Nursery areas are critical to the survival of many marine species, and it is widely accepted
that elasmobranch species use nursery areas where they improve species fitness. A 2007 …

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 …

Area-based conservation is essential to safeguard declining biodiversity. Several
approaches have been developed for identifying networks of globally important areas based …

Rays (superorder Batoidea) are the most diverse group of elasmobranchs, and many are
threatened with extinction. However, there remain areas where research on the ecology of …

Background The interplay of animal dispersal and environmental heterogeneity is
fundamental for the distribution of biodiversity on earth. In the ocean, the interaction of …

Intertidal habitats (ie marine habitats that are (partially) exposed during low tide) have
traditionally been studied from a shorebird‐centred perspective. We show that these habitats …

The giant oceanic manta ray Mobula birostris was listed in the US Endangered Species Act
as a threatened species in 2018, yet insufficient data exist on manta populations throughout …

Shark abundances are decreasing on many coral reefs, but the ecosystem effects of this loss
are poorly understood. Rays are a prevalent mesopredator in tropical coral reef ecosystems …

As the state of non-marine aquatic environments (freshwater and estuarine environments
with salinities≤ 30 ppt) continues to decline globally, there is increasing concern for …

Elasmobranchs are highly diverse in movement, sensory capacity, and behavioural
responses to the environment, leading to differences in the function and nature of …