{"id":161,"date":"2013-08-16T11:35:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee\/?p=161"},"modified":"2013-08-16T11:35:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:35:11","slug":"long-term-movements-and-environmental-preferences-of-mako-sharks-isurus-oxyrinchus-in-the-north-atlantic-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/long-term-movements-and-environmental-preferences-of-mako-sharks-isurus-oxyrinchus-in-the-north-atlantic-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term movements and environmental preferences of mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the North Atlantic Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brad Wetherbee<\/strong> &#8211; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island<br \/>\n<strong>Anthony Wood<\/strong> &#8211; Graduate School of Oceanography , University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-163\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/image011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/image011.jpg 491w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/image011-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/image011-364x262.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Understanding long-term movements of pelagic sharks is important for proper management of their populations, but has been a difficult task to achieve in the past.\u00a0\u00a0We are taking advantage of new technology and to date have tagged five mako sharks (<em>Isurus oxyrinchus<\/em>) with \u201cpop-up\u201d satellite archival tags. These tags have computer controlled sensors programmed to sample and store depth, temperature and geographical location data every hour.\u00a0 The tags are programmed to detach from the shark after a predetermined length of time and \u201cpop-up\u201d to the surface.\u00a0\u00a0The tags float at the surface and transmit stored information to theArgos\u00a0data collection system aboard orbiting NOAA weather satellites.<\/p>\n<p>The information is then provided to the research team for analysis. This technology gives intimate details of the life of the tagged shark while it goes about its every day business, undisturbed within its natural environment. Two sharks were tagged offMartha\u2019s Vineyard\u00a0and had moved south when the transmitters popped up and began transmitting data.\u00a0\u00a0Another shark tagged off\u00a0Block Island\u00a0had moved south of\u00a0Martha\u2019s Vineyard\u00a0at the time the transmitter popped up.\u00a0\u00a0A fourth shark tagged offMartha\u2019s Vineyard\u00a0had moved at least 500 miles to the east at the time the transmitter popped up a month later (see map to the right).\u00a0\u00a0These data represent the first long-term and detailed record of the movements of mako sharks in the\u00a0Atlantic\u00a0.\u00a0More transmitters will be deployed on mako sharks during the future.\u00a0\u00a0For further details or for information on participating in this project contact Dr. Wetherbee at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wetherbee@uri.edu\">wetherbee@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/image001.png\" rel=\"lightbox[161]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-164\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/image001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-165\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/image008-1024x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Wetherbee &#8211; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island Anthony Wood &#8211; Graduate School of Oceanography , University of Rhode Island Understanding long-term movements of pelagic sharks is important for proper management of their populations, but has been a difficult task to achieve in the past.\u00a0\u00a0We are taking advantage of new technology and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}