Journal of Fish Biology

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Special Issue: The Current Status of Elasmobranchs: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

April 2012

Volume 80, Issue 5

Pages 897–2123

  1. EDITORIAL

    1. Top of page
    2. EDITORIAL
    3. Announcement
    1. The current status of elasmobranchs: biology, fisheries and conservation (pages 897–900)

      W. T. White, S. J. M. Blaber and J. F. Craig

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03268.x

    2. A review of the taxonomy of chondrichthyan fishes: a modern perspective (pages 901–917)

      W. T. White and P. R. Last

      Article first published online: 5 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03192.x

    3. What is an ‘elasmobranch’? The impact of palaeontology in understanding elasmobranch phylogeny and evolution (pages 918–951)

      J. G. Maisey

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03245.x

    4. A review of elasmobranch research in the Red Sea (pages 952–965)

      J. L. Y. Spaet, S. R. Thorrold and M. L. Berumen

      Article first published online: 30 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03178.x

    5. An overview on the role of Hexanchiformes in marine ecosystems: biology, ecology and conservation status of a primitive order of modern sharks (pages 966–990)

      A. Barnett, J. M. Braccini, C. A. Awruch and D. A. Ebert

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03242.x

    6. Biology of the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus (pages 991–1018)

      M. A. MacNeil, B. C. McMeans, N. E. Hussey, P. Vecsei, J. Svavarsson, K. M. Kovacs, C. Lydersen, M. A. Treble, G. B. Skomal, M. Ramsey and A. T. Fisk

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03257.x

    7. A review of the biology, fisheries and conservation of the whale shark Rhincodon typus (pages 1019–1056)

      D. Rowat and K. S. Brooks

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03252.x

      Corrected by:

      Corrigendum: Corrigendum

      Vol. 82, Issue 5, 1769, Article first published online: 9 APR 2013

    8. An overview of the biology and status of undulate ray Raja undulata in the north-east Atlantic Ocean (pages 1057–1074)

      J. R. Ellis, S. R. McCully and M. J. Brown

      Article first published online: 28 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03211.x

    9. Biology, ecology and conservation of the Mobulidae (pages 1075–1119)

      L. I. E. Couturier, A. D. Marshall, F. R. A. Jaine, T. Kashiwagi, S. J. Pierce, K. A. Townsend, S. J. Weeks, M. B. Bennett and A. J. Richardson

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03264.x

    10. Molecular markers: progress and prospects for understanding reproductive ecology in elasmobranchs (pages 1120–1140)

      D. S. Portnoy and E. J. Heist

      Article first published online: 19 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03206.x

    11. Assessing the potential for post-copulatory sexual selection in elasmobranchs (pages 1141–1158)

      J. L. Fitzpatrick, R. M. Kempster, T. S. Daly-Engel, S. P. Collin and J. P. Evans

      Article first published online: 20 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03256.x

    12. Life history characteristics of a lightly exploited stock of Squalus suckleyi (pages 1159–1180)

      C. A. Tribuzio and G. H. Kruse

      Article first published online: 22 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03241.x

    13. Biological vulnerability of two exploited sharks of the genus Deania (Centrophoridae) (pages 1181–1206)

      S. B. Irvine, R. K. Daley, K. J. Graham and J. D. Stevens

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03262.x

    14. Biological observations on the crocodile shark Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (pages 1207–1212)

      X. J. Dai, J. F. Zhu, X. J. Chen, L. X. Xu and Y. Chen

      Article first published online: 22 DEC 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03177.x

    15. Reproductive biology of Zearaja chilensis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the south-east Pacific Ocean (pages 1213–1226)

      C. Bustamante, C. Vargas-Caro, M. C. Oddone, F. Concha, H. Flores, J. Lamilla and M. B. Bennett

      Article first published online: 1 DEC 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03164.x

    16. An elasmobranch maternity ward: female round stingrays Urobatis halleri use warm, restored estuarine habitat during gestation (pages 1227–1245)

      K. E. Jirik and C. G. Lowe

      Article first published online: 23 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03208.x

    17. Reproductive variables of Urotrygon rogersi (Batoidea: Urotrygonidae): a species with a triannual reproductive cycle in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (pages 1246–1266)

      P. A. Mejía-Falla, A. F. Navia and E. Cortés

      Article first published online: 20 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03237.x

    18. Biennial reproductive cycle in an extensive matrotrophic viviparous batoid: the sandyback stingaree Urolophus bucculentus from south-eastern Australia (pages 1267–1291)

      F. I. Trinnie, T. I. Walker, P. L. Jones and L. J. Laurenson

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03259.x

    19. Micro-computed tomography: an alternative method for shark ageing (pages 1292–1299)

      P. T. Geraghty, A. S. Jones, J. Stewart and W. G. Macbeth

      Article first published online: 16 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03188.x

    20. Reassessment of spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias age and growth using vertebrae and dorsal-fin spines (pages 1300–1319)

      W. J. Bubley, J. Kneebone, J. A. Sulikowski and P. C. W. Tsang

      Article first published online: 23 DEC 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03171.x

    21. Biology of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis (Carcharhinidae) in the eastern Indian Ocean, including an approach to estimating age when timing of parturition is not well defined (pages 1320–1341)

      N. G. Hall, C. Bartron, W. T. White, Dharmadi and I. C. Potter

      Article first published online: 15 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03240.x

    22. An analytical and hypothesis-driven approach to elasmobranch movement studies (pages 1342–1360)

      Y. P. Papastamatiou and C. G. Lowe

      Article first published online: 4 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03232.x

    23. The use and abuse of photographic identification in sharks and rays (pages 1361–1379)

      A. D. Marshall and S. J. Pierce

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03244.x

    24. Scale and pattern of broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus movement in estuarine embayments (pages 1380–1400)

      G. D. Williams, K. S. Andrews, S. L. Katz, M. L. Moser, N. Tolimieri, D. A. Farrer and P. S. Levin

      Article first published online: 9 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03179.x

    25. Patterns in composition, abundance and scarring of whale sharks Rhincodon typus near Holbox Island, Mexico (pages 1401–1416)

      D. Ramírez-Macías, M. Meekan, R. De La Parra-Venegas, F. Remolina-Suárez, M. Trigo-Mendoza and R. Vázquez-Juárez

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03258.x

    26. Movement patterns of the draughtboard shark Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Scyliorhinidae) determined by passive tracking and conventional tagging (pages 1417–1435)

      C. A. Awruch, S. D. Frusher, J. D. Stevens and A. Barnett

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03249.x

    27. Diel temperature patterns of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris, in a shallow-water nursery (pages 1436–1448)

      A. L. DiGirolamo, S. H. Gruber, C. Pomory and W. A. Bennett

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03263.x

    28. Stable isotopes and elasmobranchs: tissue types, methods, applications and assumptions (pages 1449–1484)

      N. E. Hussey, M. A. MacNeil, J. A. Olin, B. C. McMeans, M. J. Kinney, D. D. Chapman and A. T. Fisk

      Article first published online: 19 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03251.x

    29. Stable-isotope analysis of a deep-sea benthic-fish assemblage: evidence of an enriched benthic food web (pages 1485–1507)

      M. D. Boyle, D. A. Ebert and G. M. Cailliet

      Article first published online: 23 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03243.x

    30. Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus trophic ecology in the eastern North Pacific Ocean inferred from nitrogen and carbon stable-isotope ratios and diet (pages 1508–1545)

      D. L. Courtney and R. Foy

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03261.x

    31. Diet and scavenging habits of the smooth skate Dipturus innominatus (pages 1546–1562)

      J. S. Forman and M. R. Dunn

      Article first published online: 20 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03255.x

    32. Feeding habits and trophic ecology of Dasyatis longa (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes): sexual, temporal and ontogenetic effects (pages 1563–1579)

      J. López-García, A. F. Navia, P. A. Mejía-Falla and E. A. Rubio

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03239.x

    33. Feeding ecology and dietary comparisons among three sympatric Neotrygon (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) species (pages 1580–1594)

      I. P. Jacobsen and M. B. Bennett

      Article first published online: 8 DEC 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03169.x

    34. Fisheries, management and conservation of the whale shark Rhincodon typus in Taiwan (pages 1595–1607)

      H. H. Hsu, S. J. Joung and K. M. Liu

      Article first published online: 20 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03234.x

    35. A preliminary survey of whale shark Rhincodon typus catch and trade in China: an emerging crisis (pages 1608–1618)

      W. Li, Y. Wang and B. Norman

      Article first published online: 22 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03250.x

    36. Species, sex, size and male maturity composition of previously unreported elasmobranch landings in Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Emirate (pages 1619–1642)

      A. B. M. Moore, I. D. McCarthy, G. R. Carvalho and R. Peirce

      Article first published online: 21 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03210.x

    37. A global review of species-specific shark-fin-to-body-mass ratios and relevant legislation (pages 1643–1677)

      L. Biery and D. Pauly

      Article first published online: 28 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03215.x

    38. Species composition of skates (Rajidae) in commercial fisheries around the British Isles and their discarding patterns (pages 1678–1703)

      J. F. Silva, J. R. Ellis and T. L. Catchpole

      Article first published online: 20 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03247.x

    39. Skate assemblage on the eastern Patagonian Shelf and Slope: structure, diversity and abundance (pages 1704–1726)

      A. Arkhipkin, P. Brickle, V. Laptikhovsky, J. Pompert and A. Winter

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03260.x

    40. Ecological risk assessment and its application to elasmobranch conservation and management (pages 1727–1748)

      A. J. Gallagher, P. M. Kyne and N. Hammerschlag

      Article first published online: 9 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03235.x

    41. Relative abundance and size of coastal sharks derived from commercial shark longline catch and effort data (pages 1749–1764)

      J. K. Carlson, L. F. Hale, A. Morgan and G. Burgess

      Article first published online: 18 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03193.x

    42. Evidence of stability in a chondrichthyan population: case study of the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeridae) (pages 1765–1788)

      L. A. K. Barnett, D. A. Ebert and G. M. Cailliet

      Article first published online: 21 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03216.x

    43. A review of the application of molecular genetics for fisheries management and conservation of sharks and rays (pages 1789–1843)

      C. L. Dudgeon, D. C. Blower, D. Broderick, J. L. Giles, B. J. Holmes, T. Kashiwagi, N. C. Krück, J. A. T. Morgan, B. J. Tillett and J. R. Ovenden

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03265.x

      Corrected by:

      Corrigendum

      Vol. 80, Issue 7, 2649, Article first published online: 1 JUN 2012

    44. Recovery potential and conservation options for elasmobranchs (pages 1844–1869)

      C. A. Ward-Paige, D. M. Keith, B. Worm and H. K. Lotze

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03246.x

    45. Identification of factors influencing shark catch and mortality in the Marshall Islands tuna longline fishery and management implications (pages 1870–1894)

      D. Bromhead, S. Clarke, S. Hoyle, B. Muller, P. Sharples and S. Harley

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03238.x

    46. Blue shark Prionace glauca fin-to-carcass-mass ratios in Spain and implications for finning ban enforcement (pages 1895–1903)

      J. Santana-Garcon, S. Fordham and S. Fowler

      Article first published online: 28 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03233.x

    47. Muscle function and swimming in sharks (pages 1904–1939)

      R. E. Shadwick and J. A. Goldbogen

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03266.x

    48. Basics of skin structure and function in elasmobranchs: a review (pages 1940–1967)

      W. Meyer and U. Seegers

      Article first published online: 28 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03207.x

    49. Neuroecology of cartilaginous fishes: the functional implications of brain scaling (pages 1968–2023)

      K. E. Yopak

      Article first published online: 27 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03254.x

    50. Vision in elasmobranchs and their relatives: 21st century advances (pages 2024–2054)

      T. J. Lisney, S. M. Theiss, S. P. Collin and N. S. Hart

      Article first published online: 22 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03253.x

    51. Phylogenetic and ecological factors influencing the number and distribution of electroreceptors in elasmobranchs (pages 2055–2088)

      R. M. Kempster, I. D. McCarthy and S. P. Collin

      Article first published online: 7 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03214.x

    52. Cell and molecular biology of the spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias and little skate Leucoraja erinacea: insights from in vitro cultured cells (pages 2089–2111)

      D. W. Barnes

      Article first published online: 7 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03205.x

    53. Effects of nonylphenol on vitellogenin synthesis in adult males of the spotted ray Torpedo marmorata (pages 2112–2121)

      G. Del Giudice, M. Prisco, M. Agnese, M. Verderame, L. Rosati, E. Limatola and P. Andreuccetti

      Article first published online: 5 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03172.x

  2. Announcement

    1. Top of page
    2. EDITORIAL
    3. Announcement
    1. Airbreathing Fishes (page 2123)

      Article first published online: 12 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03324.x

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