Top predator status and trends: ecological implications, monitoring and mitigation strategies to promote ecosystem-based management

CM Fortuna, T Fortibuoni, J Bueno-Pardo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The conservation and management of marine ecosystems hinge on a comprehensive
understanding of the status and trends of top predators. This review delves into the …

Linking vertical movements of large pelagic predators with distribution patterns of biomass in the open ocean

CD Braun, A Della Penna… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Many predator species make regular excursions from near-surface waters to the twilight
(200 to 1,000 m) and midnight (1,000 to 3,000 m) zones of the deep pelagic ocean. While …

Energetic connectivity of diverse elasmobranch populations–implications for ecological resilience

ON Shipley, P Matich, NE Hussey… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding the factors shaping patterns of ecological resilience is critical for mitigating
the loss of global biodiversity. Throughout aquatic environments, highly mobile predators …

Manta and devil ray aggregations: conservation challenges and developments in the field

MD Palacios, JD Stewart, DA Croll… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Manta and devil rays (mobulids) are filter feeding elasmobranchs with extreme K-selective
life histories found circumglobally from temperate to tropical waters. Their vulnerability to …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA helps reveal reef shark distribution across a remote archipelago

N Dunn, DJ Curnick, C Carbone, AB Carlisle… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods are being increasingly used in proof-of-concept
studies to detect shark species, many populations of which are experiencing severe …

Using pseudo-absence models to test for environmental selection in marine movement ecology: the importance of sample size and selection strength

J Pinti, M Shatley, A Carlisle, BA Block, MJ Oliver - Movement Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Background Understanding the selection of environmental conditions by animals requires
knowledge of where they are, but also of where they could have been. Presence data can …

Multiple interannual records of young-of-the-year identify an important area for the protection of the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus

C Cattano, C Gambardella, D Grancagnolo… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) is the second most fishery-exploited pelagic shark in
the Mediterranean Sea, thus its conservation status is a cause for concern. Despite the …

Northerly range expansion and first confirmed records of the smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox, in the United Kingdom and Ireland

DJ Curnick, R Deaville, JR Bortoluzzi… - Journal of Fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Three Odontaspis ferox (confirmed by mtDNA barcoding) were found in the English Channel
and Celtic Sea in 2023 at Lepe, UK (50.7846,− 1.3508), Kilmore Quay, Ireland (52.1714 …

Measuring deoxygenation effects on marine predators: A new animal‐attached archival tag recording in situ dissolved oxygen, temperature, fine‐scale movements …

I da Costa, DW Sims, B Loureiro… - Methods in Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate‐driven ocean warming has decreased dissolved oxygen (DO) levels (ocean
deoxygenation) leading to expansions of hypoxic zones, which will affect the movements …

Spatial Dynamics and Fine-Scale Vertical Behaviour of Immature Eastern Australasian White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)

JLY Spaet, PA Butcher, A Manica, CH Lam - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary To understand how ecosystems function and to be able to better protect
large marine predators, like sharks, it is important to understand how these animals move …