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Regional movements of satellite‐tagged whale sharks in the Gulf of Aden
Regional movements of satellite‐tagged whale sharks Rhincodon typus in the Gulf of Aden Samantha Andrzejaczek, Michel Vély, Daniel Jouannet, David Rowat, Sabrina Fossette ABSTRACT: To gain insight into whale shark (Rhincodon typus) movement patterns in the Western Indian Ocean, we deployed eight pop‐up satellite tags at an aggregation site in the Arta Bay region of
Three-Dimensional Movements and Habitat Selection of Young White Sharks
Three-Dimensional Movements and Habitat Selection of Young White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Across a Temperate Continental Shelf Ecosystem Rachel L. Shaw, Tobey H. Curtis, Gregory Metzger, Michael P. McCallister, Alisa Newton, G. Christopher Fischer, Matthew J. Ajemian ABSTRACT: As highly mobile predators with extensive home ranges, some shark species often utilize a continuum of habitats across
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa DAVID A. EBERT, SABINE P. WINTNER, PETER M. KYNE ABSTRACT: An annotated checklist of chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, batoids, and chimaeras) occurring in South African waters is presented. The checklist is the result of decades of research and on-going systematic revisions of the regional fauna. The chondrichthyan