Advances in understanding the roles and benefits of nursery areas for elasmobranch populations

MR Heupel, S Kanno, APB Martins… - Marine and …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The art of otolith chemistry: interpreting patterns by integrating perspectives

BD Walther - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
The ability to obtain high-resolution chemical profiles across otoliths has expanded with
technological advancements that prompted an explosion of data from diverse taxa in …

New insights into the migration patterns of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini based on vertebral microchemistry

C Coiraton, F Amezcua, JT Ketchum - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
The scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini is a migratory species that exhibits
complex patterns of spatial organization associated with the use of both coastal and oceanic …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat Use patterns and identification of essential habitat for an endangered coastal shark with vertebrae microchemistry: the case study of Carcharhinus …

LM Feitosa, V Dressler, RP Lessa - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sharks are among the most endangered and data poor vertebrates in the world. The lack of
information regarding their habitat use is especially concerning since these are crucial for …

Elements and elasmobranchs: hypotheses, assumptions and limitations of elemental analysis

MN McMillan, C Izzo, B Wade… - Journal of Fish …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the elemental composition of elasmobranch calcified cartilage (hard parts) has
the potential to answer a range of ecological and biological questions, at both the individual …

Elements of time and place: manganese and barium in shark vertebrae reflect age and upwelling histories

JA Mohan, NR Miller, SZ Herzka… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As upper-level predators, sharks are important for maintaining marine food web structure,
but populations are threatened by fishery exploitation. Sustainable management of shark …

[HTML][HTML] Sex influences elemental variation in the mineralized vertebrae cartilage of round stingray (Urobatis halleri)

BE Brodbeck, K Lyons, NR Miller, JA Mohan - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
The elemental composition of mineralized vertebral cartilage has proven useful for
reconstructing the movement and environmental history of elasmobranchs. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] In utero elemental tags in vertebrae of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini reveal migration patterns of pregnant females

C Coiraton, F Amezcua - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Vertebral microchemistry recently allowed to infer the migration patterns of the scalloped
hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in the Mexican Pacific, however conclusions regarding …

[HTML][HTML] Element composition of shark vertebrae shows promise as a natural tag

JCA Pistevos, P Reis-Santos, C Izzo… - Marine and …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Reconstructing movements and environmental histories of sharks may be possible by using
the element composition of vertebrae, but unlocking such possibilities requires an …

Natural tags identify nursery origin of a coastal elasmobranch Carcharhinus leucas

TC TinHan, SJ O'Leary, DS Portnoy… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional methods for evaluating the importance of elasmobranch nursery habitats have
focused on estimating densities or abundances of juveniles within individual nurseries; …