Marine defaunation: animal loss in the global ocean

DJ McCauley, ML Pinsky, SR Palumbi, JA Estes… - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND Comparing patterns of terrestrial and marine defaunation helps to place
human impacts on marine fauna in context and to navigate toward recovery. Defaunation …

Larval dispersal and movement patterns of coral reef fishes, and implications for marine reserve network design

AL Green, AP Maypa, GR Almany… - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Well‐designed and effectively managed networks of marine reserves can be effective tools
for both fisheries management and biodiversity conservation. Connectivity, the demographic …

There and back again: a review of residency and return migrations in sharks, with implications for population structure and management

DD Chapman, KA Feldheim… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
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‐scale eDNA metabarcoding survey reveals marine biogeographic break and transitions over tropical north‐western Australia

K West, MJ Travers, M Stat, ES Harvey… - Diversity and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has demonstrated its applicability
as a highly sensitive biomonitoring tool across small spatial and temporal scales in marine …

Home range size of adult Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in a coastal and estuarine system is habitat and sex‐specific

KR Sprogis, HC Raudino, R Rankin… - Marine Mammal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined sex‐specific differences in home range size of adult Indo‐Pacific
bottlenose dolphins off Bunbury, Western Australia. We applied a new kernel density …

Residency patterns and movements of grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) in semi-isolated coral reef habitats

M Espinoza, MR Heupel, AJ Tobin, CA Simpfendorfer - Marine biology, 2015 - Springer
The degree of reef isolation may limit the frequency of long-range dispersals in reef-
associated sharks. Therefore, understanding how the behaviour and spatial ecology of a …

Bioaccumulation of trace elements and hydrocarbons in chondrichthyans of the western Arabian Gulf: Environmental and human health risk assessment and …

L Yacoubi, RB El Zrelli, HH Hsu, YJ Lin… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This is a first attempt to assess the levels of trace elements, PAHs, and TPHs in six
elasmobranch species (Carcharhinus dussumieri, C. sorrah, Chiloscyllium arabicum …

Interspecific interactions, movement patterns and habitat use in a diverse coastal shark assemblage

MR Heupel, SEM Munroe, EJI Lédée, A Chin… - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Sharks are a highly diverse predatory taxon and are regularly found in large, potentially
competitive, assemblages. However, the mechanisms that enable long-term coexistence …

Importance of environmental and biological drivers in the presence and space use of a reef‑associated shark

MR Heupel, CA Simpfendorfer - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2014 - int-res.com
As coral reef ecosystems come under increasing pressure from fisheries and climate
change, understanding how species that rely on these habitats respond to changes within …

Variable response of coastal sharks to severe tropical storms: environmental cues and changes in space use

V Udyawer, A Chin, DM Knip… - Marine Ecology …, 2013 - int-res.com
Acute disturbance events like tropical storms can have significant effects on coastal habitats
and animals that utilise them. We examined environmental parameters as cues for flight …