The types of eye movements shown by all vertebrates originated in the earliest fishes. These
consisted of compensatory movements, both vestibular and visual, to prevent image motion …

Despite over 70 years of research on shark repellents, few practical and reliable solutions to
prevent shark attacks on humans or reduce shark bycatch and depredation in commercial …

THE EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES THAT SHAPE ECOSYSTEMS In 1837 a young Charles
Darwin took his notebook, wrote “I think”, and then sketched a rudimentary, stick-like tree …

Niche partitioning of time, space or resources is considered the key to allowing the
coexistence of competitor species, and particularly guilds of predators. However, the extent …

Bycatch (the unintentional catch of non-target species or sizes) is consistently ranked as one
of the greatest threats to marine fish populations; yet species-specific rates of bycatch …

In addition to the selective importance of interspecific morphological variation, ontogenetic
morphological variation may reflect different selective regimes to which successive …

The timecourse and extent of changes in pupil area in response to light are reviewed in all
classes of vertebrate and cephalopods. Although the speed and extent of these responses …

The underwater sensory world and the sensory systems of aquatic animals have become
better understood in recent decades, but typically have been studied one sense at a time. A …

Incidental capture, or bycatch, in fisheries represents a substantial threat to the sustainability
of elasmobranch populations worldwide. Consequently, researchers are increasingly …

Binocular vision, ie where both eyes are used together, is a fundamental component of
human sight. It also aids hand-eye co-ordination, and the perception of the self within the …