October 23rd, 2020

Declining sawfish species prioritised for conservation status escalation

Declining sawfish species prioritised for conservation status escalation

Press Release Australian Marine Conservation Society 16. October 2020 — — — — — — — — — Conservation groups and scientists have welcomed news that a species of sawfish found in northern Australia has been prioritised for uplisting to endangered by the Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley. The largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis) is the

Maternal provisioning gives young-of-the-year Hammerheads a head start in early life

Maternal provisioning gives young-of-the-year Hammerheads a head start in early life

Maternal provisioning gives young-of-the-year Hammerheads a head start in early life Kady Lyons, Ashley S. Galloway, Douglas H. Adams, Eric A. Reyier, Amanda M. Barker, David S. Portnoy, Bryan S. Frazier ABSTRACT: For species that do not provide parental care after birth, excess maternal provisioning during development, beyond what is required for embryogenesis, provides offspring

Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes

Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes

Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes with special reference to ‘off-the-scale’ gigantism of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon Kenshu Shimada, Martin A. Becker, Michael L. Griffiths ABSTRACT: Extinct lamniform sharks (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes) are well represented in the late Mesozoic‒Cenozoic fossil record, yet their biology is poorly

Scarring patterns of whale sharks at a provisioning site in the Philippines

Scarring patterns of whale sharks at a provisioning site in the Philippines

Scarring patterns of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, at a provisioning site in the Philippines Luke Penketh, Anna Schleimer, Jessica Labaja, Sally Snow, Alessandro Ponzo, Gonzalo Araujo ABSTRACT: 1. Shark‐based tourism continues to be a rapidly growing industry, and thus understanding the impacts of such activities is essential to mitigate the potential negative effects on the

Genetic connectivity of the scalloped hammerhead shark across Indonesia and the Western Indian Ocean

Genetic connectivity of the scalloped hammerhead shark across Indonesia and the Western Indian Ocean

Genetic connectivity of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini across Indonesia and the Western Indian Ocean Sutanto Hadi, Noviar Andayani, Efin Muttaqin, Benaya M. Simeon, Muhammad Ichsan, Beginer Subhan, Hawis Madduppa ABSTRACT: Scalloped Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) is an endangered species which its populations have been declining globally including in Indonesia, the world’s top shark