The physiological stress response of juvenile nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) to catch-and-release recreational angling. by Katherine C Giesy, Jacob Jerome, Julia Wester, Evan D'Alessandro, M Danielle McDonald, Catherine Macdonald

“…To quantify the sub-lethal effects of recreational angling on juvenile nurse sharks, 27 individuals (across 31 angling events) were caught using hook-and-line fishing methods. …”
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Adaptive Ensemble Learning Model-Based Binary White Shark Optimizer for Software Defect Classification by Jameel Saraireh, Mary Agoyi, Sofian Kassaymeh

Subjects: “…Binary white shark optimizer…”
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Overfishing and climate change elevate extinction risk of endemic sharks and rays in the southwest Indian Ocean hotspot. by Riley A Pollom, Jessica Cheok, Nathan Pacoureau, Katie S Gledhill, Peter M Kyne, David A Ebert, Rima W Jabado, Katelyn B Herman, Rhett H Bennett, Charlene da Silva, Stela Fernando, Baraka Kuguru, Robin W Leslie, Meaghen E McCord, Melita Samoilys, Henning Winker, Sean T Fennessy, Caroline M Pollock, Cassandra L Rigby, Nicholas K Dulvy

“…This region is a hotspot of endemic and evolutionarily distinct sharks and rays. Nearly one-fifth (n = 13 of 70, 18.6%) of endemic sharks and rays are threatened, of these: one is Critically Endangered, five are Endangered, and seven are Vulnerable. …”
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Distribution of fishing grounds of longline sharks based in Ujung Serangga Fishing Base, Southwest Aceh, Aceh by Rahmah Alvi, Aprilla Ratna Mutia, Dwi Okta Rosi, Fathanah Yusuf

“…The number and size of shark catches at Ujung Serangga Fish Landing Base have declined, while the operational area of shark longlines has expanded since 2015. …”
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Reproductive attributes of the spot-tail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah collected from westernmost waters of Aceh, Indonesia by Teuku Haris Iqbal, Ilham Fajri, Adrian Damora, Ahmad Fauzan Lubis, Benaya Meitasari Simeon, Efin Muttaqin, Hollie Booth

“…The spot-tail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah is a species of requiem shark found primarily in warm coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region. …”
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New Evidence for the Contemporary Presence of Juvenile White Sharks (<i>Carcharodon carcharias</i>) in the Adriatic Sea by Patrick L. Jambura, Pero Ugarković, Mišo Pavičić, Ilija Ćetković, Simone Niedermüller, Jürgen Kriwet, Julia Türtscher

“…The presence of the white shark (<i>Carcharodon carcharias)</i> in the Mediterranean Sea is well documented, but mainly through historical and opportunistic records. …”
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New record of Frilled shark Chlamydoselachus anguineus Garman, 1884 (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchiformes) in the South Pacific Ocean by Maria J. Indurain, Angel Mancilla, Leandro Brizuela, Carolina Vargas-Caro, Carlos Bustamante

“…Frilled sharks are rarely observed and limited information is available regarding their life history. …”
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Love bites? Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia by Christine Barry, Christine Barry, Christine Barry, Emily Lester, Micheal P. Doane, Luciana C. Ferreira, Michele Thums, Adrian C. Gleiss, Adrian C. Gleiss, Mark G. Meekan

“…Very little is known about the reproductive behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus). Here, we describe field observations of courtship behaviour by a whale shark at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. …”
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Population Dynamics of the Crocodile Shark, <i>Pseudocarcharias kamoharai</i>, in the Tropical Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Ecuador by Marcos Douglas Calle-Morán, Eugenio Alberto Aragón-Noriega, Ana Rosa Hernández-Téllez, Emigdio Marín-Enríquez, Javier Tovar-Ávila, Juan Francisco Arzola-González, Jorge Payán-Alejo

“…These values and their life history traits indicated that this shark species cannot tolerate any fishing level without threatening its populations.…”
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A case of convergence: why did a simple alternative to canonical antibodies arise in sharks and camels? by Martin F Flajnik, Nick Deschacht, Serge Muyldermans

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Voriconazole Pharmacokinetics Administered at 4 mg/kg IM and IV in Nursehound Sharks (<i>Scyliorhinus stellaris</i>) Under Human Care by Daniela Cañizares-Cooz, Daniel García-Párraga, Sonia Rubio-Langre, Teresa Encinas, Pablo Morón-Elorza

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From Loan Sharks to Commercial Banks: Moral Crusades and the Segmentation of the Credit Market in the United States, 1900-1945 by Simon Bittmann

“…Second, our research analyses the moral and political construction of a legitimate “business” of unsecured lending, through the study of the crusades and controversies targeting “loan sharks”, a certain class of creditors which gravitated on the fringe of industrial capitalism until the mid-1940s. …”
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Unusual presence of atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) neonates in a coastal lagoon in southeast Gulf of Mexico by Armando T. Wakida-Kusunoki, Vicente Anislado-Tolentino, Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores

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Correction: Development of single‑pin, un‑barbed, pole‑tagging of free‑swimming dolphins and sharks with satellite‑linked transmitters by Michael J. Moore, Thomas M. Lanagan, Randall S. Wells, Jason Kapit, Aaron A. Barleycorn, Jason B. Allen, Robin W. Baird, Camrin D. Braun, Gregory B. Skomal, Simon R. Thorrold

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New insights on the shell-crusher shark Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz, 1838 (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) based on the first known articulated dentition from the Upper Cretaceous of Croatia by Manuel Amadori, Sanja Japundžić, Jacopo Amalfitano, Luca Giusberti, Eliana Fornaciari, Patrick L. Jambura, Jürgen Kriwet

“…The reassessment of tooth root morphologies provides indicative traits for the identification of different genera of ptychodontid sharks (Paraptychodus and Ptychodus). The taxonomic revision presented here is crucial for securing a stable taxonomy and systematics of the shell-crushing shark P. decurrens, as well as of all ptychodontid sharks. …”
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Revealing Elasmobranch Distributions in Turbid Coastal Waters: Insights From Environmental DNA and Particle Tracking by Nick Dunn, Sophie Ward, Joanna Barker, Jake Davies, Sarah Davies, Ben Wray, Peter Robins, Isabelle Apetroaie, Jake Williams, Kevin Hopkins, David Curnick

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Composition of pelagic fish in commercial landings of the longline fishery in the Costa Rica Pacific during 2015-2021 by Allison Centeno-Chaves, Allison Centeno-Chaves, Marina Marrari, Fausto Arias-Zumbado, Andrea García-Rojas, Moisés Mug-Villanueva

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Connections Across Open Water: A Bi‐Organelle, Genomics‐Scale Assessment of Atlantic‐Wide Population Dynamics in a Pelagic, Endangered Apex Predator Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) by Andrea M. Bernard, Marissa R. Mehlrose, Kimberly A. Finnegan, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Mahmood S. Shivji

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Impacts of survey design on a Gulf of Mexico bottom longline survey and the transition to a unified, stratified - random design by Jill M. Hendon, Eric R. Hoffmayer, Adam G. Pollack, John Mareska, Fernando Martinez-Andrade, Jeff Rester, Theodore S. Switzer, Zachary C. Zuckerman

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On the potential of using nature-based technologies to improve the efficiency of blade hydro-machines by G. A. Kromm, A. V. Volkov, A. V. Ryzhenkov, V. Yu. Lyapin, E. S. Trushin

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