Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1055–1071 Abstract Whereas many land predators disappeared
before their ecological roles were studied, the decline of marine apex predators is still …

Chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras) are captured in many marine
fisheries. Management and research efforts directed at chondrichthyan fishing are often …

This study comprised a meta-analysis of elasmobranch bycatch in commercial longline,
trawl, purse-seine and gillnet fisheries in order to obtain a general perspective of bycatch …

This is an extensively rewritten, revised and updated version of the original FAO Catalogue
of Sharks of the World. The present volume reviews all 15 families, 25 genera and 57 …

Esta contribución es un catálogo sistemático de las 87 especies de rayas y especies afines
registradas de modo positivo o con una alta probabilidad de encontrarse en las aguas de …

Relatively few marine fishes have been assessed under World Conservation Union criteria,
yet it is believed that marine fish extinction rates have been underestimated by one order of …

An annotated checklist of chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, batoids, and chimaeras) occurring
in South African waters is presented. The checklist is the result of decades of research and …

Skates by virtue of their abundance and widespread occurrence appear to play an influential
role in the food webs of demersal marine communities. However, few quantitative dietary …

Eight Bathyraja skate species, Bathyraja aleutica, Bathyraja interrupta, Bathyraja lindbergi,
Bathyraja maculata, Bathyraja minispinosa, Bathyraja parmifera, Bathyraja taranetzi and …

A taxonomic re-evaluation of the status of the North Pacific Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1854)
combining the use of meristic, morphological and molecular data reveal this species to be …