplotype diversity (h) = 0·821, nucleotide diversity (π) = 0·0015]. Four haplotypes observed from Bimini matched those previously found in the northern Yucatan (Mexico)-Belize and two matched a haplotype previously found in the U.S.A. Four haplotypes were novel but were closely related to the northern Yucatan-Belizean haplotypes. Pair-wise ΦST analysis showed that Bimini was significantly differentiated from all of the populations previously sampled (U.S.A. Atlantic, U.S.A. Gulf of Mexico, northern Yucatan, Belize and Brazil). This indicates that C. limbatus sampled from Bimini are unlikely from the described, proximate U.S.A. nurseries.
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- K S Gledhill
- South African Shark Conservancy, Old Harbour Museum, Hermanus 7200, South Africa
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, 15 Elizabeth Drive, South Bimini, Bahamas
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- Department of Fisheries Oceanography, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Fairhaven, MA 02719, U.S.A
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- Molecular Breeding and Biodiversity Group, Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, U.S.A
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- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, 15 Elizabeth Drive, South Bimini, Bahamas
- Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33124, U.S.A
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- Institute for Ocean Conservation Science/School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, U.S.A
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Hussey NE, Kessel ST, Aarestrup K, Cooke SJ, Cowley PD, Fisk AT, Harcourt RG, Holland KN, Iverson SJ, Kocik JF, Mills Flemming JE, Whoriskey FG. ECOLOGY. Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world. Science 2015; 348:1255642. [PMID: 26068859 DOI: 10.1126/science.1255642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 399] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The distribution and interactions of aquatic organisms across space and time structure our marine, freshwater, and estuarine ecosystems. Over the past decade, technological advances in telemetry have transformed our ability to observe aquatic animal behavior and movement. These advances are now providing unprecedented ecological insights by connecting animal movements with measures of their physiology and environment. These developments are revolutionizing the scope and scale of questions that can be asked about the causes and consequences of movement and are redefining how we view and manage individuals, populations, and entire ecosystems. The next advance in aquatic telemetry will be the development of a global collaborative effort to facilitate infrastructure and data sharing and management over scales not previously possible.
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- Nigel E Hussey
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Vejlsoevej 39, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia
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- Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kane'ohe, HI 96744, USA
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- Ocean Tracking Network, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
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- Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, 17 Godfrey Drive, Orono, ME 04473, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, 6316 Coburg Road, PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Ocean Tracking Network, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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Hussey NE, Cosandey-Godin A, Walter RP, Hedges KJ, VanGerwen-Toyne M, Barkley AN, Kessel ST, Fisk AT. Juvenile Greenland sharks Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in the Canadian Arctic. Polar Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1610-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Feldheim KA, Gruber SH, DiBattista JD, Babcock EA, Kessel ST, Hendry AP, Pikitch EK, Ashley MV, Chapman DD. Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long-term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks. Mol Ecol 2013; 23:110-7. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Revised: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kevin A. Feldheim
- Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution; Field Museum of Natural History; 1400 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago IL 60605 USA
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- Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami FL 33149 USA
- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation; Miami FL 33176 USA
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- Red Sea Research Center; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami FL 33149 USA
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research; 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor ON N9B 3P4 Canada
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- Redpath Museum and Department of Biology; McGill University; 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montréal QC H3A 2K6 Canada
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- Institute for Ocean Conservation Science/School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook NY 11794-5000 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Illinois at Chicago; 845 West Taylor Street Chicago IL 60608 USA
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- Institute for Ocean Conservation Science/School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook NY 11794-5000 USA
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Davis B, VanderZwaag DL, Cosandey-Godin A, Hussey NE, Kessel ST, Worm B. The Conservation of the Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus): Setting Scientific, Law, and Policy Coordinates for Avoiding a Species at Risk. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/13880292.2013.805073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kessel ST, Gruber SH, Gedamke T, Perkins RG. Seasonal residency and migration of mature lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) off the southeast Florida Coast. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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