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Behavioural adaptations
Community and movement ecology of marine predators
1
Testing ecological and behavioural theory to look at the role of processes like competition and intraguild predation in structuring predator distributions.
2
Understanding drivers of habitat selection and movements in predators.
3
Linking individual animal movements to population level processes.
4
Testing how fish transfer nutrients across habitats.
Chemical tracers
Multi-sensor data-loggers
Telemetry
Video
Behavioural and physiological adaptations in marine predators
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Investigating the physiology of digestion in sharks to understand prey breakdown and assimilation.
2
Studying how predators tailor swim speed and diving behaviour to optimize metabolic processes in the marine ecosystem.
Stable isotope analysis
Stomach content analysis
Biologgers
Animal-borne cameras
Physiology
Fisheries, fin trade, and applied conservation
1
Using anal fins to understand the species and size composition of the Belizean shark fishery.
2
Identifying the species composition of the Hong Kong shark fin trade.
3
Developing real-time genetic tests to assist customs officials in cracking down on illegal wildlife trade.
4
Training and funding Belizean fishers to assist with scientific data collection in order to reduce fishing pressure in areas where shark populations have recently declined.
5
Communicating results from our Global FinPrint project, the world's largest shark and ray survey on coral reefs, to local stakeholders in order to improve management of threatened species.
DNA analysis
Baited remote underwater videos
Fin
Pop structure
Population status and structure
1
Assessing elasmobranch species diversity and abundance around the world.
2
Studying the genetic connectivity of sharks and rays across multiple regions.
3
Identifying and describing new species.
DNA analysis
Environmental DNA
Baited remote underwater videos
Mesophotic reef ecology
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Diving deep to investigate community dynamics below 100 ft.
Copyright Luiz Rocha
Mesophotic
Rebreathers
Parthenogenesis and reproduction
1
Investigating the ability of female elasmobranchs to reproduce asexually in the wild.
Looking for evidence of natal and regional philopatry in sharks and rays.
DNA analysis
Parth & Repro
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