Scholarly & Creative Works
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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2022Small localized breeding populations in a widely distributed coastal shark species. CONSERVATION GENETICS. 23:51-61.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10592-021-01398-3 Web of Science: 000700969000001
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2021Phylogeography and population genetics of the cryptic bonnethead shark Sphyrna aff. tiburo in Brazil and the Caribbean inferred from mtDNA markers. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 99:1899-1911.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14896 Web of Science: 000709918200001
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2021Rapid species and river-of-origin determination for matamata turtles (Chelus sp.) using real-time PCR: Facilitating rapid return of trafficked specimens back to the wild. AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS. 31:2586-2593.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3613 Web of Science: 000656715000001
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2021Relative contribution to the shark fin trade of Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific pelagic thresher sharks. ANIMAL CONSERVATION. 24:367-372.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/acv.12644 Web of Science: 000572140500001
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2021Using fisher-contributed secondary fins to fill critical shark-fisheries data gaps. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 35:991-1001.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13688 Web of Science: 000614440300001
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2021Elucidating shark diets with DNA metabarcoding from cloacal swabs. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES. 21:1056-1067.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13315 Web of Science: 000613646100001
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2021Moray eels are more common on coral reefs subject to higher human pressure in the greater CaribbeanFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102097 Web of Science: 000631646000001
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2021Anthropogenic pressures on reef-associated sharks in jurisdictions with and without directed shark fishing. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 661:175-186.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps13607 Web of Science: 000629155900012
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2021The sharks and rays at Singapore's fishery ports. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 235.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105805 Web of Science: 000605480500003
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2020DNA Zip-coding: identifying the source populations supplying the international trade of a critically endangered coastal shark. ANIMAL CONSERVATION. 23:670-678.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/acv.12585 Web of Science: 000526807100001
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2020Annual breeding in a captive smalltooth sawfish,Pristis pectinata. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 97:1586-1589.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14523 Web of Science: 000569513500001
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2020An encounter between a pelagic shark and giant cephalopod. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 97:588-589.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14415 Web of Science: 000542477900001
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2020Mercury and arsenic in processed fins from nine of the most traded shark species in the Hong Kong and China dried seafood markets: The potential health risks of shark fin soup. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 157.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111281 Web of Science: 000548531100039
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2020Species composition of the largest shark fin retail-market in mainland China. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69555-1 Web of Science: 000556411200013
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2020Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. NATURE. 583:801-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y Web of Science: 000551385400006
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2020Environmental DNA detection tracks established seasonal occurrence of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) in a semi-enclosed subtropical bay. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68843-0 Web of Science: 000550057200160
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2020Microsatellite primer development in elasmobranchs using next generation sequencing of enriched libraries. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS. 47:2669-2675.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05357-y Web of Science: 000526462100023
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2020Small fins, large trade: a snapshot of the species composition of low-value shark fins in the Hong Kong markets. ANIMAL CONSERVATION. 23:203-211.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/acv.12529 Web of Science: 000484177900001
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2020Individual and Population Benefits of Marine Reserves for Reef Sharks. CURRENT BIOLOGY. 30:480-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.005 Web of Science: 000511287900026
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2019Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 9:14341-14355.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5871 Web of Science: 000500468800001
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2019Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries. NATURE. 572:461-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4 Web of Science: 000482219600033
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2019Top predators induce habitat shifts in prey within marine protected areas. OECOLOGIA. 190:375-385.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04421-0 Web of Science: 000471666500010
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2019Genetic connectivity and phylogeography of the night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) in the western Atlantic Ocean: Implications for conservation management. AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS. 29:102-114.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2961 Web of Science: 000456804200009
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2018Multiplex real-time PCR assay to detect illegal trade of CITES-listed shark species. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34663-6 Web of Science: 000449272100007
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2018Species composition of the international shark fin trade assessed through a retail-market survey in Hong Kong. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 32:376-389.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13043 Web of Science: 000428319600013
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2018The trophic ecology of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) relative to other large teleost predators on an isolated coral atoll. MARINE BIOLOGY. 165.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00227-018-3322-2 Web of Science: 000429377700007
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2018Optimal swimming strategies and behavioral plasticity of oceanic whitetip sharks. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18608-z Web of Science: 000419942100034
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2017Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17150-2 Web of Science: 000417025400067
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2017Genetic connectivity of a coral reef ecosystem predator: the population genetic structure and evolutionary history of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi). JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY. 44:2488-2500.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13062
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2017Site affinity of whitespotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari assessed using photographic identification. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 91:1337-1349.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13452 Web of Science: 000414576100006
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2017A multiplex PCR mini-barcode assay to identify processed shark products in the global trade. PLOS ONE. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185368 Web of Science: 000412754400028
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2017Abundance 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.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps12241 Web of Science: 000407443900001
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2017Affordable 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.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps12190 Web of Science: 000405013800006
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2017Risky business for a juvenile marine predator? Testing the influence of foraging strategies on size and growth rate under natural conditions. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 284.Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0166
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2017Insights into reproduction and behavior of the smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH. 34:463-471.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/esr00868 Web of Science: 000418811600003
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2016Population structure and cryptic speciation in bonnethead sharks Sphyrna tiburo in the south-eastern U.S.A. and Caribbean. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 89:2219-2233.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13025
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2016Long-term site fidelity of endangered small-tooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) from different mothers. FISHERY BULLETIN. 114:461-475.Full Text via DOI: 10.7755/FB.114.4.8
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2016Into the deep: the functionality of mesopelagic excursions by an oceanic apex predator. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 6:5290-5304.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2260 Web of Science: 000381216300015
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2016Using genetic inference to re-evaluate the minimum longevity of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 88:2067-2074.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12943
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2016Population genetics and geometric morphometrics of the key silverside, Menidia conchorum, a marine fish in a highly-fragmented, inland habitat. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 92:33-50.Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2015.1035
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2015Genetic structure, population demography and seasonal occurrence of blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus in Bimini, the Bahamas. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 87:1371-1388.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12821
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2015Selection and sex-biased dispersal in a coastal shark: The influence of philopatry on adaptive variation. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 24:5877-5885.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/mec.13441
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2015Diet shift and site-fidelity of oceanic whitetip sharks Carcharhinus longimanus along the Great Bahama Bank. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 529:185-197.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps11302
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2015Comparative analyses of animal-tracking data reveal ecological significance of endothermy in fishes. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 112:6104-6109.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500316112 Web of Science: 000354390600070
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2015Genetic diversity of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Northwest Atlantic and Southern Africa. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 106:258-265.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv001
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2015Local population structure and context-dependent isolation by distance in a large coastal shark. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 520:203-216.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps11069
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2015First description of deep-water elasmobranch assemblages in the Exuma Sound, The Bahamas. DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY. 115:81-91.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.01.015
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2014Methylmercury in dried shark fins and shark fin soup from American restaurants. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 496:644-648.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.107
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2014Genetic diversity and effective size of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrhinchus oxyrhinchus river spawning populations estimated from the microsatellite genotypes of marine-captured juveniles. CONSERVATION GENETICS. 15:1173-1181.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0609-9
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2014Predictable temperature-regulated residency, movement and migration in a large, highly mobile marine predator (Negaprion brevirostris). MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 514:175-190.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps10966
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2014Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long-term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 23:110-117.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/mec.12583
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2013Novel microsatellite loci for white, Carcharodon carcharias and sandtiger sharks, Carcharias taurus (order Lamniformes). CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES. 5:627-629.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-9866-z
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2013Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks. MARINE POLICY. 40:194-204.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.12.034 Web of Science: 000317539200023
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2013The behavioural and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, an intrauterine cannibal. BIOLOGY LETTERS. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0003
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2013Novel microsatellite loci for winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectus americanus). CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES. 5:569-572.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12686-012-9854-8
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2012Cryptic hammerhead shark lineage occurrence in the western South Atlantic revealed by DNA analysis. MARINE BIOLOGY. 159:829-836.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1858-5
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2012Genetic mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus in a heavily exploited marine habitat indicates the need for routine genetic monitoring. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 80:207-217.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03151.x
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2011Global phylogeography of the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus: Implications for fisheries management and monitoring the shark fin trade. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH. 14:13-22.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/esr00337
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2011Phylogeography of the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) in the southern hemisphere: Implications for the conservation of a coastal apex predator. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 62:861-869.Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF10236
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2011Development and characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the blue shark, Prionace glauca, and their cross shark-species amplification. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES. 3:523-527.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9395-6
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2010Genetic tools to support the conservation of the endangered smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES. 2:105-113.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9175-8
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2010Shark virgin birth produces multiple, viable offspring. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 101:374-377.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp129
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2009Tracking the fin trade: Genetic stock identification in western Atlantic scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH. 9:221-228.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/esr00241
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2009Long-term natal site-fidelity by immature lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at a subtropical island. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 18:3500-3507.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04289.x
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2008Parthenogenesis in a large-bodied requiem shark, the blacktip Carcharhinus limbatus. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 73:1473-1477.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02018.x
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2007Polymorphic microsatellite markers for studies of the conservation and reproductive genetics of imperilled sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus). MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES. 7:1366-1368.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01888.x
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2007Deep-diving and diel changes in vertical habitat use by Caribbean reef sharks Carcharhinus perezi. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 344:271-275.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps06941
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2007Virgin birth in a hammerhead shark. BIOLOGY LETTERS. 3:425-427.Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0189
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2006Movement patterns of young Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi, at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil: The potential of marine protected areas for conservation of a nursery ground. MARINE BIOLOGY. 149:189-199.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0201-4
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2005Genetic profiling reveals illegal international trade in fins of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. CONSERVATION GENETICS. 6:1035-1039.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9082-9
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2005Habitat use and demographic population structure of elasmobranchs at a Caribbean atoll (Glover's Reef, Belize). MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 302:187-197.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps302187
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2005Marine reserve design and evaluation using automated acoustic telemetry: A case-study involving coral reef-associated sharks in the mesoamerican Caribbean. MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL. 39:42-55.Full Text via DOI: 10.4031/002533205787521640
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2004Predominance of genetic monogamy by females in a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo: Implications for shark conservation. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 13:1965-1974.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02178.x
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2003Mating behavior of southern stingrays, Dasyatis americana (Dasyatidae). ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. 68:241-245.Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1027332113894
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2003A streamlined, bi-organelle, multiplex PCR approach to species identification: Application to global conservation and trade monitoring of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. CONSERVATION GENETICS. 4:415-425.Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1024771215616
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2002A further observation of the prey-handling behavior of the great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran: Predation upon the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 70:947-952.
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CITES-listed sharks remain among the top species in the contemporary fin trade. CONSERVATION LETTERS. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/conl.12457 Web of Science: 000441238500014
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Book Chapter
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2012New Caledonia (South Paci¢c) as a Potential Tropical Wintering Ground for the White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias. 368-381.Full Text via DOI: 10.1201/b11532-28
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Conference
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2011Genetic diversity despite population collapse in a critically endangered Marine fish: The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata). JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 643-652.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr098
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Letter
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2021Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation. NATURE. E20-E28.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9 Web of Science: 000671377900017
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2021Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone. NATURE. E8-E16.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3 Web of Science: 000671377900016
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2021Indo-Pacific origins of silky shark fins in major shark fin markets highlights supply chains and management bodies key for conservation. CONSERVATION LETTERS.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/conl.12780 Web of Science: 000596428800001
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2021Long-term investment in shark sanctuaries. SCIENCE. 473-473.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.abj0147 Web of Science: 000645554100034
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2015Facultative parthenogenesis in a critically endangered wild vertebrate. CURRENT BIOLOGY. R446-R447.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.018
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2013Give Shark Sanctuaries a Chance. SCIENCE. 757-757.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.339.6121.757-a Web of Science: 000314874400020
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2006Marine parks need sharks? [3]. SCIENCE. 526-527.
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Other Scholarly Work
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2020Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks (583, pg 801, 2020). NATURE. E11-E11.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2692-z Web of Science: 000563193900001
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2013Give shark sanctuaries a chance (Science (757)). SCIENCE. 1149.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.339.6124.1149-b
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2016A review of batoid philopatry, with implications for future research and population management. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 251-261.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps11963 Web of Science: 000394183600019
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2012Stable isotopes and elasmobranchs: Tissue types, methods, applications and assumptions. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 1449-1484.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03251.x
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Research
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- Obtaining critical data needed to avert the regional extinction of the oceanic whitetip shark in the Western Atlantic Ocean. awarded by Moore Charitable Foundation 2020
- DNA Monitoring awarded by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines 2019 - 2020
- Shark and ray conservation in Belize awarded by Earthwatch Institute 2017 - 2020
- Validating eDNA for sharks awarded by Paul G. Allen Family Foundation 2017 - 2019
- Fin DNA Toolkit project awarded by Paul G. Allen Family Foundation 2016 - 2019
- THE GLOBAL FIN-PRINT: a worldwide underwater video survey of shark and ray density, diversity and ecological impact awarded by Paul G. Allen Family Foundation 2015 - 2019
- eDNA: a new way to access to sharks for conservation awarded by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 2017 - 2018
- Fin DNA Toolkit for silky and thresher sharks project awarded by Paul G. Allen Family Foundation 2017 - 2018
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- Global shark conservation awarded by Roe Foundation 2020 - 2022
- Shark monitoring in Belize awarded by Roe Foundation 2020 - 2021
subproject principal investigator on
- Hong Kong shark fin retail market species composition study by offcut sampling and DNA identification awarded by BLOOM Association HK Ltd 2019 - 2022
- Can eDNA be used to track changes in shark populations? awarded by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 2020 - 2022
- Uncovering the global meat trade awarded by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 2019 - 2022
- From killing to tagging: alternative livelihoods for shark fishermen in Belize to support newly created shark protected areas and provide relief during the pandemic awarded by Mays Family Foundation 2020 - 2021
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