NESP MBH A1 Euryhaline Elasmobranchs Fishing Database

This database contains sampling effort, catch records, biological data, and water quality data for sampling and catches of elasmobranchs in northern Australian rivers, estuaries and coasts undertaken under the National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub Project 2.4 'Supporting Management of Listed and Rare Species'. and the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A1 'Northern Australian Hotspots for the Recovery of Threatened Euryhaline Elasmobranchs'. Surveys using gillnets and rod-and-line were undertaken in the Top End region of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Selected animals were tagged for movement ecology, habitat use and mortality estimates (acoustic telemetry), and tissue samples were collected from all fish for molecular analyses (population genetics and close-kin mark-recapture).

Identification info

Date (Creation): 2016-10-06

Principal investigator

Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL), Charles Darwin University (CDU) - Dr Peter Kyne

Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods

Charles Darwin University

Darwin

Northern Territory

0909

Australia

0477 306 344

Credit: National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub

Credit: National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub

Credit: Charles Darwin University

Credit: Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

Credit: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Credit: Murdoch University

Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

Credit: North Australia Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd (NAILSMA)

Credit: Malak Malak Ranger Group

Status: On going

Principal investigator

Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL), Charles Darwin University (CDU) - Dr Peter Kyne

Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods

Charles Darwin University

Darwin

Northern Territory

0909

Australia

0477 306 344

Topic category

Biota

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period: 2011-10-01

Vertical element

Minimum value: 0

Maximum value: 25

Identifier: EPSG::5715

Name: MSL depth

Maintenance and update frequency: Quarterly

Resource format

Title: Microsoft Access Database

Date

Edition: 2007-2010

Keywords (Theme)

Close-kin mark-recapture
Population genetics
Acoustic telemetry
Euryhaline elasmobranchs

Keywords (Taxon)

Anoxypristis cuspidata
Carcharhinus leucas
Eusphyra blochii
Glyphis garricki
Glyphis glyphis
Himantura uarnak
Negaprion acutidens
Pateobatis hortlei
Pristis clavata
Pristis pristis
Rhizoprionodon taylori
Urogymnus acanthobothrium
Urogymnus dalyensis
Glaucostegus typus

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0

AODN Platform Vocabulary

research vessel

AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary

Keywords (Theme)

Total length
Precaudal length
Disc width
Disc length
Standard rostrum length
Total rostrum length
Fork length

Resource constraints

Classification: Unclassified

Resource constraints

Use limitation: The data described in this record are the intellectual property of Charles Darwin University through the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods.

Resource constraints

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Other constraints: Data was sourced from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub - The Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of the Environment (DOE).

Other constraints: This data is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, on behalf of the Charles Darwin University through the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods.

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Supplemental Information: Kyne PM. 2014. A guide to sharks of Kakadu rivers. National Environmental Science Program Marine Biodiversity Hub, Hobart. Chen X, Kyne PM, Pillans RD, Feutry P. 2015. Complete mitochondrial genome of the endangered narrow sawfish Anoxypristis cuspidata (Rajiformes: Pristidae). Mitochondrial DNA:1-2 Chen X, Liu M, Grewe PM, Kyne PM, Feutry P. 2014. Complete mitochondrial genome of the Critically Endangered speartooth shark Glyphis glyphis (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). Mitochondrial DNA 25:431-2 Devitt KR, Adams VM, Kyne PM. 2015. Australia’s protected area network fails to adequately protect the world’s most threatened marine fishes. Global Ecology and Conservation 3:401-11 Every SL, Pethybridge HR, Crook DA, Kyne PM, Fulton CJ. 2016. Comparison of fin and muscle tissues for analysis of signature fatty acids in tropical euryhaline sharks. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 479:46-53 Feutry P, Every SL, Kyne PM, Sun R, Chen X. 2016. Complete mitochondrial genome of the Pigeye Shark Carcharhinus amboinensis (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27:2129-30, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.982590 Feutry P, Grewe PM, Kyne PM, Chen X. 2015. Complete mitogenomic sequence of the Critically Endangered Northern River Shark Glyphis garricki (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). Mitochondrial DNA 26:855-6, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.861428 Feutry P, Kyne PM, Chen X. 2016. The phylogenomic position of the Winghead Shark Eusphyra blochii (Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrnidae) inferred from the mitochondrial genome. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 1:386-7, DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1172049 Feutry P, Kyne PM, Pillans RD, Chen X, Naylor GJ, Grewe PM. 2014. Mitogenomics of the Speartooth Shark challenges ten years of control region sequencing. BMC evolutionary biology 14:232 Feutry P, Kyne PM, Pillans RD, Chen X, Marthick JR, et al. 2015. Whole mitogenome sequencing refines population structure of the Critically Endangered sawfish Pristis pristis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 533:237-44 Feutry P, Kyne PM, Peng Z, Pan L, Chen X. 2016. Complete mitochondrial genome of the Freshwater Whipray Himantura dalyensis. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27:1589-90, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.958682 Feutry P, Kyne PM, Grewe PM, Chen X, Liu M. 2015. Whole mitogenome of the Endangered dwarf sawfish Pristis clavata (Rajiformes: Pristidae). Mitochondrial DNA 26:329-30 Feutry P, Pillans RD, Kyne PM, Chen X. 2016. Complete mitogenome of the Graceful Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27:314-5, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.892094 Kyne PM, Pillans RD. 2014. Protocols for Surveying and Tagging Sawfishes and River Sharks. National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub, Hobart. Kyne PM. 2015. Occurrence of a Sharksucker ('Echeneis naucrates') on a Northern River Shark ('Glyphis garricki') in a tidal riverine habitat. Northern Territory Naturalist 26:21 Winderlich S & Woinarski J (eds) 2014. Kakadu National Park Landscape Symposia Series. Symposium 7: Conservation of threatened species, 26–27 March 2013, Bowali Visitor Centre, Kakadu National Park. Internal Report 623, June, Supervising Scientist, Darwin. Last PR, White WT, Kyne PM. 2016. Urogymnus acanthobothrium sp. nov., a new euryhaline whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4147:162 Lucifora LO, de Carvalho MR, Kyne PM, White WT. 2015. Freshwater sharks and rays. Current Biology 25:R971-R3 Simpfendorfer CA, Kyne PM, Noble TH, Goldsbury J, Basiita RK, et al. 2016. Environmental DNA detects Critically Endangered largetooth sawfish in the wild. Endangered Species Research 30:109-16

Content Information

Content type: Physical measurement

Identifier

Code: Temperature of the water body

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPAA

Name: Degrees Celsius

Identifier

Code: Saturation of oxygen {O2} in the water body [dissolved phase]

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPCT

Name: Percent

Identifier

Code: Practical salinity of the water body

Identifier: http://vocab.aodn.org.au/def/unitsofmeasure/entity/481

Name: Practical Salinity Unit

Identifier

Code: Turbidity of the water body

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/USTU

Name: Nephelometric Turbidity Units

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Code: Sea-floor depth below surface of the water body

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/ULAA

Name: Metres

Description: Shark species identification

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Code: Biotic taxonomic identification

Description: The distance from the anterior tip of the rostrum/snout to the posterior tip of the caudal fin

Name: Total length

Name: TL_mm

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Description: The distance from the anterior tip of the rostrum/snout to the caudal fin origin

Name: Precaudal length

Name: PCL_mm

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Description: The distance between the extremities of the pectoral fins

Name: Disc width

Name: DW_mm

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Description: The distance from the anterior tip of the rostrum to the posterior tip of a pectoral fin

Name: Disc length

Name: DL_mm

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Description: The distance from the anterior tip of the rostrum to the posterior edge of the basal-most rostral tooth

Name: Standard rostrum length

Name: SRL_mm

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Description: The distance from the anterior tip of the rostrum to the posterior extent of the rostrum (i.e. where it joins the head)

Name: Total rostrum length

Name: TRL_mm

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

Description: The distance from the anterior tip of the snout to the posterior notch of the caudal fin

Name: Fork length

Name: FL_mm

Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UXMM

Name: Millimetres

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Microsoft Access Database

OnLine resource: DATA ACCESS - Euryhaline Elasmobranch Database (.acccb) - updated 25/10/17 [direct download]

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: A guide to sharks of Kakadu rivers

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Complete mitochondrial genome of the endangered narrow sawfish Anoxypristis cuspidata (Rajiformes: Pristidae)

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Critically Endangered speartooth shark Glyphis glyphis (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Australia’s protected area network fails to adequately protect the world’s most threatened marine fishes

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Comparison of fin and muscle tissues for analysis of signature fatty acids in tropical euryhaline sharks

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Pigeye Shark Carcharhinus amboinensis (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Complete mitogenomic sequence of the Critically Endangered Northern River Shark Glyphis garricki (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: The phylogenomic position of the Winghead Shark Eusphyra blochii (Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrnidae) inferred from the mitochondrial genome

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Mitogenomics of the Speartooth Shark challenges ten years of control region sequencing

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Whole mitogenome sequencing refines population structure of the Critically Endangered sawfish Pristis pristis

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Freshwater Whipray Himantura dalyensis

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Whole mitogenome of the Endangered dwarf sawfish Pristis clavata (Rajiformes: Pristidae)

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Occurrence of a Sharksucker ('Echeneis naucrates') on a Northern River Shark ('Glyphis garricki') in a tidal riverine habitat

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Complete mitogenome of the Graceful Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Protocols for Surveying and Tagging Sawfishes and River Sharks

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Kakadu National Park Landscape Symposia Series. Symposium 7: Conservation of threatened species [REPORT]

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Urogymnus acanthobothrium sp. nov., a new euryhaline whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Freshwater sharks and rays

OnLine resource: PUBLICATION: Environmental DNA detects Critically Endangered largetooth sawfish in the wild

OnLine resource: NESP:NESP_A1_catch_summary_MAP
MAP - Fishing sets / catch summary

OnLine resource: NESP Project A1 [ANDS RDA record]

Resource lineage

Statement: Sampling was undertaken with a variety of fishing gear, mainly gillnet (4–6 inch stretched mesh size) and rod-and-line (medium-heavy shark fishing gear; small-medium hook sizes, 4/0–10/0). Longlines and cast nets were also used on occasion. Sawfish were targeted using gillnets, and river sharks mostly with rod-and-line. Processing catch included taking measurements, determining sex through external examination, photographing each individual, and collecting a small tissue sample from the inner margin of the pectoral fin (for molecular analyses). All individuals were tagged with a PIT tag for individual identification, and a subset was tagged with VEMCO acoustic tags (V9, V13 or V16) for telemetry studies. All fish were released at the site of capture, as was any bycatch. Sampling locations were recorded using a hand-held GPS unit (mainly Garmin GPS Map 78). Environmental data were measured at sampling locations using a Hydrolab Quanta with multiple sensors (temperature, conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity), and a Hach turbidity meter. Further details of methodology can be found in: Kyne, P.M. and Pillans, R.D. (2014) Protocols for Surveying and Tagging Sawfishes and River Sharks. National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub, Hobart.

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Metadata identifier: a0cf8cc5-67cd-49bb-bcaa-dedf21ed3287

Language: English

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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Emma Flukes (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Data Manager)

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NESP MB Project A1 - Northern Australian hotspots for the recovery of threatened euryhaline species

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Resource scope: Dataset

Metadata linkage: https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/a0cf8cc5-67cd-49bb-bcaa-dedf21ed3287
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Date info (Revision): 2020-09-17T10:57:20

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