The generalized energy budget for fish (ie, Energy Consumed= Metabolism+ Waste+
Growth) is as relevant today as when it was first proposed decades ago and serves as a …

The increasing popularity of marine wildlife tourism (MWT) worldwide calls for assessment of
its conservation outcomes and the development of appropriate management frameworks to …

Over the past 4 decades there has been a growing concern for the conservation status of
elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). In 2002, the first elasmobranch species were added to …

Conservation concerns exist for many sharks but robust estimates of abundance are often
lacking. Improving population status is a performance measure for species under …

Wildlife tourism is often promoted as an activity which supports conservation by enhancing
environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour through interpretative messaging and …

Fine‐scale predator movements may be driven by many factors including sex, habitat and
distribution of resources. There may also be individual preferences for certain movement …

Wildlife tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry, where feeding
animals is often applied to increase the probability of up-close encounters. However, directly …

Some fishes and sea turtles are distinct from ectotherms by having elevated core body
temperatures and metabolic rates. Quantifying the energetics and activity of the regionally …

White sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, are often described as elusive, with little information
available due to the logistical difficulties of studying large marine predators that make long …

The use of olfactory stimuli and the provision of food are a common practice to prompt
artificial aggregations of emblematic wild species and ensure the economic viability of the …