Published online on 15. May 2015 Feeding ecology of common demersal elasmobranch species in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica inferred from stable isotope and stomach content analyses Mario Espinoza, Samantha E.M. Munroe, Tayler M. Clarke, Aaron T. Fisk, Ingo S. Wehrtmann ABSTRACT: Knowledge of the feeding ecology and trophic interactions of marine species is
Published in May 2015 New chondrichthyans from Bartonian-Priabonian levels of Río de Las Minas and Sierra Dorotea, Magallanes Basin, Chilean Patagonia Rodrigo A. Otero, Sergio Soto-Acuña ABSTRACT: Here we studied new fossil chondrichthyans from two localities, Río de Las Minas, and Sierra Dorotea, both in the Magallanes Region, southernmost Chile. In Río de Las Minas,
Published in 2015 Annotated checklist of the sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) from waters of Russia and adjacent areas Yury V. Dyldin ABSTRACT: This is the first comprehensive list of sharks, batoids (rays and skates) and chimaeras recorded from the waters of Russia and adjacent territories. This includes scientific names, common names (English,
Published on 29. May 2015 Movement patterns of silvertip sharks (Carcharhinus albimarginatus ) on coral reefs Mario Espinoza, Michelle. R. Heupel, Andrew J. Tobin, Colin A. Simpfendorfer ABSTRACT: Understanding how sharks use coral reefs is essential for assessing risk of exposure to fisheries, habitat loss, and climate change. Despite a wide Indo-Pacific distribution, little is
Published online on 28. May 2015 Habitat selection of a coastal shark species estimated from an autonomous underwater vehicle D. E. Haulsee, M. W. Breece, D. C. Miller, B. M. Wetherbee, D. A. Fox, M. J. Oliver ABSTRACT: Quantifying habitat selection in marine organisms is challenging because it is difficult to obtain species location information
Published on 28. May 2015 First Shark from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia Sheds New Light on the Development of Tessellated Calcified Cartilage John A. Long, Carole J. Burrow, Michal Ginter, John G. Maisey, Kate M. Trinajstic, Michael I. Coates, Gavin C. Young, Tim J. Senden ABSTRACT: Background Living gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates)
Published online on 13. May 2015 On an old case of adult Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) predation by white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) in Balearic Islands, Spain Juan A. Pujol ABSTRACT: In 1906, a white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) was accidental trapped in Ciutadella (Balearic Islands). In its stomach was found an
Published on 21. May 2015 Insights into the life history and ecology of a large shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus captured in southern California K. Lyons, A. Preti, D. J. Madigan, R. J. D. Wells, M. E. Blasiu1, O. E. Snodgrass, D. Kacev, J. D. Harris, H. Dewar, S. Kohin, K. MacKenzie, C. G. Lowe
Published on 20. May 2015 Population genetics of four heavily exploited shark species around the Arabian Peninsula Julia L. Y. Spaet, Rima W. Jabado, Aaron C. Henderson, Alec B. M. Moore, Michael L. Berumen ABSTRACT: The northwestern Indian Ocean harbors a number of larger marine vertebrate taxa that warrant the investigation of genetic population structure
Published online on 12. May 2015 Growth and spatiotemporal distribution of juvenile shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the western and central North Pacific M. Kai, K. Shiozaki, S. Ohshimo, K. Yokawa ABSTRACT: This paper presents an estimation of growth curves and spatiotemporal distributions of juvenile shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the western and central