Sharks are a diverse group of mobile predators that forage across varied spatial scales and
have the potential to influence food web dynamics. The ecological consequences of recent …

Deep-sea chondrichthyans are cryptic species subject to increasing anthropogenic
exploitation. Defining their role in deep-water ecosystems is therefore crucial for predicting …

Conservation concern regarding the overharvest of global shark populations for meat and fin
consumption largely surrounds documented deleterious ecosystem effects, but may be …

Few published studies have examined whether the elevated concentrations of the
nonessential toxic metal mercury (Hg) often observed in shark muscle also occur in the …

Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that affects human and ecosystem health. Hg is a serious
threat especially for the marine environment, in which it undergoes bioaccumulation and …

Human activity has led to increased concentrations of mercury (Hg) in the world's oceans.
Mercury can bioaccumulate and biomagnify in animal tissues via trophic transfer, thus …

As large long-lived predators, sharks are particularly vulnerable to exposure to
methylmercury biomagnified through the marine food web. Accordingly, nonlethal means …

Quantitative Ecotoxicology, Second Edition explores models and methods of quantitative
ecotoxicology at progressively higher biological scales using worked examples and …

The oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus is a widely distributed large pelagic
shark species once considered abundant in tropical and warm temperate waters, but …

Mercury (Hg) is a non-essential metal that can have toxic effects on the fitness of organisms
and tends to bioaccumulate with age and to biomagnify in higher trophic levels. Few studies …