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- Title
Fernando de Noronha as an insular nursery area for lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, and nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum, in the equatorial western Atlantic Ocean.
- Authors
Garla, Ricardo Clapis; Garcia, José; Veras, Leonardo Bertrand; Lopes, Norberto Peporine
- Abstract
Negaprion brevirostris and Ginglymostoma cirratum are large coastal sharks with a wide geographic distribution in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean whose southern populations are listed as vulnerable. Herein is reported the use of Fernando de Noronha Archipelago as a nursery habitat by both species in the equatorial Atlantic. Parturition time in N. brevirostris takes place between November and April whereas in G. cirratum it occurs from July to September.
- Subjects
ATLANTIC Ocean; FERNANDO de Noronha (Brazil); BRAZIL; CHONDRICHTHYES; NURSE shark; ANIMAL young
- Publication
Marine Biodiversity Records, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1755-2672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1755267209000670