Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America

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Cione, Alberto Luis; Barla, María Julia
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2008
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The great white shark is a cosmopolitan temperate marine species which is rare in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil today. Several publications include the white shark as inhabiting Patagonian waters. However, there is no recent or fossil record of the white shark south of S 38°in-line 30′ in the southwestern Atlantic. A tooth found in Quaternary sediments at Pehuencó (S 38°in-line 56′), southern Buenos Aires province, is the southernmost occurrence of the species in the southwestern Atlantic. The occurrence of C. carcharias in the Buenos Aires province is another confirmation that the Argentine biogeographic province extends to the south of the Río de la Plata. The present extremely scarce record indicates that there are not permanent living populations in the South American Atlantic coast but occasional transient individuals. However, the abundant fossil and archaeological record suggests that it was much more common in southwestern Atlantic during the late Pleistocene and Holocene than today. This drop in abundance is here mostly attributed to the massive extermination of pinnipeds and cetaceans during the XIXth and XXth centuries. Patagonian waters, where marine mammals are relatively abundant even today, might be too cold for the species which is mostly encountered between 15-23°in-line C. Besides, another important predator, the killer whale, which also feeds on marine mammals, is frequently found in these waters. Consequently, available evidence suggests that unrestricted hunting of pinnipeds and cetaceans also decimated another animal, a fish.
El tiburón blanco es una especie cosmopolita en mares templados y que es rara actualmente en Argentina, Uruguay y Brasil. Varias publicaciones incluyen a tiburón blanco como habitando aguas patagónicas. Sin embargo, no hay registro actual o fósil al sur de S 38° 30' en el Atlántico sudoccidental. Un diente hallado en sedimentos cuaternarios en Pehuencó (S 38° 56'), sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires es el registro más austral en el Atlántico sudoccidental. El registro actual de C. carcharías en la provincia de Buenos Aires es otra confirmación de que la provincia biogeográfica Argentina se extiende al sur del Río de la Plata. El extremadamente escaso registro actual indica que no hay poblaciones permanentes en la costa atlántica sudamericana sino individuos aislados. Sin embargo, el abundante registro fósil y arqueológico sugiere que fue mucho más común durante el Pleistoceno tardío y el Holoceno. La disminución de la abundancia es aquí principalmente atribuida al exterminio masivo de pinípedos y cetáceos en los siglos XIXth y XX.th Las aguas patagónicas, donde todavía hay abundancia de mamíferos marinos podrían ser demasiado frías para la especie, que es más frecuente entre 15° y 23 °C. Por otra parte, la orea, que también se alimenta de mamíferos marinos, es frecuente en esas aguas. Consecuentemente, la evidencia disponible sugiere que la caza irrestricta de pinípedos y cetáceos eliminó otro animal, un pez.
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Paleontología
Argentina
Atlantic
Biogeography
Carcharodon carcharias
Cetacean
Pinniped
White shark
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spelling Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South AmericaCausas y contrastes en la distribución presente y pasada del tiburón blanco (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) costa afuera de Sud América sudorientalCione, Alberto LuisBarla, María JuliaPaleontologíaArgentinaAtlanticBiogeographyCarcharodon carchariasCetaceanPinnipedWhite sharkThe great white shark is a cosmopolitan temperate marine species which is rare in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil today. Several publications include the white shark as inhabiting Patagonian waters. However, there is no recent or fossil record of the white shark south of S 38°in-line 30′ in the southwestern Atlantic. A tooth found in Quaternary sediments at Pehuencó (S 38°in-line 56′), southern Buenos Aires province, is the southernmost occurrence of the species in the southwestern Atlantic. The occurrence of C. carcharias in the Buenos Aires province is another confirmation that the Argentine biogeographic province extends to the south of the Río de la Plata. The present extremely scarce record indicates that there are not permanent living populations in the South American Atlantic coast but occasional transient individuals. However, the abundant fossil and archaeological record suggests that it was much more common in southwestern Atlantic during the late Pleistocene and Holocene than today. This drop in abundance is here mostly attributed to the massive extermination of pinnipeds and cetaceans during the XIXth and XXth centuries. Patagonian waters, where marine mammals are relatively abundant even today, might be too cold for the species which is mostly encountered between 15-23°in-line C. Besides, another important predator, the killer whale, which also feeds on marine mammals, is frequently found in these waters. Consequently, available evidence suggests that unrestricted hunting of pinnipeds and cetaceans also decimated another animal, a fish.El tiburón blanco es una especie cosmopolita en mares templados y que es rara actualmente en Argentina, Uruguay y Brasil. Varias publicaciones incluyen a tiburón blanco como habitando aguas patagónicas. Sin embargo, no hay registro actual o fósil al sur de S 38° 30' en el Atlántico sudoccidental. Un diente hallado en sedimentos cuaternarios en Pehuencó (S 38° 56'), sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires es el registro más austral en el Atlántico sudoccidental. El registro actual de C. carcharías en la provincia de Buenos Aires es otra confirmación de que la provincia biogeográfica Argentina se extiende al sur del Río de la Plata. El extremadamente escaso registro actual indica que no hay poblaciones permanentes en la costa atlántica sudamericana sino individuos aislados. Sin embargo, el abundante registro fósil y arqueológico sugiere que fue mucho más común durante el Pleistoceno tardío y el Holoceno. La disminución de la abundancia es aquí principalmente atribuida al exterminio masivo de pinípedos y cetáceos en los siglos XIXth y XX.th Las aguas patagónicas, donde todavía hay abundancia de mamíferos marinos podrían ser demasiado frías para la especie, que es más frecuente entre 15° y 23 °C. Por otra parte, la orea, que también se alimenta de mamíferos marinos, es frecuente en esas aguas. Consecuentemente, la evidencia disponible sugiere que la caza irrestricta de pinípedos y cetáceos eliminó otro animal, un pez.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo2008info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf175-184http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/83053enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1514-5158info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.22179/REVMACN.10.275info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-11-05T12:55:05Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/83053Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-11-05 12:55:06.069SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America
Causas y contrastes en la distribución presente y pasada del tiburón blanco (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) costa afuera de Sud América sudoriental
title Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America
spellingShingle Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America
Cione, Alberto Luis
Paleontología
Argentina
Atlantic
Biogeography
Carcharodon carcharias
Cetacean
Pinniped
White shark
title_short Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America
title_full Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America
title_fullStr Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America
title_full_unstemmed Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America
title_sort Causes and contrasts in current and past distribution of the white shark (Lamniformes: Carcharodon carcharias) off southeastern South America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cione, Alberto Luis
Barla, María Julia
author Cione, Alberto Luis
author_facet Cione, Alberto Luis
Barla, María Julia
author_role author
author2 Barla, María Julia
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Paleontología
Argentina
Atlantic
Biogeography
Carcharodon carcharias
Cetacean
Pinniped
White shark
topic Paleontología
Argentina
Atlantic
Biogeography
Carcharodon carcharias
Cetacean
Pinniped
White shark
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The great white shark is a cosmopolitan temperate marine species which is rare in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil today. Several publications include the white shark as inhabiting Patagonian waters. However, there is no recent or fossil record of the white shark south of S 38°in-line 30′ in the southwestern Atlantic. A tooth found in Quaternary sediments at Pehuencó (S 38°in-line 56′), southern Buenos Aires province, is the southernmost occurrence of the species in the southwestern Atlantic. The occurrence of C. carcharias in the Buenos Aires province is another confirmation that the Argentine biogeographic province extends to the south of the Río de la Plata. The present extremely scarce record indicates that there are not permanent living populations in the South American Atlantic coast but occasional transient individuals. However, the abundant fossil and archaeological record suggests that it was much more common in southwestern Atlantic during the late Pleistocene and Holocene than today. This drop in abundance is here mostly attributed to the massive extermination of pinnipeds and cetaceans during the XIXth and XXth centuries. Patagonian waters, where marine mammals are relatively abundant even today, might be too cold for the species which is mostly encountered between 15-23°in-line C. Besides, another important predator, the killer whale, which also feeds on marine mammals, is frequently found in these waters. Consequently, available evidence suggests that unrestricted hunting of pinnipeds and cetaceans also decimated another animal, a fish.
El tiburón blanco es una especie cosmopolita en mares templados y que es rara actualmente en Argentina, Uruguay y Brasil. Varias publicaciones incluyen a tiburón blanco como habitando aguas patagónicas. Sin embargo, no hay registro actual o fósil al sur de S 38° 30' en el Atlántico sudoccidental. Un diente hallado en sedimentos cuaternarios en Pehuencó (S 38° 56'), sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires es el registro más austral en el Atlántico sudoccidental. El registro actual de C. carcharías en la provincia de Buenos Aires es otra confirmación de que la provincia biogeográfica Argentina se extiende al sur del Río de la Plata. El extremadamente escaso registro actual indica que no hay poblaciones permanentes en la costa atlántica sudamericana sino individuos aislados. Sin embargo, el abundante registro fósil y arqueológico sugiere que fue mucho más común durante el Pleistoceno tardío y el Holoceno. La disminución de la abundancia es aquí principalmente atribuida al exterminio masivo de pinípedos y cetáceos en los siglos XIXth y XX.th Las aguas patagónicas, donde todavía hay abundancia de mamíferos marinos podrían ser demasiado frías para la especie, que es más frecuente entre 15° y 23 °C. Por otra parte, la orea, que también se alimenta de mamíferos marinos, es frecuente en esas aguas. Consecuentemente, la evidencia disponible sugiere que la caza irrestricta de pinípedos y cetáceos eliminó otro animal, un pez.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
description The great white shark is a cosmopolitan temperate marine species which is rare in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil today. Several publications include the white shark as inhabiting Patagonian waters. However, there is no recent or fossil record of the white shark south of S 38°in-line 30′ in the southwestern Atlantic. A tooth found in Quaternary sediments at Pehuencó (S 38°in-line 56′), southern Buenos Aires province, is the southernmost occurrence of the species in the southwestern Atlantic. The occurrence of C. carcharias in the Buenos Aires province is another confirmation that the Argentine biogeographic province extends to the south of the Río de la Plata. The present extremely scarce record indicates that there are not permanent living populations in the South American Atlantic coast but occasional transient individuals. However, the abundant fossil and archaeological record suggests that it was much more common in southwestern Atlantic during the late Pleistocene and Holocene than today. This drop in abundance is here mostly attributed to the massive extermination of pinnipeds and cetaceans during the XIXth and XXth centuries. Patagonian waters, where marine mammals are relatively abundant even today, might be too cold for the species which is mostly encountered between 15-23°in-line C. Besides, another important predator, the killer whale, which also feeds on marine mammals, is frequently found in these waters. Consequently, available evidence suggests that unrestricted hunting of pinnipeds and cetaceans also decimated another animal, a fish.
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