Jumping and Spinning by Carcharhinid Sharks: Another View

Autor:	Frank J. Schwartz
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Fishery Jumping biology Ecology Skin texture Carcharhinus medicine Carcharhinus brevipinna biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause
Zdroj:	Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science. 129:107-110
ISSN:	2167-5880 2167-5872
DOI:	10.7572/2167-5880-129.3.107
Popis:	Carcharhinus brevipinna (spinner) and Carcharhinus limbatus (blacktip) sharks make spectacular jumps and spinning leaps out of the water. Some believe these are: jumping responses to rid sharksuckers (Echeneis naucrates) that attach to their bodies, chaffing, shuttling, or heat hunter- cool rest behaviors. Examination of North Carolina shark data suggests that C. brevipinna and C. limbatus in temperate waters of North Carolina sense changes in abrupt ocean water temperatures. Echeneis naucrates is just along for the ride. Why after fourty-six years of longlining only one Echeneis naucrates occurred on C. brevipinna while many occurred on C. limbatus is unknown. Perhaps something in the skin texture, not shape, of C. brevipinna deters Echeneis from attaching.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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