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A Novel Cardiotoxic Mechanism for a Pervasive Global Pollutant

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

A first estimate of white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, abundance off Central California

scientific article

A new satellite technology for tracking the movements of Atlantic bluefin tuna ⬇️

scientific article published on August 4, 1998

A novel application of multi-event modeling to estimate class segregation in a highly migratory oceanic vertebrate

scientific article published on December 2016

Amino acid isotope incorporation and enrichment factors in Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Assessing niche width of endothermic fish from genes to ecosystem

scientific article

Assessing the effectiveness of a large marine protected area for reef shark conservation

Atlantic bluefin tuna: a novel multistock spatial model for assessing population biomass

scientific article

Barbara Block: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean

Mission Blue Voyage

Biomechanical Analysis of the Slow-Twitch (Red) Muscle Force Transmission Pathways in Tunas

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Biomonitoring of marine vertebrates in Monterey Bay using eDNA metabarcoding

scientific article

Cardiac remodeling in response to embryonic crude oil exposure involves unconventional NKX family members and innate immunity genes

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Characterization of RyR1-slow, a ryanodine receptor specific to slow-twitch skeletal muscle

scientific article published on November 2000

Characterization of ryanodine receptor and Ca2+-ATPase isoforms in the thermogenic heater organ of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans).

scientific article

Characterization of the sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins in the thermogenic muscles of fish

scientific article

Cloning and characterization of fiber type-specific ryanodine receptor isoforms in skeletal muscles of fish ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1998

Comparative influence of ocean conditions on yellowfin and Atlantic bluefin tuna catch from longlines in the Gulf of Mexico

scientific article

Comparison of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Production of Ectothermic and Endothermic Fish Muscle

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Convergent evolution in locomotory patterns of flying and swimming animals

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Corrigendum: Quantifying overlap between the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and predicted bluefin tuna spawning habitat in the Gulf of Mexico

scientific article published on 10 November 2016

Crude oil impairs cardiac excitation-contraction coupling in fish

scientific article published on February 2014

Cryptic habitat use of white sharks in kelp forest revealed by animal-borne video

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Cumulative human impacts on marine predators

scientific article published in January 2013

Deepwater Horizon crude oil impacts the developing hearts of large predatory pelagic fish

scientific article published on 24 March 2014

Depth and muscle temperature of Pacific bluefin tuna examined with acoustic and pop-up satellite archival tags

scientific article published on 23 April 2001

Depth and temperature of the blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, observed by acoustic telemetry

scientific article published in 1992

Direct measurement of swimming and diving kinematics of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus).

scientific article

Direct quantification of energy intake in an apex marine predator suggests physiology is a key driver of migrations

scientific article

Eating or Meeting? Cluster Analysis Reveals Intricacies of White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Migration and Offshore Behavior ⬇️

scientific article published on October 29, 2012

Effect of temperature acclimation on red blood cell oxygen affinity in Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Effect of thermal acclimation on action potentials and sarcolemmal K+ channels from Pacific bluefin tuna cardiomyocytes.

scientific article

Effects of Ca2+ on oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria from the thermogenic organ of marlin

scientific article published in December 1996

Effects of temperature acclimation on Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) cardiac transcriptome

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Effects of temperature, epinephrine and Ca(2+) on the hearts of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).

scientific article

Electronic tagging and population structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna

scientific article

Electronic tagging of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, L.) reveals habitat use and behaviors in the Mediterranean Sea.

scientific article

Elevated Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2) activity in tuna hearts: comparative aspects of temperature dependence.

scientific article

Endothermy in fishes: a phylogenetic analysis of constraints, predispositions, and selection pressures

article

Estimating Natural Mortality of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Using Acoustic Telemetry

article

Estimating apparent survival of sub-adult and adult white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in central California using mark-recapture methods

article

Expanded niche for white sharks ⬇️

scientific article published on January 3, 2002

Experimental Demonstration of the Energetic Cost of Parasitism in Free-Ranging Hosts

scientific article published in 1993

Exposure to Deepwater Horizon weathered crude oil increases routine metabolic demand in chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Expression of cytokines IL-1beta and TNF-alpha in tissues and cysts surrounding Didymocystis wedli (Digenea, Didymozoidae) in the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

scientific article published on 24 May 2010

Expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase isoforms in marlin and swordfish muscle and heater cells

scientific article published in July 1996

Exxon Valdez to Deepwater Horizon: comparable toxicity of both crude oils to fish early life stages

scientific article published on 31 August 2013

Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Habitat and behaviour of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares in the Gulf of Mexico determined using pop-up satellite archival tags

scientific article published on May 2009

Hearing thresholds of swimming Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis

scientific article published on 3 March 2015

Heart rate responses to temperature in free-swimming Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis).

scientific article published on 9 May 2013

Heterologous hybridization to a complementary DNA microarray reveals the effect of thermal acclimation in the endothermic bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis).

scholarly article

High apex predator biomass on remote Pacific islands

article

Hydraulic control of tuna fins: A role for the lymphatic system in vertebrate locomotion.

scientific article published in July 2017

Identification of distinct movement patterns in Pacific leatherback turtle populations influenced by ocean conditions ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

In situ cardiac performance of Pacific bluefin tuna hearts in response to acute temperature change

scientific article

In the belly of the beast: resolving stomach tag data to link temperature, acceleration and feeding in white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)

article by Salvador J. Jorgensen et al published 2 November 2015 in Animal biotelemetry

Influence of swimming speed on metabolic rates of juvenile pacific bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna

scientific article

Intramuscular anesthesia of bonito and Pacific mackerel with ketamine and medetomidine and reversal of anesthesia with atipamezole

scientific article

Killer whales redistribute white shark foraging pressure on seals

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Life History and Stock Structure of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Long-term individual identification and site fidelity of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, off California using dorsal fins

scientific article

Microarray gene expression profiles from mature gonad tissues of Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus in the Gulf of Mexico ⬇️

scientific article published on October 5, 2012

Migration and habitat of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the eastern Pacific Ocean

article by Kevin C. Weng et al published 17 July 2007 in Marine Biology

Migratory movements, depth preferences, and thermal biology of Atlantic bluefin tuna

scientific article (publication date: 17 August 2001)

Migratory shearwaters integrate oceanic resources across the Pacific Ocean in an endless summer

scientific article

Movement and environmental preferences of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) electronically tagged in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada

article

Movement patterns for a critically endangered species, the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), linked to foraging success and population status

scientific article

Movements of pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) in the Eastern North Pacific revealed with archival tags

Multilocus phylogenetic analyses reveal that habitat selection drives the speciation of Didymozoidae (Digenea) parasitizing Pacific and Atlantic bluefin tunas.

scientific article published on 23 December 2009

Natal homing and connectivity in Atlantic bluefin tuna populations

scientific article

Oceanographic drivers of the vertical distribution of a highly migratory, endothermic shark.

scientific article

Oceanographic preferences of Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, on their Gulf of Mexico breeding grounds

scientific article published on 18 July 2007

Persistent leatherback turtle migrations present opportunities for conservation

scientific article

Philopatry and migration of Pacific white sharks

scientific article (publication date: 7 March 2010)

Phylotranscriptomic insights into the diversification of endothermic Thunnus tunas

scientific article

Physiological Ecology in the 21st Century: Advancements in Biologging Science ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2005

Physiological differences between the alpha and beta ryanodine receptors of fish skeletal muscle

scientific article

Population connectivity of pelagic megafauna in the Cuba-Mexico-United States triangle

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Postprandial metabolism of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis).

scientific article published on July 2010

Predicted hotspots of overlap between highly migratory fishes and industrial fishing fleets in the northeast Pacific

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

Predicting bycatch hotspots for endangered leatherback turtles on longlines in the Pacific Ocean.

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Quantification of Environmental DNA (eDNA) Shedding and Decay Rates for Three Marine Fish

scientific article

Quantifying energy intake in Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) using the heat increment of feeding

scientific article

Quantifying overlap between the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and predicted bluefin tuna spawning habitat in the Gulf of Mexico

scientific article

Reconstructing transoceanic migration patterns of Pacific bluefin tuna using a chemical tracer toolbox.

scientific article published in June 2014

Response to Comment on "Tracking the global footprint of fisheries"

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Reverse diel vertical movements of oceanic manta rays off the northern coast of Peru and implications for conservation

scientific article published on 26 February 2021

Satellite tagging and cardiac physiology reveal niche expansion in salmon sharks

scientific article

Seasonal movements, aggregations and diving behavior of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) revealed with archival tags

scientific article

Shark baselines and the conservation role of remote coral reef ecosystems.

scientific article published on 7 March 2018

Skeletal muscle and cardiac transcriptomics of a regionally endothermic fish, the Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

Stable isotope analysis challenges wasp-waist food web assumptions in an upwelling pelagic ecosystem

scientific article

Stable isotope analysis of vertebrae reveals ontogenetic changes in habitat in an endothermic pelagic shark

scientific article

Structural evidence for direct interaction between the molecular components of the transverse tubule/sarcoplasmic reticulum junction in skeletal muscle

scientific article

Temperature dependence of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Temperature dependence of the Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2) in the ventricles of tuna and mackerel ⬇️

scientific article published on November 6, 2003

Temperature dependent pre- and postprandial activity in Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

scientific article published on 05 February 2019

Temperature effects on Ca2+ cycling in scombrid cardiomyocytes: a phylogenetic comparison ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Temperature effects on metabolic rate of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis

article

The Twilight Zone as a Major Foraging Habitat and Mercury Source for the Great White Shark

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

The economic efficiency of a time-area closure to protect spawning bluefin tuna

scientific article published in 2010

The effect of temperature on postprandial metabolism of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

The fastest contracting muscles of nonmammalian vertebrates express only one isoform of the ryanodine receptor

scientific article

The importance of migratory connectivity for global ocean policy

scientific article published on 25 September 2019

The political biogeography of migratory marine predators

scientific article published on 03 September 2018

The role of discounting and dynamics in determining the economic efficiency of time-area closures for managing fishery bycatch

article

The structure of the membrane systems in a novel muscle cell modified for heat production ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1988

Tissue turnover rates and isotopic trophic discrimination factors in the endothermic teleost, pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis).

scientific article

Toward a national animal telemetry network for aquatic observations in the United States

scientific article published in 2016

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

scientific article

Tracking sharks without teeth: a non-invasive rigid tag attachment for large predatory sharks

scientific article published in 2015

Tracking the global footprint of fisheries

scientific article

Tracking the response of industrial fishing fleets to large marine protected areas in the Pacific Ocean

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Travelling light: white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) rely on body lipid stores to power ocean-basin scale migration ⬇️

scientific article published on July 17, 2013

Ultrastructure of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiac myocytes from Pacific bluefin tuna

scientific article published on 8 August 2008

Using stable isotope analysis to understand the migration and trophic ecology of northeastern Pacific white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias).

scientific article

Warm brain and eye temperatures in sharks

scientific article

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