Ecological value of coastal habitats for commercially and ecologically important species

RD Seitz, H Wennhage, U Bergström… - ICES Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Many exploited fish and macroinvertebrates that utilize the coastal zone have declined, and
the causes of these declines, apart from overfishing, remain largely unresolved. Degradation …

A review of the application of molecular genetics for fisheries management and conservation of sharks and rays

CL Dudgeon, DC Blower, D Broderick… - Journal of fish …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Since the first investigation 25 years ago, the application of genetic tools to address
ecological and evolutionary questions in elasmobranch studies has greatly expanded. Major …

The importance of considering genetic diversity in shark and ray conservation policies

RR Domingues, AWS Hilsdorf, OBF Gadig - Conservation genetics, 2018 - Springer
Many populations of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are experiencing severe declines
due to the high demand for shark fins in Asia, the activities of unregulated fisheries, and …

A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks

CS Bird, A Veríssimo, S Magozzi, KG Abrantes… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Sharks are a diverse group of mobile predators that forage across varied spatial scales and
have the potential to influence food web dynamics. The ecological consequences of recent …

Barriers in a sea of elasmobranchs: From fishing for populations to testing hypotheses in population genetics

M Hirschfeld, C Dudgeon, M Sheaves… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The interplay of animal dispersal and environmental heterogeneity is
fundamental for the distribution of biodiversity on earth. In the ocean, the interaction of …

The Pillars of Hercules as a bathymetric barrier to gene flow promoting isolation in a global deep‐sea shark (Centroscymnus coelolepis)

D Catarino, H Knutsen, A Veríssimo… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of the mechanisms limiting connectivity and gene flow in deep‐sea
ecosystems is scarce, especially for deep‐sea sharks. The Portuguese dogfish (C …

Elasmobranch species richness, fisheries, abundance and size composition in the Azores archipelago (NE Atlantic)

R Santos, A Novoa-Pabon, H Silva… - Marine Biology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Elasmobranchs are a vulnerable resource, more susceptible to overfishing than most
teleosts, and their assessment is complicated due to a general lack of information about their …

[HTML][HTML] First evidence of population genetic structure of the deep-water blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810

S Di Crescenzo, A Ferrari, C Barría… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Among the main measures adopted to reduce anthropogenic impacts on elasmobranch
communities, understanding the ecology of deep-sea sharks is of paramount importance …

[HTML][HTML] Taking advantage of the genomics revolution for monitoring and conservation of chondrichthyan populations

S Johri, MP Doane, L Allen, EA Dinsdale - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras) are among the oldest extant predators
and are vital to top-down regulation of oceanic ecosystems. They are an ecologically diverse …

Biology of deep-water chondrichthyans: Introduction

CF Cotton, RD Grubbs - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Approximately half of the known chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras), 575
of 1207 species (47.6%, Table 1), live in the deep ocean (below 200 m), yet little is known of …