Submitted by (edna.saturno@ufrpe.br) on 2017-02-17T13:31:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Mirna Regina dos Santos Tambourgi.pdf: 973009 bytes, checksum: e1b23c1d9979ea2656cba5d134038e44 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-17T13:31:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mirna Regina dos Santos Tambourgi.pdf: 973009 bytes, checksum: e1b23c1d9979ea2656cba5d134038e44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-17 / In the period from December 2003 to December 2009, the reproductive tract were collected from 201 individuals of Carcharhinus longimanus, caught by of commercial tuna boats in the fleet, who were pelagic longline fisheries and hand line in the area located between latitudes 06 º 45'N and 23 ° 36'S and longitudes 018 ° 44'W and 053 º 13'W. Among the 201 individuals captured, 98 were females (74.5 – 227 cm TL) and 103 were males (72 – 242 cm TL) with a sexual proportion males to females of 1:1. Females were categorized as immature (N = 78; 74.5 – 170 cm TL), matures (N = 13; 165 – 223 cm TL), pré-ovulatory (N = 2; 181 – 187 cm CT) and pregnant (N = 5; 169 – 227 cm TL). The uterine fecundity ranged from 1 to 10 embryos. The cycle of pregnancy is annual with birth occurring at the end / beginning of the year. The size at first maturity of females was estimated at 170 cm TL. Of the 103 males captured, 75 were immature (72 to 160 cm TL), 8 maturing (170 - 196) and 20 were mature (160 - 242 cm TL). The size of sexual maturity was between 160 and 170 cm. / No período de dezembro de 2003 a dezembro de 2009, foram coletados os aparelhos reprodutores de 201 espécimes de Carcharhinus longimanus, capturados por meio de barcos da frota comercial atuneira, que realizaram pescarias com espinhel pelágico e linha de mão, na área localizada entre as latitudes 06º45’N e 23º36’S e as longitudes de 018º44’W e 053º13’W. Deste total, 98 eram fêmeas (74,5 a 170 cm CT), maduras (N= 13; 165 a 223 cm CT), pré-ovulatórias (N= 2; 181 e 187 cm CT) e prenhes (N= 5; 169 a 227 cm CT). A fecundidade ovariana variou de 1 a 10 folículos vitelogênicos e a uterina, de 1 a 10 embriões. O ciclo de gestação é anual com nascimento ocorrendo ao final/início do ano. O tamanho de primeira maturação das fêmeas desta espécie é de 170 cm CT. Dos 103 machos capturados, 75 eram imaturos (72 – 160 cm CT), 8 em maturação (170 - 196) e 20 eram maduros (160 – 242 cm CT). O tamanho de primeira maturação sexual entre 160 e 170 cm.

The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, is a circumtropical pelagic shark of high conservation concern (IUCN Red List: “Critically Endangered” in the Western North and Western Central Atlantic and “Vulnerable” globally). I present the first, population genetic assessment of the oceanic whitetip shark on a global scale, based on analysis of two mitochondrial genome regions (entire 1066-1067 bp control region and 784 bp partial ND4 gene), and nine nuclear microsatellite loci. No population structure was detected within the Western Atlantic. However, highly significant population structure was detected between Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Ocean sharks across all markers. Additionally, a nominally significant signal of matrilineal structure between the Indian and Pacific Ocean sharks was detected by AMOVA and pairwise tests of the ND4 gene only (pairwise ΦST = 0.051, P = 0.046; pairwise Jost’s D = 0.311, 95% CI = 0.020, 0.0614). Although significant inter-basin population structure was evident, it was associated with deep phylogeographic mixing of mitochondrial haplotypes and evidence of contemporary migration between the Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans. I theorize that semi-permeable thermal barriers are responsible for the differentiation between the Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific set in a framework of global phylogeographic mixing. Relatively low mtDNA genetic diversity (concatenated mtCR-ND4 nucleotide diversity π = 0.32% ± 0.17%) compared to other circumtropical elasmobranch species raises potential concern for the future genetic health of this species. Overall, significant population structure exists, at a minimum, between the Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Ocean, and effective management strategies must take this into consideration.