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

Dispersal in many organisms is asymmetric by sex, a pattern that is often identified through
the use of genetic tools. Sex-biased dispersal (SBD) is thought to derive from the varying …

Conservation genetic approaches for elasmobranchs have focused on regions of the
mitochondrial genome or a handful of nuclear microsatellites. High-throughput sequencing …

Sustainable management of wild fisheries requires accurate delineation of reproductively
isolated stocks to avoid depletion of a commercially and ecologically important resource …

The blue shark Prionace glauca and the shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus are two large and
highly migratory sharks inhabiting temperate and tropical waters worldwide that are heavily …

Vagile, large-bodied marine organisms frequently have wide range dispersion but also
dependence on coastal habitats for part of their life history. These characteristics may induce …

The porbeagle shark Lamna nasus is a large highly migratory shark distributed in cold and
temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere (SH). According to …

The calanoid copepod, Acartia tonsa Dana, 1849 is one of the most abundant and well-
studied estuarian species with a worldwide distribution. In this research, we use the …

Over the last years, many studies have reported the challenge of precisely identifying shark
and ray species from the fin trade. In Asia, the high demand for shark fin soup has resulted in …

Resolving the identity, phylogeny and distribution of cryptic species within species
complexes is an essential precursor to management. The bonnethead shark, Sphyrna …