Bio-Ecological Features Update on Eleven Rare Cartilaginous Fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a Contribution for Their Conservation
Cartilaginous fish are commonly recognized as key species in marine ecosystems for their fundamental ecological role as top predators. Nevertheless, effective management plans for cartilaginous fish are still missing, due to the lack of knowledge on their abundance, distribution or even life-history...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:82a2e2bd502946c48d90d9e6fb8d94ac 2023-05-15T16:01:00+02:00 Bio-Ecological Features Update on Eleven Rare Cartilaginous Fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a Contribution for Their Conservation Antonello Mulas Andrea Bellodi Pierluigi Carbonara Alessandro Cau Martina Francesca Marongiu Paola Pesci Cristina Porcu Maria Cristina Follesa 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/life11090871 https://doaj.org/article/82a2e2bd502946c48d90d9e6fb8d94ac EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/11/9/871 https://doaj.org/toc/2075-1729 doi:10.3390/life11090871 2075-1729 https://doaj.org/article/82a2e2bd502946c48d90d9e6fb8d94ac Life, Vol 11, Iss 871, p 871 (2021) cartilaginous fish poorly-known species age reproduction diet Central-Western Mediterranean Sea Science Q article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/life11090871 2022-12-30T23:49:20Z Cartilaginous fish are commonly recognized as key species in marine ecosystems for their fundamental ecological role as top predators. Nevertheless, effective management plans for cartilaginous fish are still missing, due to the lack of knowledge on their abundance, distribution or even life-history. In this regard, this paper aims at providing new information on the life-history traits, such as age, maturity, reproductive period, in addition to diet characteristics of eleven rare cartilaginous fish inhabiting the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea belonging to the orders Chimaeriformes ( Chimaera monstrosa ), Hexanchiformes ( Heptranchias perlo and Hexanchus griseus ), Myliobatiformes ( Aetomylaeus bovinus and Myliobatis aquila ), Rajiformes ( Dipturus nidarosiensis and Leucoraja circularis ), Squaliformes ( Centrophorus uyato , Dalatias licha and Oxynotus centrina ) and Torpediniformes ( Tetronarce nobiliana ), useful for their assessment and for future management actions. Particularly, the present paper provides for the first time the age estimation of D. nidarosienis and L. circularis which were both found capable of becoming older than ten years. In addition, the present study updates the sizes of first maturity of C. uyato and D. licha , which appeared to be capable of reproducing earlier than what was previously hypothesized, representing very valuable information for a better understanding of these rare species populations status and, eventually, their conservation. On the basis of the stomach content analysis, it was possible to identify five different predator groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Dipturus nidarosiensis Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Life 11 9 871 |
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Cartilaginous fish are commonly recognized as key species in marine ecosystems for their fundamental ecological role as top predators. Nevertheless, effective management plans for cartilaginous fish are still missing, due to the lack of knowledge on their abundance, distribution or even life-history. In this regard, this paper aims at providing new information on the life-history traits, such as age, maturity, reproductive period, in addition to diet characteristics of eleven rare cartilaginous fish inhabiting the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea belonging to the orders Chimaeriformes ( Chimaera monstrosa ), Hexanchiformes ( Heptranchias perlo and Hexanchus griseus ), Myliobatiformes ( Aetomylaeus bovinus and Myliobatis aquila ), Rajiformes ( Dipturus nidarosiensis and Leucoraja circularis ), Squaliformes ( Centrophorus uyato , Dalatias licha and Oxynotus centrina ) and Torpediniformes ( Tetronarce nobiliana ), useful for their assessment and for future management actions. Particularly, the present paper provides for the first time the age estimation of D. nidarosienis and L. circularis which were both found capable of becoming older than ten years. In addition, the present study updates the sizes of first maturity of C. uyato and D. licha , which appeared to be capable of reproducing earlier than what was previously hypothesized, representing very valuable information for a better understanding of these rare species populations status and, eventually, their conservation. On the basis of the stomach content analysis, it was possible to identify five different predator groups. |
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Bio-Ecological Features Update on Eleven Rare Cartilaginous Fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a Contribution for Their Conservation |
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Bio-Ecological Features Update on Eleven Rare Cartilaginous Fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a Contribution for Their Conservation |
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Bio-Ecological Features Update on Eleven Rare Cartilaginous Fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a Contribution for Their Conservation |
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Bio-Ecological Features Update on Eleven Rare Cartilaginous Fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a Contribution for Their Conservation |
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bio-ecological features update on eleven rare cartilaginous fish in the central-western mediterranean sea as a contribution for their conservation |
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