Title |
Natural or Artificial? Habitat-Use by the Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0049796 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jonathan M. Werry, Shing Y. Lee, Charles J. Lemckert, Nicholas M. Otway |
Abstract |
Despite accelerated global population declines due to targeted and illegal fishing pressure for many top-level shark species, the impacts of coastal habitat modification have been largely overlooked. We present the first direct comparison of the use of natural versus artificial habitats for the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, an IUCN 'Near-threatened' species--one of the few truly euryhaline sharks that utilises natural rivers and estuaries as nursery grounds before migrating offshore as adults. Understanding the value of alternate artificial coastal habitats to the lifecycle of the bull shark is crucial for determining the impact of coastal development on this threatened but potentially dangerous species. |
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