TY - JOUR
T1 - Reef shark movements relative to a coastal marine protected area
AU - Speed, Conrad W.
AU - Meekan, Mark G.
AU - Field, I.C.
AU - McMahon, C.R.
AU - Harcourt, R.G.
AU - Stevens, J.D.
AU - Babcock, R.C.
AU - Pillans, R.D.
AU - Bradshaw, C.J.A.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Marine protected areas (MPA) are one management tool that can potentially reduce declining shark populations. Protected-area design should be based on detailed movements of target animals; however, such data are lacking for most species. To address this, 25 sharks from three species were tagged with acoustic transmitters and monitored with a network of 103 receivers to determine the use of a protected area at Mangrove Bay, Western Australia. Movements of a subset of 12 individuals (Carcharhinus melanopterus [n=7]), C. amblyrhynchos [n=2], and Negaprion acutidens [n=3]) were analysed over two years. Residency for all species ranged between 12 and 96%. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos had
AB - © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Marine protected areas (MPA) are one management tool that can potentially reduce declining shark populations. Protected-area design should be based on detailed movements of target animals; however, such data are lacking for most species. To address this, 25 sharks from three species were tagged with acoustic transmitters and monitored with a network of 103 receivers to determine the use of a protected area at Mangrove Bay, Western Australia. Movements of a subset of 12 individuals (Carcharhinus melanopterus [n=7]), C. amblyrhynchos [n=2], and Negaprion acutidens [n=3]) were analysed over two years. Residency for all species ranged between 12 and 96%. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos had
U2 - 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.05.002
M3 - Article
VL - 3
SP - 58
EP - 66
JO - Regional Studies in Marine Science
JF - Regional Studies in Marine Science
SN - 2352-4855
ER -
