Browsing Biological & Environmental Sciences by Publisher "American Association for the Advancement of Science"

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    • Diplomacy for the world's hottest sea 

      Al-Mudaffar Fawzi, Nadia; Fieseler, Clare M.; Helmuth, Brian; Leitão, Alexandra; Al-Ainsi, Mehsin; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2022 , Other)
      Countries that border the Persian or Arabian Gulf [hereafter, “Gulf ”] are adopting ambitious global commitments to protect their marine environments. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has committed to protecting 30% of its ...

    • Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology 

      Andrzejaczek, Samantha; Lucas, Tim C.D.; Goodman, Maurice C.; Hussey, Nigel E.; Armstrong, Amelia J.; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2022 , Article)
      Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understand their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative studies among species at global scales have ...

    • Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays 

      Simpfendorfer, Colin A.; Heithaus, Michael R.; Heupel, Michelle R.; MacNeil, M. Aaron; Meekan, Mark; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2023 , Article)
      A global survey of coral reefs reveals that overfishing is driving resident shark species toward extinction, causing diversity deficits in reef elasmobranch (shark and ray) assemblages. Our species-level analysis revealed ...