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Akshay Tanna

Researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University

Publications -  6
Citations -  197

Akshay Tanna is an academic researcher from Manchester Metropolitan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fishing & Reef. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 87 citations.

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Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

M. Aaron MacNeil, +131 more
- 22 Jul 2020 - 
TL;DR: The results reveal the profound impact that fishing has had on reef shark populations: no sharks on almost 20% of the surveyed reefs, and shark depletion was strongly related to socio-economic conditions such as the size and proximity of the nearest market, poor governance and the density of the human population.
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New insights into the identities of the elasmobranch fauna of Sri Lanka.

TL;DR: The high amount of novelty discovered as a result of a survey of such short duration emphasizes the importance of more intensive survey efforts in this region now that the civil unrest that precluded such work for nearly three decades has come to an end.
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A first record of Halodule pinifolia Miki den Hartog, and new locality of nationally endangered Halophila beccarii Asch, from the eastern coast of Sri Lanka

TL;DR: The first record of Halodule pinifolia on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, approximately 310 km along the coastline from the previously recorded location (Kapparathota, Weligama) was presented in this paper.
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Author Correction: Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

M. Aaron MacNeil, +131 more
- 27 Aug 2020 - 
TL;DR: An Amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.