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1 January 2010 Preliminary assessment of a possible lemon shark nursery in the Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies
Aaron C. Henderson, Katherine McClellan, Marta Calosso
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Abstract

Juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, were captured at shallow-water sites around South Caicos over a 16 month period. Capture and recapture rates were relatively low, and residency time appeared to be short, possibly indicating that South Caicos is just part of a larger nursery area. Nonetheless, the presence of neonates with fresh umbilical scars confirms that parturition did take place within the study area. It is suggested that the juvenile sharks utilise a larger activity space than in previously studied areas, and that this is facilitated by strong tidal movements over a large expanse of contiguous habitat.

Copyright 2010 College of Arts and Sciences University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Aaron C. Henderson, Katherine McClellan, and Marta Calosso "Preliminary assessment of a possible lemon shark nursery in the Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies," Caribbean Journal of Science 46(1), 29-38, (1 January 2010). https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v46i1.a5
Published: 1 January 2010
KEYWORDS
elasmobranch
gillnet
mangrove
nursery
tagging
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