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Ireland Red List No. 11: Cartilaginous fish
Clarke, M., Farrell, E.D., Roche, W., Murray, T.E., Foster, S. and Marnell, F. (2016) Ireland Red List No. 11: Cartilaginous fish National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Dublin, Ireland. PDF – DOWNLOAD
Improving the Conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans
Published on 20 January 2017 Improving the Conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans: The ELASMOMED DNA Barcode Reference Library Alessia Cariani, Silvia Messinetti, Alice Ferrari, Marco Arculeo, Juan J. Bonello, Leanne Bonnici, Rita Cannas, Pierluigi Carbonara, Alessandro Cau, Charis Charilaou, Najib El Ouamari, Fabio Fiorentino, Maria Cristina Follesa, Germana Garofalo, Daniel Golani, Ilaria Guarniero, Robert Hanner, Farid
Philopatry and Regional Connectivity of the Great Hammerhead Shark in the U.S. and Bahamas
Published on 20 January 2017 Philopatry and Regional Connectivity of the Great Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna mokarran in the U.S. and Bahamas Tristan L. Guttridge, Maurits P. M. Van Zinnicq Bergmann, Chris Bolte, Lucy A. Howey, Jean S. Finger, Steven T. Kessel, Jill L. Brooks, William Winram, Mark E. Bond, Lance K. B. Jordan, Rachael C.
Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury and methylmercury in four sympatric coastal sharks
Published online on 20 January 2017 Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury and methylmercury in four sympatric coastal sharks in a protected subtropical lagoon Adam G. Matulik, David W. Kerstetter, Neil Hammerschlag, Timothy Divoll, Chad R. Hammerschmidt, David C. Evers ABSTRACT: Mercury bioaccumulation is frequently observed in marine ecosystems, often with stronger effects at higher trophic
Switch from sexual to parthenogenetic reproduction in a zebra shark
Published on 16 January 2017 Switch from sexual to parthenogenetic reproduction in a zebra shark Christine L. Dudgeon, Laura Coulton, Ren Bone, Jennifer R. Ovenden, Severine Thomas ABSTRACT: Parthenogenesis is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which embryos develop in the absence of fertilisation. Most commonly found in plants and invertebrate organisms, an increasing
Plastic debris straps on threatened blue shark
Published online on 12 January 2017 Plastic debris straps on threatened blue shark Prionace glauca Ana I. Colmenero, Claudio Barría, Elisabetta Broglio, Salvador García-Barcelona ABSTRACT: Juveniles of blue shark Prionace glauca caught in pelagic longlines targeting tuna and swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea were found entangled with plastic straps around their
First record of the chimaera Neoharriota carri in the Caribbean of Guatemala
Published on 3rd January 2017 First record of the chimaera Neoharriota carri (Bullis and Carpenter 1966) in the Caribbean of Guatemala Francisco Polanco-Vásquez, Ana Hacohen-Domené, Thalya Méndez, Alerick Pacay and Rachel T. Graham ABSTRACT: Background A new record of Neoharriota carri is here reported for the Caribbean of Guatemala. Results Two chimaeras, a male and
Population structure and aspects of the reproductive biology of the blackmouth catshark caught accidentally off the Greek coasts
Published online on 28. December 2016 Population structure and aspects of the reproductive biology of the blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) caught accidentally off the Greek coasts Christoforos Panicos Metochis, Greta Carmona-Antoñanzas, Vasiliki Kousteni, Dimitrios Damalas, Persefoni Megalofonou ABSTRACT: The population composition and aspects of the reproductive biology of 452 blackmouth catsharks,