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

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are commonly employed to protect ecosystems from threats
like overfishing. Ideally, MPA design should incorporate movement data from multiple target …

Nursery areas are crucial for many elasmobranch species, providing benefits that increase
fitness and survival. Shark nurseries are well studied and our knowledge of their function …

Defining the role and impact of mortality within aquatic populations is often difficult. As a
result, we still lack a clear understanding of the level of mortality in natural populations and …

A large fish‐count dataset from the Brazilian province was used to describe spatial patterns
in standing biomass and test if total biomass, taxonomic and functional trophic structure vary …

Understanding how and why animals are distributed through time and space has always
been a fundamental component of ecology and is an essential prerequisite for effective …

Little information is available on the movements and behaviour of tropical rays despite their
potential ecological roles and economic value as a fishery and a tourism resource. A …

This study describes the genetic diversity and level of genetic differentiation of the scalloped
hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini from eight putative nursery areas in the Mexican Pacific …

In this paper, information is presented on green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting on Atol das
Rocas (Rocas Atoll), north-eastern Brazil. The temporal distribution of nesting events per …

Shark nursery areas are widely regarded as essential habitats for the growth and survival of
young individuals. The effective management and protection of shark nursery habitat are …