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Sharks

First quantification of subtidal community structure at Tristan da Cunha Islands in the remote South Atlantic: from kelp forests to the deep sea

Jennifer E. Caselle, Scott L. Hamilton, Kathryn Davis, Christopher D. H. Thompson, Alan Turchik, Ryan Jenkinson, Doug Simpson, Enric Sala

published 29 Mar 2018

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Marine biodiversity and the chessboard of life

Grégory Beaugrand, Christophe Luczak, Eric Goberville, Richard R. Kirby

published 22 Mar 2018

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Analysis of the supply chain and conservation status of sharks (Elasmobranchii: Superorder Selachimorpha) based on fisher knowledge

Ana Paula Barbosa Martins, Leonardo Manir Feitosa, Rosangela Paula Lessa, Zafira Silva Almeida, Michelle Heupel, Wagner Macedo Silva, Ligia Tchaicka, Jorge Luiz Silva Nunes

published 13 Mar 2018

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Elasmobranch bycatch in the Italian Adriatic pelagic trawl fishery

Sara Bonanomi, Jacopo Pulcinella, Caterina Maria Fortuna, Fabrizio Moro, Antonello Sala

published 29 Jan 2018

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Localized zinc distribution in shark vertebrae suggests differential deposition during ontogeny and across vertebral structures

Vincent Raoult, Nicholas Howell, David Zahra, Victor M. Peddemors, Daryl L. Howard, Martin D. de Jonge, Benjamin L. Buchan, Jane E. Williamson

published 11 Jan 2018

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Principal component and discriminant analyses as powerful tools to support taxonomic identification and their use for functional and phylogenetic signal detection of isolated fossil shark teeth

Giuseppe Marramà, Jürgen Kriwet

published 28 Nov 2017

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New records of the dolphin Albertocetus meffordorum (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) from the lower Oligocene of South Carolina: Encephalization, sensory anatomy, postcranial morphology, and ontogeny of early odontocetes

Robert W. Boessenecker, Erum Ahmed, Jonathan H. Geisler

published 08 Nov 2017

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The Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus—Hemoglobins and ligand-binding properties

Roberta Russo, Daniela Giordano, Gianluca Paredi, Francesco Marchesani, Lisa Milazzo, Giovanna Altomonte, Pietro Del Canale, Stefania Abbruzzetti, Paolo Ascenzi, Guido di Prisco, Cristiano Viappiani, Angela Fago, Stefano Bruno, Giulietta Smulevich, Cinzia Verde

published 12 Oct 2017

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A multiplex PCR mini-barcode assay to identify processed shark products in the global trade

Diego Cardeñosa, Andrew Fields, Debra Abercrombie, Kevin Feldheim, Stanley K. H. Shea, Demian D. Chapman

published 11 Oct 2017

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Shark Spotters: Successfully reducing spatial overlap between white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) and recreational water users in False Bay, South Africa

Tamlyn Engelbrecht, Alison Kock, Sarah Waries, M. Justin O’Riain

published 25 Sep 2017

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Regional endothermy as a trigger for gigantism in some extinct macropredatory sharks

Humberto G. Ferrón

published 22 Sep 2017

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Some like it hot: Repeat migration and residency of whale sharks within an extreme natural environment

David P. Robinson, Mohammed Y. Jaidah, Steffen S. Bach, Christoph A. Rohner, Rima W. Jabado, Rupert Ormond, Simon J. Pierce

published 21 Sep 2017

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Tiger sharks can connect equatorial habitats and fisheries across the Atlantic Ocean basin

André S. Afonso, Ricardo Garla, Fábio H. V. Hazin

published 19 Sep 2017

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