Increasing rate of species discovery in sharks coincides with sharp population declines

Accepted on 28. April 2014 Increasing rate of species discovery in sharks coincides with sharp population declines: implications for biodiversity Randhawa, Haseeb; Poulin, Robert; Krkosek, Martin ABSTRACT: The global biodiversity of some taxonomic groups is poorly described, but thought to be decreasing rapidly. Surprisingly, this holds for a group of the world’s most iconic large-bodied