NEWSLETTER 09/2011 24. October 2011

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NEW PARTNERS:

  • Michael L. Berumen, Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • Prof. Paul H. Yancey, Carl E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Sciences, Whitman College, Walla Walla, USA
  • Ross K. Daley, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • Andrew M. Griffiths, The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, UK


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STATISTIC:


June/July

August

September

October

papers:

12.869

13.090

13.333

13.623

recent:

9.983

10.159

10.395

10.624

fossil:

2.886

2.931

2.938

2.999

evaluated:

7.421

7.749

8.128

8.398

free downloads:

2.415

2.545

2.659

2.803

saved abstracts:

3.858

4.184

4.622

4.848

saved DOI

3.164

3.431

3.706

3.771

database entries "described species“

40.083

41.667

43.269

44.859

different species names

10.864

10.910

10.942

11.104

valid recent species

1.186

1.191

1.196

1.197

Database entries "types“

5.577

5.693

5.741

5.766

Detailed data for "types"

2.627

3.310

3.508

3.608

Type mapping

2.142

2.683

2.815

2.876

 

 

MEETINGS:

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15th EEA Conference 28-30. October in Berlin, Germany

The German Elasmobranch Society (Deutsche Elasmobranchier-Gesellschaft e.V., D.E.G.) 
has the pleasure to invite you to the 15th EEA Annual Scientific Conference in Berlin, Germany. 

The conference will take place at the Natural History Museum of Berlin 
from 28 - 30 October 2011.

Museum für Naturkunde
Invalidenstraße 43
10115 Berlin
www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de

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SVP 71st Annual Meeting
November 2-5, 2011
Paris Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV USA

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More Meetings, source: IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG):


October
OCT 24-28: World Climate Research Program Open Science Conference – Denver, CO
OCT 24-NOV 4: 30th Annual Meeting of CCAMLR; 30th Annual Meeting of CCAMLR’s
Scientific Committee
November
NOV 8-9, 11-16: UNGA Annual Fisheries Resolution Negotiations
NOV 9-19: 22nd Regular Meeting of ICCAT – Istanbul, Turkey
NOV 10-20 (TBC): ICCAT 18th Special meeting of the Commission - Madrid, Spain
(TBC)
NOV 28 - DEC 2: 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology -
Christchurch, New Zealand
2012
JUL 9-13 2012: International Coral Reef Symposium "Apex Predators on Coral
Reefs" - Cairns, Australia

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NEW FUNCTION OF THE WEBSITE:

MENU DOWNLOAD:

New! Database Report:

Species Descriptions (version: 14.10.2011) 111 pp, 1,29 MB

Sample pages:

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NEWS OF PARTNER:

Dott. Alessandro De Maddalena

Curator of the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank 
Member of the Mediterranean Shark Research Group 
Regional Investigator of the Global Shark Attack File

E-mail: a-demaddalena@tiscali.it

"Dear colleague, please find attached the new announcement of the five expeditions / field courses in shark biology in South Africa scheduled for 2012. As usual, I've organized these field courses with Chris and Monique Fallows' Apex Shark Expeditions. Thanks in advance for spreading the word by printing the announcement and displaying it at your institute."

Poster (click image to download)

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New version (version: 30.09.2011) of Bill Eschmeyers Catalog of fishes is online!

Link to the catalog

A summary paper was published in 2010 from the Catalog of Fishes database that might be of interest to users of the Catalog. "Marine fish diversity: history of knowledge and discovery (Pisces)." By William N. Eschmeyer, Ronald Fricke, Jon D. Fong & Dennis A. Polack. Zootaxa, no. 2525:19-50 (2 July 2010, open access, click title to download).

 

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NEW IMAGES AT SHARK-REFERENCES

Etmopterus viator STRAUBE, 2011 (copyright by Nicolas Gasco and Nicolas Straube), Thank you for the image!

 

Please send your images to: juergen.pollerspoeck@shark-references.com

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NEW PAPERS:

FOSSIL

FOSSIL -PAPERS-:

KRIWET, J. & KLUG, S. (2011): An embryonic mandibular tooth plate and associated remains of a Late Jurassic chimaeroid (Holocephali, Chimaeriformes) from the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31 (5): 945-961http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2011.599903

CANEVET, J.-M. (2011): Les Chondrichthyens du Miocène moyen (Serravallien) de Salles (Gironde, France). Cossmanniana, 13: 59-79

CARPENTER, D. & FALCON-LANG, H.J. & BENTON, M.J. & NELSON, W.J. (2011): Fishes and tetrapods in the Upper Pennsylvanian (Kasimovian) Cohn Coal Member of the Mattoon Formation of Illinois, United States: Systematics, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironments. Palaios, 26 (10): 639-657

GINTER, M. & HAIRAPETIAN, V. & GRIGORYAN, A. (2011): Chondrichthyan microfossils from the Famennian and Tournaisian of Armenia. Acta Geologica Polonica, 61 (2): 153-173

HOVESTADT, D.C. & HOVESTADT-EULER, M. (2011): A partial skeleton of Cetorhinus parvus Leriche, 1910 (Chondrichthyes, Cetorhinidae) from the Oligocene of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12542-011-0118-9

KEUPP, H. & FRIEDHOFF, H. (2011): Des Rätsels Lösung: Chimären-Eikapsel aus dem Unterjura der Yorkshire-Küste. Fossilien, 28 (4): 219-222

LINDOW, B.E.K. & CUNY, G. (2011): Chapter 7: Kæmpernes kirkegård In: Geologiske naturperler, Chapter 7: Kæmpernes kirkegård: 102-112

TOMITA, T. & KURIHARA, K. (2011): First Record of a Large Lamniform Shark Cretodus semiplicatus in the Pacific Region, from the Mikasa Formation (Lower Cenomanian), Hokkaido, Japan. Paleontological Research, 15 (3): 181-184http://dx.doi.org/10.2517/1342-8144-15.3.181

 

 

FOSSIL -ABSTRACTS-:

FISCHER, J. & SCHNEIDER, J.W. & VOIGT, S. & KOGAN, I. & KIEL, S. (2011): On the fossil record of chondrichthyan egg capsules. Abstract. In: Beiträge zur Paläontologie, 82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 2011, Abstract Volume: 5-6

KAISER, S.I. & KLUG, S. (2011): Microfauna (conodonts, shark and fish teeth) and stable isotope geochemistry from the Middle Triassic (Upper Anisian-Lower Ladinian). Abstract. In: Beiträge zur Paläontologie, 82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 2011, Abstract Volume: 59

KIEL, S. & PECKMANN, J. & GOEDERT, J.L. (2011): Tiefseehai-Eikapseltaphonomie. Abstract. In: Beiträge zur Paläontologie, 82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 2011, Abstract Volume: 13-14

KLUG, S. & KRIWET, J. (2011): First Mesozoic chimaeroid fish record (Holocephali, Chimaeriformes) from the Iberian Peninsula with comments on the Palaeoecology of Ischyodus. Abstract. In: Beiträge zur Paläontologie, 82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 2011, Abstract Volume: 60

KLUG, S. & TÜTKEN, T. & WINGS, O. & PFRETZSCHNER, H.-U. & MARTIN, T. (2011): Freshwater sharks (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiformes) from the Late Jurassic Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, NW China). Abstract. In: Beiträge zur Paläontologie, 82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 2011, Abstract Volume: 59-60

KRIWET, J. & KLUG, S. (2011): The Late Cretaceous deep-sea fish assemblage (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii) of the island of Timor, SE Asia. Abstract In: Beiträge zur Paläontologie, 82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 2011, Abstract Volume: 62-63

 

RECENT:

RECENT –PAPERS-:

ANDREWS, A.H. & NATANSON, L.J. & KERR, L.A. & BURGESS, G.H. & CAILLIET, G.M. (2011): Bomb radiocarbon and tag-recapture dating of sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus). Fishery Bulletin, 109 (4): 454-465

BASTEN, B.L. & SHERMAN, R.L. & LAMETSCHWANDTNER, A. & SPIELER, R.E. (2011): Development of Embryonic Gill Vasculature in the Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis. Anatomical Record, 294 (8): 1423-1432http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.21430 AUG 2011 AUG 2011

CHAPMAN, D.D. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. & WILEY, T.R. & POULAKIS, G.R. & CURTIS, C. & TRINGALI, M. & CARLSON, J.K. & FELDHEIM, K.A. (2011): Genetic Diversity Despite Population Collapse in a Critically Endangered Marine Fish: The Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata). Journal of Heredity, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esr098

CLAES, J.M. & SATO, K. & MALLEFET, J. (2011): Morphology and control of photogenic structures in a rare dwarf pelagic lantern shark (Etmopterus splendidus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 406 (1-2): 1-5http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.05.033 SEP 30 2011 SEP 30 2011

DAVIDSON, B. & SIDELL, J. & RHODES, J. & CLIFF, G. (2011): A comparison of the heart and muscle total lipid and fatty acid profiles of nine large shark species from the east coast of South Africa. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 37 (1): 105-112http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10695-010-9421-8

EBERT, D.A. & COMPAGNO, L.J.V. & DE VRIES, M.J. (2011): A New Lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae: Etmopterus) from Southern Africa. Copeia, 2011 (3): 379-384 http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/CI-09-183

FITZPATRICK, R. & ABRANTES, K.G. & SEYMOUR, J. & BARNETT, A. (2011): Variation in depth of whitetip reef sharks: does provisioning ecotourism change their behaviour? Coral Reefs, 30 (3): 569-577 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0769-8

GLEESON, R. & ADLARD, R. (2011): Morphological and genetic analysis of three new species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) from carcharhinid sharks off Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 80 (2): 117-124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-011-9316-9

GRIFFITHS, A.M. & CASANE, D. & MCHUGH, M. & WEARMOUTH, V.J. & SIMS, D.W. & GENNER, M.J. (2011): Characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula L.). Conservation Genetics Resources, 3 (4): 705-709 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9438-z

GRIFFITHS, A.M. & JACOBY, D.M.P. & CASANE, D. & MCHUGH, M. & CROFT, D.P. & GENNER, M.J. & SIMS, D.W. (2011): First Analysis of Multiple Paternity in an Oviparous Shark, the Small-Spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula L.).Journal of Heredity, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esr112

GRIFFITHS, A.M. & SIMS, D.W. & LYNGHAMMAR, A. & McHUGH, M. & BAKKEN, T. & GENNER, M.J. (2011): Levels of connectivity between longnose skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea and the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean.Conservation Genetics, 12 (2): 577-582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0127-3

HEVIA-HORMAZÁBAL, V. & PASTÉN-MARAMBIO, V. & VEGA, A. (2011):Registro de un Monstruo Diprósopo de Tiburón Azul (Prionace glauca) en Chile. (Record of a Diprosopus Monster of Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) from Chile). International Journal of Morphology, 29 (2): 509-513 http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022011000200034

HISANO, M. & CONNOLLY, S.R. & ROBBINS, W.D. (2011): Population Growth Rates of Reef Sharks with and without Fishing on the Great Barrier Reef: Robust Estimation with Multiple Models: PLoS ONE, 6 (9): e25028http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025028

HOBDAY, A.J. & SMITH, A.D.M. & STOBUTZKI, I.C. & BULMAN, C. & DALEY, R.K. & DAMBACHER, J.M. & DENG, R.A. & DOWDNEY, J. & FULLER, M. & FURLANI, D. & GRIFFITHS, S.P. & JOHNSON, D. & KENYON, R. & KNUCKEY, I.A. & LING, S.D. & PITCHER, R. & SAINSBURY, K.J. & SPORCIC, M. & SMITH, T. & TURNBULL, C. & WALKER, T.I. & WAYTE, S.E. & WEBB, H. & WILLIAMS, A. & WISE, B.S. & ZHOU, S. (2011):Ecological risk assessment for the effects of fishing Fisheries Research, 108 (2-3): 372-384http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.013

JUAREZ, K. & DUBBERKE, G. & LUGO, P. & KOCH-NOLTE, F. & BUCK, F. & HAAG, F. & LICEA, A. (2011): Monoclonal Antibodies for the Identification and Purification of vNAR Domains and IgNAR Immunoglobulins from the Horn Shark Heterodontus francisci. Hybridoma, 30 (4): 323-329http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/hyb.2011.0010

KIK, M.J.L. & JANSE, M. & BENZ, G.W. (2011): The sea louse Lepeophtheirus acutus (Caligidae, Siphonostomatoida, Copepoda) as a pathogen of aquariumheld elasmobranchs. Journal of Fish Diseases, 34 (10): 793-799http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01295.x

KINNEY, M.J. & HUSSEY, N.E. & FISK, A.T. & TOBIN, A.J. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2011): Communal or competitive? Stable isotope analysis provides evidence of resource partitioning within a communal shark nursery. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 439: 263-276 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09327

KOTAS, J.E. & MASTROCHIRICO, V. & PETRERE, M. (2011): Age and growth of the Scalloped Hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith, 1834), from the southern Brazilian coast. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 71 (3): 755-761http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842011000400022

LAST, P.R. & WHITE, W.T. (2011): Biogeographic patterns in the Australian chondrichthyan fauna. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03095.x

LAST, P.R. & WHITE, W.T. & GLEDHILL, D.C. & HOBDAY, A.J. & BROWN, R. & EDGAR, G.J. & PECL, G. (2011): Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20 (1): 58-72

LAST, P.R. & WHITE, W.T. & GLEDHILL, D.C. & POGONOSKI, J.J. & LYNE, V. & BAX, N.J. (2011): Biogeographical structure and affinities of the marine demersal ichthyofauna of Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (8): 1484-1496http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02484.x

LAXSON, C.J. & CONDON, N.E. & DRAZEN, J.C. & YANCEY, P.H. (2011):Decreasing Urea: Trimethylamine N-Oxide Ratios with Depth in Chondrichthyes: A Physiological Depth Limit? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 84 (5): 494-505http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/661774

LONG, D.J. & MCCOSKER, J.E. & BLUM, S. & KLAPFER, A. (2011): Tropical Eastern Pacific Records of the Prickly Shark, Echinorhinus cookei (Chondrichthyes: Echinorhinidae). Pacific Science, 65 (4): 433-440 http://dx.doi.org/10.2984/65.4.433

LONG, J.H. & KOOB, T. & SCHAEFER, J. & SUMMERS, A. & BANTILAN, K. & GROTMOL, S. & PORTER, M.E. (2011): Inspired by Sharks: A Biomimetic Skeleton for the Flapping, Propulsive Tail of an Aquatic Robot. Marine Technology Society Journal, 45 (4): 119-129

LUIZ, O.J. & EDWARDS, A.J. (2011): Extinction of a shark population in the Archipelago of Saint Paul’s Rocks (equatorial Atlantic) inferred from the historical record.Biological Conservation, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.004

MACLEOD, I.D. & VAN DAM, A.J. (2011): A migration mechanism for transfer of sharks from ethanol to aqueous glycerol solutions. Preprints for ICOM-CC Triennial Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2011, paper 0903, 1-8

MARIGO, A.M. & EIRA, C. & BA, C.T. & MIQUEL, J. (2011): Spermiogenesis and spermatozoon ultrastructure of the diphyllidean cestode Echinobothrium euterpes (Neifar, Tyler and Euzet 2001) Tyler 2006, a parasite of the common guitarfish Rhinobatos rhinobatos. Parasitology Research, 109 (3): 809-821 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2327-2 SEP 2011 SEP 2011

MEJÍA-FALLA, P.A. & NAVIA, A.F. (2011): Estadísticas pesqueras de tiburones y rayas en el Pacífico colombiano. Documento Técnico Fundación SQUALUS No FS0111. 70 pp.

MILES, A.J. & WALLACE, B.A. & ESMANN, M. (2011): Correlation of structural and functional thermal stability of the integral membrane protein Na,K-ATPase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1808 (10): 2573-2580http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.06.009

MILLER, L.J. & KUCZAJ, S. & HERZING, D (2011): Stereotypic Behavior in Wild Marine Carnivores?. Zoo Biology, 30 (4): 365-370 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20347 JUL-AUG 2011 JUL-AUG 2011

MONTEIRO-DOS-SANTOS, J. & CONCEICAO, K. & SEIBERT, C.S. & MARQUES, E.E. & SILVA, P.I. & SOARES, A.B. & LIMA, C. & LOPES-FERREIRA, M. (2011): Studies on pharmacological properties of mucus and sting venom of Potamotrygon cf. henlei. International Immunopharmacology, 11 (9): 1368-1377http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intimp.2011.03.019

MORGAN, J.A.T. & WELCH, D.J. & HARRY, A.V. & STREET, R. & BRODERICK, D. & OVENDEN, J.R. (2011): A mitochondrial species identification assay for Australian blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus tilstoni, C. limbatus and C. amblyrhynchoides) using real-time PCR and high-resolution melt analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11 (5): 813-819 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03023.x

MUSYL, M.K. & BRILL, R.E. & CURRAN, D.S. & FRAGOSO, N.M. & MCNAUGHTON, L.M. & NIELSEN, A. & KIKKAWA, B.S. & MOYES, C.D. (2011): Postrelease survival, vertical and horizontal movements, and thermal habitats of five species of pelagic sharks in the central Pacific Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, 109 (4): 341-368

NIESSEN, K.V. & TATTERSALL, J.E.H. & TIMPERLEY, C.M. & BIRD, M. & GREEN, C. & SEEGER, T. & THIERMANN, H. & WOREK, F. (2011): Interaction of bispyridinium compounds with the orthosteric binding site of human alpha 7 and Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Toxicology Letters, 206 (1, Sp. Iss.): 100-104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.06.009

O’CONNELL, C.P. & ABEL, D.C. & STROUD, E.M. & RICE, P.H. (2011):Analysis of permanent magnets as elasmobranch bycatch reduction devices in hook-and-line and longline trials. Fishery Bulletin, 109 (4): 394-401

ODDONE, M.C. & CAPAPÉ, C. (2011): Annual fecundity assessment for the Rio Skate Rioraja agassizi (Chondrichthyes: Arhynchobatidae) endemic to a neotropical area (southeastern Brazil). Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 59 (3): 277-279

ORLOV, A.M. & SMIRNOV, A.A. (2011): New data on sexual dimorphism and reproductive biology of Alaska skate Bathyraja parmifera from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (8): 590-603http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0032945211050109

OTWAY, N.M. & ELLIS, M.T. & STARR, R. (2011): Serum biochemical reference intervals for wild dwarf ornate wobbegong sharks (Orectolobus ornatus). Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 40 (3): 361-367 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-165X.2011.00330.x

PASOLINI, P. & RAGAZZINI, C. & ZACCARO, Z. & CARIANI, A. & FERRARA, G. & GONZALEZ, E.G. & LANDI, M. & MILANO, I. & STAGIONI, M. & GUARNIERO, I. & TINTI, F. (2011): Quaternary geographical sibling speciation and population structuring in the Eastern Atlantic skates (suborder Rajoidea) Raja clavata and R. straeleni. Marine Biology, 158 (10): 2187-2197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1722-7

PETHYBRIDGE, H. & DALEY, R. & VIRTUE, P. & NICHOLS, P.D. (2011): Lipid (energy) reserves, utilisation and provisioning during oocyte maturation and early embryonic development of deepwater chondrichthyans. Marine Biology, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1773-9

POORTVLIET, M. & GALVAN-MAGANA, F. & BERNARDI, G. & CROLL, D.A. & OLSEN, J.L. (2011): Isolation and characterization of twelve microsatellite loci for the Japanese Devilray (Mobula japanica). Conservation Genetics Resources, 3 (4): 733-735 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9445-0

POULAKIS, G.R. & STEVENS, P.W. & TIMMERS, A.A. & WILEY, T.R. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2011): Abiotic affinities and spatiotemporal distribution of the endangered smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in a south-western Florida nursery. Marine and Freshwater Research, 62 (10): 1165-1177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF11008

RODRÍGUEZ-DÍAZ, J.C. & KUROZAWA, L.E. & NETTO, F.M. & HUBINGER, M.D. (2011): Optimization of the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Blue Shark Skin. Journal of Food Science, 76 (7): C938–C949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02318.x

ROSENBLUM, H.G. & LONG, J.H. & PORTER, M.E. (2011): Sink and swim: kinematic evidence for lifting-body mechanisms in negatively buoyant electric rays Narcine brasiliensis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (17): 2935-2948http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.053108

SELLAS, A.B. & BASSOS-HULL, K. & HUETER, R.E. & FELDHEIM, K.A. (2011): Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers from the spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari). Conservation Genetics Resources, 3 (4): 609-611http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9415-6

SERRA-PEREIRA, B. & FIGUEIREDO, I. & GORDO, L.S. (2011): Maturation, fecundity, and spawning strategy of the thornback ray, Raja clavata: do reproductive characteristics vary regionally? Marine Biology, 158 (10): 2187-2197http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1723-6

STRAUBE, N. & DUHAMEL, G. & GASCO, N. & KRIWET, J. & SCHLIEWEN, U. (2011): Description of a new deep-sea lantern shark, Etmopterus viator n. sp. (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southern hemisphere. In: Duhamel, G. & Welsford, D. (eds). The Kerguelen Plateau, Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries. Société Française d´Ichtyologie: 137-150

THOMAS, F. & JAMIN, E. & SHIMOO, K. & NAGAO, J. & OSAKI, Y. & GRANIER, C. (2011): The use of multi-element stable isotope analysis to monitor the origin of chondroitin sulfates. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25 (17): 2533-2537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.5159 SEP 15 2011 SEP 15 2011

VEENA, S. & THOMAS, S. & RAJE, S.G. & DURGEKAR, N.R. (2011): Case of leucism in the spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus (Müller and Henle, 1838) from Mangalore, Karnataka. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 58 (1): 109-112

WARD-PAIGE, C.A. & LOTZE, H.K. (2011): Assessing the Value of Recreational Divers for Censusing Elasmobranchs. PLoS ONE, 6 (10): e25609http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025609

YICK, J.L. & TRACEY, S.R. & WHITE, R.W.G. (2011): Niche overlap and trophic resource partitioning of two sympatric batoids co-inhabiting an estuarine system in southeast Australia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27 (5): 1272-1277http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01819.x

ZASLOFFM M. & ADAMS, A.P. & BECKERMAN, B. & CAMPBELL, A. & HAN, Z. & LUIJTEN, E. & MEZA, I. & JULANDER, J. & MISHRA, A. & QU, W. & TAYLOR, J.M. & WEAVER, S.C. & WONG, G.C.L. (2011): Squalamine as a broad-spectrum systemic antiviral agent with therapeutic potential. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1108558108

ZHU, B. & KE, C.-H. & HUANG, H.-Q. (2011): Mass spectrometric characteristics and kinetics of iron release in visceral mass of Saccostrea cucullata. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25 (17): 2418-2424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.5138 SEP 15 2011 SEP 15 2011

 

RECENT -ABSTRACTS-:

BECKMANN, C.L. & STONE, D. & SEURONT, L. & MITCHELL, J & HUVENEERS, C. (2011): Validation of the use of fatty acid profiles to assess diet in sharks. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

BENNETT, M.B. (2011): Teeth, jaws, food, sex and growing up: Observations from the office. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

BLOWER, D.C. & PANDOLFI, J.M. & BRUCE, B.D. & GOMEZ-CABRERA, C.M. & OVENDEN, J.R. (2011): Australian white shark population genetics reveals fine scale population structure, transoceanic dispersal events and low effective population sizes. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

BOWDEN, D.L. & BANSEMER, C.S. & BENNETT, M.B. (2011): The ability of a community-based sight-resight program, Grey Nurse Shark Watch, to obtain robust population estimates. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

BRUNNSCHWEILER, J.M. & BAENSCH, H. (2011): Shark tryst in the South Pacific: Species composition, encounter rates and feeding dynamics from an ecotourism provisioning site in Fiji. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

BUSTAMANTE, C. & VARGAS-CARO, C. & BENNETT, M.B. (2011):Redescription of the thickbody skate Amblyraja frerichsi Krefft, 1968 (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from south-east Pacific Ocean. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

BUSTAMANTE, C. & VARGAS-CARO, C. & FLORES, H. & LAMILLA, J. & BENNETT, M.B. (2011): Reproductive biology of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot 1848) (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the southeast Pacific Ocean. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

CAMILIERI-ASCH, V. & JOHNSTONE, R & THEISS, S.M. (2011): Behavioural responses of two species of stingrays, Dasyatis fluviorum and Neotrygon kuhlii, to introduced electromagnetic fields. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

CERUTTI-PEREYRA, F. & MEEKAN, M. & BRADSHAW, C. & WIE, V. & AUSTIN, C. (2011): Identification of rays (Batoidea) through DNA barcoding: an application for ecologists. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

COLLIN. S.P. (2011): The neuroecology of cartilaginous fishes: Sensory strategies for survival. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

CORRIGAN, S. & ROGERS, P.J. & HUVENEERS, C. & BEHEREGARAY, L.B. & GOLDSWORTHY, S. (2011): DNA tags and satellite tracks: A multi-disciplinary assessment of dispersal and connectivity in the ‘Vulnerable’ shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus). Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

CUTMORE, S.C. & BENNETT, M.B. & CRIBB, T.H. (2011): Taxonomy and life history of tetraphyllidean cestodes of Moreton Bay elasmobranchs. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

DALEY, R.K. & WILLIAMS, A. (2011): Movement ecology of deepwater gulper sharks (Centrophorus zeehaani) examined using acoustic telemetry. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

DE FARIA, F. & SUTTON, S. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. & TOBIN, R. & AWRUCH, A.C. (2011): Effects of recreational fishing on sharks in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

DUDGEON, C.L. & WHITE, W. (2011): First evidence of mimicry in an elasmobranch? Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

FERRARA, T.L. & CLAUSEN, P. & HUBER, D.R. & MCHENRY, C.R. & PEDDEMORS, V. & WROE, S. (2011): Mechanics of biting in great white and grey nurse sharks. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

HARRY, A.V. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2011): Evaluating the effects of sex-biased harvesting on widely distributed sharks. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

HEARD, M. & REINA, R.D. & VAN RIJN, J.A. & HUVENEERS, C. (2011):Post-release stress physiology and mortality associated with trawl capture of sparsely spotted stingarees (Urolophus paucimaculatus). Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

HEARD, M. & ROGERS, P.J. & HUVENEERS, C. (2011): Assessment of the vulnerability of common thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) in Australian commercial and recreational fisheries. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

HEUPEL, M. & SIMPFENDORFER, C. & OLSEN, E. & MOLAND, E. (2011):Dissecting movement: analysis of behavioural movement traits of a juvenile shark. AbstractIn: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

HOLMES, B.J. & PEPPERELL, J.G. & GRIFFITHS, S.P. & BENNETT, M.B. & OVENDEN, J.R. & NEIL, D.T. & TIBBETTS, I.R. (2011): Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) habitat use and movement patterns in south eastern Australian waters. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

HUVENEERS, C. & ROGERS, P.J. & BRUCE, B.D. & BECKMANN, C. & SEURONT, L. & SEMMENS, J. (2011): The influence of the cage-diving industry on the 3D-swimming behaviour of white sharks. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

JAINE, F.R.A. & COUTURIER, L.I.E. & RICHARDSON, A.J. & TOWNSEND, K.A. & BENNETT, M.B. & WEEKS, S.J. (2011): The Capricorn Eddy: a driver of the movements and occurrence of the manta ray Manta alfredi in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

JOHNSTONE, R. & CHIFFINGS, A.W. & SCARR, A. & ATKINSON, I. & TREVATHAN, J. (2011): Smart Environmental Measurement & Analysis Technologies (SEMAT): Wireless sensor networks in the marine environment. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

JOSEY, C.A. & WILSON, T. & BREMER, M. & BENNETT, M.B. (2011):Elasmobranch vertebrae in relation to structure, form and function. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

KASHIWAGI, T. & MARSHALL, A.D. & BENNETT, M.B. & OVENDEN, J.R. (2011): The genetic signature of recent speciation in manta rays. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

KEMPSTER, R. & HART, N.S. & COLLIN, S.P. (2011): Electrosensory prey detection in benthic elasmobranchs. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

MARTIN, K. & JOHNSTONE, R. & THEISS, S.M. (2011): Development of the electrosensory and lateral line systems of the brown-banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

PEDDEMORS, V.M. & ABERNATHY, K. & MACDOUGAL, K. & MARSHALL, G.J. & MASENS, O.J. & SMALE, M.J. & SMOOTHEY, A.F. & GRAY, C.A. (2011): Animal-borne cameras: An opportunity to investigate detailed behaviour of sharks. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

ROBBINS, W.D. & PEDDEMORS, V.M. (2011): Reactionary behaviour of free-ranging Galapagos sharks (Carcharhinus galapagensis) to an electronic shark deterrent. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

ROCHOWSKI, B.E.A. & WALKER, T.I. & DAY, R. (2011): Life history traits of the brier shark and greeneye spurdog inhabiting the continental slope of South-Eastern Australia. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

ROGERS, P.J. & HUVENEERS, C. & GOLDSWORTHY, S.D. & SEURONT, L. & MITCHELL, J. (2011): Seasonal migration and pelagic habitat use by dusky sharks Carcharhinus obscurus in the Southern Ocean. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

ROHNER, C.A. & MARSHALL, A.D. & RICHARDSON, A.J. & WEEKS, S.J. & BENNETT, M.B. & PIERCE, S.J. (2011): Environmental influences on manta ray (Manta alfredi and M. birostris) and whale shark (Rhincodon typus) abundance off Tofo Beach, Mozambique. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

SEMMENS, J. & PAYNE, N. & BRUCE, B.D. & KOCK, A. & HUVENEERS, C. (2011): Accelerometry estimates field metabolic rate in white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at pinniped colonies in South Australia and South Africa. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

SÉRET, B. & BLAISON, A. & KISZKA, J. (2011): Requ’IEP: a research programme on the sharks of the Eparses islands (South western Indian Ocean). Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

SMART, J.J. & HARRY, A.V. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2011): Overcoming the bias of low sample sizes to produce accurate age and growth data for rare or endangered sharks. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

STEAD, J. & BENNETT, M.B. (2011): Diet of sympatric demersal sharks: an example of ontogenetic and inter-specific resource partitioning. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

STEAD, J. & HUVENEERS, C. (2011): Age & growth of spotted wobbegong Orectolobus maculatus, in southeast Queensland, Australia. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

THEISS, S.M. & COLLIN, S.P. & HART, N.S. (2011): Morphology and spatial arrangement of the mechanosensory lateral line system in wobbegong sharks. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

TREWIN, B. (2011): Tracking Research for Animal Conservation Society: Science Based Conservation. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

UDYAWER, V. & KNIP, D.M. & WHITE, J. & CHIN, A. & HEUPEL, M.R. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2011): Evacuation of a coastal bay: movement patterns of elasmobranchs in response to Tropical Cyclones Anthony and Yasi. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

VAN-EYK, S. & SIEBECK, U.E. & CHAMP, C.M. & MARSHALL, J. & HART, N.S. (2011): Colour vision in the giant shovelnose ray Glaucostegus typus: A behavioural investigation. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

WALTRICK, D. & AWRUCH, C.A. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2011): The role of corpora lutea in the control of embryonic diapause in the Australian sharpnose shark. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

WERRY, J.M. & LEE, S.Y. & OTWAY, N. & LONG, T. (2011): Short and long-term movements of the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, in the Gold Coast canal system. AbstractIn: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

WHITE, J. & HEUPEL, M. & SIMPFENDORFER, C. & TOBIN, A. (2011):Residency and activity patterns of shark-like batoids in Cleveland Bay, Queensland. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

WHITE, W.T. & DHARMADI & DICHMONT, C. & BUCKWORTH, R. (2011):The target shark longline fishery of Tanjung Luar in East Lombok (Indonesia). Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

YATES, P.M. & FRITSCHES, K.A. & HART, N.S. (2011): What do sharks and rays see? Spectral sensitivity and temporal resolution in elasmobranchs. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

YOPAK, K.E. & LISNEY, T.J. (2011): More than meets the eye: Habitat and lifestyle correlates with relative optic tectum size in chondrichthyans. Abstract In: Program and Abstracts for the 2011 Workshop and Conference of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, 13th-15th September 2011, Sea World Resort and Water Park, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 


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