Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures

MJ Osland, PW Stevens, MM Lamont… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropicalization is a term used to describe the transformation of temperate ecosystems by
poleward‐moving tropical organisms in response to warming temperatures. In North …

Advances in understanding the roles and benefits of nursery areas for elasmobranch populations

MR Heupel, S Kanno, APB Martins… - Marine and …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Nursery areas are critical to the survival of many marine species, and it is widely accepted
that elasmobranch species use nursery areas where they improve species fitness. A 2007 …

Overfishing and habitat loss drive range contraction of iconic marine fishes to near extinction

HF Yan, PM Kyne, RW Jabado, RH Leeney… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Extinctions on land are often inferred from sparse sightings over time, but this technique is ill-
suited for wide-ranging species. We develop a space-for-time approach to track the spatial …

Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes

NK Dulvy, LNK Davidson, PM Kyne… - Aquatic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Sawfish are arguably the world's most imperilled marine fishes. All five species are classified
as highly threatened with extinction: three are Critically Endangered (smalltooth sawfish …

Batoid nurseries: definition, use and importance

APB Martins, MR Heupel, A Chin… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2018 - int-res.com
Nursery areas are crucial for many elasmobranch species, providing benefits that increase
fitness and survival. Shark nurseries are well studied and our knowledge of their function …

Conservation and population ecology of manta rays in the Maldives

GMW Stevens - 2016 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
This multi-decade study on an isolated and unfished population of manta rays (Manta alfredi
and M. birostris) in the Maldives used individual-based photo-ID records and behavioural …

Movements of juvenile endangered smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in an estuarine river system: use of non-main-stem river habitats and lagged responses to …

GR Poulakis, PW Stevens, AA Timmers… - … Biology of Fishes, 2013 - Springer
The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) is one of seven critically endangered sawfishes
worldwide that little is known about beyond their presence in estuaries and rivers primarily …

Movescapes and eco‐evolutionary movement strategies in marine fish: Assessing a connectivity hotspot

SK Lowerre‐Barbieri, C Friess, LP Griffin… - Fish and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Data from the Integrated Tracking of Aquatic Animals in the Gulf of Mexico (iTAG)
network, and sister networks, were used to evaluate fish movements in the Florida Keys—an …

Biology, ecology, and status of the smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata in the USA

AB Brame, TR Wiley, JK Carlson, SV Fordham… - Endangered Species …, 2019 - int-res.com
The smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata is threatened with extinction throughout its range
and has been designated as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. In the USA, the species …

Monitoring elasmobranch assemblages in a data-poor country from the Eastern Tropical Pacific using baited remote underwater video stations

M Espinoza, T Araya-Arce, I Chaves-Zamora… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding how threatened species are distributed in space and time can have direct
applications to conservation planning. However, implementing standardized methods to …