A glimpse into the trophic ecology of deep‐water sharks in an important crustacean fishing ground

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Graça Aranha, Sofia, Teodosio, MA, Baptista, Vânia, Erzini, Karim, Dias, Ester
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Bottom-trawl; Diet; Ecophysiology; North-east Atlantic; RNA; DNA; Stable isotopes; Fishing Ground; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/19241; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15306

Deep-water sharks are among the most vulnerable deep-water taxa because of their extremely conservative life-history strategies (i.e., late maturation, slow growth, and reproductive rates), yet little is known about their biology and ecology. Thus, this study aimed at investigating the trophic ecolo...