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Resource partitioning and trophic structure of large-bodied marine predators
Published on 15 May, 2013 at 2:30 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 103 views times | No Comments
Published online on 07. May 2013 Apparent resource partitioning and trophic structure of large-bodied marine predators in a relatively pristine seagrass ecosystem Heithaus MR, Vaudo JJ, Kreicker S, Layman CA et al. ABSTRACT: Large predators often play important roles in structuring marine communities. To understand the role that these predators play in ecosystems, it is
The artisanal shark fishery in northern Madagascar
Published on 11 May, 2013 at 19:18 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 195 views times | No Comments
Published online on 09. May 2013 A first description of the artisanal shark fishery in northern Madagascar: implications for management L Robinson and WHH Sauer ABSTRACT: In the past two decades, small, targeted artisanal shark fisheries have developed in the extreme north of Madagascar, largely in response to the shark fin trade. Few studies have
Stock status of the silky shark in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Published on 8 May, 2013 at 3:33 in Documents / PDF, Publications | Viewed 154 views times | No Comments
PowerPoint Presentation Alexandre Aires-da-Silva, Cleridy Lennert-Cody and Mark Maunder 4. Meeting of the IATTC Scientific Advisory Meeting La Jolla, USA, 29 April – 3 May 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD
U.S. Actions to Achieve Shark Conservation
Published on 8 May, 2013 at 3:13 in Documents / PDF, Publications | Viewed 98 views times | No Comments
PowerPoint Presentation A Backdrop to Recent CITES Action Laura Cimo NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs ELI Seminar May 2, 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD
Progress and Opportunities in Global Shark Conservation
Published on 8 May, 2013 at 3:05 in Documents / PDF, Publications | Viewed 132 views times | No Comments
PowerPoint Presentation Elizabeth Wilson, Manager, Global Shark Conservation The Pew Charitable Trusts PDF – DOWNLOAD
Dietary partitioning by five stingray species on coral reefs
Published on 7 May, 2013 at 2:54 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 121 views times | No Comments
Published online on 24. April 2013 Dietary partitioning by five sympatric species of stingray (Dasyatidae) on coral reefs O. R. O’Shea, M. Thums, M. van Keulen, R. M. Kempster, M. G. Meekan ABSTRACT: Dietary characteristics and the degree of dietary partitioning by five species of sympatric stingray were assessed using stomach content and sediment analyses
Effects of an Electric Field on White Sharks
Published on 6 May, 2013 at 3:08 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 153 views times | No Comments
Published on 02. May 2013 Effects of an Electric Field on White Sharks: In Situ Testing of an Electric Deterrent Charlie Huveneers, Paul J. Rogers, Jayson M. Semmens, Crystal Beckmann, Alison A. Kock, Brad Page, Simon D. Goldsworthy ABSTRACT: Elasmobranchs can detect minute electromagnetic fields, <1 nVcm–1, using their ampullae of Lorenzini. Behavioural responses to
Maternal Offloading of Organic Contaminants in White Sharks
Published on 6 May, 2013 at 3:02 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 112 views times | No Comments
Published on 30. April 2013 Evidence of Maternal Offloading of Organic Contaminants in White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Christopher G. Mull, Kady Lyons, Mary E. Blasius, Chuck Winkler, John B. O’Sullivan, Christopher G. Lowe ABSTRACT: Organic contaminants were measured in young of the year (YOY) white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) incidentally caught in southern California between 2005
Captures and Diet of Three Sharks Species in the Veracruz Reef System
Published on 6 May, 2013 at 2:56 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 118 views times | No Comments
Published online in April 2013 Captures and Diet of Three Sharks Species in the Veracruz Reef System José Otilio Avendaño-Alvarez, Horacio Pérez-España, David Salas-Monreal, Emiliano García-Rodríguez ABSTRACT: During July to November of 2008, the artisanal fisheries captured juvenile sharks belonging to the Carcharhinus and Sphyrnidae family in the Veracruz Reef System (south western Gulf of
Behavioural and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark
Published on 1 May, 2013 at 9:43 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 151 views times | No Comments
Published on 01. May 2013 The behavioural and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, an intrauterine cannibal Demian D. Chapman, Sabine P. Wintner, Debra L. Abercrombie, Jimiane Ashe, Andrea M. Bernard, Mahmood S. Shivji and Kevin A. Feldheim ABSTRACT: Sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) have an unusual mode of reproduction, whereby