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Improving the Conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans
Published on 20 January 2017 Improving the Conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans: The ELASMOMED DNA Barcode Reference Library Alessia Cariani, Silvia Messinetti, Alice Ferrari, Marco Arculeo, Juan J. Bonello, Leanne Bonnici, Rita Cannas, Pierluigi Carbonara, Alessandro Cau, Charis Charilaou, Najib El Ouamari, Fabio Fiorentino, Maria Cristina Follesa, Germana Garofalo, Daniel Golani, Ilaria Guarniero, Robert Hanner, Farid
Philopatry and Regional Connectivity of the Great Hammerhead Shark in the U.S. and Bahamas
Published on 20 January 2017 Philopatry and Regional Connectivity of the Great Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna mokarran in the U.S. and Bahamas Tristan L. Guttridge, Maurits P. M. Van Zinnicq Bergmann, Chris Bolte, Lucy A. Howey, Jean S. Finger, Steven T. Kessel, Jill L. Brooks, William Winram, Mark E. Bond, Lance K. B. Jordan, Rachael C.
Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury and methylmercury in four sympatric coastal sharks
Published online on 20 January 2017 Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury and methylmercury in four sympatric coastal sharks in a protected subtropical lagoon Adam G. Matulik, David W. Kerstetter, Neil Hammerschlag, Timothy Divoll, Chad R. Hammerschmidt, David C. Evers ABSTRACT: Mercury bioaccumulation is frequently observed in marine ecosystems, often with stronger effects at higher trophic
Switch from sexual to parthenogenetic reproduction in a zebra shark
Published on 16 January 2017 Switch from sexual to parthenogenetic reproduction in a zebra shark Christine L. Dudgeon, Laura Coulton, Ren Bone, Jennifer R. Ovenden, Severine Thomas ABSTRACT: Parthenogenesis is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which embryos develop in the absence of fertilisation. Most commonly found in plants and invertebrate organisms, an increasing
Plastic debris straps on threatened blue shark
Published online on 12 January 2017 Plastic debris straps on threatened blue shark Prionace glauca Ana I. Colmenero, Claudio Barría, Elisabetta Broglio, Salvador García-Barcelona ABSTRACT: Juveniles of blue shark Prionace glauca caught in pelagic longlines targeting tuna and swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea were found entangled with plastic straps around their
First record of the chimaera Neoharriota carri in the Caribbean of Guatemala
Published on 3rd January 2017 First record of the chimaera Neoharriota carri (Bullis and Carpenter 1966) in the Caribbean of Guatemala Francisco Polanco-Vásquez, Ana Hacohen-Domené, Thalya Méndez, Alerick Pacay and Rachel T. Graham ABSTRACT: Background A new record of Neoharriota carri is here reported for the Caribbean of Guatemala. Results Two chimaeras, a male and
Population structure and aspects of the reproductive biology of the blackmouth catshark caught accidentally off the Greek coasts
Published online on 28. December 2016 Population structure and aspects of the reproductive biology of the blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) caught accidentally off the Greek coasts Christoforos Panicos Metochis, Greta Carmona-Antoñanzas, Vasiliki Kousteni, Dimitrios Damalas, Persefoni Megalofonou ABSTRACT: The population composition and aspects of the reproductive biology of 452 blackmouth catsharks,
Technical mitigation measures for sharks and rays in fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species
Published online on 21. December 2016 Technical mitigation measures for sharks and rays in fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species: turning possibility into reality François Poisson, Francisco Abascal Crespo, Jim R. Ellis, Pierre Chavance, Bach Pascal, Miguel. N. Santos, Bernard Séret, Maria Korta, Rui Coelho, Javier Ariz, Hilario Murua ABSTRACT: Tuna fisheries have been identified
Role of the preferred habitat availability for small shark on the interannual variation of abundance in a large Southwest Atlantic Coastal System
Published online on 09 December 2016 Role of the preferred habitat availability for small shark (Mustelus schmitti) on the interannual variation of abundance in a large Southwest Atlantic Coastal System (El Rincón, 39°–41°S) A.J. Jaureguizar, R. Wiff, M. Luz Clara ABSTRACT: Description of habitat preferences in marine fishes is important in order to understand their
First report of the whitesaddled catshark in Guatemala’s Caribbean Sea
Published on 09. December 2016 First report of the whitesaddled catshark Scyliorhinus hesperius (Springer 1966) in Guatemala’s Caribbean Sea Ana Hacohen-Domené, Francisco Polanco-Vásquez, Rachel T. Graham ABSTRACT: Background The present study represents the first record of Scyliorhinus hesperius in Guatemala’s Caribbean Sea. Methods Five male whitesaddled catsharks, S. hesperius, were captured in 200 m deep
Dietary Keratan Sulfate from Shark Cartilage Modulates Gut Microbiota
Published on 08. December 2016 Dietary Keratan Sulfate from Shark Cartilage Modulates Gut Microbiota and Increases the Abundance of Lactobacillus spp. Qingsen Shang, Qinying Li, Meifang Zhang, Guanrui Song, Jingjing Shi, Hao Jiang, Chao Cai, Jiejie Hao, Guoyun Li, Guangli Yu ABSTRACT: Keratan sulfate (KS) represents an important family of glycosaminoglycans that are critical in
Molecular diversity and distribution of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean dogfishes highlight taxonomic issues in the genus
Published on 02. December 2016 Molecular diversity and distribution of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean dogfishes Squalus highlight taxonomic issues in the genus Ana Veríssimo, Diana Zaera-Perez, Rob Leslie, Samuel P. Iglésias, Bernard Séret, Panagiotis Grigoriou, Aspasia Sterioti, Chrysoula Gubili, Claudio Barría, Clinton Duffy, Sebastián Hernández, Ioannis E. Batjakas, Andrew M. Griffiths ABSTRACT: The alpha taxonomy
Feeding ecology of silky sharks associated with floating objects
Published online on 14. December 2016 Feeding ecology of silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis associated with floating objects in the western Indian Ocean Filmalter, J. D., Cowley, P. D., Potier, M., Ménard, F., Smale, M. J., Cherel, Y. and Dagorn, L. ABSTRACT: The silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis is commonly associated with floating objects, including fish aggregating
Sharks shift their spine into high gear
Published online on 14. December 2016 Biomaterials: Sharks shift their spine into high gear Matthew A. Kolmann, Adam P. Summers ABSTRACT: It emerges that a dogfish shark’s spine becomes stiffer as the fish swims faster, enabling the animal to swim efficiently at different speeds. The finding could also provide inspiration for the design of robotic
Do White Shark Bites on Surfers Reflect Their Attack Strategies on Pinnipeds?
Do White Shark Bites on Surfers Reflect Their Attack Strategies on Pinnipeds? Erich Ritter and Alexandra Quester ABSTRACT: The theory of mistaken identity states that sharks, especially white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, mistake surfers for pinnipeds when looking at them from below and thus bite them erroneously. Photographs of surfer wounds and board damage were interpreted