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NEWSLETTER 111/2011 17. December 2011
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NEW PARTNERS:
- Aaron Carlisle, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, USA
- Dr. Primo Micarelli, Marine Biologist - Aquarium Curator, Mondo Marino Aquarium, Italy (Homepage)
- Kunihiko Izawa, Izawa Marine Biological Laboratory, 795-16 Kannonji, Tsu, Mie 514-0062, Japan
- Mafalda Freitas, Director, Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Homepage)
- Kátya Abrantes, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
- Adam Barnett, Fisheries Aquaculture & Coasts Centre, Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- Rafaela Barros Paiva, Departamento de Biologia Animal & Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
- Jennifer S. Bigman, Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, USA
- Carole J. Burrow, Geosciences, Queensland Museum, Hendra, Australia
- Dr. Omkar Verma, School of Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India
- Ryan Freedman, The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
STATISTIC:
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September |
October |
November |
December |
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papers: |
13.333 |
13.623 |
13.774 |
13.930 |
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recent: |
10.395 |
10.624 |
10.773 |
10.926 |
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fossil: |
2.938 |
2.999 |
3.001 |
3.004 |
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evaluated: |
8.128 |
8.398 |
8.576 |
8.654 |
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free downloads: |
2.659 |
2.803 |
2.874 |
2.969 |
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saved abstracts: |
4.622 |
4.848 |
4.943 |
5.255 |
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saved DOI |
3.706 |
3.771 |
3.794 |
4.044 |
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database entries "described species“ |
43.269 |
44.859 |
44.976 |
47.913 |
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different species names |
10.942 |
11.104 |
11.288 |
11.624 |
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valid recent species |
1.196 |
1.197 |
1.197 |
1.190 |
|
Database entries "types“ |
5.741 |
5.766 |
5.766 |
5.800 |
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Detailed data for "types" |
3.508 |
3.608 |
3.608 |
3.665 |
|
Type mapping |
2.815 |
2.876 |
2.876 |
2.952 |
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NEW FUNCTION OF THE WEBSITE:
New! Database Report:
Species Descriptions (version: 14.10.2011) 111 pp, 1,29 MB
Sample pages:
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The Dentition of Hemipristis elongata (KLUNZINGER, 1871)
please visit the new website at shark-references!
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New book of João Pedro Barreiros (partner of shark-references) and Otto Bismarck F. Gadig
Catálogo Ilustrado dos Tubarões e Raias dos Açores - Sharks and Rays from the Azores an illustrated catalogue
contains the following species:
Heptranchias perlo, Hexanchus griseus, Centrophorus granulosus, Centrophorus squamosus, Deania calcea, Deania profundorum, Centroscyllium fabricii, Etmopterus princeps, Etmopterus pusillus, Etmopterus spinax, Centroscymnus coelolepis, Centroscymnus owstoni, Centroselachus crepidater, Scymnodalatias garricki, Somniosus microcephalus, Somniosus rostratus, Oxynotus paradoxus, Dalatias licha, Squaliolus laticaudus, Rhincodon typus, Odontaspis ferox, Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus, Cetorhinus maximus, Carcharodon carcharias, Isurus oxyrinchus, Lamna nasus, Galeus murinus, Scyliorhinus canicula, Pseudotriakis microdon, Galeorhinus galeus, Carcharhinus galapagensis, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus longimanus, Galeocerdo cuvier, Prionace glauca, Sphyrna zygaena, Torpedo nobiliana, Dipturus batis, Leucoraja fullonica, Raja brachyura, Raja clavata, Raja maderensis, Rajella bigelowi, Dasyatis pastinaca, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Taeniura grabata, Myliobatis aquila, Manta birostris, Mobula tarapacana, Chimaera monstrosa, Hydrolagus pallidus,
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New described species in 2011:
FOSSIL
Cederstroemia ziaensis BOURDON, WRIGHT, LUCAS, SPIELMANN & PENCE, 2011Dwardius sudindicus UNDERWOOD, GOSWAMI, PRASAD, VERMA & FLYNN, 2011
Eorhinoptera grabdai CASE, COOK & WILSON, 2011
Ertychius intermedius GINTER, HAIRAPETIAN & GRIGORYAN, 2011
Fayolia sharovi FISCHER, VOIGT, SCHNEIDER, BUCHWITZ, & VOIGT, 2011
Gladioserratus magnus UNDERWOOD, GOSWAMI, PRASAD, VERMA & FLYNN, 2011
Karksiodus mirus IVANOV & MÄRSS, 2011
Kawichthys moodiei PRADEL, TAFFOREAU, MAISEY & JANVIER, 2011
Lissodus lusavorichi GINTER, HAIRAPETIAN & GRIGORYAN, 2011
Lonchidion ferganensis FISCHER, VOIGT, SCHNEIDER, BUCHWITZ, & VOIGT, 2011
Moerigaleus vitreodon UNDERWOOD & WARD, 2011
Palaeoxyris alterna FISCHER, VOIGT, SCHNEIDER, BUCHWITZ, & VOIGT, 2011
Ptychodus atcoensis HAMM & CICIMURRI, 2011
Pueblocarcharias kawaikensis BOURDON, WRIGHT, LUCAS, SPIELMANN & PENCE, 2011
Reginaselache morrisi TURNER & BURROW, 2011
Scapanorhynchus puercoensis BOURDON, WRIGHT, LUCAS, SPIELMANN & PENCE, 2011
Scindocorax novimexicanus BOURDON, WRIGHT, LUCAS, SPIELMANN & PENCE, 2011
Tassiliodus lessardi DERYCKE & GOUJET, 2011
Texatrygon stouti BOURDON, WRIGHT, LUCAS, SPIELMANN & PENCE, 2011
RECENT
Cephaloscyllium stevensi CLARK & RANDALL, 2011Chimaera opalescens LUCHETTI, IGLÉSIAS & SELLOS, 2011
Etmopterus joungi KNUCKEY, EBERT & BURGESS, 2011
Etmopterus sculptus EBERT, COMPAGNO & DE VRIES, 2011
Etmopterus viator STRAUBE, 2011
Gollum suluensis LAST & GAUDIANO, 2011
Heliotrygon gomesi CARVALHO & LOVEJOY, 2011
Heliotrygon rosai CARVALHO & LOVEJOY, 2011
Mustelus mangalorensis CUBELIO, REMYA & KURUP, 2011
Platyrhina hyugaensis IWATSUKI, MIYAMOTO & NAKAYA, 2011
Platyrhina tangi IWATSUKI, ZHANG & NAKAYA, 2011
Plesiotrygon nana CARVALHO & RAGNO, 2011
Potamotrygon tatianae SILVA & CARVALHO, 2011
Potamotrygon tigrina CARVALHO, SABAJ PEREZ & LOVEJOY, 2011
Pristiophorus nancyae EBERT & CAILLIET, 2011
Squalus formosus WHITE & IGLÉSIAS, 2011
Squatina caillieti WALSH, EBERT & COMPAGNO, 2011
Types of the new described species in Google Maps:
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NEW PAPERS:
FOSSIL
FOSSIL -PAPERS:
CUNY, G. & MARTIN, J.E. & SARR, R. 2011 A neoselachian shark fauna from the Late Cretaceous of Senegal. Cretaceous Research, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.008
CUPELLO, C.D. & BERMÚDEZ-ROCHAS, D.D. & MARTILL, D.M. & BRITO, P.M. 2011 The Hybodontiformes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Missão Velha Formation (?Lower Cretaceous) of the Araripe Basin, North-East Brazil. Comptes Rendus Palevol, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2011.09.005
ERIKSSON, M.E. & LINDGREN, J. & CHIN, K. & MÅNSBY, U. 2011 Coprolite morphotypes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sweden: novel views on an ancient ecosystem and implications for coprolite taphonomy. Lethaia, 44 (4): 455-468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00257.x
MARTILL, D.M. & IBRAHIM, N. 2011 Aberrant rostral teeth of the sawfish Onchopristis numidus from the Kem Kem beds (?early Late Cretaceous) of Morocco and a reappraisal of Onchopristis in New Zealand. Journal of African Earth Sciences, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.11.009
SOCORRO, O.A.A. & RAMOS, M.I.F. & PAES, E.T. & FERREIRA COSTA, S.A.R. & SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA, M.R. 2011 The Neogene tropical America fish assemblage and the paleobiogeography of the Caribbean region. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 130 (2): 217-240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13358-011-0020-9
TURNER, S. & BURROW, C.J. 2011 A Lower Carboniferous xenacanthiform shark from Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31 (2): 241-257 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2011.550359
TURNER, S. & BURROW, C.J. 2011 Mississippian fish assemblage from the Ducabrook Formation, central Queensland: palaeoenvironment and taphonomy. Abstract. CAVEPS 13, Perth, Western Australia, 27-30 April 2011, Programme & Abstracts. Geological Survey of Western Australia Record 2011/9: 104.
VERMA, O. & PRASAD, G.V.R. & GOSWAMI, A. & PARMAR, V. 2012 Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of India Cretaceous Research, 33 (1): 183-188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.014
VIALLE, N. & ADNET, S. & CAPPETTA, H. 2011 A new shark and ray fauna from the Middle Miocene of Mazan, Vaucluse (southern France) and its importance in interpreting the paleoenvironment of marine deposits in the southern Rhodanian Basin. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 130 (2): 241-258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13358-011-0025-4
RECENT
RECENT-PAPERS:
ABRANTES, K.G. & BARNETT, A. 2011 Intrapopulation variations in diet and habitat use in a marine apex predator, the broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 442: 133-148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09395
ALLEN, G. & BAILEY, S. 2011 Reef Fishes of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin, 589: 83-118
ANDERSON, W.G. 2012 The endocrinology of 1α-hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch fish: A review. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.08.015
ANDERSON, W.G. & NAWATA, C.M. & WOOD, C.M. & PIERCEY-NORMORE, M.D. & WEIHRAUCH, D. 2012 Body fluid osmolytes and urea and ammonia flux in the colon of two chondrichthyan fishes, the ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei , and spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 161 (1): 27-35 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.08.017
ATTWOOD, C.G. & PETERSEN, S.L. & KERWATH, S.E. 2011 Bycatch in South Africa's inshore trawl fishery as determined from observer records. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68 (10): 2163-2174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr162
BARBINI, S.A. & LUCIFORA, L.O. 2011 Feeding habits of a large endangered skate from the south-west Atlantic: the spotback skate, Atlantoraja castelnaui. Marine and Freshwater Research, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF11170
BARREIROS, J.P. & GADIG, O.B.F. 2011 Catálogo Ilustrado dos Tubarões e Raias dos Açores - Sharks and Rays from the Azores an illustrated catalogue. IAC-Instituto Açoriano de Cultura, ISBN 978-989-8225-24-5
BETHEA, D.M. & CARLSON, J.K. & HOLLENSEAD, L.D. & PAPASTAMATIOU, Y.P. & GRAHAM, B.S. 2011 A Comparison of the Foraging Ecology and Bioenergetics of the Early Life-Stages of Two Sympatric Hammerhead Sharks. Bulletin of Marine Science, 87 (4): 873-889 http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2010.1047
BRINN, R.P. & MARCON, J.L. & MCCOMB, D.M. & GOMES, L.C. & ABREU, J.S. & BALDISSEROTO, B. 2012 Stress responses of the endemic freshwater cururu stingray ( Potamotrygon cf. histrix ) during transportation in the Amazon region of the Rio Negro. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.07.004
BROOKS, E.J. & MANDELMAN, J.W. & SLOMAN, K.A. & LISS, S. & DANYLCHUK, A.J. & COOKE, S.J. & SKOMAL, G.B. & PHILIPP, D.P. & SIMS, D.W. & SUSKI, C.D. 2012 The physiological response of the Caribbean reef shark ( Carcharhinus perezi ) to longline capture. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.04.012
BROOKS, E.J. & SLOMAN, K.A. & LISS, S. & HASSAN-HASSANEIN, L. & DANYLCHUK, A.J. & COOKE, S.J. & MANDELMAN, J.W. & SKOMAL, G.B. & SIMS, D.W. & SUSKI, C.D. 2011 The stress physiology of extended duration tonic immobility in the juvenile lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey 1868). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 409 (1-2): 351-360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.09.017
BURGER, J. & GOCHFELD, M. 2011 Mercury and selenium levels in 19 species of saltwater fish from New Jersey as a function of species, size, and season Science of the Total Environment, 409 (8): 1418-1429 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.034
BUSTAMANTE, C. & VARGAS-CARO, C. & ODDONE, M.C. & CONCHA, F. & FLORES, H. & LAMILLA, J. & BENNETT, M.B. 2011 Reproductive biology of Zearaja chilensis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the south-east Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03164.x
CABALLERO, S. & CARDEÑOSA, D. & SOLER, G. & HYDE, J. 2012 Application of multiplex PCR approaches for shark molecular identification: feasibility and applications for fisheries management and conservation in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Molecular Ecology Resources, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03089.x
CAIRA, J.N. 2011 Synergy advances parasite taxonomy and systematics: an example from elasmobranch tapeworms. Parasitology, 138 (13): 1675-1687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182011000643
CAIRA, J.N. & MALEK, M. & RUHNKE, T. 2011 A new genus of Phyllobothriidae (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in carcharhiniform sharks from Iran and Australia. Journal of Helminthology, 85 (1): 40-50 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X10000222
CAMPANA, S. 2011 Marine science: Saving the shark. Nature, 475 (7357): 451-452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/475451a
CHEN, H. & BERNSTEIN, H. & RANGANATHAN, P. & SCHLUTER, S.F. 2012 Somatic hypermutation of TCR ? V genes in the sandbar shark Developmental and Comparative Immunology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2011.08.018
CICIA, A.M. & SCHLENKER, L.S. & SULIKOWSKI, J.A. & MANDELMAN, J.W. 2012 Seasonal variations in the physiological stress response to discrete bouts of aerial exposure in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.06.003
CLAES, J.M. & MALLEFET, J. 2011 Control of luminescence from lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) photophores. Communicative & Integrative Biology, 4 (3): 251-253 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.4.3.14888
COLE, N.J. & HALL, T.E. & DON, E.K. & BERGER, S. & BOISVERT, C.A. & NEYT, C. & ERICSSON, R. & JOSS, J. & GUREVICH, D.B. & CURRIE, P.D. 2011 Development and Evolution of the Muscles of the Pelvic Fin. PLoS Biol, 9 (10): e1001168 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001168
COLONELLO, J.C. & GARCÍA, M.L. & MENNI, R.C. 2011 Reproductive biology of the lesser guitarfish Zapteryx brevirostris from the south-western Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, 78 (1): 287-302 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02864.x
COSANDEY-GODIN, A. & MORGAN, A. 2011 Fisheries Bycatch of Sharks: Options for Mitigation. Ocean Science Division, Pew Environment Group, Washington, DC.
COULSON, M.W. & DENTI, D. & VAN GUELPEN, L. & MIRI, C. & KENCHINGTON, E. & BENTZEN, P. 2011 DNA barcoding of Canada's skates. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11 (6): 968-978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03034.x
COUSTEAU, V. 2011 How to Swim with Sharks: A Primer. Thoracic Surgery Clinics, 21 (3): 441-442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thorsurg.2011.05.002
CRISCITIELLO, M.F. & OHTA, Y. & GRAHAM, M.D. & EUBANKS, J.O. & CHEN, P.L. & FLAJNIK, M.F. 2012 Shark class II invariant chain reveals ancient conserved relationships with cathepsins and MHC class II Developmental and Comparative Immunology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2011.09.008
CURTIS, T.H. & ADAMS, D.H. & BURGESS, G.H. 2011 Seasonal Distribution and Habitat Associations of Bull Sharks in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida: A 30-Year Synthesis. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 140 (5): 1213-1226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2011.618352
DALE, J.J. & MEYER, C.G. & CLARK, C.E. 2011 The Ecology of Coral Reef Top Predators in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Journal of Marine Biology, 2011: 725602, 14 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/725602
DEBIAIS-THIBAUD, M. & OULION, S. & BOURRAT, F. & LAURENTI, P. & CASANE, D. & BORDAY-BIRRAUX, V. 2011 The homology of odontodes in gnathostomes: insights from Dlx gene expression in the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11 (1): 307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-307
DEL GIUDICE, G. & PRISCO, M. & AGNESE, M. & VERDERAME, M. & LIMATOLA, E. & ANDREUCCETTI, P. 2011 Expression of vitellogenin in the testis and kidney of the spotted ray Torpedo marmorata exposed to 17β-estradiol. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 174 (3): 318-325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.09.009
DHAHRI, M. & ABED, A. & LAJIMI, R.H. & MANSOUR, M.B. & GUEGUEN, V. & ABDESSELEM, S.B. & CHAUBET, F. & LETOURNEUR, D. & MEDDAHI-PELLE, A. & MAAROUFI, R.M. 2011 Grafting of dermatan sulfate on polyethylene terephtalate to enhance biointegration. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A, 98 (1): 114-121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.33077
DRÖGE, J. & MAKALOWSKI, W. 2011 Phylogenetic analysis reveals wide distribution of globin X Biology Direct 2011, 6: 54 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6150-6-54
DUFFY, C. & SEETO, J. &TRNSKI, T. 2011 Review of records of sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) from Fiji, with deletion of Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 and Pristis sp. from the fauna. Zootaxa, 3115: 65-67
ENZOR, L.A. & WILBORN, R.E. & BENNETT, W.A. 2011 Toxicity and metabolic costs of the Atlantic stingray (Dasyatis sabina) venom delivery system in relation to its role in life history. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 409 (1-2): 235-239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.08.026
FEHLAUER-ALE, K.H. & LITTLEWOOD, D.T.J. 2011 Molecular phylogeny of Potamotrygonocotyle (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) challenges the validity of some of its species. Zoologica Scripta, 40 (6): 638-658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00496.x
FREEDMAN, R. & SEN ROY, S. 2012 Spatial patterning of Manta birostris in United States east coast offshore habitat. Applied Geography, 32 (2): 652-659 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.07.015
FREITAS, M. & ALMEIDA, A.J. & DELGADO, J. & GONZÁLEZ, J.A. & SANTANA, J.I. & BISCOITO, M. 2011 First record of Hydrolagus affinis (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Madeira and the Seine Seamount (North Atlantic Ocean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 41 (3): 255-257 http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/AIP2011.41.3.14
GILLIS, J.A. & RAWLINSON, K.A. & BELL, J. & LYON, W.S. & BAKER, C.V.H. & SHUBIN, N.H. 2011 Holocephalan embryos provide evidence for gill arch appendage reduction and opercular evolution in cartilaginous fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (4): 1507-1512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012968108
GOODCHILD, S.A. & DOOLEY, H. & SCHOEPP, R.J. & FLAJNIK, M. & LONSDALE, S.G. 2011 Isolation and characterisation of Ebolavirus- specific recombinant antibody fragments from murine and shark immune libraries Molecular Immunology, 48 (15-16): 2027-2037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2011.06.437
GRIM, J.M. & HYNDMAN, K.A. & KRISKA, T. & GIROTTI, A.W. & CROCKETT, E.L. 2011 Relationship between oxidizable fatty acid content and level of antioxidant glutathione peroxidases in marine fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (22): 3751-3759 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.058214
GUIJARRO, B. & QUETGLAS, A. & MORANTA, J. & ORDINES, F. & VALLS, M. & GONZÁLEZ, N. & MASSUTÍ, E. 2012 Inter- and intra-annual trends and status indicators of nektobenthic elasmobranchs off the Balearic Islands (northwestern Mediterranean). Scientia Marina, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03432.22A
HARRISON, C. 2011 Antiviral drugs: Dogfish shark chemical has broad-spectrum activity. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 10 (11): 816-816 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrd3596
HOFFMAYER, E.R. & HENDON, J.M. & PARSONS, G.R. 2012 Seasonal modulation in the secondary stress response of a carcharhinid shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.05.002
HUMAN, B.A. 2011 Description of a unique catshark egg capsule (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from the North West Shelf, Western Australia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichyology, 17 (4): 199-209
HUSSEY, N.E. & DUDLEY, S.F.J. & MCCARTHY, I.D. & CLIFF, G. & FISK, A.T. 2011 Stable isotope profiles of large marine predators: viable indicators of trophic position, diet, and movement in sharks? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 68 (12): 2029-2045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f2011-115
HYATT, M.W. & ANDERSON, P.A. & O'DONNELL, P.M. & BERZINS, I.K. 2012 Assessment of acid–base derangements among bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), bull (Carcharhinus leucas), and lemon (Negaprion brevirostris) sharks from gillnet and longline capture and handling methods. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.05.004
IOSILEVSKII, G. & PAPASTAMATIOU, Y.P. & MEYER, C.G. & HOLLAND, K.N. 2012 Energetics of the yo-yo dives of predatory sharks. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 294: 172-181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.11.008
IZAWA, K. 2011 Dangoka Japonica Nov. Gen. Nov. Sp. and Eudactylinella Alba Wilson, 1932 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Eudactylinidae) Infesting Japanese Elasmobranchs . Crustaceana, 84 (10): 1269-1277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/001121611X590102
IZAWA, K. 2011 Five new species of Eudactylina Van Beneden, 1853 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Eudactylinidae) parasitic on japanese elasmobranchs. Crustaceana, 84 (12-13): 1605-1634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854011X605792
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