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Histological and morphological aspects of reproduction in the sandbar shark in the U.S. south-eastern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Published online on 29. March 2016 Histological and morphological aspects of reproduction in the sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus in the U.S. south-eastern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico A. N. Piercy, D. J. Murie, J. J. Gelsleichter ABSTRACT : The reproduction of the sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus in the U.S. south-eastern Atlantic Ocean including the
Where have the largest whale sharks gone?
MEDIA STATEMENT The University of Western Australia (UWA) 23. March 2016 ———————– Researchers from The University of Western Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have raised concerns about the whereabouts of the world’s biggest whale sharks after finding that the largest sharks observed in recent years were smaller than those recorded more
Error and bias in size estimates of whale sharks
Published on 23. March 2016 Error and bias in size estimates of whale sharks: implications for understanding demography Ana M. M. Sequeira, Michele Thums, Kim Brooks, Mark G. Meekan ABSTRACT : Body size and age at maturity are indicative of the vulnerability of a species to extinction. However, they are both difficult to estimate for