Remoras are a highly specialised group of fishes known to associate with a range of marine
megafauna, including elasmobranchs, cetaceans and marine reptiles. Remoras appear to …

Understanding how individual behavior shapes the structure and ecology of populations is
key to species conservation and management. Like many elasmobranchs, manta rays are …

Groups or aggregations of animals can result from individuals being attracted to a common
resource or because of synchronised patterns of daily or seasonal activity. Although mostly …

Social behaviors and group formation are found across the animal kingdom but have been,
until recently, traditionally neglected in sharks and rays. Despite this, some of the most …

Globally, the frequency of shark bites is rising, resulting in an increasing demand for shark
deterrents and measures to lessen the impact of shark bites on humans. Most existing shark …

The advent of new technologies and statistical analyses has provided valuable insights into
chondrichthyan social behavior. It has become apparent that sharks and rays lead more …

Sharks and their relatives fill many roles in their ecosystems, including as predators,
competitors, and prey, as well as facilitators of other species. In this chapter, we review and …

In recent decades, network analyses have become ubiquitous in ecology, facilitating our
understanding of linkages between paired entities, whether it be genes, proteins …

Although relatively rare, human-shark interactions and sharks bites are increasing globally,
which has led to the development of various mitigation measures. Electric shark deterrents …

Top predators can exert strong influences on community structure and function, both via
direct, consumptive effects, as well as through non-consumptive, fear-based effects (ie …