ASIH 1997 Joint Meetings

Session 46: AES Contributed Papers, III: Reproduction and Growth

Robert E. Heuter and Henry F. Mollet, Sunday, June 29, Savery 239

• 1:30 Castro, J. The reproductive biology of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum
• 1:45 *Haenni, E.G., Wourms, J.P. Comparative morphology of the appendiculae, umbilical stalks, and placentae of phyrnid sharks: Functional correlates
• 2:00 Villavicencio-Garayzar, C.J. Reproductive biology of the horn shark (Heterodontus francisci) in Mexican waters
• 2:15 *Gelsleichter, J., Grubbs, R.D., Musick, J.A. Morphology and histology of the reproductive tract of a hermaphroditic spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
• 2:30 *Mollet, H.F., Cliff, G., Pratt, H.L., Jr., Stevens, J.D. Reproductive parameters of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
• 2:45 *Cailliet, G.M., Mollet, H.F. Preliminary demographic analysis of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)

3:00 Break

• 3:15 *Merson, R.R., Pratt, H.L., Jr. Northern extent of the pupping grounds of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) on the US east coast
• 3:30 Hueter, R.E. Philopatry, natal homing, and localized stock depletion in sharks: Strictly a hypothesis
• 3:45 *Feldheim, K.F., Ashley, M.V., Gruber, S.H. Population structure and dynamics of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) on a local scale: Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis
• 4:00 *Harkins, H.K., Lowe, C.G., Holland, K.N., Bush, A. Growth rates of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini)
• 4:15 *Heupel, M.R., Bennet, M.B., Simpfendorfer, C.A. Analysis of tissue responses to dart and roto tagging in four shark species
• 4:30 Anderson, S., *Goldman, K. Photographic identification of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at the south Farallon Islands, central California