Populations of mobulid rays are declining globally through a combination of directed
fisheries and indirect anthropogenic threats. Understanding the movement ecology of these …

A major coral bleaching event occurred in the central Red Sea near Thuwal, Saudi Arabia,
in the summer of 2010, when the region experienced up to 10–11 degree heating weeks …

Elasmobranch populations worldwide are severely threatened due to overexploited and
unregulated fisheries. Despite the fact that sharks and rays are captured in fisheries …

The relatively recent fields of terrestrial landscape and marine seascape genetics seek to
identify the influence of biophysical habitat features on the spatial genetic structure of …

Phytoplankton, at the base of the marine food web, represent a fundamental food source in
coral reef ecosystems. The timing (phenology) and magnitude of the phytoplankton biomass …

Abstract The Red Sea is a globally significant hotspot of coral reef biodiversity and one of
the earliest study sites for modern reef research. Reef science in this basin has been …

Recent successful efforts to increase protection for manta rays has highlighted the lack of
basic ecological information, including vertical and horizontal movement patterns, available …

The anadromous tropical Hilsa shad formed the largest single-species fishery in
Bangladesh, making the highest contribution to the country's total fish production (14%) and …

Conservation efforts aimed at the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, remain limited by a lack of
basic information on most aspects of its ecology, including global population structure …

Abstract The Arabian Seas Region plays an important role in the global landings and trade
of sharks and rays. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Yemen, two countries with stark …