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Heterodonty and ontogenetic shift dynamics in the dentition of the tiger shark

Heterodonty and ontogenetic shift dynamics in the dentition of the tiger shark

Heterodonty and ontogenetic shift dynamics in the dentition of the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier (Chondrichthyes, Galeocerdidae) Julia Türtscher, Patrick L. Jambura, Faviel A. López-Romero, René Kindlimann, Keiichi Sato, Taketeru Tomita, Jürgen Kriwet ABSTRACT: The lifelong tooth replacement in elasmobranch fishes (sharks, rays and skates) has led to the assemblage of a great number of teeth

Elasmobranch diversity across a remote coral reef atoll

Elasmobranch diversity across a remote coral reef atoll

Elasmobranch diversity across a remote coral reef atoll revealed through environmental DNA metabarcoding Nicholas Dunn, Vincent Savolainen, Sam Weber, Samantha Andrzejaczek, Chris Carbone, David Curnick ABSTRACT: As elasmobranchs are becoming increasingly threatened, efficient methods for monitoring the distribution and diversity of elasmobranch populations are required. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a progressively applied technique that

Three complete mitochondrial genomes of shortfin mako sharks

Three complete mitochondrial genomes of shortfin mako sharks

Three complete mitochondrial genomes of shortfin mako sharks, Isurus oxyrinchus, from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Marissa R. Mehlrose, Andrea M. Bernard, Kimberly A. Finnegan, Lauren E. Krausfeldt, Jose V. Lopez & Mahmood S. Shivji ABSTRACT: We present complete mitogenome sequences of three shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) sampled from the western Pacific, and eastern

Bycatch of a Critically Endangered Shark Glyphis glyphis in a Crab Pot Fishery

Bycatch of a Critically Endangered Shark Glyphis glyphis in a Crab Pot Fishery

Bycatch of a Critically Endangered Shark Glyphis glyphis in a Crab Pot Fishery: Implications for Management Richard D. Pillans, Gary C. Fry, Geoff D. Carlin, Toby A. Patterson ABSTRACT: The speartooth shark Glyphis glyphis is a Critically Endangered whaler shark known from a few tropical river systems in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. There

Effects of shark tourism on the yellowtail kingfish

Effects of shark tourism on the yellowtail kingfish

Effects of shark tourism on the daily residency and movements of a non-focal pelagic teleost Thomas M. Clarke, Sasha K. Whitmarsh, Ross G. Dwyer, Vinay Udyawer, Hugh Pederson, Charlie Huveneers ABSTRACT: Marine wildlife tourism is increasing in popularity, with operations targeting a wide range of taxa globally. While previous studies have mostly focused on assessing

Unreported discards of internationally protected pelagic sharks

Unreported discards of internationally protected pelagic sharks

Unreported discards of internationally protected pelagic sharks in a global fishing hotspot are potentially large Gonzalo Mucientes, Marisa Vedor, David W. Sims, Nuno Queiroz ABSTRACT: Global abundances of oceanic pelagic sharks have declined due to overfishing. Internationally protected shark species remain at risk due to indiscriminate bycatch in longline fisheries with under-reported catches affecting reliability

Field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark

Field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark

Life in the slow lane: field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) modelled using archival biologgers Eric Ste-Marie, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Jayson M. Semmens, Marianne Marcoux, Nigel E. Hussey ABSTRACT: Field metabolic rate (FMR) is a holistic measure of metabolism representing the routine energy utilization of a species living

Proposed Changes to Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark Retention Limits

Proposed Changes to Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark Retention Limits

Draft Environmental Assessment,Regulatory Impact Review, and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Rule to Modify the Retention Limit for Shortfin Mako Sharks United States Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Marine Fisheries ServiceOffice of Sustainable FisheriesHighly Migratory Species Management Division April 8, 2022 ABSTRACT: This proposed action is necessary to implement bindingrecommendations of the

Shark habituation to a food-related olfactory cue

Shark habituation to a food-related olfactory cue

Shark habituation to a food-related olfactory cue Dennis D.U. Heinrich, Charlie Huveneers, Thomas M. Houslay, Félicie Dhellemmes, Culum Brown ABSTRACT: Learning is a process that allows animals to develop adaptive behavioural responses to novel situations within an individual’s lifetime. The simplest form of learning, habituation, acts a fundamental filter mechanism, which allows animals to ignore

Estimated life-history traits and movements of the Caribbean reef shark in The Bahamas

Estimated life-history traits and movements of the Caribbean reef shark in The Bahamas

Estimated life-history traits and movements of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) in The Bahamas based on tag-recapture data Brendan S. Talwar, Darcy Bradley, Christopher Berry, Mark E. Bond, Ian A. Bouyoucos, Annabelle M. L. Brooks, Candace Y. A. Fields, Austin J. Gallagher, Tristan L. Guttridge, Annie E. Guttridge, Neil Hammerschlag, Ian Hamilton, Bryan A.

A biologging database of juvenile white sharks from the northeast Pacific

A biologging database of juvenile white sharks from the northeast Pacific

A biologging database of juvenile white sharks from the northeast Pacific O’Sullivan, J., Lowe, C.G., Sosa-Nishizaki, O. et al. ABSTRACT: Species occurrence records are vital data streams in marine conservation with a wide range of important applications. From 2001–2020, the Monterey Bay Aquarium led an international research collaboration to understand the life cycle, ecology, and

Framing Effects on Attitudes and Intentions Toward Shark Meat Consumption in Lima, Peru

Framing Effects on Attitudes and Intentions Toward Shark Meat Consumption in Lima, Peru

Framing Effects on Attitudes and Intentions Toward Shark Meat Consumption in Lima, Peru Daniella Biffi, Adam S. Richards, Molly Weinburgh ABSTRACT: Peru has one of the major shark fisheries in the world. Moreover, shark meat consumption is popular and the main commercially exploited species are considered threatened. Recent studies have found high mislabeling rates and

Assessment of trace metal concentrations in Indian Ocean silky sharks

Assessment of trace metal concentrations in Indian Ocean silky sharks

Assessment of trace metal concentrations in Indian Ocean silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis and their toxicological concerns Ming-Huang Wang, Chiu-Wen Chen, Chih-Feng Chen, Wen-Pei Tsai, Cheng-Di Dong ABSTRACT: This study assessed the concentrations of nine trace metals from juvenile C. falciformis caught from Indian Ocean. This study also discussed the metal pollution index (MPI) and bioconcentration

California Shark Incidents 1950 – 2022

California Shark Incidents 1950 – 2022

Summary ofDocumented California Shark Incidents1950 – 2022 (As of March 2, 2022)California Department of Fish and Wildlife PDF-DOWNLOAD

Fact Sheet: Sharks in Western Australia

Fact Sheet: Sharks in Western Australia

FISHERIES FACT SHEETSHARKS IN WAPUBLISHED MARCH 2022This fact sheet is the fourth (No. 4, second revision) in a Department of Fisheries series. ISSN 1834-9382 PDF-DOWNLOAD