Juney Ward

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

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Benedict Kiilu

Kenya Fisheries Service

Yannis P. Papastamatiou

Florida International University

Aaron J. Wirsing

University of Washington

Jooke Robbins

Center for Coastal Studies

Devanshi Kasana

Florida International University

Kirk Gastrich

Florida International University

Cecilie Benjamin

Alessandro Ponzo

Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines

Virginia Fourqurean

Florida International University

Laurent Vigliola

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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James Cook University

Australian Institute of Marine Science

University of Auckland

University of Western Australia

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Migration Institute of Australia

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Mote Marine Laboratory

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Migratory interchange of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) among breeding grounds of Oceania and connections to Antarctic feeding areas based on genotype matching

Polar Biology (2017)

Debbie Steel M. Eric. Anderson Claire Garrigue Carlos Olavarría Susana Caballero

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Humpback whale

10.1007/s00300-017-2226-9

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Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays

Science (2023)

Colin A. Simpfendorfer Michael R. Heithaus Michelle R. Heupel M. Aaron MacNeil Mark G. Meekan

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 global declines of 60 to 73% for five common resident reef shark species and that individual shark species were not detected at 34 to 47% of surveyed reefs. As reefs become more shark-depleted, rays begin to dominate assemblages. Shark-dominated assemblages persist in wealthy nations with strong governance and in highly protected areas, whereas poverty, weak governance, and a lack of shark management are associated with depauperate assemblages mainly composed of rays. Without action to address these diversity deficits, loss of ecological function and ecosystem services will increasingly affect human communities.

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Aquaculture of coral

10.1126/science.ade4884

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Initial genotype matching of humpback whales from the 2010 Australia/New Zealand Antarctic Whale Expedition (Area V) to Australia and the South Pacific

Debbie Steel Natalie Schmitt Megan Anderson Daniel Burns Simon Childerhouse

Humpback whale

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