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The importance of oceanic atoll lagoons for coral reef predators
The importance of oceanic atoll lagoons for coral reef predators Christina Skinner, Aileen C. Mill, Steven P. Newman, S. Nadia Alsagoff, Nicholas V. C. Polunin ABSTRACT: Predators on coral reefs play an important ecological role structuring reef fish communities and are important fishery targets. It is thought that reef predator assemblages increase in density and
Abundance and distribution of the white shark in the Mediterranean Sea
Abundance and distribution of the white shark in the Mediterranean Sea Stefano Moro, Giovanna Jona‐Lasinio, Barbara Block, Fiorenza Micheli, Giulio De Leo, Fabrizio Serena, Massimiliano Bottaro, Umberto Scacco, Francesco Ferretti ABSTRACT: Conservation of apex predators is a key challenge both in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The white shark is a rare but persistent inhabitant of
Prevalence, persistence and impacts of residual fishing hooks on tiger sharks
Prevalence, persistence and impacts of residual fishing hooks on tiger sharks Michel Bègue, Eric Clua, Gilles Siu, Carl Meyer ABSTRACT: We used long-term observations of 55 individually identified tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) at a shark ecotourism site off Tahiti to estimate the prevalence, retention times and impacts of residual hooks and trailing line resulting from