dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorGarla, Ricardo Clapis
dc.creatorGarrone-Neto, Domingos
dc.creatorFazzano Gadig, Otto Bismarck
dc.date2015-10-21T20:13:41Z
dc.date2016-10-25T21:08:11Z
dc.date2015-10-21T20:13:41Z
dc.date2016-10-25T21:08:11Z
dc.date2015-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T09:06:20Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T09:06:20Z
dc.identifierActa Ethologica. Heidelberg: Springer Heidelberg, v. 18, n. 2, p. 167-171, 2015.
dc.identifier0873-9749
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/129024
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/129024
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-014-0200-x
dc.identifierWOS:000355315700010
dc.identifierhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10211-014-0200-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/939579
dc.descriptionTwo defensive tactics of neonates of nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum, are reported based on underwater observations. Described as "hiding behaviour" and "substrate resemblance", the defensive strategies were categorized according to the predominant habitat in which the individuals were found and to the behaviour displayed by the sharks in the presence of the observer. In structurally more complex habitats with a wide availability of shelters, the preferential behaviour displayed by neonates is to hide inside holes or crevices. When in open areas deprived of refuges, neonates tend to resemble arborescent coverings as seaweed banks or colonies of octocorals, which allows the use of more exposed habitats without increasing the susceptibility of capture by predators. Both aspects are relevant for a better understanding of the behaviour of neonates of G. cirratum and have important implications for identifying important habitat in nursery areas, and also for the management of this vulnerable species off South America.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relationActa Ethologica
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectCrypsis
dc.subjectSubstrate resemblance
dc.subjectDefense against predators
dc.subjectGinglymostomatidae
dc.subjectFernando de Noronha Archipelago
dc.titleDefensive strategies of neonate nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum, in an oceanic archipelago of the Western Central Atlantic
dc.typeOtro


Este ítem pertenece a la siguiente institución