Three juvenile Brazilian sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon lalandii) caught in gillnets in
southeast Brazil, southwest Atlantic, were found with plastic debris rings around their gill or …

No-take marine reserves (NTRs), ie areas with total fishing restrictions, have been established
worldwide aiming to promote biodiversity and ecosystem conservation. Brazil has 3.3% of …

Understanding habitat-level variation in community structure provides an informed basis for
natural resources’ management. Reef fishes are a major component of tropical marine …

Although the Brazilian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Muller and Henle, 1839),
is an inshore species widely distributed in the Western Atlantic from Panama to Uruguay, …

The age and growth of three endemic threatened guitarfish species were analysed using
vertebrae of Pseudobatos horkelii, P. percellens and Zapteryx brevirostris. Edge and marginal‐…

The silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, is a large-bodied, oceanic-coastal, epipelagic
species found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters. Despite its commercial importance, …

The night shark, Carcharhinus signatus , is a mesopelagic, semi‐oceanic shark species found
only in the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the most frequently caught sharks in pelagic longline …

Species distribution patterns in the Brazilian Marine Province (BMP) are extensively debated,
nevertheless no study used a multi-taxa approach to investigate possible biotic distinctions …

Here we present records of sharks obtained using baited remote underwater stereo‐video
systems (stereo‐BRUVS) at two Brazilian oceanic islands. Fourteen of the 60 deployments …

Vagile, large-bodied marine organisms frequently have wide range dispersion but also
dependence on coastal habitats for part of their life history. These characteristics may induce …