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Estimates of Age and Growth of Whale Sharks
Annual Bands in Vertebrae Validated by Bomb Radiocarbon Assays Provide Estimates of Age and Growth of Whale Sharks Joyce J. L. Ong, Mark G. Meekan, Hua Hsun Hsu, L. Paul Fanning, Steven E. Campana ABSTRACT: Conservation and management strategies for endangered and threatened species require accurate estimates of demographic parameters such as age and growth.
Common thresher shark movement
Common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus movement: Bayesian inference on a data-limited species Michael J. Kinney, Dovi Kacev, Tim Sippel, Heidi Dewar, Tomoharu Eguchi ABSTRACT: Within the fields of biology and ecology, animal movement is arguably one of the most basic, and yet, often one of the most difficult areas of study. Where and why animals
Long-term monitoring provides insight into estuarine top predator resilience following an extreme weather event
Long-term monitoring provides insight into estuarine top predator (Carcharhinus leucas) resilience following an extreme weather event Philip Matich, Bradley A. Strickland, Michael R. Heithaus ABSTRACT: Chronic environmental change threatens biodiversity, but acute disturbance events present more rapid and immediate threats. In 2010, a cold snap across south Florida had wide-ranging impacts, including negative effects on