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From: Same species, different prerequisites: investigating body condition and foraging success in young reef sharks between an atoll and an island system

Figure 5

Changes in body condition indices with time at liberty in Carcharhinus melanopterus from Moorea. (a) Change in Fulton’s K over time at liberty, and (b) change in girth factor GF over time at liberty. Data were obtained from neonatal sharks that were measured twice within the same parturition season (min. 4 days, max. 72 days, n = 45). The regression line for predicting changes in Fulton’s K from time at liberty is shown in red (y = 0.001–0.003x, r2 = 0.11). Note that each dot represents the change of body condition in one individual and that negative values (below the dashed line) depict a decrease of body condition in an individual shark.

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