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Long-term use of a shark breeding ground: Three decades of mating site fidelity in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum

Understanding shark mating dynamics and mating site use may be vital to species management. The Dry Tortugas courtship and mating ground (DTCMG) has been known as a mating site for nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum, since 1895. In a 30-yr (1992–2021) study we have documented long-term site fideli...

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Autores principales: Pratt, Harold L., Pratt, Theo C., Knotek, Ryan J., Carrier, Jeffrey C., Whitney, Nicholas M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9576040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36251734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275323