February 21st, 2020

Elasmobranch species richness, fisheries, abundance and size composition in the Azores archipelago

Elasmobranch species richness, fisheries, abundance and size composition in the Azores archipelago

Elasmobranch species richness, fisheries, abundance and size composition in the Azores archipelago (NE Atlantic) Régis Santos, Ana Novoa-Pabon, Hélder Silva, Mário Pinho ABSTRACT: Elasmobranchs are a vulnerable resource, more susceptible to overfishing than most teleosts, and their assessment is complicated due to a general lack of information about their fisheries, biology and ecology. This study

Pliocene colonization of the Mediterranean by Great White Shark

Pliocene colonization of the Mediterranean by Great White Shark

Pliocene colonization of the Mediterranean by Great White Shark inferred from fossil records, historical jaws, phylogeographic and divergence time analyses Agostino Leone, Gregory N. Puncher, Francesco Ferretti, Emilio Sperone, Sandro Tripepi, Primo Micarelli, Andrea Gambarelli, Maurizio Sarà, Marco Arculeo, Giuliano Doria, Fulvio Garibaldi, Nicola Bressi, Andrea Dall’Asta, Daniela Minelli, Elisabetta Cilli, Stefano Vanni, Fabrizio Serena,