Morphological Diversity of Neurocrania in Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) and Its Ecological and Evolutionary Implications [PDF]
Sharks occupy a wide range of ecological niches and lifestyle strategies attributed to their complex sensory system housed in their neurocranium. However, the diversity of neurocranial morphology in sharks and how the diversity may be related to their ...
Wood, Jake J.
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Lista patrón de los tiburones, rayas y quimeras (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de México [PDF]
Llista patró dels taurons, rajades i quimeres (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de Mèxic Es presenta una relació de les espècies de taurons, rajades i quimeres (condrictis) que han estat registrades a les aigües territorials de Mèxic ...
Alcocer Durand, J. +4 more
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Deepwater and Other Sharks of the U.S. Atlantic Ocean Exclusive Economic Zone [PDF]
Fifty-one deepwater and other shark species of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, which currently are not included in any Federal fishery management plan, are described, with a focus on primary distribution.
Jasinski, Paula H. +2 more
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Deep water chondrichthyans from the Early Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Central Paratethys, Slovakia) [PDF]
Sampling of latest Burdigalian (Miocene) silty clays from the Malé Karpaty Mountains in the Slovakia revealed a deep−water, low diversity shark fauna.
Schlogl, J., Underwood, Charlie J.
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New records of fossil deep-sea shark teeth from the Lillebælt Clay (Early–Middle Eocene) of Denmark [PDF]
This study describes for the first time a number of distinct fossil teeth documenting several deep-sea shark species from the Eocene, which were previously not recorded from the North Sea Basin, including Apristurus sp., Orthechinorhinus cf.
Feichtinger, Iris +3 more
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From Data Deficient to Big Data in Shark Conservation
ABSTRACT Citizen science is increasingly harnessed worldwide to gather data otherwise requiring a prohibitive investment of funding and time. Meanwhile, the revolution in digital communication offers opportunities from crowdsourcing, big data approaches and social network mining to quickly and cost‐effectively fill major gaps in knowledge necessary to ...
F. Ferretti +8 more
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The cookiecutter shark,Isistius brasiliensis, is confirmed for the first time from the eastern North Pacific Ocean. The shark, a female 432 mm in total length, was caught in a sablefish pot at a depth of 1132 m off San Nicolas Island, California, USA (32°59′05″N 120°25′99″W).
David A. Ebert +2 more
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Talla de madurez y relación peso-talla del tiburón de profundidad Etmopterus bigelowi (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) capturado en el sudeste de Brasil [PDF]
The blurred lantern shark Etmopterus bigelowi, a deep-water squaloid shark, is globally widespread in temperate and tropical waters, but there is little available information about its biology owing to its relative rarity of capture and taxonomic ...
Amorim, A. F. +5 more
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Jaws from the deep: biological and ecological insights on the kitefin shark Dalatias licha from the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
Due to their late maturation, extreme longevity, low fecundity and slow growth rates, deep-sea Chondrichthyes are extremely vulnerable to human impacts. Moreover, assessing the impact of deep-sea fisheries is difficult, as many species (including sharks)
Bertocci I. +11 more
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Mesopelagic Fish Traits: Functions and Trade‐Offs
ABSTRACT Fishes inhabiting the mesopelagic zone of the world's oceans are estimated to account for the majority of the world's fish biomass. They have recently attracted new attention because they are part of the biological carbon pump and have been reconsidered as a contribution to food security.
Henrike Andresen +13 more
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