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The role of CITES in the conservation of marine fishes
Published on 14 Jun, 2013 at 10:51 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 96 views times | No Comments
Published online on 10. June 2013 The role of CITES in the conservation of marine fishes subject to international trade Amanda C J Vincent, Yvonne J Sadovy de Mitcheson, Sarah L Fowler, Susan Lieberman ABSTRACT: All possible tools need to be marshalled for marine fish conservation. Yet controversy has swirled around what role, if any,
Social networks in elasmobranchs and teleost fishes
Published on 14 Jun, 2013 at 10:42 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 72 views times | No Comments
Published online on 13. June 2013 Social networks in elasmobranchs and teleost fishes Wilson, A. D. M., Croft, D. P. and Krause, J. ABSTRACT: Over the last decade, there has been an exponential increase in studies using social network analysis to describe the structure of animal societies. In this synthesis, we examine the contribution of
Heavy metal levels in blacktip sharks caught in Mexico
Published on 6 Jun, 2013 at 18:21 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 199 views times | No Comments
Published in June 2013 Concentración de Hg, Pb, Cd, Cr y As en hígado de Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) capturado en Veracruz, México Mendoza-Díaz, Fernando et al. ABSTRACT: Concentration of Hg, Pb, Cd, Cr and As in liver Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) captured in Veracruz, Mexico. Pollution by heavy metals in marine ecosystems in the
Patterns of top-down control in a seagrass ecosystem
Published on 5 Jun, 2013 at 2:57 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 143 views times | 1 Comment
Published on 03. June 2013 Patterns of top-down control in a seagrass ecosystem: could a roving apex predator induce a behaviour-mediated trophic cascade? Derek A. Burkholder, Michael R. Heithaus, James W. Fourqurean, Aaron Wirsing, Lawrence M. Dill ABSTRACT: Summary The loss of large-bodied herbivores and/or top predators has been associated with large-scale changes in ecosystems
Global economic value of shark ecotourism
Published on 30 May, 2013 at 19:30 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 235 views times | No Comments
Published online on 31. May 2013 Global economic value of shark ecotourism: implications for conservation Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Michele Barnes-Mauthe, Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak, Estrella Navarro-Holm and U. Rashid Sumaila ABSTRACT: Amid declining shark populations because of overfishing, a burgeoning shark watching industry, already well established in some locations, generates benefits from shark protection. We compile reported
New deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters
Published on 30 May, 2013 at 18:25 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 196 views times | No Comments
Published online on 14. May 2013 Apristurus garricki sp. nov., a new deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) Keiichi Sato, Andrew L. Stewart & Kazuhiro Nakaya ABSTRACT: A new deep-water catshark, Apristurus garricki sp. nov., is described from northern New Zealand waters. This species is a member of the longicephalus-group and
Fishery Catch Characteristics and Population Assessment of the Mako Shark
Published on 29 May, 2013 at 19:00 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 212 views times | No Comments
Published on 19. May 2013 Research Article Commercial Fishery Catch Characteristics and Population Assessment of the Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean Juan C. Levesque ABSTRACT: Pelagic sharks, an oceanic group of sharks, are an incidental bycatch in many global pelagic longline commercial fisheries, including the U.S commercial longline fishery
Trends in sightings and environmental influences on manta rays and whale sharks
Published on 24 May, 2013 at 3:56 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 484 views times | No Comments
Published on 22. May 2013 Trends in sightings and environmental influences on a coastal aggregation of manta rays and whale sharks C. A. Rohner, S. J. Pierce, A. D. Marshall, S. J. Weeks, M. B. Bennett, A. J. Richardson ABSTRACT: Sightings of planktivorous elasmobranchs at their coastal aggregation sites are often linked to biological, environmental
Effects of scale and habitat distribution on the movement of the southern stingray
Published on 24 May, 2013 at 3:51 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 208 views times | No Comments
Published on 22. May 2013 Effects of scale and habitat distribution on the movement of the southern stingray Dasyatis americana on a Caribbean atoll Alexander Tilley, Juliana López-Angarita, John R. Turner ABSTRACT: The structure of animal movement paths at varying spatial scales allows insight into the importance of habitat distribution and their response to scale
Resource partitioning and trophic structure of large-bodied marine predators
Published on 15 May, 2013 at 2:30 in Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed 235 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