Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology

Samantha Andrzejaczek; Tim C D Lucas; Maurice C Goodman; Nigel Edward Hussey; Amelia J Armstrong; Aaron B Carlisle; Daniel M Coffey; Adrian C Gleiss; Charlie Huveneers; David M P Jacoby; See article full text for complete list of authors; Christine Dudgeon; Kathy Townsend

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Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology

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Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology

Samantha Andrzejaczek, Tim C D Lucas, Maurice C Goodman, Nigel Edward Hussey, Amelia J Armstrong, Aaron B Carlisle, Daniel M Coffey, Adrian C Gleiss, Charlie Huveneers, David M P Jacoby, …

Science Advances, Vol.8(33), pp.1-19

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo1754

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Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understand their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative studies among species at global scales have mostly focused on horizontal movements. Our study addresses the knowledge gap of vertical movements by compiling the first global synthesis of vertical habitat use by elasmobranchs from data obtained by deployment of 989 biotelemetry tags on 38 elasmobranch species. Elasmobranchs displayed high intra- and interspecific variability in vertical movement patterns. Substantial vertical overlap was observed for many epipelagic elasmobranchs, indicating an increased likelihood to display spatial overlap, biologically interact, and share similar risk to anthropogenic threats that vary on a vertical gradient. We highlight the critical next steps toward incorporating vertical movement into global management and monitoring strategies for elasmobranchs, emphasizing the need to address geographic and taxonomic biases in deployments and to concurrently consider both horizontal and vertical movements.

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Title: Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology
Authors: Samantha Andrzejaczek (Author) - Stanford University
Tim C D Lucas (Author) - University of Leicester
Maurice C Goodman (Author) - Stanford University
Nigel Edward Hussey (Author) - University of Windsor
Amelia J Armstrong (Author) - The University of Queensland
Aaron B Carlisle (Author) - University of Delaware
Daniel M Coffey (Author) - Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Adrian C Gleiss (Author) - Murdoch University
Charlie Huveneers (Author) - Flinders University
David M P Jacoby (Author) - Lancaster University
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Christine Dudgeon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Kathy Townsend (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Publication details: Science Advances, Vol.8(33), pp.1-19
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo1754
ISSN: 2375-2548
Copyright note: Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99695098602621
Output Type: Journal article