March, 2021

Description of the chondrocranium of the silky shark

Description of the chondrocranium of the silky shark

Description of the chondrocranium of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis with comments on the cranial terminology and phylogenetic implications in carcharhinids (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae) Fernanda de Oliveira Lana, Karla D. A. Soares. Fábio Hissa Vieira Hazin, Ulisses Leite Gomes ABSTRACT: The definition and scope of the genus Carcharhinus has undergone several changes over the years

Climate change shifts abiotic niche of temperate skates

Climate change shifts abiotic niche of temperate skates

Climate change shifts abiotic niche of temperate skates towards deeper zones in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean Jéssica Fernanda Ramos Coelho, Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima, Flávia de Figueiredo Petean ABSTRACT: Climatic changes are disrupting distribution patterns of populations through shifts in species abiotic niches and habitat loss. The abiotic niche of marine benthic taxa such as

Strengthening Angel Shark Conservation in the Southern Aegean Sea

Strengthening Angel Shark Conservation in the Southern Aegean Sea

Giovos, I., Katsada, D., Naasan Aga Spyridopoulou, R., Doxa, A., Katsanevakis, S., Sini, M., Oikonomou, V., Poursanidis, D., Hood, A.R. Strengthening Angel Shark Conservation in the Southern Aegean Sea. iSea, Greece, 12pp, 2021 PDF-DOWNLOAD

Model Selection of Shark Attack Case

Model Selection of Shark Attack Case

Size Does Matter: Model Selection of Shark Attack Case Andri Wibowo ABSTRACT: Shark unprovoked attacks consist of fatal and non-fatal cases. Numerous cases have been reported involving shark species from Carcharhinus melanopterus with length of 145.5 cm to half-ton Carcharodon carcharias. Currently there are more (P < 0.05) unprovoked non-fatal cases with the average is

Cartilaginous Fish of the Eastern Adriatic Sea

Cartilaginous Fish of the Eastern Adriatic Sea

Cartilaginous Fish of the Eastern Adriatic Sea: A Review of the Records from the Past Decade (2010–2019) Ilija Ćetković, Tamara Mitrović, Stefan Ralević, Jovana Tomanić, Nikola Paskaš ABSTRACT: This review article is dedicated to the description and summarization of the chondrichthyans-related scientific research for the area of the Eastern Adriatic Sea. An online data inventory

Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks

Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks

Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and implications for conservation management Freya Womersley, James Hancock, Cameron T Perry, David Rowat ABSTRACT: Wound healing is important for marine taxa such as elasmobranchs, which can incur a range of natural and anthropogenic wounds throughout their life history. There is evidence that this group shows a high

Shark depredation over catches in the Strait of Messina

Shark depredation over catches in the Strait of Messina

When opportunistic predators interact with swordfish harpoon fishing activities: shark depredation over catches in the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean Sea) D. Malara , P. Battaglia , P. Consoli , E. Arcadi , F. Longo , M. G. Stipa , L.Pagano , S. Greco , F. Andaloro, T. Romeo ABSTRACT: We describe the interaction between

Overfishing and habitat loss drive range contraction of iconic marine fishes to near extinction

Overfishing and habitat loss drive range contraction of iconic marine fishes to near extinction

Overfishing and habitat loss drive range contraction of iconic marine fishes to near extinction Helen F. Yan, Peter M. Kyne, Rima W. Jabado, Ruth H. Leeney, Lindsay N.K. Davidson, Danielle H. Derrick, Brittany Finucci, Robert P. Freckleton, Sonja V. Fordham, Nicholas K. Dulvy ABSTRACT: Extinctions on land are often inferred from sparse sightings over time,

North Pacific warming shifts the juvenile range of white sharks

North Pacific warming shifts the juvenile range of white sharks

North Pacific warming shifts the juvenile range of a marine apex predator Kisei R. Tanaka, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Eric Mailander, Beatriz S. Dias, Carol Galginaitis, John O’Sullivan, Christopher G. Lowe, Salvador J. Jorgensen ABSTRACT: During the 2014–2016 North Pacific marine heatwave, unprecedented sightings of juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) emerged in central California. These