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Post-capture survival of whale sharks encircled in tuna purse-seine nets
Published online on 10. May 2016 Post-capture survival of whale sharks encircled in tuna purse-seine nets: tagging and safe release methods Lauriane Escalle, Hilario Murua, Justin Monin Amande, Igor Arregui, Pierre Chavance, Alicia Delgado de Molina, Daniel Gaertner, Igaratza Fraile, John David Filmalter, Josu Santiago, Fabien Forget, Haritz Arrizabalaga, Laurent Dagorn, Bastien Merigot ABSTRACT: 1.
Devil rays of the Arabian Seas, with a redescription of Mobula kuhlii
Published online on 02. May 2016 Devil rays (Chondrichthyes: Mobula) of the Arabian Seas, with a redescription of Mobula kuhlii (Valenciennes in Müller and Henle, 1841) Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Daniel Fernando, Sylvain Adnet, Henri Cappetta, Rima W. Jabado ABSTRACT: Devil rays (genus Mobula) are pelagic elasmobranchs widely distributed throughout tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate waters.
Elasmobranch captures in the Fijian pelagic longline fishery
Published online on 02. May 2016 Elasmobranch captures in the Fijian pelagic longline fishery Susanna Piovano and Eric Gilman ABSTRACT: Pelagic longline fisheries for relatively fecund tuna and tuna-like species can have large adverse effects on incidentally caught species with low-fecundity, including elasmobranchs. Analyses of observer programme data from the Fiji longline fishery from 2011
A new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray from the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
Published on 04. May 2016 A new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil: the smallest species of Potamotrygon Marcelo R. de Carvalho, Ricardo S. Rosa, Maria Lúcia G. de Araújo ABSTRACT: A new species of Potamotrygon is described from the Rio Negro drainage, Amazonas, Brazil. In spite of
Physiological responses to hypersalinity correspond to nursery ground usage in two inshore shark species
Published online on 09. May 2016 Physiological responses to hypersalinity correspond to nursery ground usage in two inshore shark species (Mustelus antarcticus & Galeorhinus galeus) Louise Tunnah, Sara R. C. Mackellar, David A. Barnett, Tyson J. Maccormack, Kilian M. Stehfest, Andrea J. Morash, Jayson M. Semmens, Suzanne Currie ABSTRACT: Shark nurseries are susceptible to environmental