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Passive Prey Discrimination in Surface Predatory Behaviour of Bait-Attracted White Sharks from Gansbaai
Passive Prey Discrimination in Surface Predatory Behaviour of Bait-Attracted White Sharks from Gansbaai, South Africa Primo Micarelli, Federico Chieppa, Antonio Pacifico, Enrico Rabboni, Francesca Romana Reinero ABSTRACT: Between the years 2008 and 2013, six annual research expeditions were carried out at Dyer Island (Gansbaai, South Africa) to study the surface behaviour of white sharks in
Phylogeography and population genetics of the cryptic bonnethead shark Sphyrna aff. tiburo
Phylogeography and population genetics of the cryptic bonnethead shark Sphyrna aff. tiburo in Brazil and the Caribbean inferred from mitochondrial DNA markers Cindy Gonzalez, Bautisse Postaire, Rodrigo R Domingues, Kevin A Feldheim, Susana Caballero, Demian Chapman ABSTRACT: Resolving the identity, phylogeny, and distribution of cryptic species within species complexes is an essential precursor to management.
First record of the mating system in the grey smoothhound shark
First record of the mating system in the grey smoothhound shark (Mustelus californicus) Alexis O. Tárula-Marín & Nancy C. Saavedra-Sotelo ABSTRACT: Mating systems constitute an important biological characteristic that must be evaluated in commercially important species due to the effects of these systems on population growth rates and genetic diversity levels, which in turn determine