April 3rd, 2015

WPTV News: Man bitten by shark off coast of Jupiter, Florida

Ginglymostoma unami, a new species of nurse shark from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Ginglymostoma unami, a new species of nurse shark from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Published in March 2015 Ginglymostoma unami sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobiformes: Ginglymostomatidae): a new species of nurse shark from the Tropical Eastern Pacific Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores, Emmanuel Ramírez-Antonio, Arturo Angulo, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León ABSTRACT: A new species of shark belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae is herein described; the new species show a wide distribution

Urobatis pardalis, a new species of round stingray from the tropical Eastern Pacific

Urobatis pardalis, a new species of round stingray from the tropical Eastern Pacific

Nueva especie del género Urobatis (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) del Pacífico oriental tropical Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores, Arturo Angulo, Myrna I. López, William A. Bussing ABSTRACT: A new species of Urobatis (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) from the tropical Eastern Pacific. A new species of round stingray, Urobatis pardalis sp. nov., is described from material collected in the Pacific coast

Estimating apparent survival of white sharks in central California using mark-recapture methods

Estimating apparent survival of white sharks in central California using mark-recapture methods

Published on 01. April 2015 Estimating apparent survival of sub-adult and adult white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in central California using mark-recapture methods Paul E. Kanive, Jay J. Rotella, Salvador J. Jorgensen, Taylor K. Chapple, Scot D. Anderson, A. Peter Klimley, Barbara A. Block ABSTRACT: Quantifying life history parameters of marine top predators is challenging, as

White Sharks Exploit the Sun during Predatory Approaches

White Sharks Exploit the Sun during Predatory Approaches

Published in April 2015 White Sharks Exploit the Sun during Predatory Approaches Charlie Huveneers, Dirk Holman, Rachel Robbins, Andrew Fox, John A. Endler, Alex H. Taylor ABSTRACT: There is no conclusive evidence of any nonhuman animal using the sun as part of its predation strategy. Here, we show that the world’s largest predatory fish—the white

Population and individual foraging patterns of two hammerhead sharks

Population and individual foraging patterns of two hammerhead sharks

Published online on 25. March 2015 Population and individual foraging patterns of two hammerhead sharks using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes P. Loor-Andrade, F. Galván-Magaña, F. R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, C. Polo-Silva, A. Delgado-Huerta ABSTRACT: Rationale Individual foraging behavior is an important variable of predators commonly studied at the population level. Some hammerhead shark species play a