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Researchers shed light on blind spot of shark attacks
Press Release University of Bristol, UK 01. November 2021 — — — — — — — Scientists have found more evidence to support the mistaken identity theory’ in juvenile white sharks during surface attacks on humans. Research, which has been published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, suggests that sharks mistake humans for
Abundance dynamics of a new, endemic batoid from Brazil: The Lutz’s stingray
Abundance dynamics of a new, endemic batoid from Brazil: The Lutz’s stingray, Hypanus berthalutzae Ilka Branco-Nunes. Yuri Niella, Fábio Hissa Vieira Hazin, Emmanuelly Creio, Paulo Guilherme Vasconcelos de Oliveira, André Sucena Afonso ABSTRACT: The Lutz’s stingray, Hypanus berthalutzae, is a recently identified, endemic dasyatid species which occurs in shallow habitats exclusively along most of the
Testing the ‘mistaken identity theory’ behind shark bites on humans
A shark’s eye view: testing the ‘mistaken identity theory’ behind shark bites on humans Laura A. Ryan, David J. Slip, Lucille Chapuis, Shaun P. Collin, Enrico Gennari, Jan M. Hemmi, Martin J. How, Charlie Huveneers, Victor M. Peddemors, Louise Tosetto, Nathan S. Hart ABSTRACT: Shark bites on humans are rare but are sufficiently frequent to
Defining distribution and habitat use of west-central Florida’s coastal sharks through a research and education program
Defining distribution and habitat use of west-central Florida’s coastal sharks through a research and education program Lindsay L. Mullins, J. Marcus Drymon, Moriah Moore, Adam Skarke, Alan Moore, John C. Rodgers ABSTRACT: Identifying critical habitat for highly mobile species such as sharks is difficult, but essential for effective management and conservation. In regions where baseline
The use of fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge to reconstruct fish behavioural traits and fishers’ perception of conservation relevance of elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean Sea
The use of fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge to reconstruct fish behavioural traits and fishers’ perception of conservation relevance of elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean Sea BARBATO, M., BARRÍA, C., BELLODI, A., BONANOMI, S., BORME, D., ĆETKOVIĆ, I., COLLOCA, F., COLMENERO, A., CROCETTA, F., De CARLO, F., DEMİR, E., Di LORENZO, M., FOLLESA, M., GARIBALDI, F., GIGLIO,