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Use of satellite tags to reveal the movements of spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias in the western North Atlantic Ocean

2010; Inter-Research; Volume: 418; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps08821

1616-1599

JA Sulikowski, Benjamin Galuardi, Walter J. Bubley, Nathan B. Furey, WB Driggers, GW Ingram, Paul C. W. Tsang,

Fish Ecology and Management Studies

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 418:249-254 (2010) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08821 NOTE Use of satellite tags to reveal the movements of spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias in the western North Atlantic Ocean James A. Sulikowski1,*, Benjamin Galuardi2, Walter Bubley3, Nathan B. Furey1, William B. Driggers III4, G. Walter Ingram Jr.4, Paul C. W. Tsang3 1Marine Science Center, University of New England, 11 Hills Beach Rd, Biddeford, Maine 04005, USA 2Large Pelagics Research Center, Room 177, Spaulding Hall, University of New Hampshire, 46 College Rd, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA 3Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, Kendall Hall, University of New Hampshire, 129 Main Street, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA 4National Marine Fisheries Center, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, PO Drawer 1207, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39568, USA *Email: jsulikowski@une.edu ABSTRACT: The use of popup satellite archival transmitting tags (PSAT) has helped to reveal horizontal and vertical movements of large, highly migratory fishes to assist in the management of their stocks. We tested the efficacy of a significantly smaller satellite tag, the X-tag, to track the movements of 3 spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Tag retention rates for this study ranged between 65 and 189 d. The sharks occupied waters with temperatures ranging from 5.2 to 14.9°C and had estimated average horizontal speeds between 1.36 and 2.49 km h–1. The sharks initially moved east into offshore waters after tagging in the Gulf of Maine and then into southern waters off the coast of New Jersey, USA. Diel depth patterns indicated that each shark was equally active during both day and night. Our results suggest that spiny dogfish are more mobile, both vertically and horizontally, than previously thought and that smaller PSATs can provide useful information on the movement patterns of a relatively small species of shark. KEY WORDS: Spiny dogfish · Movement · Depth preferences · Tracking Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Sulikowski JA, Galuardi B, Bubley W, Furey NB, Driggers WB III, Ingram GW Jr, Tsang PCW (2010) Use of satellite tags to reveal the movements of spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 418:249-254. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08821Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 418. Online publication date: November 18, 2010 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2010 Inter-Research.