Elasmobranchs (sharks, rays, and skates) are currently facing substantial anthropogenic
threats, which expose them to acute and chronic stressors that may exceed in severity …

White sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, are often described as elusive, with little information
available due to the logistical difficulties of studying large marine predators that make long …

The concept of elasmobranch species using nursery areas was introduced in the early
1900s and has been an accepted aspect of shark biology and behavior for several decades …

In many fisheries, some component of the catch is usually released. Quantifying the effects
of capture and release on fish survival is critical for determining which practices are …

Abstract An Integrated Risk Assessment for Climate Change (IRACC) is developed and
applied to assess the vulnerability of sharks and rays on Australia's Great Barrier Reef …

Food web relationships in marine systems have traditionally been defined through stomach
content analysis, but biochemical techniques have recently emerged to validate and …

The feeding anatomy, behavior and diet of the whale shark Rhincodon typus were studied
off Cabo Catoche, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The filtering apparatus is composed of 20 …

The ontogeny of the digestive tract of marine fish larvae has been the subject of numerous
studies in the previous two decades. Beyond the scientific interest for such animal species …

Habitat use and selection influence population dynamics, interspecific and intraspecific
interactions, ecosystem structure, and biodiversity (Morris 2003). Ontogenetic shifts in …

The white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is a wide-ranging apex predator in the
northeastern Pacific (NEP). Electronic tagging has demonstrated that white sharks exhibit a …