The reproductive diversity of extant cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes) is
extraordinarily broad, reflecting more than 400 million years of evolutionary history. Among …

Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygonidae) are conspicuous components of the
South American ichthyofauna, and may be regionally important as an economic resource …

The decommissioning of offshore oil and gas platforms typically involves removing some or
all of the associated infrastructure and the consequent destruction of the associated marine …

Social and non-social animals can aggregate at a specific site for various reasons such as
reproduction, feeding, or other synchronized patterns of movements. While shark …

This study used a novel approach combining stable isotope data and condensed
multivariate fatty acid data to define comparative niche space and overlap of six sympatric …

Understanding the movement ecology of marine species and connectivity of populations is
required for effective fisheries management. This is especially the case for species with wide …

Fisheries-independent data on the diversity, relative abundance, and demographic structure
of poorly studied, threatened oceanic sharks are absent from much of the western North …

Context Overfishing is a major cause of decline for many shark species globally, which can
be largely offset by shifting consumer demand to sustainable harvests. The inherent difficulty …

Inventory biodiversity indices such as species richness, distribution of species' abundances
or evenness in communities, and those that represent functional characteristics provide …

Fisheries-independent data on the diversity, relative abundance, and demographic structure
of poorly studied, threatened oceanic sharks are absent from much of the western North …