Location, Location, Location! Evaluating Space Use of Captive Aquatic Species; A Case Study with Elasmobranchs

Authors: Alexis M. Hart, Zac Reynolds, Sandra M. Troxell-Smith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, elasmobranch, sharks, space use, Spread of participation index, ZooMonitor

2022

Environmental enrichment effects on the reproductive behavior of captive nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum

Authors: Helen Colbachini, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto, Leonardo Mendes de Souza Mesquita, Otto Bismarck Fazzano Gadig

Publication/Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes

Keywords: captive breeding, olfactory enrichment, olfactory mediation, shark reproduction

2021

Natural Habitat Design for Zoo-Housed Elasmobranch and Teleost Fish Species Improves Behavioural Repertoire and Space Use in a Visitor Facing Exhibit

Authors: Kristie Lawrence, Sally L Sherwen, Hannah Larsen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Captive animal behavior, enclosure design, fish, visitor effect, welfare

2021

The hemic response of white-spotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) with inflammatory disease

Authors: Amy B. Alexander, Lily A. Parkinson, Krystan R. Grant, Eric Carlson, Terry W. Campbell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cartilaginous fish, clasper, elasmobranchs, hematology, white blood cell count

2016

Seasonality and site fidelity of the zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, in southeast Queensland, Australia

Authors: Christine L. Dudgeon, Janet M. Lanyon, Jayson M. Semmens

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: acoustic telemetry, elasmobranch, glmm, leopard shark, migration movement, philopatry, stegostoma fasciatum

2013

Construction and test of an artificial uterus for ex situ development of shark embryos

Authors: N. Otway, M. Ellis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elasmobranch, growth, reproduction, survival, wobbegong

2012

Modelling the emergence and stability of a vertically transmitted cultural trait in bottlenose dolphins

Authors: Anna M. Kopps, William B. Sherwin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, dating, fitness benefit, individual-based model, innovation rate, learning fidelity, social learning, sponging, tursiops sp.

2012

Stereotypic behavior in wild marine carnivores?

Authors: L. J. Miller, S. Kuczaj, D. Herzing

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal management, animal welfare, feeding schedules, lemon shark

2011

Ultrasound examination and behavior scoring of captive broadnose sevengill sharks, Notorynchus cepedianus (Peron, 1807)

Authors: Jonathan Daly, Ian Gunn, Nick Kirby, Robert Jones, David Galloway

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, elasmobranch, ovarian follicle growth, reproduction, ultrasonography

2007