Sharks and Skates: Ecology, Distribution and Conservation

• Other Authors: Marongiu, Martina Francesca (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Chondrichthyes; cartilaginous fish; sharks; skates; rays; conservation.
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Chondrichthyes (sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras) represent one of the oldest and most ecologically various vertebrate lineages. These predators occupy the top of aquatic food webs and play important functional roles in the control of coastal and oceanic ecosystem structure and function; however,...