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Open AccessA review of the life history and ecology of euryhaline and estuarine sharks and rays
One-third of all elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are threatened with extinction. Euryhaline and estuarine generalist elasmobranchs are a group of 29 species that occupy non-marine environments during particula...
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Stable isotope composition of multiple tissues and individual amino acids reveals dietary variation among life stages in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Ningaloo Reef
Diet is fundamental to an individual’s biology because energy acquired from food constrains growth and reproduction, which subsequently influences survival. It is, therefore, important to have a strong underst...
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Residency, home range and tidal habitat use of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Port Curtis, Australia
To understand habitat requirements of green turtles in an important foraging area subject to both anthropogenic and natural perturbations, we examined residency, home range and habitat use of juvenile, sub-adu...
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Open AccessDeclining abundance of coral reef fish in a World-Heritage-listed marine park
One of the most robust metrics for assessing the effectiveness of protected areas is the temporal trend in the abundance of the species they are designed to protect. We surveyed coral-reef fish and living hard...
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Sustainability of threatened species displayed in public aquaria, with a case study of Australian sharks and rays
Zoos and public aquaria exhibit numerous threatened species globally, and in the modern context of these institutions as conservation hubs, it is crucial that displays are ecologically sustainable. Elasmobranc...
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Open AccessMitogenomics of the Speartooth Shark challenges ten years of control region sequencing
Mitochondrial DNA markers have long been used to identify population boundaries and are now a standard tool in conservation biology. In elasmobranchs, evolutionary rates of mitochondrial genes are low and vari...
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Freshwater to seawater acclimation of juvenile bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas): plasma osmolytes and Na+/K+-ATPase activity in gill, rectal gland, kidney and intestine
This study examined the osmoregulatory status of the euryhaline elasmobranch Carcharhinus leucas acclimated to freshwater (FW) and seawater (SW). Juvenile C. leucas captured in FW (3 mOsm l−1 kg−1) were acclimate...
