Differential horizontal migration patterns of two male salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) tagged in the Bering Sea
Abstract Background The salmon shark ( Lamna ditropis ) is a widely distributed apex predator in the North Pacific Ocean. Many salmon sharks from the eastern North Pacific, specifically Prince William Sound, Alaska, have been satellite tagged and tracked, but due to the sexual segregation present in...
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crspringernat:10.1186/s40317-021-00260-0 2023-05-15T15:43:14+02:00 Differential horizontal migration patterns of two male salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) tagged in the Bering Sea Garcia, Sabrina Tribuzio, Cindy A. Seitz, Andrew C. Courtney, Michael B. Nielsen, Julie K. Murphy, Jim M. Oxman, Dion S. 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00260-0 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40317-021-00260-0.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40317-021-00260-0/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Animal Biotelemetry volume 9, issue 1 ISSN 2050-3385 Computer Networks and Communications Instrumentation Animal Science and Zoology Signal Processing journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00260-0 2022-01-04T14:56:56Z Abstract Background The salmon shark ( Lamna ditropis ) is a widely distributed apex predator in the North Pacific Ocean. Many salmon sharks from the eastern North Pacific, specifically Prince William Sound, Alaska, have been satellite tagged and tracked, but due to the sexual segregation present in salmon sharks, most of these tagged sharks were female. Consequently, little information exists regarding the migration patterns of male salmon sharks. To better understand the migration and distribution of this species, information on the male component of the population as well as from sharks outside of Prince William Sound, Alaska, is needed. In this study, we deployed satellite transmitters on two mature male salmon sharks caught in the Bering Sea. Results The two mature male salmon sharks tagged in the Bering Sea exhibited distinct migration patterns. The first male, tagged in August 2017, traveled to southern California where it remained from January to April after which it traveled north along the United States’ coast and returned to the Bering Sea in August 2018. The second male, tagged in September 2019, remained in the North Pacific between 38° N and 50° N before returning to the Bering Sea in July of year one and as of its last known location in year two. The straight-line distance traveled by the 2017 and 2019 sharks during their 12 and 22 months at liberty was 18,775 km and 27,100 km, respectively. Conclusions Before this study, our understanding of salmon shark migration was limited to female salmon sharks satellite tagged in the eastern North Pacific. The 2017 male salmon shark undertook a similar, but longer, north–south migration as tagged female sharks whereas the 2019 shark showed little overlap with previously tagged females. The different migration patterns between the two male sharks suggest distinct areas exist for foraging across the North Pacific. The return of both sharks to the Bering Sea suggests some fidelity to the region. Continued tagging efforts are necessary to understand the population structure of salmon sharks in the North Pacific. This tagging study highlights the importance of opportunistic efforts for obtaining information on species and sex with limited distribution data. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Alaska Springer Nature (via Crossref) Bering Sea Pacific Animal Biotelemetry 9 1 |
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Abstract Background The salmon shark ( Lamna ditropis ) is a widely distributed apex predator in the North Pacific Ocean. Many salmon sharks from the eastern North Pacific, specifically Prince William Sound, Alaska, have been satellite tagged and tracked, but due to the sexual segregation present in salmon sharks, most of these tagged sharks were female. Consequently, little information exists regarding the migration patterns of male salmon sharks. To better understand the migration and distribution of this species, information on the male component of the population as well as from sharks outside of Prince William Sound, Alaska, is needed. In this study, we deployed satellite transmitters on two mature male salmon sharks caught in the Bering Sea. Results The two mature male salmon sharks tagged in the Bering Sea exhibited distinct migration patterns. The first male, tagged in August 2017, traveled to southern California where it remained from January to April after which it traveled north along the United States’ coast and returned to the Bering Sea in August 2018. The second male, tagged in September 2019, remained in the North Pacific between 38° N and 50° N before returning to the Bering Sea in July of year one and as of its last known location in year two. The straight-line distance traveled by the 2017 and 2019 sharks during their 12 and 22 months at liberty was 18,775 km and 27,100 km, respectively. Conclusions Before this study, our understanding of salmon shark migration was limited to female salmon sharks satellite tagged in the eastern North Pacific. The 2017 male salmon shark undertook a similar, but longer, north–south migration as tagged female sharks whereas the 2019 shark showed little overlap with previously tagged females. The different migration patterns between the two male sharks suggest distinct areas exist for foraging across the North Pacific. The return of both sharks to the Bering Sea suggests some fidelity to the region. Continued tagging efforts are necessary to understand the population structure of salmon sharks in the North Pacific. This tagging study highlights the importance of opportunistic efforts for obtaining information on species and sex with limited distribution data. |
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Garcia, Sabrina Tribuzio, Cindy A. Seitz, Andrew C. Courtney, Michael B. Nielsen, Julie K. Murphy, Jim M. Oxman, Dion S. |
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Differential horizontal migration patterns of two male salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) tagged in the Bering Sea |
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Differential horizontal migration patterns of two male salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) tagged in the Bering Sea |
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Differential horizontal migration patterns of two male salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) tagged in the Bering Sea |
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Differential horizontal migration patterns of two male salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) tagged in the Bering Sea |
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