Thresher sharks use tail-slaps as a hunting strategy.
PLoS ONE, 2013 The hunting strategies of pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus) were investigated at Pescador Island in the Philippines. It has long been suspected that thresher sharks hunt with their scythe-like tails but the kinematics associated with the ...
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Feeding behavior and trophic interaction of three shark species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 There is great concern about the future of sharks in Ecuador because of the lack of biological knowledge of most species that inhabit the region. This paper analyzes the feeding behavior of the pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus), the blue shark ...
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SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Harbour seal in Sweden since 1988
, 2022 The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. The monitoring is performed by the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
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Cleaner wrasse forage on ectoparasitic digeneans (phylum Platyhelminthes) that infect pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus) [PDF]
Marine Biodiversity, 2014 The cleaning system is a classic model for cooperative behaviour among species in which cleaner fish or shrimps remove parasites and/or dead tissue from clients that pose at stations to solicit services from them (Cote 2000). Sharks, including pelagic thresher sharks, host a variety of ectoparasites that may affect their health and fitness (Oliver et ...
Cadwallader, Helen F. +2 more
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SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Bacterioplankton in Sweden since 1989
, 2021 The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. Monitoring is performed by Umeå University.
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Estimating Finite Rate of Population Increase for Sharks Based on Vital Parameters. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The vital parameter data for 62 stocks, covering 38 species, collected from the literature, including parameters of age, growth, and reproduction, were log-transformed and analyzed using multivariate analyses.
Kwang-Ming Liu +3 more
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Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 2023 Abstract. Alghozali FA, Salsabila R, Gustianto MWD, Putri HMIH, Himawan MR, Yuneni RR, Hatmoro CK, Rezkiani M. 2023. Diet analyses of the pelagic thresher shark, Alopias pelagicus (Lamniformes: Alopiidae), from the Lombok Strait waters, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 3708-3714. The pelagic thresher shark, Alopias pelagicus, is an endangered shark species
FAQIH AKBAR ALGHOZALI +7 more
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SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Ringed seal in Sweden since 1995
, 2023 Data from the Swedish environmental monitoring program for Ringed seal. The monitoring program was initiated in 1995 by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and later the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management took over the responsibility
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SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of zooplankton in Sweden since 1979
, 2021 The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.
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Bioaccumulation of methylmercury within the marine food web of the outer Bay of Fundy, Gulf of Maine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Mercury and methylmercury were measured in seawater and biota collected from the outer Bay of Fundy to better document mercury bioaccumulation in a temperate marine food web.
Gareth Harding, John Dalziel, Peter Vass
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