Sims, D.W., Southall, E.J., Waermouth, V.J., Hutchinson, N., Budd, G.C., and Morritt, D. (2005) Refuging behaviour in the nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii): preliminary evidence from acoustic telemetry. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85. pp. 1137-1140.

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Abstract

The tendency for marine fish to refuge in natural and artificial structures underwater is well documented, but the incidence of this behaviour among predatory sharks is not widely known. A sub-adult male nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris was tracked by intermittent acoustic telemetry over 168 days in a tidal sea lough. This individual, in-between undertaking nocturnal foraging excursions, refuged in at least five different narrow-entrance holes. Refuge location was validated by underwater and surface observations during which time other nursehounds (sub-adult male and female), were also seen refuging, sometimes together. This indicates nursehound display philopatric behaviour centred on aggregation in 'home' refuges that, in this case, were labyrinthine rock systems.

Item ID:	45435
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1469-7769
Funders:	UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Projects and Grants:	NERC NER/A/S/2001/01053
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2016 03:08
FoR Codes:	06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology) @ 50% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0608 Zoology > 060801 Animal Behaviour @ 50%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960808 Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100%
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