2023
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12735
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Where land meets sea: Intertidal areas as key‐habitats for sharks and rays

Abstract: Coastal habitats are vital to both coastal and oceanic marine species, such as marine mammals, teleost fishes and elasmobranchs (i.e. sharks and rays). Coastal reefs, estuaries, saltmarshes and softbottom flat habitats play an important role in the life cycle of many species, for example as nursery habitats for early life-stages, feeding areas or as sites for mating or spawning/parturition (Knip et al., 2010,

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“…Juveniles tend to nurse in extremely shallow waters, including intertidal zones and other nearshore habitats (Dabruzzi et al, 2013;Leurs et al, 2023;O'Shea et al, 2012). Despite being common and broadly distributed in easily accessible habitats, T. lymma is poorly studied.…”
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“…Juveniles tend to nurse in extremely shallow waters, including intertidal zones and other nearshore habitats (Dabruzzi et al, 2013;Leurs et al, 2023;O'Shea et al, 2012). Despite being common and broadly distributed in easily accessible habitats, T. lymma is poorly studied.…”
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“…[86]. Ubiquitous ray pits indicated that rays likely feed on the benthic infauna of these sand flats (Dataset 1) [87][88][89]. Moreover, we identified ~23.000 m 2 of seagrass habitat, which is an important nursery habitat for coral reef fish and decapods [90,91] that can support increased numbers of benthic infauna [92].…”
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“…Blackchin guitarfish occurs in neritic waters, feeding mostly on crustacea and fish in sandy and muddy substrates (Bengi̇l et al, 2020; Capapé et al, 2004). Despite the worrying conservation status and the immediate calls for more studies and conservation action ( e.g ., Leurs et al, 2023; Moore, 2017), the ecology and baseline data, such as diet, of this species are still poorly known. This knowledge is particularly lacking for West Africa, a key region for the conservation of coastal elasmobranchs, due to the high species richness and importance as a nursery and feeding ground, but where more than half of the occurring species are listed as globally threatened or near threatened by the IUCN (Moore, 2017; Polidoro et al, 2017; Stein et al, 2018).…”
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confidence: 99%