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Runx Family Genes in a Cartilaginous Fish, the Elephant Shark
Published on 03. April 2014 Runx Family Genes in a Cartilaginous Fish, the Elephant Shark (Callorhinchus milii) Giselle Sek Suan Nah, Zhi Wei Lim, Boon-Hui Tay, Motomi Osato, Byrappa Venkatesh ABSTRACT: The Runx family genes encode transcription factors that play key roles in hematopoiesis, skeletogenesis and neurogenesis and are often implicated in diseases. We describe
Mortality rate of silky sharks caught in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the Indian Ocean
Published online on 27. March 2014 Mortality rate of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) caught in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the Indian Ocean François Poisson, John-David Filmalter, Anne-Lise Vernet, Dagorn Laurent ABSTRACT: Scientists on-board French purse seine vessels recorded the number and condition of silky sharks caught during three fishing cruises in the
Distribution and morphometric characters of the Mediterranean brown ray in the Gulf of Gabes
Published online on 30. March 2014 Distribution and morphometric characters of the Mediterranean brown ray, Raja miraletus (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia, Central Mediterranean) Hasna Kadri, Sondes Marouani, Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai, Abderrahmen Bouaïn, Eric Morize ABSTRACT: To determine some morphometric characters of the Mediterranean brown ray Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758 in the
Multisensory Integration and Behavioral Plasticity in Sharks
Published on 02. April 2014 Multisensory Integration and Behavioral Plasticity in Sharks from Different Ecological Niches Jayne M. Gardiner, Jelle Atema, Robert E. Hueter, Philip J. Motta ABSTRACT: The underwater sensory world and the sensory systems of aquatic animals have become better understood in recent decades, but typically have been studied one sense at a
Biogeographic patterns in the cartilaginous fauna in the southeast Pacific Ocean
Published on 21. March 2014 Biogeographic patterns in the cartilaginous fauna (Pisces: Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) in the southeast Pacific Ocean Carlos Bustamante, Carolina Vargas-Caro, Michael B Bennett ABSTRACT: The abundance and species richness of the cartilaginous fish community of the continental shelf and slope off central Chile is described, based on fishery-independent trawl tows made
Thermal stability and refolding capability of shark derived single domain antibodies
Published online on 22. March 2014 Thermal stability and refolding capability of shark derived single domain antibodies Jinny L. Liu, Dan Zabetakis, Jazmine C. Brown, George P. Anderson, Ellen R. Goldman ABSTRACT: Single-domain antibodies (sdAb) from camelids and sharks represent the smallest immunoglobulin-based functional binding domains, and are known for their thermal stability and ability
Comparative squamation of the lateral line canal pores in sharks
Published online on 21. March 2014 Comparative squamation of the lateral line canal pores in sharks R. W. Mckenzie, P. J. Motta and J. R. Rohr ABSTRACT: The current study collected the first quantitative data on lateral line pore squamation patterns in sharks and assessed whether divergent squamation patterns are similar to experimental models that
An alternative approach applied to the blue shark stock in the south Atlantic Ocean
Published online on 14. March 2014 Incorporating specific change points in catchability in fisheries stock assessment models: An alternative approach applied to the blue shark (Prionace glauca) stock in the south Atlantic Ocean Felipe Carvalho, Robert Ahrens, Debra Murie, José M. Ponciano, Alexandre Aires-da-Silva, Mark N. Maunder, Fábio Hazin ABSTRACT: Fishermen frequently switch their target
Population density and abundance of basking sharks in the lower Bay of Fundy, Canada
Published online on 10. March 2014 Population density and abundance of basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus in the lower Bay of Fundy, Canada Andrew J. Westgate, Heather N. Koopman, Zach A. Siders, Sarah N. P. Wong, Robert A. Ronconi ABSTRACT: The conservation status of basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus in eastern Canadian waters is not clearly understood,
Complementary redescription of Anacanthobatis ori and its assignment to Indobatis n. g.
Published on 14. March 2014 Complementary redescription of Anacanthobatis ori (Wallace, 1967) and its assignment to Indobatis n. g. (Elasmobranchii, Anacanthobatidae), with comments on other legskates Simon Weigmann, Matthias F.W. Stehmann & Ralf Thiel ABSTRACT : Anacanthobatis ori is one of the least known species of the family Anacanthobatidae with only four juvenile specimens reported.
A new fossil megamouth shark from the Oligocene-Miocene of the western United States
Published online on 04. March 2014 A new fossil megamouth shark (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae) from the Oligocene-Miocene of the western United States Kenshu Shimada, Bruce J. Welton, Douglas J. Long ABSTRACT: The extant megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae), is a large filter-feeding fish. We here describe a new species of Megachasma, M. applegatei, sp. nov.,
Ecological importance of sharks and rays in a structural foodweb analysis in southern Brazil
Published online on 05. March 2014 Ecological importance of sharks and rays in a structural foodweb analysis in southern Brazil Hugo Bornatowski, Andrés Felipe Navia, Raul Rennó Braga, Vinícius Abilhoa, Marco Fábio Maia Corrêa ABSTRACT: Understanding the trophic interactions and the position of species within a foodweb is crucial if we want to understand the
Molecular contribution to stock identification in the small-spotted catshark
Published online on 04. March 2014 Molecular contribution to stock identification in the small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyes, Scyliorhinidae) M. Barbieri, F. Maltagliati, M.I. Roldán, A. Castelli ABSTRACT: The small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula is a small demersal chondrichthyan distributed on continental shelf and uppermost slope waters of the Mediterranean Sea and north eastern Atlantic Ocean.
A comparison of age and growth of the Bering skate from two Alaskan large marine ecosystems
Published online on 03. March 2014 A comparison of age and growth of the Bering skate, Bathyraja interrupta ( Gill and Townsend, 1897), from two Alaskan large marine ecosystems Shaara M. Ainsley, David A. Ebert, Lisa J. Natanson, Gregor M. Cailliet ABSTRACT: The Bering skate, Bathyraja interrupta, is commonly found in both the Bering Sea
Bycatch species composition over time by tuna fishery in the Atlantic Ocean
Published online on 01. March 2014 Bycatch species composition over time by tuna purse-seine fishery in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean Edgar Torres-Irineo, Monin Justin Amandè, Daniel Gaertner, Alicia Delgado de Molina, Hilario Murua, Pierre Chavance, Javier Ariz, Jon Ruiz, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa ABSTRACT: Within the Ecosystem-based fisheries management framework, we evaluated the changes over time