Shark populations are declining globally and the effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) as a conservation tool may vary by species and environmental context. This study assessed space use and residency of smoothhound sharks ( Mustelus mustelus )—an endangered, yet highly exploited shark—in relation to spatial protection and fishing risk across three areas off the southern coast of South Africa. Passive acoustic telemet...

High morphological and ecological diversity displayed by European bullheads led Freyhof et al. (2005) to describe 15 nominal species. However, the basis for declaring these nominal species is contentious due to a lack of rigorous statistical analysis of morphological variations among populations, limitations in the inferences made from previous generations of molecular studies, a dearth of next‐generation sequencing tools for...

This study developed an integrated approach for the sustainable exploitation of the green seaweed Codium sp., cultivated in an integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) system, as a source of ingredients for functional skin care products. Biomass was extracted following European Union cosmetic regulations using a polarity gradient system, yielding five fractions, and the antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, photoprotect...

The Asia region harbors exceptional chondrichthyan (shark, ray, and chimaera) diversity but faces intense fishing pressure. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process provides a collaborative, evidence-based framework to identify critical habitats and inform spatial management. We assessed ISRAs across the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, and the Northwest Pacific to characterize their extent, ecological significance, and...

During a survey of oat and barley crops in northern New South Wales (NSW) and southern Queensland (Qld), a novel member of the genus Luteovirus (family Tombusviridae ) causing leaf reddening and yellow dwarf symptoms in oats and barley was found in both States. A near-complete genome of the virus tentatively named cereal red leaf virus (CrRLV; tentative species name Luteovirus foliarubra ) was obtained through high throughput...

There is a global increase in the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas (O&G) infrastructure at the end of its operating lifetime. However, there is strikingly limited empirical evidence for the environmental and ecological impacts of decommissioning. Here, we employed a meta‐analytical approach on an industry benthic monitoring database to investigate the benthic biodiversity and food web properties of structures sampled in...

Identifying populations at highest risk from climate change is a critical component of conservation efforts. However, vulnerability assessments are usually applied at the species level, even though intraspecific variation in exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity play a crucial role in determining vulnerability. Genomic data can inform intraspecific vulnerability by identifying signatures of local adaptation that reflect...

Purpose Molecular typing can identify relationships between M. genitalium strains and antimicrobial resistance and demographic data. We examined the association of mgpB sequence types (STs) with sex/sexual orientation, antimicrobial resistance and geographical location for M. genitalium in Australia. Methods Sequence data derived from previous studies in Victoria and Queensland were obtained from 170 M. genitalium samples for...

Marine predators are vital to the healthy functioning of coastal ecosystems, but to understand their roles, it is necessary to elucidate their movement ecology, particularly in relation to one another. A decade's worth of acoustic telemetry data (2011–2020) from Algoa Bay, South Africa, was investigated to determine how two mesopredatory species (teleosts: dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus , n = 11, and leervis Lichia amia , n =...