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Shark Research
In oceanic ecosystems, large sharks function as top predators, and their abundance and distribution patterns may have cascading effects on the ecosystems they inhabit. Sharks are typically slow growing, long lived species that may use a variety of habitats over broad spatial scales. Their life history characteristics leave them vulnerable to exploitation and many shark populations worldwide are in decline. In the Gulf of Mexico, declines of both oceanic and coastal shark populations have been reported.