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Sharks, Sharks, Sharks, by Tina Anton, and Sharks and Whales, by Burton Albert [Review]

open access: yesThe Canadian field-naturalist, 1992
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Coad, Brian W., Coad, Nicholas
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Some like it hot: Repeat migration and residency of whale sharks within an extreme natural environment. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
The Arabian Gulf is the warmest sea in the world and is host to a globally significant population of the whale shark Rhincodon typus. To investigate regional whale shark behaviour and movements, 59 satellite-linked tags were deployed on whale sharks in ...
David P Robinson   +6 more
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Connecting post-release mortality to the physiological stress response of large coastal sharks in a commercial longline fishery.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Bycatch mortality is a major factor contributing to shark population declines. Post-release mortality (PRM) is particularly difficult to quantify, limiting the accuracy of stock assessments.
Nicholas M Whitney   +5 more
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Stable Isotope Analysis of Juvenile White Sharks Inside a Nursery Area Reveals Foraging in Demersal-Inshore Habitats and Trophic Overlap With Sympatric Sharks

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Knowledge about top predators’ trophic ecology is crucial for defining their role in ecosystems, understanding habitat preferences, characterizing life stage-specific feeding habits, and evaluating their interaction with fisheries.
Emiliano García-Rodríguez   +4 more
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Whale sharks of the western Caribbean: an overview of current research and cnservation efforts and future needs for effective management of the species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are seasonal visitors to four sites in the Western Caribbean, 3 of which are encompassed by the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.
Graham, Rachel T.
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Comparative feeding ecology of bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in the coastal waters of the southwest Indian Ocean inferred from stable isotope analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
As apex predators, sharks play an important role shaping their respective marine communities through predation and associated risk effects. Understanding the predatory dynamics of sharks within communities is, therefore, necessary to establish effective ...
Ryan Daly   +2 more
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Capture Response and Long-Term Fate of White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) after Release from SMART Drumlines

open access: yesBiology, 2023
Human-shark conflict has been managed through catch-and-kill policies in most parts of the world. More recently, there has been a greater demand for shark bite mitigation measures to improve protection for water users whilst minimizing harm to non-target
Paul A. Butcher   +6 more
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Jumping the shark [PDF]

open access: yesGenome Biology, 2007
In popular-culture, 'jumping the shark' refers to an abandoning of core values in an attempt to appeal to dwindling audiences, a metaphor that might be reasonably be applied to some areas of genomics-based research.
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