The Mobulidae are zooplanktivorous elasmobranchs comprising two recognized species of
manta rays (Manta spp.) and nine recognized species of devil rays (Mobula spp.). They are …

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 …

Lifetime reproductive success of individuals in a natural population provides an estimate of
Darwinian fitness. We calculated lifetime reproductive success in a colony of female …

A How-To Guide for Conducting Common Fisheries-Related Analyses in R Introductory
Fisheries Analyses with R provides detailed instructions on performing basic fisheries stock …

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the
trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit …

The theoretical basis of a new approach to data poor fisheries assessment, length-based
assessment of spawning potential ratio, has been recently published. This paper describes …

Manta and devil rays are filter-feeding elasmobranchs that are found circumglobally in
tropical and subtropical waters. Although relatively understudied for most of the Twentieth …

Somatic growth is a fundamental property of living organisms, and is of particular importance
for species with indeterminate growth that can change in size continuously throughout their …

Fisheries play a significant role in the livelihoods of the world population, while the
dependence on fisheries is acute in developing countries. Fisheries are consequently a …

There is growing evidence for individuality in dietary preferences and foraging behaviors
within populations of various species. This is especially important for apex predators, since …