The spatial segregation patterns of sharks from Western Australia

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作者
Braccini, Matias [1 ]
Taylor, Stephen [1 ]
机构
[1] Western Australian Fisheries & Marine Res Labs, POB 20, North Beach, WA 6920, Australia
来源
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE | 2016年 / 3卷 / 08期
关键词
conservation; fisheries management; sustainability; CARCHARHINUS-PLUMBEUS; REPRODUCTIVE-BIOLOGY; SEXUAL SEGREGATION; SANDBAR SHARK; DIET; MOVEMENTS; DYNAMICS;
D O I
10.1098/rsos.160306
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The extent to which sharks segregate by size and sex determines the population structure and the scale at which populations should be managed. We summarized 20 years of fisheries-dependent and independent sampling to define the spatial patterns of size and sexual segregation for sharks in Western Australia. Carcharhinus obscurus and C. plumbeus showed a large-scale (more than 1000 km) latitudinal gradient in size. Large individuals occurred predominantly in the northwest and north whereas smaller individuals occurred predominantly in the southwest and south. Mustelus antarcticus and Furgaleus macki showed strong sexual segregation at very large scales. Females occurred predominantly in the west and southwest whereas the proportion of males in catches substantially increased in the southeast. The populations of other shark species did not show sex and size segregation patterns at very large scales; most species, however, showed varying degrees of segregation when data were analysed at a smaller scale. These findings highlight the importance of matching the scale of observation to the scale of the phenomenon observed. As many shark species are highly mobile, if sampling is opportunistic and constrained both temporally and spatially, the observed segregation patterns may not be representative of those at the population level, leading to inaccurate scientific advice.
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