Percentage (sample size) of resting giant shovelnose ray (<i>Glaucostegus typus</i>), reticulate whipray (<i>Himantura uarnak</i>), and pink whipray (<i>H. fai</i>) for each season and microhabitat.

<p>Percentage (sample size) of resting giant shovelnose ray (<i>Glaucostegus typus</i>), reticulate whipray (<i>Himantura uarnak</i>), and pink whipray (<i>H. fai</i>) for each season and microhabitat.</p

Microhabitat temperature differences.

<p>Histogram of temperature differences between nearshore and midflats (A) and nearshore and offshore (B) areas of Cape Rose Flats between 23 April 2007 and 14 October 2007. Negative temperature differences indicate nearshore areas were cooler and positive values indicate nearshore areas were warmer. All recorded temperature values were used for the construction of the histograms.</p

Matrix of predicted probabilities of whipray (<i>Himantura uarnak</i> and <i>H. fai</i>) occurrence per microhabitat for selected temperatures and tidal heights.

<p>Matrix of predicted probabilities of whipray (<i>Himantura uarnak</i> and <i>H. fai</i>) occurrence per microhabitat for selected temperatures and tidal heights.</p

Sandflat temperatures.

<p>Seasonal temperatures (mean±standard error) per microhabitat for the time period between 23 April 2007 and 14 October 2007. Bars with different letters are significantly different at <i>P</i><0.01.</p

Study site: Cape Rose Flats, Shark Bay, Western Australia.

<p>The inset shows the location of the Cape Rose Flats within Shark Bay. The study site was divided into six transects representing nearshore (black), sand (grey), and patchy (white) microhabitats. Black circles represent the location of temperature data loggers.</p

Matrix of predicted probabilities of giant shovelnose ray (<i>Glaucostegus typus</i>) occurrence per microhabitat for selected temperatures and tidal heights.

<p>Matrix of predicted probabilities of giant shovelnose ray (<i>Glaucostegus typus</i>) occurrence per microhabitat for selected temperatures and tidal heights.</p

Ray densities.

<p>Bubble chart of giant shovelnose ray (<i>Glaucostegus typus</i>) (A) and whipray (<i>Himantura uarnak</i> and <i>H. fai</i>) (B) densities with tidal height, water temperature, and microhabitat. Bubble widths are relative to the maximum density observed for each species group (giant shovelnose ray: 22.67 rays ha⁻¹, whipray: 4.67 rays ha⁻¹). Dots represent transects in which no rays were observed.</p

Byrne et al: Mako fishing mortality supplemental from Satellite telemetry reveals higher fishing mortality rates than previously estimated, suggesting overfishing of an apex marine predator

Life history inputs, additional known-fate model results, and power analysi

Average Residence Index on a monthly basis (number of days detected at the FSA site as a proportion of the total number of days in the month) between 2007-2011for a) lemon sharks (n = 6); b) tiger sharks (n = 10); and Caribbean reef sharks (n = 2).

<p>The gray background represents the grouper spawning season and the white background is non-spawning months. Bars represent mean and standard error.</p

Average absence values for three species of sharks within MCE habitat monitored by the acoustic array.

<p>Absence value = average number of consecutive days not detected within the acoustic array for tiger (8.4 days), lemon (10.6 days), and Caribbean reef sharks (35.3 days). Bars represent means ± standard error.</p