Relation between the sharpnose shark Rhizoprinodon terranovae in the southern Gulf of Mexico and the average number of sunspots

Authors

  • Rubén Sánchez Trejo Departamento El Hombre y su Ambiente, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco. Calz. del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04960. México
  • Norma Sánchez Santillán Departamento El Hombre y su Ambiente, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco. Calz. del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04960. México
  • Alfonso Esquivel Herrera Departamento El Hombre y su Ambiente, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco. Calz. del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04960. México
  • Javier Aldeco Ramírez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcbs/hidro/2019v29n1/Sanchez

Keywords:

Antillean sharpnose-shark landings, Fast Fourier Transform and Maximum Entropy, Gulf of Mexico, solar activity, time series

Abstract

Background. The Antillean or sharpnose shark is one of the main exemplars of shark species in the commercial catch in southern Gulf of Mexico. Oceanic dynamics on the planet Earth varies year-on-year due to the oscillation of solar radiation; fish abundances (and catches) likely respond to these oscillations. Goals. This study focuses on the analysis of landings variability of the antillean sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) in the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico, from 1940 to 2006, and its possible connection with solar activity as assessed by the average sunspot number (Zürich Index). Methods. A polynomial curve by least-squares best fitting was used to eliminate the tendency from the sharpnose shark landings time series. Spectral techniques of Maximum Entropy (ME) and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) were used to analyze the time series of sharpnose shark landings and the Zürich Index. Results. The time series of sharpnose shark landings showed a remarkable spectral peak with a period of about 12.8 years, while the Zürich Index showed a marked peak at a period of 11.6 years. Cross-correlation revealed a delay between the average number of solar spots and sharpnose shark landings. Conclusions. This work is the first to report such a low frequency variability for landings of the Rh. terraenovae fishery in the Gulf of Mexico, using a particular methodology that can provide information for the design of predictive models in the future. The analyzed landing volumes of the sharpnose shark Rh. terraenovae showed as a result a periodical behavior in coincidence with Wolfs solar activity cycle of 10.6 years.

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2019-10-23

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Sánchez Trejo, R., Sánchez Santillán, N., Esquivel Herrera, A., & Aldeco Ramírez, J. (2019). Relation between the sharpnose shark Rhizoprinodon terranovae in the southern Gulf of Mexico and the average number of sunspots. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 29(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcbs/hidro/2019v29n1/Sanchez

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