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Table 1 Residence periodsa) of Carcharias taurus at the Point Murat Navy Pier

From: First aggregation of grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus) confirmed in Western Australia

Shark ID

Maturityb)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

F1

M

12 (6)

 

12 (3) s

  

F2

M

5 (4)

51 (6)

33 (5)

  

F3

M

34 (5)

91 (2)

38 (2)

  

F4

?

33 (10) s

18 (5)

7 (3) s

  

F5

M

3 (3) ms

 

1 (1)

  

F6

I

31 (10) s

    

F7

I

21 (3)

    

F8

M

 

70 (3)

76 (16)

94 (13) s

 

F9

M

  

68 (6)

125 (7)

122 (14) ms

F10

M

  

41 (6) ms

  

F11

M

   

4 (4)

 

F12

M

    

15 (3)

M1

M

23 (6)

25 (4)

36 (4) ms

3 (2)

 

M2

?

4 (3)

    

M3

?

  

11 (3)

87 (10)

145 (18) s

M4

?

   

12 (10) s

2 (2)

  1. a)Residence periods were calculated as the number of days between when an individual shark was first sighted and last sighted each calendar year
  2. b)Maturity determined from estimated TL
  3. Figures in parentheses represent the number of days with confirmed sightings during the residence period
  4. F females, M males, m mature, i immature, ? uncertain, s fresh scarring, ms fresh scarring attributed to mating