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Assessing the viability of releasing captive-bred wobbegongs to restock depleted populations
Published on 09. April 2015 Born to be free? Assessing the viability of releasing captive-bred wobbegongs to restock depleted populations Kathryn A. Lee, Charlie Huveneers, Victor Peddemors, Andrew Boomer, Robert G. Harcourt ABSTRACT: Large predatory fishes, such as sharks, play an important functional role within marine ecosystems. Restocking of depleted populations has been extensively studied
Reconstructing habitat use by juvenile salmon sharks links upwelling to strandings in the California Current
Published on 09. April 2015 Reconstructing habitat use by juvenile salmon sharks links upwelling to strandings in the California Current Aaron B. Carlisle, Steven Y. Litvin, Elliott L. Hazen, Daniel J. Madigan, Kenneth J. Goldman, Robert N. Lea, Barbara A. Block ABSTRACT: The use of nursery areas by elasmobranchs is an important life history strategy
Ecological Drivers of Shark Distributions along a Tropical Coastline
Published on 08. April 2015 Ecological Drivers of Shark Distributions along a Tropical Coastline Peter M. Yates, Michelle R. Heupel, Andrew J. Tobin, Colin A. Simpfendorfer ABSTRACT: As coastal species experience increasing anthropogenic pressures there is a growing need to characterise the ecological drivers of their abundance and habitat use, and understand how they may
Development and microstructure of tooth histotypes in the blue shark and the great white shark
Published on 03. April 2015 Development and microstructure of tooth histotypes in the blue shark, Prionace glauca (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) and the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) Joshua K. Moyer, Mark L. Riccio, William E. Bemis ABSTRACT: Elasmobranchs exhibit two distinct arrangements of mineralized tissues in the teeth that are known as orthodont and
Effect of the Deep Sea Shark-liver Oil Component Food on Secretion Type Immunoglobulin A Density of Saliva in the Normal Man and Woman Adult
Published on 10. April 2015 Effect of the Deep Sea Shark-liver Oil Component Food on Secretion Type Immunoglobulin A Density of Saliva in the Normal Man and Woman Adult Naobumi Hamadate, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Mami Shikura, Chiemi Mizukami, Kayoko Seto, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Hideyo Yamaguchi, Muneaki Iizuka, Etsushi Yamamoto, Sumio Kondo, Kazunaga Yazawa ABSTRACT: Secretory immunoglobulin A