GOLDSTEIN, LEON, W. WALTER OPPELT, AND THOMAS I-I. MAREN. Osmotic reguhtiun and urea metabolism in the lemon shark Negaprion brenirostris. Am. J. Physiol. 21516) : 1493-1497. 1968. -Lemon sharks Negaprion breuirostris were transferred gradually (within I wk) f rom full. to approximately half-strength seawater. Steady-state conditions (with respect to solute and water balance) were established b...

The blue shark Prionace glauca is the most abundant large pelagic shark in the Atlantic Ocean. Although recaptures of tagged sharks have shown that the species is highly migratory, migration pathways towards the overwintering grounds remain poorly understood. We used archival satellite pop-up tags to track 23 blue sharks over a mean period of 88 days as they departed the coastal waters of North...

Sharks kill around six humans per year, on average; humans kill more than 40 million sharks per year (or possibly even up to 100 million, according to some estimates). It shouldn't be all that difficult to work out which of the two is a dangerous threat and which is a victim. Yet the killing continues. Perhaps the most irrational of the various reasons for which people kill sharks is the quest ...

Large sharks (Carcharhinidae, Sphyrnidae), in their natural environment, were attracted to low-frequency (predominantly 20 to 60 cy/sec) pulsed sounds, but apparently not to higher frequency (400 to 600 cy/sec) pulsed sounds, or to low-frequency continuous sounds. The sharks apparently detected and oriented to the sounds in the acoustic far field.

Citation: Kanive PE, Rotella JJ, Jorgensen SJ, Chapple TK, Anderson SD, Klimley AP and Block BA (2015) Estimating apparent survival of sub-adult and adult white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in central California using mark-recapture methods. Front. Mar. Sci. 2:19. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00019 Estimating apparent survival of sub-adult and adult white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in centra...

Portuguese commercial Elasmobranch landings were analysed for the period 1986 2009 and revealed that some species may be in danger of overfishing. Landings totalled 122,515 mt, with an average of 5,105 mt landed yearly, with captured sharks, skates and rays representing 8 orders, 14 families and 44 species. Annual landings for the fishery generally decreased over time, with a corresponding incr...

Oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) have recently been targeted for conservation in the western North Atlantic following severe declines in abundance. Pop-up satellite archival tags were applied to 11 mature oceanic whitetips (10 females, 1 male) near Cat Island in the central Bahamas 1-8 May 2011 to provide information about the horizontal and vertical movements of this species. ...

Sharks play a vital role in the health of marine ecosystems, but the potential threat that sharks pose to humans is a reminder of our vulnerability when entering the ocean. Personal shark deterrents are being marketed as the solution to mitigate the threat that sharks pose. However, the effectiveness claims of many personal deterrents are based on our knowledge of shark sensory biology rather t...

Resolving the geographic extent and timing of coastal shark migrations, as well as their environmental cues, is essential for refining shark management strategies in anticipation of increasing anthropogenic stressors to coastal ecosystems. We employed a regional-scale passive acoustic telemetry array encompassing 300 km of the east Florida coast to assess what factors influence site fidelity of...

Bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) are primarily benthic and use their relatively flexible pectoral and pelvic fins to rest on and move about the substrate. We examined the morphology of the pectoral fins and investigated their locomotory function to determine if pectoral fin function during both benthic station-holding and pelagic swimming differs from fin function described previously in...