Observations on spiny dogfish () captured in late spring in a North Carolina estuary
Author
Bangley, Charles W.; Rulifson, Roger
Abstract
Five spiny dogfish were captured in early-mid May during gillnet and longline sampling targeting juvenile coastal sharks in inshore North Carolina waters. Dogfish captures were made within Back Sound and Core Sound, North Carolina. All dogfish were females measuring 849-905 mm total length, well over the size at 50% maturity. Dogfish were caught at stations 1.8-2.7 m in depth, with temperatures 22.9-24.2 °C, 32.8-33.4 ppt salinity, and 6.9-8.0 mg/L dissolved oxygen. These observations are among the latest in the spring for spiny dogfish in the southeastern U.S. and occurred at higher temperatures than previously recorded for this species. It is unclear whether late-occurring spiny dogfish in this area represent a cryptic late-migrating or resident segment of the Northwest Atlantic population.
Date
2014-10
Citation:
APA:
Bangley, Charles W., & Rulifson, Roger. (October 2014).
Observations on spiny dogfish () captured in late spring in a North Carolina estuary.
F1000Research,
3(),
1-
8. Retrieved from
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5549
MLA:
Bangley, Charles W., and Rulifson, Roger.
"Observations on spiny dogfish () captured in late spring in a North Carolina estuary". F1000Research.
3:. (1-8),
October 2014.
April 24, 2024.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5549.
Chicago:
Bangley, Charles W. and Rulifson, Roger,
"Observations on spiny dogfish () captured in late spring in a North Carolina estuary," F1000Research 3, no.
(October 2014),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5549 (accessed
April 24, 2024).
AMA:
Bangley, Charles W., Rulifson, Roger.
Observations on spiny dogfish () captured in late spring in a North Carolina estuary. F1000Research.
October 2014;
3():
1-8.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5549. Accessed
April 24, 2024.
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