title: Using genetic inference to re-evaluate the minimum longevity of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris.
abstract: A combination of mark-recapture and genetic sampling was used to extend the minimum longevity of an elasmobranch species and the life span estimate of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris was increased conservatively from 20·2 to 37 years. This increase in longevity means higher vulnerability and a longer recovery time from exploitation.
authors.affiliation: Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, South Bimini, Bahamas.|Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Lab., Carleton Technology and Training Centre, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, South Bimini, Bahamas.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Guttridge
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL, 33801, U.S.A.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Franks
authors.affiliation: FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory, 3618 Coastal Highway 98, St Teresa, FL, 32358-2702, U.S.A.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Grubbs
authors.affiliation: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-5000, U.S.A.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.affiliation: Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, South Bimini, Bahamas.|Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, U.S.A.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.affiliation: Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, P. O. Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dibattista
authors.affiliation: Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, U.S.A.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Feldheim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008136:Longevity; D012754:Sharks / Q000235:genetics*; D052286:Viviparity, Nonmammalian
keywords: fishery management; genetic pedigree; life span; mark-recapture; natural mortality