Reproductive biology, multiple paternity and polyandry of the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas.
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DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14118
Abstract: To improve understanding of bull shark Carcharhinus leucas reproductive biology, we analysed reproductive traits from 118 bull sharks caught along Reunion Island coasts (Western Indian Ocean), including 16 gravid females. Specific microsatellite loci were used… read more here.
Keywords: bull; bull shark; carcharhinus leucas; biology ... See more keywords
Ontogenetic changes in the tooth morphology of bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas)
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DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15170
Abstract: Abstract Teeth are an integral component of feeding ecology, with a clear link between tooth morphology and diet, as without suitable dentition prey cannot be captured nor broken down for consumption. Bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas,… read more here.
Keywords: tooth morphology; sharks carcharhinus; morphology; carcharhinus leucas ... See more keywords
Comprehensive analysis of genes contributing to euryhalinity in the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas; Na+-Cl− co-transporter is one of the key renal factors upregulated in acclimation to low-salinity environment
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DOI: 10.1242/jeb.201780
Abstract: ABSTRACT Most cartilaginous fishes live principally in seawater (SW) environments, but a limited number of species including the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, inhabit both SW and freshwater (FW) environments during their life cycle. Euryhaline elasmobranchs… read more here.
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First photographic inland records of bull shark Carcharhinus leucas (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) in Sumatran waters, Indonesia
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DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.22.14
Abstract: Two specimens (c.700 mm) of bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) were caught and photographed by fishermen using trammel net on 29 September and 1 October 2017 in Musi River, South Sumatra province,… read more here.
Keywords: bull; first photographic; musi river; carcharhinus leucas ... See more keywords