Search Results - "Ferreira, Luciana C"
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The economic value of shark-diving tourism in Australia
Published in Reviews in fish biology and fisheries (01-09-2017)“…Shark-diving is part of a rapidly growing industry focused on marine wildlife tourism. Our study aimed to provide an estimate of the economic value of…”
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Crossing latitudes--long-distance tracking of an apex predator
Published in PloS one (11-02-2015)“…Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) are apex predators occurring in most tropical and warm temperate marine ecosystems, but we know relatively little of their…”
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The trophic role of a large marine predator, the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier
Published in Scientific reports (09-08-2017)“…Tiger sharks were sampled off the western (Ningaloo Reef, Shark Bay) and eastern (the Great Barrier Reef; GBR, Queensland and New South Wales; NSW) coastlines…”
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Overhauling Ocean Spatial Planning to Improve Marine Megafauna Conservation
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (01-11-2019)“…Tracking data have led to evidence-based conservation of marine megafauna, but a disconnect remains between the many thousands of individual animals that have…”
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I still call Australia home: Satellite telemetry informs the protection of flatback turtles in Western Australian waters
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-05-2024)“…Flatback turtles (Natator depressus) are endemic to northern Australia, but their movements at sea have remained understudied. Here, we compiled one of the…”
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Pygmy blue whale movement, distribution and important areas in the Eastern Indian Ocean
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-06-2022)“…Pygmy blue whales in the South-east Indian Ocean migrate from the southern coast of Australia to Indonesia, with a significant part of their migration route…”
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Predicting suitable habitats for foraging and migration in Eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales from satellite tracking data
Published in Movement ecology (07-06-2024)“…Accurate predictions of animal occurrence in time and space are crucial for informing and implementing science-based management strategies for threatened…”
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Links between the three-dimensional movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and the bio-physical environment off a coral reef
Published in Movement ecology (31-01-2024)“…Measuring coastal-pelagic prey fields at scales relevant to the movements of marine predators is challenging due to the dynamic and ephemeral nature of these…”
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Stable Isotope Analysis of Dermis and the Foraging Behavior of Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (06-09-2019)“…In order to examine the foraging behavior of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, stable isotope analysis of the dermis was used to estimate…”
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Asymptotic Growth of Whale Sharks Suggests Sex-Specific Life-History Strategies
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (16-09-2020)“…Age and growth data are central to any management or conservation strategy for a species. Circumstantial evidence suggests that male whale sharks grow to…”
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Regional movements of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, off Northeastern Brazil: inferences regarding shark attack hazard
Published in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (01-09-2013)“…An abnormally high shark attack rate verified off Recife could be related to migratory behavior of tiger sharks. This situation started after the construction…”
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Horizontal and vertical movement behaviour of flatback turtles and spatial overlap with industrial development
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (23-08-2018)“…Understanding the overlap of animal distributions and anthropogenic activity is essential for effective conservation management. Here, we analysed data from…”
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Predation of baitfishes associated with whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef
Published in Marine biology (01-11-2023)“…Baitfishes may aggregate around megafauna such as whale sharks ( Rhincodon typus ) to gain protection from larger predatory fishes. Here, we used videos from…”
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The power of national acoustic tracking networks to assess the impacts of human activity on marine organisms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Biological conservation (01-04-2021)“…COVID-19 restrictions have led to an unprecedented global hiatus in anthropogenic activities, providing a unique opportunity to assess human impact on…”
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Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity
Published in Global change biology (01-06-2022)“…Offshore platforms, subsea pipelines, wells and related fixed structures supporting the oil and gas (O&G) industry are prevalent in oceans across the globe,…”
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Multiple satellite tracking datasets inform green turtle conservation at a regional scale
Published in Diversity & distributions (01-02-2021)“…Aim Satellite tracking studies of marine megafauna have grown over the last few decades. The number of these individual datasets are now at levels which if…”
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Scaling of Activity Space in Marine Organisms across Latitudinal Gradients
Published in The American naturalist (01-04-2023)“…AbstractUnifying models have shown that the amount of space used by animals (e.g., activity space, home range) scales allometrically with body mass for…”
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Continental‐scale acoustic telemetry and network analysis reveal new insights into stock structure
Published in Fish and fisheries (Oxford, England) (01-09-2021)“…Delineation of population structure (i.e. stocks) is crucial to successfully manage exploited species and to address conservation concerns for threatened…”
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Movements and distribution of hawksbill turtles in the Eastern Indian Ocean
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-09-2021)“…Western Australia (WA) is one of the largest remaining hotspots for hawksbill turtles. Providing data from this region is a total of 42 satellite transmitter…”
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Exposure of marine megafauna to cumulative anthropogenic threats in north-west Australia
Published in Frontiers in ecology and evolution (13-12-2023)“…As the use of coastal and offshore environments expands, there is a need to better understand the exposure of marine megafauna to anthropogenic activities that…”
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