Habitat selection of a coastal shark species estimated from an autonomous underwater vehicle

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

First Shark from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation Sheds New Light on the Development of Tessellated Calcified Cartilage

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)

On an old case of adult Mediterranean monk seal predation by white shark in Balearic Islands, Spain

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

Life history and ecology of a large shortfin mako shark captured in southern California

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

Population genetics of four heavily exploited shark species around the Arabian Peninsula

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

Growth and spatiotemporal distribution of juvenile shortfin mako in the western and central North Pacific

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

Operation ‘Shark’ in Ecuador: Authorities Seize Over 200.000 Shark Fins in Manta