A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks 1 2 Christopher S. Bird 1, + *, Ana Veríssimo 2,3 , Sarah Magozzi 1 , Kátya G Abrantes 4 , Alex 3 Aguilar 5 , Hassan Al-Reasi 6 , Adam Barnett 4 , Dana M. Bethea 7 , Gérard Biais 8 , Asuncion 4 Borrell 5 , Marc Bouchoucha 9 , Mariah Boyle 10 , Edward J. Brooks 11 , Juerg 5 Brunnschweiler 12 , Paco Bustamante 13 , Aaron Carlisle 14 , Diana Catarino 15 , Stephane 6 Caut 16 , Yves Cherel 17 , Tiphaine Chouvelon 18 , Diana Churchill 19 , Javier Ciancio 20 , 7 Julien Claes 21 , Ana Colaço 15 , Dean Courtney 7 , Pierre Cresson 22 , Ryan Daly 23, 24 , Leigh 8 de Necker 25 , Tetsuya Endo 26 , Ivone Figueiredo 27 , Ashley J. Frisch 28 , Joan Holst Hansen 9 29 , Michael Heithaus 30 , Nigel E. Hussey 31 , Johannes Iitembu 32 , Francis Juanes 33 , Michael 10 J. Kinney 34 , Jeremy J. Kiszka 35 , Sebastian A. Klarian 36 , Dorothée Kopp 37 , Robert Leaf 11 38 , Li Yunkai 39 , Anne Lorrain 40 , Daniel Madigan 41 , Aleksandra Maljković 42 , Luis 12 Malpica-Cruz 43 , Philip Matich 44, 45 , Mark Meekan 46 , Frederic Menard 47 , Gui M. 13 Menezes 15 , Samantha Munroe 48 , Michael Newman 49 , Yannis Papastamatiou 50, 51 , Heidi 14 Pethybridge 52 , Jeffrey D. Plumlee 53,54 , Carlos Polo-Silva 55 , Katie Quaeck-Davies 1 , 15 Vincent Raoult 56 , Jonathan Reum 57 , Yassir Eden Torres-Rojas 58 , David S. Shiffman 59 , 16 Oliver N. Shipley 60 , Conrad W. Speed 46 , Michelle Staudinger 61 , Amy Teffer 62 , 17 Alexander Tilley 63 , Maria Valls 64 , Jeremy J. Vaudo 65 , Tak-Cheung Wai 66 , R. J. David 18 Wells 53, 54 , Alex S.J. Wyatt 67 , Andrew Yool 68 , Clive N. Trueman 1 *. 19 20 1. Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 21 Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK 22 +. Centre for Environment, Fisheries, & Aquaculture Sciences (CEFAS), Pakefield Road, 23 Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK (current address) 24 2. CIBIO - Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Campus Agrário de 25 Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal 26 3. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Route 1208, Greate Road, Gloucester Point VA 27 23062, U.S.A. 28 4. College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns Qld 4878, Australia 29 5. IRBio; Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat and Department of Evolutionary Biology, 30 Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, 31 08028 Barcelona, Spain 32 6. Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos Univeristy, P.O. Box 36, 33 P.C. 123, Muscat, Oman 34 7. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 3500 35 Delwood Beach Rd., Panama City, FL 32408, U.S.A 36 8. Ifremer, Unité Halieutique Gascogne Sud, Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques de La 37