Just keep swimming? Observations of resting behavior in gray reef sharks Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856).

Autor: Bullock RW; Save Our Seas Foundation-D'Arros Research Centre, Geneva, Switzerland., Foster C; Sea Change Trust, Vlaeberg, South Africa., Lea JSE; Save Our Seas Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of fish biology [J Fish Biol] 2024 Mar; Vol. 104 (3), pp. 898-900. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 01.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15623
Abstrakt: Understanding the respiratory modes of sharks has important implications for studying the metabolism, energetics, and behavioral strategies of different species. Here we provide the first reported observations of resting behavior in the gray reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, a species typically considered an obligate ram ventilator. Observations were made at several locations in the Republic of Seychelles, where sharks were found resting under reef ledges and were unresponsive to the presence of divers. These findings update our understanding of the respiratory mode of this species and have implications for future research.
(© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Fish Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Fisheries Society of the British Isles.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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