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.