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Shark Research with Global Reach in Turks and Caicos Islands
Published on 2 Feb, 2021 at 10:58 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands 01. February 2021 —- —- —- —- —- —- —- For two weeks in January and February, a field research team from Beneath the Waves, a USA-based NGO, is in Turks and Caicos Islands. The team, under Dr Austin Gallagher, is carrying out marine fieldwork for
Southern Africa’s Most Endangered Shark Just Extended its Range by 2,000 Kilometers
Press Release The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) 26. January 2021 —- —- —- —- — — — —- A team of marine scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has confirmed that southern Africa’s most threatened endemic shark – the Critically Endangered shorttail nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum) – has been found to occur in
Range extension of the Critically Endangered shorttail nurse shark
Range extension of the Critically Endangered shorttail nurse shark Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Orectolobiformes: Ginglymostomatidae) to include Mozambique, with implications for management Rhett H. Bennett, David A. Ebert, Jorge J. Sitoe, Stela Fernando, Mark Harris, David van Beuningen, Aseeqah Davids ABSTRACT: The Critically Endangered shorttail nurse shark Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Günther, 1866) is a small-bodied Orectolobiform shark found
Future thermal regimes for epaulette sharks
Future thermal regimes for epaulette sharks (Hemiscyllium ocellatum): growth and metabolic performance cease to be optimal Carolyn R. Wheeler, Jodie L. Rummer, Barbara Bailey, Jamie Lockwood, Shelby Vance, John W. Mandelman ABSTRACT: Climate change is affecting thermal regimes globally, and organisms relying on their environment to regulate biological processes face unknown consequences. In ectotherms, temperature