We at Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution warmly invite you to collaborate on a Research Topic, dedicated to exploring the advances in Population Dynamics of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras.
Chondrichthyan fishes are a threatened group, with almost 40% of species at risk of extinction. From this group, over 75% of tropical and subtropical coastal species are threatened. Overfishing, bycatch, and illegal fishing are the main threats affecting most of these species, interacting with loss and degradation of habitats, climate change, and pollution.
For a lot of species, information regarding population dynamics is helpful for extinction risk estimates, stock assessment, status assessments, definition of areas to create marine protected areas, and management priorities. This information for some species has previously been unavailable in global and regional scales, and to allow for the framing of these in threat levels and to establish management measures, we must study this further.
The goal of this Research Topic is to bring together experts in the field, and to share the outstanding research advances in habitat use and migration, trophic ecology, reproduction, age and growth, and demography, to demonstrate how it can be used in the conservation of Chondrichthyan fishes in all oceans. We aim to maintain a special focus on those species classified as Threatened or Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List. These studies will improve understanding of the life history and ecological attributes of species, ensuring the preservation of top predators and their habitats.
Potential themes for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Habitat use inferences of sharks, rays and chimaeras using acoustic and satellite telemetry, and microchemical analysis;
- Trophic Ecology in key environments for the conservation of sharks, rays and chimaeras;
- Reproduction aspects of data deficient and threatened sharks, rays and chimaeras; and comparisons between regions in order to suggest distinct populations;
- Age and growth of data deficient and threatened sharks, rays and chimaeras and comparison between regions in order to suggest distinct populations;
- Demography of data deficient and threatened sharks, rays and chimaeras.
Keywords:
Habitat Use, Migration, Reproduction, Trophic Ecology, Feeding Strategy, Age and Growth, Demography
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
We at Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution warmly invite you to collaborate on a Research Topic, dedicated to exploring the advances in Population Dynamics of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras.
Chondrichthyan fishes are a threatened group, with almost 40% of species at risk of extinction. From this group, over 75% of tropical and subtropical coastal species are threatened. Overfishing, bycatch, and illegal fishing are the main threats affecting most of these species, interacting with loss and degradation of habitats, climate change, and pollution.
For a lot of species, information regarding population dynamics is helpful for extinction risk estimates, stock assessment, status assessments, definition of areas to create marine protected areas, and management priorities. This information for some species has previously been unavailable in global and regional scales, and to allow for the framing of these in threat levels and to establish management measures, we must study this further.
The goal of this Research Topic is to bring together experts in the field, and to share the outstanding research advances in habitat use and migration, trophic ecology, reproduction, age and growth, and demography, to demonstrate how it can be used in the conservation of Chondrichthyan fishes in all oceans. We aim to maintain a special focus on those species classified as Threatened or Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List. These studies will improve understanding of the life history and ecological attributes of species, ensuring the preservation of top predators and their habitats.
Potential themes for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Habitat use inferences of sharks, rays and chimaeras using acoustic and satellite telemetry, and microchemical analysis;
- Trophic Ecology in key environments for the conservation of sharks, rays and chimaeras;
- Reproduction aspects of data deficient and threatened sharks, rays and chimaeras; and comparisons between regions in order to suggest distinct populations;
- Age and growth of data deficient and threatened sharks, rays and chimaeras and comparison between regions in order to suggest distinct populations;
- Demography of data deficient and threatened sharks, rays and chimaeras.
Keywords:
Habitat Use, Migration, Reproduction, Trophic Ecology, Feeding Strategy, Age and Growth, Demography
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.