Age and Growth of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) from the Western North Atlantic
Age and growth of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) was determined from rings in the vertebrae of 475 individuals, tagging data from 220 sharks at liberty for up to 17 yr, and length–frequency data from 2594 individuals. The oldest male sandbar aged in this study was 15 yr old and 154 cm for...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/f85-121 2023-12-17T10:46:33+01:00 Age and Growth of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) from the Western North Atlantic Casey, J. G. Pratt Jr., H. L. Stillwell, C. E. 1985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f85-121 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f85-121 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences volume 42, issue 5, page 963-975 ISSN 0706-652X 1205-7533 Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1985 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/f85-121 2023-11-19T13:39:21Z Age and growth of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) was determined from rings in the vertebrae of 475 individuals, tagging data from 220 sharks at liberty for up to 17 yr, and length–frequency data from 2594 individuals. The oldest male sandbar aged in this study was 15 yr old and 154 cm fork length (FL); the oldest female was 21 yr old and 204 cm FL. The sexes grew at similar rates, 5.2–7.3 cm/yr. Females reached a larger adult size. Age to maturity was estimated at 13 yr in males and 12 yr in females. Tag returns indicated that sandbar sharks may live for over 30 yr. von Bertalanffy parameters for males are L ∞ = 257, K = 0.0501, t 0 = −4.5 and for females are L ∞ = 299, K = 0.040, t 0 = −4.9. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 42 5 963 975 |
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Age and growth of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) was determined from rings in the vertebrae of 475 individuals, tagging data from 220 sharks at liberty for up to 17 yr, and length–frequency data from 2594 individuals. The oldest male sandbar aged in this study was 15 yr old and 154 cm fork length (FL); the oldest female was 21 yr old and 204 cm FL. The sexes grew at similar rates, 5.2–7.3 cm/yr. Females reached a larger adult size. Age to maturity was estimated at 13 yr in males and 12 yr in females. Tag returns indicated that sandbar sharks may live for over 30 yr. von Bertalanffy parameters for males are L ∞ = 257, K = 0.0501, t 0 = −4.5 and for females are L ∞ = 299, K = 0.040, t 0 = −4.9. |
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Age and Growth of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) from the Western North Atlantic |
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Age and Growth of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) from the Western North Atlantic |
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Age and Growth of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) from the Western North Atlantic |
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Age and Growth of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) from the Western North Atlantic |
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Age and Growth of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) from the Western North Atlantic |
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age and growth of the sandbar shark (carcharhinus plumbeus) from the western north atlantic |
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