The importance of considering genetic diversity in shark and ray conservation policies

RR Domingues, AWS Hilsdorf, OBF Gadig - Conservation genetics, 2018 - Springer
Many populations of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are experiencing severe declines
due to the high demand for shark fins in Asia, the activities of unregulated fisheries, and …

Barriers in a sea of elasmobranchs: From fishing for populations to testing hypotheses in population genetics

M Hirschfeld, C Dudgeon, M Sheaves… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The interplay of animal dispersal and environmental heterogeneity is
fundamental for the distribution of biodiversity on earth. In the ocean, the interaction of …

Movements of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias in the North Atlantic Ocean

GB Skomal, CD Braun, JH Chisholm… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2017 - int-res.com
In the western North Atlantic, much of what is known about the movement ecology of the
white shark Carcharodon carcharias is based on historical fisheries-dependent catch …

World without borders—genetic population structure of a highly migratory marine predator, the blue shark (Prionace glauca)

A Veríssimo, Í Sampaio, JR McDowell… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Highly migratory, cosmopolitan oceanic sharks often exhibit complex movement patterns
influenced by ontogeny, reproduction, and feeding. These elusive species are particularly …

Genome analysis reveals three distinct lineages of the cosmopolitan white shark

I Wagner, I Smolina, MEL Koop, T Bal, AM Lizano… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
The white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)(Linnaeus, 1758), an iconic apex predator
occurring in all oceans, 1, 2 is classified as Vulnerable globally 3—with global abundance …

Sex and size influence the spatiotemporal distribution of white sharks, with implications for interactions with fisheries and spatial management in the southwest Indian …

AA Kock, AT Lombard, R Daly, V Goodall… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human activities in the oceans increase the extinction risk of marine megafauna.
Interventions require an understanding of movement patterns and the spatiotemporal …

An integrated mark-recapture and genetic approach to estimate the population size of white sharks in South Africa

S Andreotti, M Rutzen, S van der Walt… - Marine Ecology …, 2016 - int-res.com
The loss of apex marine predators has been reported to have a cascade of detrimental
effects on marine ecosystems; however, the general lack of empirical data can severely limit …

Population genetics of Southern Hemisphere tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus): Intercontinental divergence and constrained gene flow at different geographical scales

AE Bester-van der Merwe, D Bitalo, JM Cuevas… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus Linnaeus, 1758) is a temperate, coastal hound shark
found in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. In this study, the population structure of …

Pliocene colonization of the Mediterranean by Great White Shark inferred from fossil records, historical jaws, phylogeographic and divergence time analyses

A Leone, GN Puncher, F Ferretti… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Determine the evolutionary origin of the heretofore poorly characterized contemporary
Great White Shark (GWS; Carcharodon carcharias) of the Mediterranean Sea, using …

Incorporating non-equilibrium dynamics into demographic history inferences of a migratory marine species

EL Carroll, R Alderman, JL Bannister, M Bérube… - Heredity, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding how dispersal and gene flow link geographically separated the populations
over evolutionary history is challenging, particularly in migratory marine species. In southern …