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 …

Bright spots of sustainable shark fishing

CA Simpfendorfer, NK Dulvy - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Sharks, rays and chimeras (class Chondrichthyes; herein 'sharks') today face possibly the
largest crisis of their 420 million year history. Tens of millions of sharks are caught and …

Individual and population benefits of marine reserves for reef sharks

RG Dwyer, NC Krueck, V Udyawer, MR Heupel… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
No-take marine protected areas (MPAs) are a commonly applied tool to reduce human
fishing impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems. However, conservation outcomes of …

Decline of coastal apex shark populations over the past half century

G Roff, CJ Brown, MA Priest, PJ Mumby - Communications Biology, 2018 - nature.com
Overexploitation of large apex marine predators is widespread in the world's oceans, yet the
timing and extent of declines are poorly understood. Here we reconstruct a unique fisheries …

Stock status and reference points for sharks using data‐limited methods and life history

E Cortés, EN Brooks - Fish and Fisheries, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, many shark populations are classified as data poor, making it difficult to assess
their status. However, for many sharks, their longevity, late maturation and low production of …

[图书][B] The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management

P Hutchings, M Kingsford, O Hoegh-Guldberg - 2019 - books.google.com
The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse
ecosystems in the world. With contributions from international experts, this timely and fully …

Living on the edge: latitudinal variations in the reproductive biology of two coastal species of sharks

SM Taylor, AV Harry, MB Bennett - Journal of Fish Biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Differences in the reproductive biology of both the Australian weasel shark Hemigaleus
australiensis and the Australian sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon taylori were apparent …

Niche structure and habitat shifts for coastal sharks of the US Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

KA O'Brien, E Cortés, WB Driggers III… - Fisheries …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding spatial ecology and predicting animal movements in response to
environmental changes, such as anthropogenic climate change and multidecadal variability …

Refining mortality estimates in shark demographic analyses: a Bayesian inverse matrix approach

JJ Smart, AE Punt, M Espinoza, WT White… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Leslie matrix models are an important analysis tool in conservation biology that are applied
to a diversity of taxa. The standard approach estimates the finite rate of population growth (λ) …

Fisheries of the great barrier reef

A Chin, D Cameron, R Saunders - The Great Barrier Reef …, 2019 - books.google.com
The fisheries of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) are diverse and
dynamic. They reflect changing environmental, social, economic and regulatory conditions …