FIU Discovery

Insights into the Relative Abundance, Life History, and Ecology of Oceanic Sharks in the Eastern Bahamas

Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays.  SCIENCE.  380:1155-1160.

Merging technologies and supervised classification methods to quantify capture behavior on hook-and-line.  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY.  555.

Vertical space use and thermal range of the great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran), (Ruppell, 1837) in the western North Atlantic.  JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY.  101:797-810.

Estimated life-history traits and movements of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) in The Bahamas based on tag-recapture data.  MARINE BIOLOGY.  169.

Varying reef shark abundance trends inside a marine reserve: evidence of a Caribbean reef shark decline.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  683:97-107.

Using movement models and systematic conservation planning to inform marine protected area design for a multi-species predator community.  BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION.  266.

Moray eels are more common on coral reefs subject to higher human pressure in the greater Caribbean

Anthropogenic pressures on reef-associated sharks in jurisdictions with and without directed shark fishing.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  661:175-186.

Assessment of faunal communities and habitat use within a shallow water system using non-invasive BRUVs methodology

Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks.  NATURE.  583:801-+.

Effects of exposure to large sharks on the abundance and behavior of mobile prey fishes along a temperate coastal gradient.  PLOS ONE.  15.

Evaluating the effects of large marine predators on mobile prey behavior across subtropical reef ecosystems.  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.  9:13740-13751.

Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries.  NATURE.  572:461-+.

Top predators induce habitat shifts in prey within marine protected areas.  OECOLOGIA.  190:375-385.

The trophic ecology of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) relative to other large teleost predators on an isolated coral atoll.  MARINE BIOLOGY.  165.

Baited Remote Underwater Video surveys undercount sharks at high densities: insights from full-spherical camera technologies.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  585:113-121.

Abundance and size structure of a reef shark population within a marine reserve has remained stable for more than a decade.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  576:1-10.

Affordable and accurate stereo-video system for measuring dimensions underwater: a case study using oceanic whitetip sharks Carcharhinus longimanus.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  574:75-84.

Philopatry and Regional Connectivity of the Great Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna mokarran in the US and Bahamas

Occurrence and habitat use of the critically endangered smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata in the Bahamas.  JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY.  87:1322-1341.

Vertical and horizontal movements of a silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) in the Fijian archipelago

Diet shift and site-fidelity of oceanic whitetip sharks Carcharhinus longimanus along the Great Bahama Bank.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  529:185-197.

Aerial Survey as a Tool to Estimate Abundance and Describe Distribution of a Carcharhinid Species, the Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris

Reef sharks exhibit site-fidelity and higher relative abundance in marine reserves on the Mesoamerican Barrier reef

Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation.  NATURE. E20-E28.

Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone.  NATURE. E8-E16.

Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks (583, pg 801, 2020).  NATURE. E11-E11.