Biological effects, conservation potential, and research priorities of shark diving tourism

AJ Gallagher, GMS Vianna, YP Papastamatiou… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Shark diving tourism is a burgeoning, global industry. The growing perception that sharks
can be worth more alive for tourism than dead in a fish market has become one of the …

The role of context in elucidating drivers of animal movement

N Lubitz, M Bradley, M Sheaves… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its consequences for ecological processes and population dynamics, intra‐specific
variability is frequently overlooked in animal movement studies. Consequently, the …

Assessment of Body Condition in African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) Elephants in North American Zoos and Management Practices …

KA Morfeld, CL Meehan, JN Hogan, JL Brown - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Obesity has a negative effect on health and welfare of many species, and has been
speculated to be a problem for zoo elephants. To address this concern, we assessed the …

Negative metal bioaccumulation impacts on systemic shark health and homeostatic balance

N Wosnick, Y Niella, N Hammerschlag, AP Chaves… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Contamination by metals is among the most pervasive anthropogenic threats to the
environment. Despite the ecological importance of marine apex predators, the potential …

The selective drivers of allometry in sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii)

JH Gayford, DA Whitehead… - Zoological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In addition to the selective importance of interspecific morphological variation, ontogenetic
morphological variation may reflect different selective regimes to which successive …

Enhancing insights into foraging specialization in the world's largest fish using a multi‐tissue, multi‐isotope approach

ASJ Wyatt, R Matsumoto, Y Chikaraishi… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Intra‐species variability in foraging strategies may be common, which has significant
implications for efforts to understand and manage enigmatic species like the whale shark …

Reviewing the genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal in elasmobranchs

NM Phillips, F Devloo-Delva, C McCall… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2021 - Springer
Dispersal in many organisms is asymmetric by sex, a pattern that is often identified through
the use of genetic tools. Sex-biased dispersal (SBD) is thought to derive from the varying …

Ontogenetic morphometry of the brown smoothhound shark Mustelus henlei with implications for ecology and evolution

JH Gayford, H Godfrey, DA Whitehead - Journal of Morphology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The central tenet of ecomorphology links ecological and morphological variation through the
process of selection. Traditionally used to rationalise morphological differences between …

Shark recreational fisheries: Status, challenges, and research needs

AJ Gallagher, N Hammerschlag, AJ Danylchuk… - Ambio, 2017 - Springer
For centuries, the primary manner in which humans have interacted with sharks has been
fishing. A combination of their slow-growing nature and high use-values have resulted in …

A taste of youth: Seasonal changes in the diet of immature white sharks in eastern Australia

RS Lipscombe, L Meyer, P Butcherine… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) play a crucial ecological role, sha** ecosystems
through direct predation and risk effects. On the east coast of Australia, immature white …