Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health of the Aldabra Group, Southern Seychelles: Scientific Report to the Government of Seychelles. [PDF]
National Geographic's Pristine Seas project, in collaboration with the government of the Seychelles, the Island Conservation Society (ICS), the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF), and the Waitt Foundation, conducted an expedition to explore the poorly ...
Alan M. Friedlander +8 more
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Switch from sexual to parthenogenetic reproduction in a zebra shark [PDF]
Parthenogenesis is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which embryos develop in the absence of fertilisation. Most commonly found in plants and invertebrate organisms, an increasing number of vertebrate species have recently been reported employing
Bone, R. +4 more
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Liste complémentaire des poissons marins de Nha-trang [PDF]
This commented inventory of 310 fishes of Nhatrang Bay (Vietnam) completed the previous list compiled by P. Chevey, P. Chabanaud, J.
Do-Thi, Nhu-Nhung, Fourmanoir, P.
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Mission "Tortues marines" aux îles Surprise et Huon (Récifs d'Entrecasteaux) du 9 au 17 janvier 1989 [PDF]
Les îles isolées et inhabitées de l'extrême nord de la Nouvelle Calédonie sont des sites privilégiés et connus depuis toujours pour la reproduction de la tortue verte #Chelonia mydas agassizii$ (Bocourt, 1868). Les buts de la mission, qui était organisée
Laboute, Pierre
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Ultrastructure of calcified cartilage in the endoskeletal tesserae of sharks [PDF]
The tesserate pattern of endoskeletal calcification has been investigated in jaws, gill arches, vertebral arches and fins of the sharks Carcharhinus menisorrah, Triaenodon obesus and Negaprion brevirostris by techniques of light and electron microscopy.
Alcock +101 more
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The Habitats and Biodiversity of Watamu Marine National Park: Evaluating Our Knowledge of One of East Africa's Oldest Marine Protected Areas [PDF]
Watamu Marine National Park (WMNP) is one of the oldest no-take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the world. Since its establishment in 1968, it has been the subject of a number of scientific studies as well as suffering from a range of modern threats to ...
Cowburn, B +13 more
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A new species of Abdounia (Elasmobranchii, Carcharhinidae) from the base of the Boom Clay Formation (Oligocene) in northwest Belgium [PDF]
On the basis of isolated teeth, collected from the base of the Boom Clay Formation (Rupelian, Oligocene) at the SVK clay pit (Sint-Niklaas, NW Belgium), a new species of requiem shark, Abdounia belselensis sp. nov., is described.
Mollen, F.H.
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Checklist of the shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga [PDF]
A checklist is given below of 1162 species of shore and epipelagic fishes belonging to 111 families that occur in the islands of Tonga, South Pacifie Ocean; 40 of these are epipelagic species. As might be expected, the fish fauna of Tonga is most similar
Clua, E. +8 more
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Introducción: El tiburón punta blanca (Triaenodon obesus) es una especie de arrecife de aguas tropicales, no migratoria, que ha demostrado no tener una alta conectividad costera, como la observada para otras especies de tiburón, sin embargo posee la distribución más amplia de todas las demás especies de tiburón de arrecife del Indo-Pacífico. T. obesus,
López-Garro, Andrés +3 more
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