Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology

S Andrzejaczek, TCD Lucas, MC Goodman… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to
understand their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date …

Reef shark science–key questions and future directions

MR Heupel, YP Papastamatiou, M Espinoza… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The occurrence of sharks on coral reefs has been well documented for decades, especially
since the advent of SCUBA diving. Despite this, it is only within the last decade that …

Modernising fish and shark growth curves with Bayesian length-at-age models

JJ Smart, GL Grammer - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Growth modelling is a fundamental component of fisheries assessments but is often
hindered by poor quality data from biased sampling. Several methods have attempted to …

Shark baselines and the conservation role of remote coral reef ecosystems

F Ferretti, D Curnick, K Liu, EV Romanov, BA Block - Science Advances, 2018 - science.org
Scientific monitoring has recorded only a recent fraction of the oceans' alteration history.
This biases our understanding of marine ecosystems. Remote coral reef ecosystems are …

[HTML][HTML] The comparative energetics of the chondrichthyans reveals universal links between respiration, reproduction and lifespan

S Augustine, K Lika, SALM Kooijman - Journal of Sea Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Add-my-Pet (AmP) collection of data on energetics and Dynamic Energy
Budget (DEB) parameters currently contains 200 out of over 1100 extant species of …

Novel multimarker comparisons address the genetic population structure of silvertip sharks (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)

ME Green, SA Appleyard, W White… - Marine and …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
The silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) is a reef-associated shark, with an
intermittent distribution across the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Owing to global declines, the species …

Life history characteristics of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis from the central west Pacific

MI Grant, JJ Smart, WT White, A Chin… - Marine and …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
In the central west Pacific region, silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) are commonly taken
in fisheries, forming up to 95% of incidental elasmobranch bycatch. The present study …

Age, growth and maturity of the Australian sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon taylori from the Gulf of Papua

L Baje, JJ Smart, A Chin, WT White… - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Coastal sharks with small body sizes may be among the most productive species of
chondrichthyans. The Australian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon taylori) is one of the …

Individual and seasonal variations of space use in silvertip sharks, Carcharhinus albimarginatus

L Bonnin, G Boussarie, JJ Kiszka, W Robbins… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
The silvertip shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, is a coral reef-associated shark with a
wide distribution across the Indo-Pacific. Yet, unlike common reef shark species, limited …

Stochastic demographic analyses of the silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) and the common blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) from the Indo-Pacific

JJ Smart, A Chin, AJ Tobin, WT White, B Kumasi… - Fisheries …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on how shark populations respond to fishing mortality (F) is critical to
developing successful management and conservation strategies. However, data on catch …