Near disappearance of the Angelshark Squatina squatina over half a century of observations

Abstract Marine extinctions are particularly difficult to detect and almost all have been discovered after the fact. Retrospective analyses are essential to avoid concluding no‐extinction when one has occurred. We reconstruct the Angelshark population trajectory in a former hotspot (Wales), using in...

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Main Authors: Jan G Hiddink, Jennifer Shepperson, Robin Bater, Dilhani Goonesekera, Nicholas K. Dulvy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-09-01
Series:Conservation Science and Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.97