Behavioral Ecology of coastal Sharks in Reunion Island

Project
ECORECO
Behavioral Ecology of coastal Sharks in Reunion Island
MARBEC
REPRESENTATIVE
OBJECTIVES
Marc SORIA
IRD
[email protected]
Sébastien JAQUEMET
University of Reunion island
(UMR Entropie)
sebastien.jaquemet@
univ-reunion.fr
Marc SORIA
IRD, La Réunion
[email protected]
The aim of this project is to study the biology, the trophic and behavioral
ecology and the genetic of two species of coastal sharks in Reunion
Island, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) and the bull shark
(Carcharhinus leucas) in order to better understand the part of these
species within the ecosystem. A behaviourial approach is proposed to
study the functional relationships between these predators, their prey
and the physical environment. The protocol consists in tracking sharks
equipped with an acoustic tag, a video camera and a accelerometer
and record simultaneously the environmental conditions around the fish.
The genetic diversity of the populations will be described by means
of various genetic markers.
GEOGRAPHICAL
DEPLOYMENT
Indian ocean
DURATION
12 months
December 2015 /
December 2016
FINANCING
DEAL
OVERALL BUDGET
147 000 €
MARBEC TOPICS
– Individuals, populations
and habitats
BUDGET FOR MARBEC
57 000 €
2 PARTNERS
IRD (France)
Institut français de recherche
pour le développement
UNIVERSITY OF REUNION
ISLAND (France)
© IRD, Pascale Chabanet
PROJECT
COORDINATORS