Golfo Dulce: critical habitat and nursery area for juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape
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DOI: 10.1007/s10641-019-00907-1
Abstract: Scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini are endangered and threatened by fisheries. Along the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (ETPS) adults are protected from fishing near oceanic islands, but juveniles are captured by various fishing gear in… read more here.
Keywords: scalloped hammerhead; habitat; sharks sphyrna; juvenile ... See more keywords
DNA Analysis of Juvenile Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks Sphyrna lewini (Griffith, 1834) Reveals Multiple Breeding Populations and Signs of Adaptive Divergence in the South Pacific
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00718
Abstract: Shark species have undergone drastic population declines in recent decades due to overfishing and habitat destruction; thus, establishing connectivity among the populations of various shark species is important to determine the appropriate units and spatial… read more here.
Keywords: sphyrna lewini; scalloped hammerhead; breeding populations; analysis ... See more keywords