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. 2012 Nov 16;7(11):e49796. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049796

Table 2. Summary of overall movements of bull sharks tagged with acoustic tags in the Gold Coast System.

Shark ID Yeartagged Ontogeneticstage TaggingHabitat Sex Total length(cm) Summary of movements withinand/or between habitats
1 2007 N RU M 75 RU → CU → RU → RL → CL
2 2008 N RU M 75 RU #
3 2007 N RU M 77 RU → RL
4 2008 N RU F 78 RU → RL → RU →CU → RU →RL → RU
CU → RU →RL → CL → RL→ RU → CU
5 2007 N RU F 79 RU
6 2007 N RU M 79 RU → RL → CL → RU →CU
7 2007 N RU F 80 RU
8 2007 N RU M 82 RU → CU
9 2008 N RU F 82 RU → CU → RU → RL
10 2007 N RU M 84 RU
11 2007 J CU M 85 CU → RU → CU → RU → RL → CL
12 2007 J CU F 87 CU #
13 2007 J CU F 87 CU → RU → CU
14 2008 J CU F 87 CU → RU → CU → RU → RL
15 2007 J RU M 91 RU → CU → RU → CL
16 2008 J RU F 97 RU #
17 2008 J CL F 113 CL → RL → RU → RL → CL → RL
18 2007 J CL M 115 CL → RL → RU → CU → RU → RL → CL
19 2007 J RL F 116 RL #
20 2007 J RL M 117 RL → RU → CU → RU → RL → CL
21 2007 J CL M 118 CL #
22 2007 J RL F 127 RL → RU
23 2008 J RL M 140 RL → CL → RL
24 2008 J RL F 153 RL → RU → CU → RU → RL → CL

Movements within or between habitats of river (R) and canal (C) by different ontogenetic stages. N = neonate, J = juvenile. Tagging Habitat, RU = river upper, CU = canal upper, RL = river lower, CL = canal lower, M = male, F = female. # refers to bull sharks captured by recreational fishers.