| Summary: | The tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is globally distributed with established coastal and open-ocean movement patterns in many portions of its range. While all life stages of tiger sharks are known to occur in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), variability in habitat use and movement patterns over ontogeny have never been quantified in this large marine ecosystem. To address this data gap we fitted 56 tiger sharks with Wildlife Computers Smart Position or Temperature (SPOT) transmitting tags between 2010 and 2018 and examined seasonal and spatial distribution patterns across the GoM. The SPOT tags were deployed from south Texas to the Florida Keys on sharks ranging from juvenile to adult size classes.
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