Overfishing and climate change elevate extinction risk of endemic sharks and rays in the southwest Indian Ocean hotspot

Here, we summarise the extinction risk of the sharks and rays endemic to coastal, shelf, and slope waters of the southwest Indian Ocean and adjacent waters (SWIO+, Namibia to Kenya, including SWIO islands). This region is a hotspot of endemic and evolutionarily distinct sharks and rays. Nearly one-f...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 19; no. 9; p. e0306813
Main Authors:	Pollom, Riley A., Cheok, Jessica, Pacoureau, Nathan, Gledhill, Katie S., Kyne, Peter M., Ebert, David A., Jabado, Rima W., Herman, Katelyn B., Bennett, Rhett H., da Silva, Charlene, Fernando, Stela, Kuguru, Baraka, Leslie, Robin W., McCord, Meaghen E., Samoilys, Melita, Winker, Henning, Fennessy, Sean T., Pollock, Caroline M., Rigby, Cassandra L., Dulvy, Nicholas K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 05.09.2024 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Animals Biodiversity Biodiversity hot spots Biogeography Biology and Life Sciences Bycatch Climate Change Climatic changes Coastal waters Coasts Conservation of Natural Resources Data collection Ecological function Ecology and Environmental Sciences Ecosystem Ecosystem management Ecosystems Endangered & extinct species Endangered populations Endangered Species Endemic species Extinction Extinction (Biology) Extinction, Biological Fish populations Fisheries Fisheries management Fishes Forecasts and trends Indian Ocean Industrial development Influence Ocean Oceans Overfishing People and places Protection and preservation Rays (Fishes) Risk Sharks Sharks - physiology Skates, Fish Species extinction Stingrays Sustainability management Taxonomy Thinning Threatened species Wildlife conservation Indian Ocean Mozambique Namibia South Africa United Kingdom Madagascar Kenya Angola Somalia
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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