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Mapping parameters for
Carcharhinus leucas
(Bull shark)
(
Expert reviewed
)
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Session No. 37
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1. AREA RESTRICTIONS
Distribution:
Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical waters (Ref. 81283): widespread in warm oceans, rivers and lakes (Ref. 4716). Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Argentina (Ref. 58839); eastern Atlantic: Morocco, Senegal to Angola (Ref. 81283, 81623); Indo-Pacific: Kenya and South Africa to India, then, Viet Nam to Australia; southern Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador and possibly occurring in Peru. In freshwater it can be found in rivers of West Africa from Gambia River to Ogowe River (Ref. 81283). Sympatric with
Carcharhinus amboinensis
,
Glyphis gangeticus
.
FAO Areas:
Pelagic:
False
True
Use Mean Depth:
False
True
For Temperature and Salinity, use:
surface values
bottom values
Bounding Box (NSWE)
:
2. OCCURRENCE CELLS
Cells used for creating environmental envelope n = 0
3. ENVIRONMENTAL ENVELOPES
Min
Pref Min (10th)
Pref Max (90th)
Max
Depth (m)
Water temp. (°C) (surface)
Salinity (psu) (surface)
Primary Production (mgC·m
-3
·day
-1
)
Sea Ice Concentration (0-1 fraction)
Dissolved Bottom Oxygen (mmol·m
-3
)
Distance to Land (km)
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4. MAP VIEW SETTING
Bounding Box
FAO Areas
Both (intersection)
For species occurring in one hemisphere (see point map), view map option is set to ‘Both’ even if there is incomplete or no bounding box data. The algorithm sets the southern limit in the northern hemisphere or the northern limit in the southern hemisphere to 0°.