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Low abundance of sharks and rays in baited remote underwater video surveys in the Arabian Gulf

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2018
Data on the diversity and relative abundance of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) in the Arabian Gulf have been limited to fishery-dependent monitoring of landing sites.
Rima W. Jabado   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Increased Temperature on Brain and Sensory Development in the Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)

open access: yesFishes, 2023
Morphological differences in the peripheral (sensory) and central (brain) nervous system may confer sensory and/or behavioral variation in elasmobranchs, both across taxa and throughout ontogeny.
Emily E. Peele   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of the Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Elasmobranchs in the Azores Region, Mid-North Atlantic

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2017
A vulnerable species group, such as, the elasmobranchs, in a data-deficient context presents a complicated management problem. Evidence suggests that the Azores islands, a remote archipelago on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, serve essential functions in the ...
Diya Das   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Twins! Microsatellite analysis of two embryos within one egg case in oviparous elasmobranchs.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Elasmobranchs display various reproductive modes, which have been key to their evolutionary success. In recent decades there has been a rise in the number of reported cases of foetal abnormalities including fertilised, double-embryos held within one egg ...
Samantha A Hook   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Portuguese Artisanal Fishers’ Knowledge About Elasmobranchs—A Case Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The high economic value of fisheries was historically associated to commercial teleost fishes. Since the 1970s, despite some elasmobranchs becoming an important target or a bycatch, relatively little research has been carried out on this group because of
Priscila M. Silva   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elasmobranchs in Offshore Wind Farms

open access: greenOcean & Coastal Management
The development of offshore wind farms (OWFs) in coastal seas presents both risks and opportunities for threatened elasmobranch populations, but their actual influence on elasmobranch presence and habitat use remains unclear. As more OWFs are planned, the lack of available space puts pressure on stakeholders to create multi-use areas as demands from ...
Annemiek Hermans   +7 more
openalex   +2 more sources

First reports of Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae), in Peru [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2020
Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983, is one of the least-known shark species worldwide. We report the encounters of four megamouth sharks: one caught in a driftnet off Piura (November 2016; sex indeterminate),
Shaleyla Kelez   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Distribution and New Records of the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus griseus (Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae), from the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
The bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus, is a widely distributed demersal species found in tropical and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, inhabiting continental shelves and slopes, islands, and mid-ocean ridges at ...
Jones Santander-Neto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Growth and reproduction in captivity unveils remarkable life-history plasticity in the smallnose fanskate, Sympterygia bonapartii (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Analizamos el crecimiento y la reproducción de ejemplares de raya marmorada, Sympterygia bonapartii nacidas en cautiverio. Se obtuvieron ovicápsulas a partir de la oviposición de dos hembras capturadas en la naturaleza y mantenidas en el Acuario Temaikèn.
Abraham, Carolina   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Elasmobranch bycatch in the Italian Adriatic pelagic trawl fishery.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Elasmobranchs are among the most threatened long-lived marine species worldwide, and incidental capture is a major source of mortality. The northern central Adriatic Sea, though one of the most overfished basins of the Mediterranean Sea, supports a very ...
Sara Bonanomi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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