Highlights•We tested if sex affected freshwater fish behaviour outside the breeding
season.•Sexes used different stream habitats, males switching more than females at …

Large scale shark population declines have been documented worldwide due to
overexploitation and the lack of adequate management frameworks to conserve shark …

The small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758), is one of the most
common elasmobranchs in the eastern North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. This small …

The coastal waters off South Africa support a significant proportion of the global white shark
population, with at least four well-established coastal aggregation sites. How critical these …

Understanding spatio-temporal patterns in habitat use is critical for assessing the ecological
role of a species, its vulnerability to human impacts and environmental change, and the …

Shallow coastal habitats support diverse communities of larval and juvenile fishes, providing
refuge from predation while facilitating growth. The function of shallow coastal habitats as …