January 30th, 2013

Long-term trajectory of some elasmobranch species off Tuscany

Long-term trajectory of some elasmobranch species off Tuscany

Published online on 21. January 2013 Long-term trajectory of some elasmobranch species off the Tuscany coasts (NW Mediterranean) from 50 years of catch data Alessandro Ligas, Giacomo C. Osio, Paolo Sartor, Mario Sbrana, Stefano De Ranieri ABSTRACT: The time series of elasmobranch catch rates off the Tuscany coasts (NW Mediterranean) were investigated by means of

Tapeworm Eggs found in fossilized shark feces

Tapeworm Eggs found in fossilized shark feces

Published online on 30. January 2013 Tapeworm Eggs in a 270 Million-Year-Old Shark Coprolite Paula C. Dentzien-Dias, George Poinar Jr, Ana Emilia Q. de Figueiredo, Ana Carolina L. Pacheco, Bruno L. D. Horn, Cesar L. Schultz ABSTRACT: Remains of parasites in vertebrates are rare from the Mesozoic and Paleozoic. Once most parasites that live in

Two decades of annual skate catches in southern Gulf of St Lawrence

Two decades of annual skate catches in southern Gulf of St Lawrence

Published online on 25. January 2013 Two decades of annual landed and discarded catches of three southern Gulf of St Lawrence skate species estimated under multiple sources of uncertainty Hugues P. Benoît ABSTRACT: Estimating fishery impacts on commercially unimportant species is often hindered by limited and possibly biased data for landed and discarded catch, and