Numerous studies have now demonstrated that the most common method of ageing sharks
and rays, counting growth zones on calcified structures, can underestimate true age. I …

Capture-mark-recapture (CMR) data from Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP) in Western Australia
have recently been used to study the population dynamics of the local whale shark …

While the specific life histories of different species and populations vary to some extent, sea
turtles typically are long-lived, slow-growing, and wide-ranging, occupying multiple habitats …

Growth models estimate life history parameters (eg, growth rates and asymptotic size) that
are used in the management of fisheries stocks. Traditionally in fisheries science, it was …

This multi-decade study on an isolated and unfished population of manta rays (Manta alfredi
and M. birostris) in the Maldives used individual-based photo-ID records and behavioural …

Although growth rate and age data are essential for leatherback management, estimates of
these demographic parameters remain speculative due to the cryptic life history of this …

Multimodel frameworks are common in contemporary elasmobranch growth literature. These
techniques offer a proposed improvement over individual growth functions by incorporating …

Life‐history (age, growth, age validation, reproduction and demography) studies of
elasmobranchs date back to the middle of the last century with major early contributions …

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …

Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are endangered, and declining population
trends suggest that they are vulnerable to becoming extinct in the Pacific Ocean. Population …