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NEWSLETTER 06/2014 17.06.2014
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POLLERSPÖCK, J. & BEAURY, B. 2014 Eine Elasmobranchierfauna (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) aus der Oberen Meeresmolasse (Ottnangium, Unteres Miozän) des Heigelsberger Grabens bei Teisendorf, Oberbayern. [A Miocene elasmobranch fauna (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) from the Upper Marine Molasse of Upper Bavaria (Heigelsberger Ditch, Teisendorf, Bavaria)]. Zitteliana, A54: 23-37
http://www.palmuc.de/bspg/images/pdf/zitteliana54/3_pollerspoeck.pdf
Abstract: A rich assemblage of elasmobranch teeth of Early Miocene age (Ottnangian, Upper Marine Molasse) is described from the Heigelsberger Ditch near Teisendorf (Upper Bavaria, Germany). The fauna includes 13 shark and 4 batoid species, including Centrophorus cf. granulosus, Isistius triangulus, Squalus sp., Pristiophorus suevicus, Squatina sp., Mitsukurina lineata, Alopias exigua, Carcharhinus priscus, Hemipristis serra, Chaenogaleus affinis, Iago angustidens, Premontreia sp., Carcharias acutissimus, Raja sp., Dasyatis rugosa, Dasyatis probsti, and Myliobatis sp., which are reported for the first time from the Upper Bavarian part of the Subalpine Molasse Basin.
ASIS forms collaboration with Shark References database
ASIS will be using the extensive literature collection contained in the online database Shark References. Jürgen Pollerspöck is the curator of this extensive database that lists citations for every shark species and includes species profiles for many sharks and rays. Instead of duplicating efforts by building a separate database, ASIS will use the existing international resources of Shark References whereby ASIS records for each species will include a link to Shark References that brings up the list of references for that species.
ASIS strongly encourages Australian researchers to ensure that their literature is included in the Shark References database (note that you can also search Shark References for citations by author). Visit Shark References at https://shark-references.com/.
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New images at shark-references:
Many thanks to the following persons for the permission to use their images:
- Javier Guallart, L'Elasmogrup, University of Valencia for images of Centrophorus granulosus (C. uyato, in preperation):
- William T. White and Peter Last, CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research, Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia for permission to use the images of the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Papers at shark-references.com,
Okamejei boesemani (ISHIHARA, 1987)
Okamejei hollandi (JORDAN & RICHARDSON, 1909)
Okamejei jensenae LAST & LIM, 2010
Dipturus kwangtungensis (CHU, 1960)
Pastinachus gracilicaudus LAST & MANJAJI-MATSUMOTO, 2010
Pastinachus atrus (MACLEAY, 1883)
Pastinachus stellurostris LAST, FAHMI & NAYLOR, 2010
Aetobatus ocellatus (KUHL, 1823)
Aetobatus narinari (EUPHRASEN, 1790)
- Toño Maño, Tiburones en Galicia, Spain for images of Alopias vulpinus (BONNATERRE, 1788):
- Lawrence R. Frank and Rachel Berquist, Radiology - Center for Scientific Computation in Imaging, University of California San Diego for the image of e.g. Proscyllium habereri HILGENDORF, 1904:
For more images see:
Triakis semifasciata GIRARD, 1855
Galeocerdo cuvier (PÉRON & LESUEUR, 1822)
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Missing papers:
Many thanks to all friends of shark-references, who send me some missing papers last month!
Shark-References would kindly like to ask you for your contribution to this project.
At the moment I search e.g. the following papers:
Canadian Journal of Zoology
LAIRD, M. 1959 Caliperia brevipes n. sp. (Ciliata: Peritricha), epizoic on Raja erinacea Mitchill at Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 37 (3): 283-288
KHAN, R.A. 1972 Developmental stages of Haemogregarina delagei Laveran and Mesnil in an elasmobranch, Raja radiata Donovan. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 50 (6): 906-907
GROVER, C.A. 1974 Juvenile denticles of the swell shark Cephaloscyllium ventriosum: function in hatching. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 52 (2): 359-363
EVANS, R.E. & FORD, P. 1976 Alkaline phosphatase isozyme patterns and histochemistry in adult and differentiating skate spiral valve. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 54 (9): 1459-1465
MOSER, M. & ANDERSON, S. 1977 An intrauterine leech infection: Branchellion lobata Moore, 1952 (Piscicolidae) in the Pacific angel shark (Squatina californica) from California. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 55 (4): 759-760
JONES, B.C. & GEEN, G.H. 1977 Morphometric changes in an elasmobranch (Squalus acanthias) after preservation. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 55 (6): 1060-1062
GILBERT, P.W. & SIVAK, J.G. & PELHAM, R.E. 1981 Rapid pupil change in selachians. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 59 (3): 560-564
HOGANS, W.E. & DADSWELL, M.J. 1985 Parasitic copepods of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias L.) from the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 63 (3): 740-741
BENZ, G.W. & DEETS, G.B. 1986 Kroyeria caseyi sp.nov. (Kroyeriidae: Siphonostomatoida), a parasitic copepod infesting gills of night sharks (Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)) in the western North Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 64 (11): 2492-2498
DEETS, G.B. & BENZ, G.W. 1986 Eudactylinodes keratophagus sp. nov., the first record of Eudactylinidae Kabata, 1979 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from horn sharks (Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1854), and H. mexicanus Taylor and Castro-Aguirre, 1972). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 64 (11): 2499-2502
HOGANS, W.E. & BRATTEY, J. 1986 Ommatokoita sp. (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) parasitic on a demersal shark, Etmopterus princeps, from the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 64 (4): 833-835
ZEISKE, E. & THEISEN, B. & GRUBER, S.H. 1987 Functional morphology of the olfactory organ of two carcharhinid shark species. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65 (10): 2406-2412
BENZ, G.W. & DEETS, G.B. 1987 Echthrogaleus disciarai sp.nov. (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae), a parasitic copepod of the devil ray Mobula lucasana Beebe and Tee Van, 1938 from the Sea of Cortez. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65 (3): 685-690
BENZ, G.W. & DUPRE, K.S. 1987 Spatial distribution of the parasite Kroyeria carchariaeglauci Hesse, 1879 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Kroyeriidae) on gills of the blue shark (Prionace glauca (L., 1758)). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65 (5): 1275-1281
DEETS, G.B. 1987 Phylogenetic analysis and revision of Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932 (Siphonostomatoida: Kroyeriidae), copepods parasitic on chondrichthyans, with descriptions of four new species and the erection of a new genus, Prokroyeria. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65 (9): 2121-2148
ADAMSON, M.L. & DEETS, G.B. & BENZ, G.W. 1987 Description of male and redescription of female Phlyctainophora squali Mudry and Dailey, 1969 (Nematoda; Dracunculoidea) from elasmobranchs. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65: 3006-3010
BENZ, G.W. & DEETS, G.B. 1988 Fify-one years later: an update on Entepherus, with a phylogenetic analysis of Cecropidae Dana, 1849 (Copepoda: Siphonstomatoida). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 66 (4): 856-865
UPTON, S.J. & GARDNER, S.L. & DUSZYNSKI, D.W. 1988 The round stingray, Urolophus halleri (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae), as a host for Eimeria chollaensis sp.nov. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 66 (9): 2049-2052
HOGANS, W.E. & TRUDEAU, D.J. 1989 Alebion crassus Wilson, 1932 (Copepoda: Caligoida) from the sand tiger shark, Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque), in the upper Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 67 (3): 774-775
BENZ, G.W. 1989 Developmental stages of Alebion lobatus Cressey, 1970 (Copepoda: Euryphoridae) found parasitic on the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)) in the western North Atlantic, and a phylogenetic analysis of the genus Alebion Krøyer, 1863. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 67 (6): 1578-1598
BENZ, G.W. & IZAWA, K. 1990 Albionella kabatai sp.nov. (Lernaeopodidae: Siphonostomatoida), a copepod parasite of the spatulasnout cat shark (Apristurus platyrhynchus (Tanaka, 1909) from the Sea of Kumano. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68 (12): 2645-2648
BENZ, G.W. & ADAMSON, S.A.M. 1990 Disease caused by Nemesis robusta (van Beneden, 1851) (Eudactylinidae: Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) infections on gill filaments of thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1758)), with notes on parasite ecology and life history. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68 (6): 1180-1186
FARRELL, A.P. & DAVIE, P.S. 1991 Coronary artery reactivity in the mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 69 (2): 375-379
BENZ, G.W. 1991 Redescription of Lernaeopoda oviformis Shiino, 1956 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae), a parasite of the shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii Jordan and Snyder, 1903), and hitherto covert member of Albionella Kabata, 1979. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 69 (3): 567-570
DAVIE, P.S. & FARRELL, A.P. 1991 Cardiac performance of an isolated heart preparation from the dogfish (Squalus acanthias): the effects of hypoxia and coronary artery perfusion. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 69 (7): 1822-1828
KEELING, C.P. & BURT, M.D.B. 1996 Echeneibothrium canadensis n.sp. (Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae) in the spiral intestine of the thorny skate (Raja radiata) from the Canadian Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74 (8): 1590-1593
MORGAN, J.D. & IWAMA, G.K. & WILSON, J.M. 1997 Oxygen consumption and Na+,K+-ATPase activity of rectal gland and gill tissue in the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 75 (5): 820-825
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 IV Encuentro Colombiano sobre Condrictios:
place: Universidad EAFIT de Medellín, Colombia
date: 20. - 24. October 2014
more information
New information about the colombian meeting on Chondricthyes is avaiable! Use the following downloadlink (in spain).
https://shark-references.com/images/meine_bilder/downloads/II_Circular_IV_ECC_espanol.pdf
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
EEA 2014 European Elasmobranch Association – Annual Scientific Conference 18 years on – Prepared for the Future
The Dutch Elasmobranch Society is proud to host the 18th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association from 7th to 9th November 2014 at the Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
Elasmobranchs are increasingly included in high level policy agreements. The conference will provide a platform for those involved in international science and policy and aims to help coordinate the information necessary for the development and implementation of management measures for rays and sharks in European waters. EEA 2014 will be of interest to all those who are involved in the study, management and conservation of chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras).
The three-day conference will include theme sessions on policy making, restoration measures, integrated management, husbandry and captive management, tagging and other subjects. The collection, availability and sharing of data will be an underlying theme. There will be plenary talks, a poster session and opportunities for networking and socialising. In addition an excursion will be offered on the last day.
Leeuwarden is a vibrant town with a charming centre and a wide selection of hotels and restaurants. It is the capital city of the northern Province of Fryslân and will be the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018. There is a twice hourly train service from Schiphol (one direct, one with one connection) and it is easy to reach by road.
See www.elasmobranch.nl/EEA2014 for preliminary details on the conference.
Contact: eea2014@elasmobranch.nl
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New described species/Taxonomic News:
Parasitology:
MOGHADAM, M. & MERAJI MASOULEH HASELI, M. (2014): Halysioncum kishiense sp n. and Echinobothrium parsadrayaiense sp n. (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from the banded eagle ray, Aetomylaeus cf. nichofii off the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf.Folia Parasitologica, 61 (2): 133-140 http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2014.019
New species: Halysioncum kishiense, Echinobothrium parsadrayaiense
Abstract: Two new species of two genera of the order Diphyllidea van Beneden in Cams, 1863, Halysioncum Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta et Ivanov, 2013 and Echinobothrium van Beneden, 1849 sensu stricto are described from Aetomylaeus cf. nichofii (Bloch et Schneider) off the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. Halysioncum kishiense sp. n. differs from all other congeners in the number of apical hooks with the exception of H. hoffmanorum (Tyler, 2001) and H. pigmentatum (Ostrowski de Niifiez, 1971). Halysioncum kishiense sp. n. can be easily differentiated from H. hoffmanorum and H. pigmentatum by the number of hooklets and testis numbers. Echinobothrium parsadrayaiense sp. n. is differentiated from all its congeners except for E. acanthinophyllum Rees, 1961 by its hook formula. The number of spines per column on the cephalic peduncle, the number of testes and possession of a thickwalled rather than thin-walled vagina distinguish E. parsadrayaiense sp. n. from E. acanthinophyllum. To date, with these two new species, five species of Diphyllidea have been reported from the Persian Gulf.
KURASHIMA, A. & SHIMIZU, T. & MANO, N. & OGAWA, K. & FUJITA, T. (2014): A new combination and a new species of onchobothriid tapeworm (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from triakid sharks. Systematic Parasitology, 88 (1): 75-83 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-014-9486-3
New species: Calliobothrium shirozame
Abstract: A new combination and a new species of onchobothriid tapeworm are described from triakid sharks. We found Platybothrium xiamenensis Wang & Yang, 2001 and Erudituncus musteli (Yamaguti, 1952) from Hemitriakis japanica (Muller & Henle). Based on the morphology of the hooks P. xiamenensis is transferred to the genus Erudituncus Healy, Scholz & Caira, 2001. The specimens studied by us differ from the original description in the number of proglottids and testes and in the size of the cirrus-sac. However, we consider them conspecific with E. xiamenensis due to the consistent hook morphology and laciniations in both descriptions and believe the differences reflect intraspecific variation. The type-host of E. xiamenensis was reported as Mustelus griseus Pietschmann. However, in the present study, this parasite was found only in H. japanica and never in M. griseus although many specimens of the latter host were examined. This suggests that the type-host in the original description has probably been misidentified. We found another undescribed species in M. griseus, Calliobothrium shirozame n. sp., which is distinguished from the congeners by having a unique combination of the number of laciniations: four in the cephalic peduncle, six in the immature proglottids and four in the mature proglottids.
Fossil:
REINECKE, T. (2014): Two new scyliorhinid shark species (Elasmobranchii, Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae), from the Sülstorf Beds (Chattian, Late Oligocene) of the southeastern North Sea Basin, northern Germany. Palaeovertebrata, in press
New species: Scyliorhinus biformis, Scyliorhinus suelstorfensis
Abstract: Based on isolated teeth two new scyliorhinid shark species, Scyliorhinus biformis nov. sp. and Scyliorhinus suelstorfensis nov. sp., are described from the Sülstorf Beds, early-middle Chattian, of Mecklenburg, northeastern Germany. They form part of a speciose assemblage of necto-benthic sharks and batoids which populated the warm-temperate to subtropical upper shelf sea of the south-eastern North Sea Basin.
VULLO, R. & COURVILLE, P. (2014): Fish remains (Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii) from the Late Cretaceous of the Benue Trough, Nigeria. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 97: 194–206 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.04.016
New species: Rhombopterygia zaborskii
Abstract: Selachian and ray-finned fish remains from various Late Cretaceous localities of Nigeria are described. Each locality has yielded only a very few specimens and the diversity is therefore very low. However, some taxa are recorded for the first time in Africa. The Ashaka locality in the Upper Benue Trough (northeastern Nigeria) has yielded a small but interesting late Cenomanian assemblage of microremains, including teeth of “Carcharias” amonensis, Rhombopterygia zaborskii sp. nov., Hamrabatis sp., “Stephanodus” sp., and a possible ionoscopiform. A large prearticular dentition coming from the early Turonian beds of this locality is assigned to the large pycnodontiform Acrotemnus, a poorly known genus here regarded as a senior synonym of Macropycnodon. In the Lower Benue Trough (southeastern Nigeria), several localities ranging in age from the late Cenomanian to the early Maastrichtian have yielded various widespread taxa such as Ptychodus,Scapanorhynchus, Squalicorax, Vidalamiinae indet., cf. Protosphyraena, and Eodiaphyodus. The seaway that occupied the Benue Trough during transgressive episodes (late Cenomanian–early Turonian and Maastrichtian) created opportunities for the dispersal of many marine fish taxa into new areas, such as the proto-South Atlantic.
JOHNS, M.J. & ALBANESI, G.L. & VOLDMAN, G.G. (2014): Freshwater Shark Teeth (Family Lonchidiidae) from the Middle—Upper Triassic (Ladinian—Carnian) Paramillo Formation in the Mendoza Precordillera, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34 (3): 512-523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.803976
New species: Lonchidion paramilloensis
Abstract: A collection of over 550 elasmobranch teeth (Family Lonchidiidae) were obtained from fresh water fluvial deposits of the Middle—Upper Triassic (Ladinian—Carnian) Paramillo Formation, in northwestern Mendoza Province, Argentina. The new hybodontid species, Lonchidion paramilloensis, sp. nov., solely based on teeth, is within a 20-m-thick interval containing black shale interbedded with andesitic sills and intercalated with lensoidal calcarenites. The teeth have a characteristic labial peg with an accessory cusplet and a low gracile crown that is narrower labiolingually and more elongate laterally. The teeth are similar to some North American Late Triassic and Late Cretaceous species of the genus Lonchidion (e.g., L. humblei, L. griffisi, L. selachos), but are distinct in having a low primary cusp, up to seven pairs of lateral cusplets, a roundedtriangular-shaped labial peg with one accessory cusplet, and an absence of other crown ornaments. Color analyses of upper tooth crowns indicate an ichthyolith alteration index (IAI)/conodont alteration index (CAI) value of 6.0–6.5 (360–610°C). Considerable pitting and alteration of specimens indicates thermal alteration to 610° C and (or) chemical alteration.
KRIWET, J. & MEWIS, H. & HAMPE, O. (2014): A partial skeleton of a new lamniform mackerel shark from the Miocene of Europe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00066.2014
New genus: Carcharomodus
Abstract: Cenozoic lamniform sharks are mostly represented by isolated teeth and vertebrae, whereas articulated skeletal remains are usually very scarce. Here, we describe a partial skeleton of an extinct lamniform shark consisting of 42 slightly disarticulated teeth, 49 vertebrae, and additional unidentifiable cranial and postcranial remains. The specimen originates from the Miocene micaclay of Groß Pampau (North Germany), which is of late Langenfeldian age (= Serravallian-Tortonian boundary; middle/late Miocene). A total of 13 measurements of each tooth, as well as morphological features, were used to reconstruct the dentition of this specimen and to provide detailed taxonomic information. Additionally, the total body size and age at death were established using methodologies based on vertebral and tooth measurements and vertebral centra growth ring counts, respectively. The specimen undoubtedly represents the most complete individual of Carcharodon (= Isurus) escheri, previously known only from a few isolated teeth. The dental pattern (e.g., marked dignathic and monognathic heterodonty patterns; only slightly labio-lingually compressed upper teeth; upper teeth slender with distally inclined or curved main cusps; massive, hook-like upper intermediate tooth; main cusps with crenulated cutting edges; lateral cusplets in teeth of all ontogenetic stages) clearly separates this shark from all hitherto known Cenozoic and recent lamnids and a new genus, Carcharomodus, consequently is introduced. Carcharomodus escheri gen. nov., comb. nov. is a characteristic element of late early Miocene to the Pliocene Western and Central European fish faunas. All previously identified Pacific occurrences represent a different taxon. We estimate that the specimen had a total body length of about 4 m and that it was older than 10 years and thus might have reached maturity before death, as indicated by all available evidence. |
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Recent Papers:
ANDREOTTI, S. & RUTZEN, M. & WESCHE, P.L. & O'CONNELL, C.P. & MEYER, M. & OOSTHUIZEN, H. & MATTHEE, C.A. (2014): A Novel Categorization System to Organize a Large Photo Identification Database for White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias. African Journal of Marine Science, 36 (1): 59-67 http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2014.892027
ASIS, A.M. & LACSAMANA, J.K. & SANTOS, M.D. (2014): Illegal trade of regulated and protected aquatic species in the Philippines detected by DNA barcoding.Mitochondrial DNA, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2014.913138
BANGLEY, C.W. & RULIFSON, R.A. (2014): Feeding Habits, Daily Ration, and Potential Predatory Impact of Mature Female Spiny Dogfish in North Carolina Coastal Waters. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 34 (3): 668-677 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2014.902410
BELLEGGIA, M. & FIGUEROA, D.E. & BREMEC, C. (2014): The dentition of the narrownose smooth-hound shark, Mustelus schmitti. Marine and Freshwater Research, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF13122
BORNATOWSKI, H. & BRAGA, R.R. & ABILHOA, V. & CORRÊA, M.F.M. (2014):Feeding ecology and trophic comparisons of six shark species in a coastal ecosystem off southern Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12417
BORNATOWSKI, H. & SANTOS, L. & DE CASTRO ROBERT, M. & WEISER, P.A. (2014): Occurrence of the narrowmouth catshark Schroederichthys bivius (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) in southern Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7: e51 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267214000542
BORNATOWSKI, H. & WOSNICK, N. & DAVID DO CARMO, W.P. & CORRÊA, M.F.M. & ABILHOA, V. (2014): Feeding comparisons of four batoids (Elasmobranchii) in coastal waters of southern Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000472
BRUNNSCHWEILER, J.M. & ABRANTES, K.G. & BARNETT, A. (2014): Long-Term Changes in Species Composition and Relative Abundances of Sharks at a Provisioning Site (vol 9, e86682, 2014) PLoS ONE, 9 (4): e94148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094148
BURGESS, G.H. & BRUCE, B.D. & CAILLIET, G.M. & GOLDMAN, K.J. & GRUBBS, R.D. & LOWE, C.G. & MACNEIL, M.A. & MOLLET, H.F. & WENG, K.C. & O'SULLIVAN, J.B. (2014): A Re-Evaluation of the Size of the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Population off California, USA. PLoS ONE, 9 (6): e98078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098078
CLAESON, K.M. (2014): The impacts of comparative anatomy of electric rays (Batoidea: Torpediniformes) on their systematic hypotheses. Journal of Morphology, 275 (6): 597–612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20239
CURTIS, T.H. & MCCANDLESS, C.T. & CARLSON, J.K. & SKOMAL, G.B. & KOHLER, N.E. & NATANSON, L.J. & BURGESS, G.H. & HOEY, J.J. & PRATT, H.L. (2014): Seasonal Distribution and Historic Trends in Abundance of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. PLoS ONE, 9 (6): e99240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099240
DOHERTY, P.D. & ALFARO-SHIGUETO, J. & HODGSON, D.J. & MANGEL, J.C. & WITT, M.J. & GODLEY, B.J. (2014): Big catch, little sharks: Insight into Peruvian small-scale longline fisheries. Ecology and Evolution, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1104
DRIGGERS, W.B. & FRAZIER, B.S. & ADAMS, D.H. & ULRICH, G.F. & JONES, C.M. & HOFFMAYER, E.R. & CAMPBELL, M.D. (2014): Site fidelity of migratory bonnethead sharks Sphyrna tiburo. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 459: 61–69 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.05.006
DRYMON, J.M. & AJEMIAN, M.J. & POWERS, S.P. (2014): Distribution and Dynamic Habitat Use of Young Bull Sharks Carcharhinus leucas in a Highly Stratified Northern Gulf of Mexico Estuary. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097124
ECHWIKHI, K. & SAIDI, B. & BRADAI, M.N. (2014): Elasmobranchs longline fisheries in the Gulf of Gabès (southern Tunisia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94 (1): 203-210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413000726
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MOMIGLIANO, P. & ROBBINS, W.D. & GARDNER, M. & STOW, A. (2014):Characterisation of 15 novel microsatellite loci for the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). Conservation Genetics Resources, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-014-0174-z
NATANSON, L.J. & ADAMS, D.H. & WINTON, M.V. & MAURER, J.R. (2014): Age and Growth of the Bull Shark in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 143 (3): 732-743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2014.892537
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O'CONNELL, C.P. & GRUBER, S.H. & O'CONNELL, T.J. & JOHNSON, G. & GRUDECKI, K. & HE, P. (2014): The Use of Permanent Magnets to Reduce Elasmobranch Encounter with a Simulated Beach Net. 1. The Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Ocean & Coastal Management, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.12.012
O'CONNELL, C.P. & GUTTRIDGE, T.L. & GRUBER, S.H. & BROOKS, J. & FINGER, J.S. & HE, P. (2014): Behavioral modification of visually deprived lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) towards magnetic fields. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 453: 131-137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.01.009
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PORTNOY, D.S. & HOLLENBECK, C.M. & JOHNSTON, J.S. & CASMAN, H.M. & GOLD, J.R. (2014): Parthenogenesis in a whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus involves a reduction in ploidy. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12415
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Sharks may hold key to hurricane forecasts
- by Ken Kaye
A tiger shark, one of the species that has provided ocean data for scientists. Photo: Supplied
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: They're called ocean weathermen.
More than 750 sharks, tarpon, tuna and billfish, fitted with satellite-linked tags, are providing scientists with data on temperature and salinity at various depths in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
It's information they hope could someday be used to improve hurricane forecasts, since a storm's strength largely depends on how much warm water it will encounter.
"What the fish are providing is a profile of the ocean's heat structure," said Jerald Ault, a marine biology professor at the University of Miami. "You get a picture of what the upper layers of the ocean look like."
Dr Ault and other scientists at the university started tagging tarpon in 2001 and sharks - including bull sharks, hammerheads and tiger sharks - in 2010 to learn more about migration, feeding and reproduction.
About three years ago, they discovered a remarkable pattern: the fish remained in waters that were about 26 degrees Celsius, the minimum required for tropical systems to develop.
In addition, many swam into the waters around tropical systems, which churned up nutrients and made hunting for food easier.
That's when scientists realised that fish could provide accurate ocean temperatures, which could be fed into the computer models that forecasters use to develop tropical predictions.
Eventually, the scientists would like to feed the data from the fish to the US's National Hurricane Center. But to harvest enough data would require thousands of tagged fish swimming through all tropical regions, Dr Ault said.
The hurricane centre was noncommittal, saying it did not expect the fish to have "a significant influence on hurricane forecasting", according to James Franklin, the centre's top hurricane specialist.
But the Miami scientists are convinced of the potential and plan to expand their fish tagging program.
The tag data shows many fish swam directly into the paths of storms, said Nick Shay, a professor of meteorology and oceanography at the university.
For instance, a Blue Marlin in September 2004 swam under Hurricane Ivan in the Gulf of Mexico. A tarpon did the same thing with Hurricane Katrina the following season.
"It became really clear with the Ivan case how valuable this information could be," Dr Shay said.
Some sharks, such as nurse sharks, might provide an early warning that a strong storm is in the making, as they tend to run when a system's internal pressure is dropping.
"It's like a canary in the coal mine," said research assistant professor Neil Hammerschlag.
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News from the meeting of Shark International, Durban
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Shark meat worse than its bite
June 4 2014 at 09:13am
By Tony Carnie
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Gilberts study was based on toxic metals in dusky, sandbar and great white sharks in south-eastern Australia. Picture: Randy Wilder
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Durban - Never mind their fearsome jaws. People are now more likely to be killed by eating shark meat rather than the other way round.
This was the warning from researchers at the Sharks International Conference in Durban, where several new studies showed increasing levels of chemical poison and toxic metals in shark meat when a growing number of the animals are targeted for human consumption.
In her presentation “Sharks may kill you… if you eat them”, Jann Gilbert of Southern Cross University in Australia said recent meat samples from at least three species of shark had levels of arsenic, mercury and other toxic compounds way above the recommended food safety levels.
Gilbert said up to 273 million sharks were killed every year around the world. While a large percentage were destined for the shark fin soup market, shark meat was also used widely for direct human consumption or indirectly in fish meal or fertiliser.
Gilbert’s study was based on toxic metals in dusky, sandbar and great white sharks in south-eastern Australia.
For instance, mercury levels in two of these predator species were 10 times higher than safety levels recommended by the Foods Standards Authority of Australia and New Zealand.
Arsenic pollution was also high, with some sharks containing arsenic concentrations significantly higher than safety recommendations.
Very high levels of arsenic had also been found in hammerhead sharks in the Mediterranean sea in a separate study.
Gilbert said her results were comparable to many other studies from around the world, which indicated that shark meat was becoming increasingly toxic and unsafe for human consumption.
While it was difficult to provide an exact guideline on safe levels for those who consumed the meat regularly, she suggested that most sharks more than 150cm long were “not likely” to be safe for consumption.
Because high mercury levels could damage the brains of developing human babies in the womb, Gilbert would not advise pregnant women to eat shark meat more than once a fortnight.
Kady Lyons, of the University of Calgary, said that apex predators such as sharks were prone to bio-accumulating and bio-magnifying man-made chemical poisons because they were at the top of the food chain, especially if they fed along the coast next to large cities and farming areas.
Some of these toxic chemicals, including DDT and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were also being passed on to young sharks from the fatty tissues of their mothers.
Mercury threat
Daniel Fernando, a marine biologist from Linnaeus University in Sweden, told the Durban conference that a study of manta rays and other shark-like species in Sri Lanka and China showed high concentrations of mercury and other toxic substances were above international recommendations for human consumption.
The chemicals they found came from a wide variety of human sources, such as wood preservatives, marine anti-fouling agents or insecticides.
In his keynote speech, Dr David Ebert of the Pacific Shark Research Centre in California, said sharks continued to conjure up images of large and fearsome predators with a large dorsal fin cutting through the surface of the sea.
“However, the reality is that sharks come in a variety of sizes and shapes – from the giant whale shark (the world’s largest fish) to the dwarf pygmy sharks.” - The Mercury
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