NEWSLETTER 05/2011 15. May 2011
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NEW PARTNERS:
° Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (Homepage)
° Foundation For Oceans of the Future (Homepage)
° Isabel Rodriguez-Moldes Rey, Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
° Dr.-Ing. Mattias Voigt, Human and Environmental Toxicology, University of Konstanz (Germany) -member of the D.E.G. (Deutsche Elasmobranchier Gesellschaft) (Homepage)
° Dietmar Weber, Forschungsinstitut für Forstökologie in Rheinland-Pfalz, (Germany) -member of the D.E.G. (Deutsche Elasmobranchier Gesellschaft
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STATISTIC:
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Februar
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March
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April
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May
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papers:
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12.034
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12.130
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12.496
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12.650
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recent:
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9.283
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9.371
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9.675
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9.771
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fossil:
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2.751
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2.759
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2.821
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2.879
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evaluated:
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6.583
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6.791
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7.006
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7.234
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free downloading:
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2.106
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2.160
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2.312
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2.352
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saved abstracts:
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2.498
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2.545
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3.103
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3.445
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saved DOI
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1.976
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2.006
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2.509
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2.864
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database entries „described species“
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35.248
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35.526
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36.933
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38.508
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different species names
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10.590
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10.614
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10.648
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10.802
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valid recent species
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1.180
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1.183
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1.183
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1.186
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MEETINGS:
New Meeting:
OCS Conference 2011
The 3rd Annual OCS Conference will be held September 13th -15th at Sea World Resort and Water Park on the Gold Coast, Qld. For more information and to register for the conference, please click on the link below.
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35th Annual Larval Fish Conference
May 22-26, 2011
Wilmington
North Carolina
Meeting Web Site
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Annual meeting of the ICES Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes (WGEF)
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27th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society
July 6-11, 2011
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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The symposium takes place at the 2011 American Fisheries Society 141st Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA. table.
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International Symposium on Sharks in West Africa
July 25-27, 2011, Dakar, Senegal
Meeting Web Site
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SVP 71st Annual Meeting
November 2-5, 2011
Paris Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV USA
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La Sociedad Chilena de Ciencias del Mar y laFacultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales de la Universidad de Valparaíso les dan una cordial bienvenida al XXXI Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, a desarrollarse en la Ciudad de Viña del Mar del 16 al 19 de agosto de 2011.
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15th EEA Conference October or November 2011 in Berlin, Germany
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NEW FUNCTION OF THE WEBSITE:
NEW! List (pdf) of the papers of the year 2010 for download:
The downloadlink of the pdf is: http://www.shark-references.com/images/meine_bilder/downloads/Papers_2010.pdf
List (pdf) of the papers of the year 2009 for download:
The downloadlink of the pdf is: http://www.shark-references.com/images/meine_bilder/downloads/Papers_2009.pdf
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New Type database:
Sources:
- First description of the species (References: see "List of species" or "Species Descriptions")
- Eschmeyer, W. N. & Fricke, R. (eds.) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (5 May 2011)
http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
- Websites of the ichthyological collections
- paper/publications about collections, e.g.:
- THIEL, R. & EIDUS, I. & NEUMANN, R. (2009): The Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH) fish collection as a global biodiversity archive for elasmobranchs and actinopterygians as well as other fish taxa. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 25 (S1): 9-32
Acknowledgment:
The following collections supported this database and checked the data of their types (May 2011):
- Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (Homepage)
- Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Homepage)
- Museum Wiesbaden, Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen (Homepage)
Link to the Datenbase
NEW PAPERS:
FOSSIL:
GUINOT, G. & CAPPETTA, H. (2011): Enameloid microstructure of some Cretaceous Hexanchiformes and Synechodontiformes (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii): new structures and systematic implications. Microscopy Research and Technique, 74 (2): 196-205
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20892
EVERHART, M.J. (2011): Occurrence of the hybodont shark genus Meristodonoides (Chondrichthyes; Hybodontiformes) in the Cretaceous of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 114 (1/2): 33-46
UNDERWOOD, C.J. & GOSWAMI, A. & PRASAD, G.V.R. & VERMA, O. & FLYNN, J.J. (2011): Marine vertebrates from the 'middle' Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) of South India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31 (3): 539-552
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2011.574518
UNDERWOOD, C.J. & WARD, D.J. (2011): New hemigaleid shark from the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31 (3): 707-711
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2011.563763
HOSPITALECHE, C.A. & MARQUEZ, G. &PEREZ, L.M. & ROSATO, V. & CIONE, A.L. (2011): Lichen Bioerosion on Fossil Vertebrates from the Cenozoic of Patagonia and Antarctica. Ichnos, 18 (1): 1-8
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10420940.2011.552577
RECENT:
ABASCAL, F.J. & QUINTANS, M. & RAMOS-CARTELLE, A. & MEJUTO, J. (2011): Movements and environmental preferences of the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean Marine Biology, 158 (5): 1175-1184
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1639-1
ARI, C. (2011): Encephalization and brain morphology of Mobulid rays (Myliobatiformes, Elasmobranchii) with ecological perspectives. The Open Anatomy Journal, 3: 1-13
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1877609401103010001
BARBINI, S.A. & LUCIFORA, L.O. & HOZBOR, N.M. (2011): Feeding habits and habitat selectivity of the shortnose guitarfish, Zapteryx brevirostris (Chondrichthyes, Rhinobatidae), off north Argentina and Uruguay. Marine Biology Research, 7 (4): 365-377
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2010.515229
BARNETT, A. & ABRANTES, K.G. & STEVENS, J.D. & SEMMENS, J.M. (2011): Site fidelity and sex-specific migration in a mobile apex predator: implications for conservation and ecosystem dynamics. Animal Behaviour, 81 (5): 1039-1048
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.011
BEJARANO-ÁLVAREZ, M. & GALVÁN-MAGAÑA, F. & OCHOA-BÁEZ, R.I. (2011): Reproductive biology of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini (Chondrichthyes: Sphyrnidae) off south-west Mexico. Aqua, International Journal of Ichyology, 17 (1): 11-22
BENAVIDES, M.T. & HORN, R.L. & FELDHEIM, K.A. & SHIVJI, M.S. & CLARKE, S.C. & WINTNER, S. & NATANSON, L. & BRACCINI, M. & BOOMER, J.J. & GULAK, S.J.B. & CHAPMAN, D.D. (2011): Global phylogeography of the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus: implications for fisheries management and monitoring the shark fin trade Endangered Species Research, 14 (1): 13-22
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00337
CASTRO, J.I. (2011): Resurrection of the name Carcharhinus cerdale, a species different from Carcharhinus porosus. Aqua, International Journal of Ichyology, 17 (1): 1-10
CIELOCHA, J.J. & JENSEN, K. (2011): A revision of Hexacanalis Perrenoud, 1931 (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) and description of H. folifer n. sp from the zonetail butterfly ray Gymnura zonura (Bleeker) (Rajiformes: Gymnuridae). Systematic Parasitology, 79 (1): 1-16
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-011-9291-1
CLARK, E. & RANDALL, J.E. (2011): Cephaloscyllium stevensi: a new species of swellshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Papua New Guinea. Aqua, International Journal of Ichyology, 17 (1): 23-34
DAVENPORT, I.R. & WEAVER, A.L. & WOURMS, J.P. (2011): A novel set of structures within the elasmobranch, ovarian follicle. Journal of Morphology, 272 (5): 557-565
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10932
DE CARVALHO, M.R. & SABAJ PEREZ, M.H. & LOVEJOY, N.R. (2011): Potamotrygon tigrina, a new species of freshwater stingray from the upper Amazon basin, closely related to Potamotrygon schroederi Fernandez-Yépez, 1958 (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Zootaxa, 2827: 1-30
DICKEN, M.L. & NANCE, S.P. & SMALE, M.J. (2011): Sessile biofouling on tags from recaptured raggedtooth sharks (Carcharias taurus) and their effects on tagging studies. Marine and Freshwater Research, 62 (4): 359-364
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF10255
FISHER, R.A. & CALL, G.C. & GRUBBS, R.D. (2011): Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) Predation Relative to Bivalve Ontogeny. Journal of Shellfish Research, 30 (1): 187-196
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/035.030.012
FLAMMANG, B.E. & LAUDER, G.V. & TROOLIN, D.R. & STRAND, T. (2011): Volumetric imaging of shark tail hydrodynamics reveals a three-dimensional dual-ring vortex wake structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, in press
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0489
GUTTERIDGE, A.N. & BENNETT, M.B. & HUVENEERS, C. & TIBBETTS, I.R. (2011): Assessing the overlap between the diet of a coastal shark and the surrounding prey communities in a sub-tropical embayment. Journal of Fish Biology, 78 (5): 1405-1422
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02945.x
HUVENEERS, C. & OTWAY, N.M. & HARCOURT, R.G. & ELLIS, M. (2011): Quantification of the maternal–embryonal nutritional relationship of elasmobranchs: case study of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus). Journal of Fish Biology, 78 (5): 1375-1389
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02938.x
KNUCKEY, J.D.S. & EBERT, D.A. & BURGESS, G.H. (2011): Etmopterus joungi n. sp., a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Taiwan. Aqua, International Journal of Ichyology, 17 (2): 61-72
MARION, C. & VASKE-JUNIOR, T. & GADIG, O.B.F. & MARTINS, I.A. (2011): Feeding habits of the shortnose guitarfish, Zapteryx brevirostris (Müller and Henle, 1841) (Elasmobranchii, Rhinobatidae) in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 71 (1): 83-89
MARSHALL, A.D. & DUDGEON, C.L. & BENNETT, M.B. (2011): Size and structure of a photographically identified population of manta rays Manta alfredi in southern Mozambique. Marine Biology, 158 (5): 1111-1124
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1634-6
NAM, D.-H. & ADAMS, D.H. & REYIER, E.A. & BASU, N. (2011): Mercury and selenium levels in lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in relation to a harmful red tide event. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 176: 549-559
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1603-4
OLIN, J.A. & HUSSEY, N.E. & FRITTS, M. & HEUPEL, M.R. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. & POULAKIS, G.R. & FISK, A.T. (2011): Maternal meddling in neonatal sharks: implications for interpreting stable isotopes in young animals. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25 (8): 1008-1016
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4946
OTA, Y. (2011): A New Species of the Gnathiid Isopod, Gnathia teruyukiae (Crustacea: Malacostraca), from Japan, Parasitizing Elasmobranch Fish. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Series A-Zoology, Suppl. 5: 41-51
RÁBAGO-QUIROZ, C.H. & LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ, J. & VALDEZ-HOLGUÍN, J.E. & NEVÁREZ MARTÍNEZ, M.O. (2011): Latitudinal and bathymetric distribution of the most abundant and frequent species in the shrimp bycatch from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 59 (1): 255-267
REUM, J.C.P. & ESSINGTON, T.E. (2011): Season- and depth-dependent variability of a demersal fish assemblage in a large fjord estuary (Puget Sound, Washington). Fishery Bulletin, 109 (2): 186-197
SANDOVAL-CASTILLO, J. & ROCHA-OLIVARES, A. (2011): Deep Mitochondrial Divergence in Baja California Populations of an Aquilopelagic Elasmobranch: The Golden Cownose Ray. Journal of Heredity, 102 (3): 269-274
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esr004
SERRANO, A. & RODRÍGUEZ-CABELLO, C. & SÁNCHEZ, F. & VELASCO, F. & OLASO, I. & PUNZÓN, A. (2011): Effects of anti-trawling artificial reefs on ecological indicators of inner shelf fish and invertebrate communities in the Cantabrian Sea (southern Bay of Biscay). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91 (3): 623-633
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315410000329
TOMITA, T. & SATO, K. & SUDA, K. & KAWAUCHI, J. & NAKAYA, K. (2011): Feeding of the megamouth shark (Pisces: Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) predicted by its hyoid arch: A biomechanical approach. Journal of Morphology, 272 (5): 513-524
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10905
Scientists Can Track Origin of Shark Fins Using 'Zip Codes' in Their DNA
ScienceDaily (Apr. 28, 2011) — An international team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, has used DNA to determine that groups of dusky sharks (Carcharhinus obscurus) and copper sharks (Carcharhinus brachyurus) living in different coastal regions across the globe are separate populations of each species. Both are large apex predators that are heavily exploited for the shark fin trade, which claims tens of millions of animals every year to produce the Asian delicacy, shark fin soup. Many of these species are declining as a result of this fishing pressure for their fins.
The dusky shark is classified as "Endangered" in the Western Atlantic by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as its population is below 20 percent of what it was two decades ago. These new studies show that the genetic differences among populations of these sharks are large enough for scientists to be able to track the actual origin of the fins on sale in Asian markets, enabling better regional monitoring and management of these threatened predators.
These research findings appear in two scientific articles. "Global phylogeography of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus: implications for fisheries management and monitoring the shark fin trade," has been published online in the journal Endangered Species Research. "Phylogeography of the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) in the southern hemisphere: implications for the conservation of a coastal apex predator" will soon be published in the journal Marine and Freshwater Research. The primary objective of these studies was to identify any genetic differences among regional groups of dusky and copper sharks and establish how many distinct populations there are. The second objective was to determine if these population differences were great enough to allow scientists to reconstruct their contributions to fin trade in the future. Like many large sharks, these species have a wide distribution around the globe but are tied to coastal areas for reproduction.
"By analyzing part of the genome that is inherited solely through the mother, we were able to detect differences between sharks living along different continents -- in effect, their DNA zip codes," said Dr. Demian Chapman, leader of the research team and assistant director of science of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science. "This research shows that adult females faithfully give birth along the continental region where they were born. If fished too much, the population will collapse, and it is extremely unlikely that it will be replenished from immigration of sharks from another region."
This is precisely what has happened along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, where the once common dusky shark is now rare and a species of concern for listing under the Endangered Species Act. At one time, these animals were common in ocean waters off the United States; however, a recent stock assessment of the sharks along the U.S. East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico showed an 80 percent decline even though they have been protected since 2000. The recovery of the species is extremely slow because the average age of maturity is 20 years, its reproductive cycle only occurs every three years -- including a two-year pregnancy -- and its litter size is relatively small (three to 14 offspring).
"Here in the United States, it took only a few decades to nearly wipe out our dusky sharks, and it will probably take a few centuries for their stocks to be replenished," said Martin Benavides, lead author of both studies and research assistant at the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science. "Our results dash any hopes that dusky sharks from other areas of the world will replenish the depleted U.S. stock. The sight of a dusky shark swimming off our shores will be a rare experience for generations to come."
"We know very little about the shark fin trade, but by using DNA-zip coding we can identify source populations that are contributing most to the trade, and prioritize them for management," added Dr. Chapman. "We, therefore, really need to establish sampling programs of fins on their way to Asia or in the markets to regulate the global trade before many more populations suffer the fate of the dusky shark in the United States."
For years, it was difficult to determine the origin of these fins and whether they were from threatened species. A study by Dr. Chapman, which was published in 2009 , used DNA testing to trace scalloped hammerhead shark fins from the Hong Kong market all the way back to the sharks' geographic origin and found many came from collapsed Western Atlantic populations.* These new research results demonstrate that this type of testing also can be used to trace the origins of the fins of dusky and copper sharks.
"As apex predators at the top of marine food webs, it is essential for ocean health that we take steps, such as monitoring and regulating the fin trade, to protect these large sharks," said Dr. Ellen K. Pikitch, executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science.
Both research projects were conducted by a collaborative international team of scientists from the United States, Australia, South America, Asia, New Zealand and southern Africa. The scientists collectively analyzed part of the mitochondrial DNA in nearly 400 sharks sampled from all over the globe.
This research was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts through a grant to the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University. Sequence data were collected in the Field Museum's Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution, operated with support from the Pritzker Foundation. Additional sequence data were collected at the Guy Harvey Research Institute with operational funds and a grant from the Save Our Seas Foundation. Funding was also provided by the Turner Fellowship Program and the Tinker Foundation.
Journal References:
- DD Chapman, D Pinhal, MS Shivji. Tracking the fin trade: genetic stock identification in western Atlantic scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini. Endangered Species Research, 2009; 9: 221 DOI: 10.3354/esr00241
- MT Benavides, RL Horn, KA Feldheim, MS Shivji, SC Clarke, S Wintner, L Natanson, M Braccini, JJ Boomer, SJB Gulak, DD Chapman. Global phylogeography of the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus: implications for fisheries management and monitoring the shark fin trade. Endangered Species Research, 2011; 14 (1): 13 DOI: 10.3354/esr00337
- Martin Benavides, Kevin Feldheim, Clinton Duffy, Sabine Wintner, Matias Braccini, Jessica Boomer, Charlie Huveneers, Paul John Rogers, Jeffrey Mangel, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Daniel Cartamil, Demian Chapman. Phylogeography of the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) in the Southern Hemisphere: implications for the conservation of a coastal apex predator. Marine and Freshwater Research, (in press) [link]
