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Research on Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) – improving our knowledge base to conserve and manage these highly endangered and ancient fish

Research on Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) – improving our knowledge base to conserve... The ‘Darwin Year 2009’ provides ample opportunity to discuss evolutionary and species conservation issues. The growing awareness in science circles and in the public on the critical state of many elasmobranch species inspired conservation concerns with many links to evolutionary aspects in these ancient fish. Both aspects were the reasons to invite manuscripts for this special issue of JAI. There is an urgent need to enhance our knowledge base on these ‘LIVING FOSSILS’ as their current situation must be viewed as ‘highly endangered’. Initial background for this initiative was the 6th Science Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association (EEA) in November 2006 in Hamburg, Germany, hosted by the Biocenter Grindel and Zoological Museum of the Hamburg University and the German Elasmobranch Society (D.E.G.). A number of presentations specifically addressed the concerns expressed above. However, few contributions were indeed submitted and fewer passed the review process for publication, so that the editors decided to include additional manuscripts on elasmobranches that have been regularly submitted to JAI since the Hamburg EEA Conference, mainly dealing with general biological aspects of various species in the Mediterranean Sea and the SW Atlantic. The reference to the ‘Darwin Year 2009’ is on purpose. In http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Ichthyology Wiley

Research on Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) – improving our knowledge base to conserve and manage these highly endangered and ancient fish

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Wiley
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© 2009 Blackwell Verlag GmbH
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0175-8659
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1439-0426
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10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01307.x
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The ‘Darwin Year 2009’ provides ample opportunity to discuss evolutionary and species conservation issues. The growing awareness in science circles and in the public on the critical state of many elasmobranch species inspired conservation concerns with many links to evolutionary aspects in these ancient fish. Both aspects were the reasons to invite manuscripts for this special issue of JAI. There is an urgent need to enhance our knowledge base on these ‘LIVING FOSSILS’ as their current situation must be viewed as ‘highly endangered’. Initial background for this initiative was the 6th Science Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association (EEA) in November 2006 in Hamburg, Germany, hosted by the Biocenter Grindel and Zoological Museum of the Hamburg University and the German Elasmobranch Society (D.E.G.). A number of presentations specifically addressed the concerns expressed above. However, few contributions were indeed submitted and fewer passed the review process for publication, so that the editors decided to include additional manuscripts on elasmobranches that have been regularly submitted to JAI since the Hamburg EEA Conference, mainly dealing with general biological aspects of various species in the Mediterranean Sea and the SW Atlantic. The reference to the ‘Darwin Year 2009’ is on purpose. In

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Journal of Applied Ichthyology – Wiley

Published: Aug 1, 2009

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