Despite the recent upsurge of interest in shark research, the current status of knowledge of
the behavioural repertoire of most species is alarmingly incomplete. Clearly, from the …

Among the most common statements made in studies of elasmobranch ecology is
something to the effect that “sharks play an important role in marine ecosystems.” Although …

This study analyzes microplastic ingestion by three deep-water elasmobranch species
(Galeus melastomus, Scyliorhinus canicula and Etmopterus spinax) from the Tyrrhenian …

The stomach contents of ten species of elasmobranch from the north-eastern Atlantic
indicate that most are generalist predators, eating a variety of polychaetes, molluscs …

Movements and habitat selection of male and female dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula, in a
tidal sea lough in south-west Ireland were determined over two temporal scales. Continuous …

Though the diets of many species of sharks have been described, little information exists
about patterns of food intake and about the fate of prey items once they are ingested …

Marine and terrestrial environments differ fundamentally in space‐time scales of both
physical and ecological processes. These differences will have an impact on the animals …

Predatory fishes that consume cephalopods have broad spectrum diets that include other
groups, such as fishes and crustaceans. Extremely few fish predators feed on cephalopods …

The shark species, blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus), velvet belly (Etmopterus
spinax) and coastal spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) are an important by-catch of the …

The feeding habits of Scyliorhinus canicula and Galeus melastomus were investigated by
analysing the stomach contents from 6 036 individuals collected on research surveys in the …