Caterpillar to Sponsor OCEARCH, Performing Global Shark Research on the Ocean

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Paternity testing using the poisonous sting in captive white-spotted eagle rays

Published online on 14. February 2013 Paternity testing using the poisonous sting in captive white-spotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari: a non-invasive tool for captive sustainability programmes M. Janse, A. L. Kappe, B. L. M. Van Kuijk ABSTRACT: A group of captive white-spotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari produced 20 offspring, with an unknown father. Part of

Abundance, distribution and habitat characteristics of winter skate in the Gulf of St Lawrence

Published online on 12. February 2013 Abundance, distribution and habitat characteristics of winter skate Leucoraja ocellata in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence: a population on the brink of extirpation? J. T. Kelly and J. M. Hanson ABSTRACT: Abundance indices of southern Gulf Leucoraja ocellata residing in Northumberland Strait, Canada, declined from 2001 to 2005,