Spatial conservation prioritization (SCP) is a planning framework used to identify new
conservation areas on the basis of the spatial distribution of species, ecosystems, and their …

Manta and devil rays are filter-feeding elasmobranchs that are found circumglobally in
tropical and subtropical waters. Although relatively understudied for most of the Twentieth …

We present practical lessons learned from applying the recent close-kin mark–recapture
(CKMR) abundance estimation method to thornback ray (Raja clavata). For CKMR, related …

The viability of spatially structured populations depends on the abundance and connectivity
between subpopulations of breeding adults. Yet, for many species, both are extremely …

Marine biodiversity is a fundamental characteristic of our planet that depends on and
influences climate, water quality, and many ocean state variables. It is also at the core of …

Reliable information on population size is fundamental to the management of threatened
species. For wild species, mark-recapture methods are a cornerstone of abundance …

The last two decades have witnessed rapid developments and increasing interest in use
of:(1) genetic methods to estimate effective population size (Ne) and (2) close‐kin mark …

White sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, are often described as elusive, with little information
available due to the logistical difficulties of studying large marine predators that make long …

Abstract In Australian and New Zealand waters, current knowledge on white shark
(Carcharodon carcharias) movement ecology is based on individual tracking studies using …

Many large coastal sharks are vulnerable to population declines, however, conflict with
human activities often results in unselective culls. Successfully and non-destructively …