Well‐designed and effectively managed networks of marine reserves can be effective tools
for both fisheries management and biodiversity conservation. Connectivity, the demographic …

The overexploitation of sharks has become a global environmental issue in need of a
comprehensive and multifaceted management response. Tracking studies are beginning to …

Large marine protected areas (MPAs) have recently been established throughout the world
at an unprecedented pace, yet the value of these reserves for mobile species conservation …

Quantifying shark distribution patterns and species-specific habitat associations in response
to geographic and environmental drivers is critical to assessing risk of exposure to fishing …

Due to human activities, marine and terrestrial ecosystems face a future where disturbances
are predicted to occur at a frequency and severity unprecedented in the recent past. Of …

Sharks are apex predators and keystone species that have a profound influence on the
ecology and food-web dynamics of coral reefs and epipelagic marine ecosystems. However …

Animal movements can facilitate important ecological processes, and wide-ranging marine
predators, such as sharks, potentially contribute significantly towards nutrient transfer …

Climate change is altering distributions and abundances of marine species through both
gradual and acute changes in temperature and productivity. Due to their high mobility and …

Shark depredation, where a shark partially or completely consumes an animal caught by
fishing gear before it can be retrieved to the fishing vessel, occurs in commercial and …

There is limited evidence on the rate at which the shark populations of coral reefs can
rebound from over-exploitation, the baselines that might signify when recovery has occurred …