Focus On: Sharks

Sharks - one of the most publicised predators in the ocean, if not the world. Yet, many species of sharks are endangered, and conservation efforts are certainly not helped by media coverage and calls for shark culls. This post looks at the research being undertaken to ensure the survival of these apex predators and highlights the importance of the shark in the marine ecosystem.

All articles below are from journals that AIMS is subscribed to, and should therefore be freely accessible by AIMS staff.

Please note the publication dates on these articles as many are older articles.

Andrea Dell’Apa, M. Chad Smith, Mahealani Y. Kaneshiro-Pineiro (2014) The Influence of Culture on the International Management of Shark Finning, Environmental Management, Volume 54, Issue 2, 151-161 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Barry D. Bruce, Russell W. Bradford (2013) The effects of shark cage-diving operations on the behaviour and movements of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, at the Neptune Islands, South Australia, Marine Biology, Volume 160, Issue 4, 889-907 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Bret A. Muter, Meredith L. Gore, Katie S. Gledhill, Christopher Lamont and Charlie Huveneers (2013) Australian and U.S. News Media Portrayal of Sharks and Their Conservation, Conservation Biology, Volume 27, Issue 1, 187–196 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Charles A. Manire and Samuel H. Gruber (1990) Many Sharks May Be Headed Toward Extinction, Conservation Biology, Volume 4, Issue 1, 10–11 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Christopher Neff, Robert Hueter (2013) Science, policy, and the public discourse of shark “attack”: a proposal for reclassifying human–shark interactions, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, 65-73 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Craig P. O’Connell, Sara Andreotti, Michael Rutzen, Michael Meÿer, Conrad A. Matthee, Pingguo He (2014) Effects of the Sharksafe barrier on white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) behavior and its implications for future conservation technologies, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume 460, 37-46 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ashley J. Frisch, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Anthony M. Ayling, Maria Beger (2014) Habitat partitioning and vulnerability of sharks in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Volume 24, Issue 1, 169-197 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Demian D. Chapman, Debra L. Abercrombie, Christophe J. Douady, Ellen K. Pikitch, Michael J. Stanhopen, Mahmood S. Shivji (2003) A 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, Volume 4, Issue 4, 415-425 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Francesco Ferretti, Boris Worm, Gregory L. Britten, Michael R. Heithaus and Heike K. Lotze (2010) Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean, Ecology Letters, Volume 13, Issue 8, 1055–1071 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Haseeb S. Randhawa, Robert Poulin and Martin Krkošek (2015) Increasing rate of species discovery in sharks coincides with sharp population declines: implications for biodiversity, Ecography, Volume 38, Issue 1, 96–107 Link to Abstract/Full Text

I. C. Field, M. G. Meekan, C. W. Speed, W. White, C. J. A. Bradshaw (2011) Quantifying movement patterns for shark conservation at remote coral atolls in the Indian Ocean, Coral Reefs, Volume 30, Issue 1, 61-71 Link to Abstract/Full Text

John W. Mandelman, Peter W. Cooper, Timothy B. Werner, Kerry M. Lagueux (2008) Shark bycatch and depredation in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Volume 18, Issue 4, 427-442 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Juan M. Molina, Steven J. Cooke (2012) Trends in shark bycatch research: current status and research needs, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Volume 22, Issue 3, 719-737 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Julia K. Baum, Ransom A. Myers, Daniel G. Kehler, Boris Worm, Shelton J. Harley, and Penny A. Doherty (2003) Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic, Science, Volume 299, Number 5605, 389-392 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Justin R. Rizzari, Brock J. Bergseth and Ashley J. Frisch (2015) Impact of conservation areas on trophic interactions between apex predators and herbivores on coral reefs, Conservation Biology, Volume 29, Issue 2, 418–429 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Kirby Smith, Mark Scarr, Carol Scarpaci (2010) Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus ) Diving Tourism: Tourist Compliance and Shark Behaviour at Fish Rock, Australia, Environmental Management, Volume 46, Issue 5, 699-710 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Mahmood S. Shivji, Demian D. Chapman, Ellen K. Pikitch, Paul W. Raymond (2005) Genetic profiling reveals illegal international trade in fins of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Conservation Genetics, Volume 6, Issue 6, 1035-1039 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Marc O. Nadon, Julia K. Baum, Ivor D. Williams, Jana M. McPherson, Brian J. Zgliczynski, Benjamin L. Richards, Robert E. Schroeder and Russell E. Brainard (2012) Re-Creating Missing Population Baselines for Pacific Reef Sharks, Conservation Biology, Volume 26, Issue 3, 493–503 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Michael L. Domeier, Nicole Nasby-Lucas (2013) Two-year migration of adult female white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) reveals widely separated nursery areas and conservation concerns, Animal Biotelemetry, Volume 1, 2 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Michael R. Heithaus, Alejandro Frid, Aaron J. Wirsing, Boris Worm (2008) Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 23, Issue 4, 202-210 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Michelle R. Heupel, Danielle M. Knip, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Nicholas K. Dulvy (2014) Sizing up the ecological role of sharks as predators, MEPS 495, 291-298 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Pascal T. Geraghty, William G. Macbeth, Alastair V. Harry, Jacqueline E. Bell, Michelle N. Yerman, and Jane E. Williamson (2014) Age and growth parameters for three heavily exploited shark species off temperate eastern Australia, ICES J. Mar. Sci. 71 (3): 559-573 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Ransom A. Myers, Julia K. Baum, Travis D. Shepherd, Sean P. Powers, and Charles H. Peterson (2007) Cascading Effects of the Loss of Apex Predatory Sharks from a Coastal Ocean, Science, Volume 315, number 5820, 1846-1850 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Ricardo C. Garla, Demian D. Chapman, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Mahmood Shivji (2005) Movement 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, Volume 149, Issue 2, 189-199 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Tim P. Lynch, Robert Harcourt, Graham Edgar, Neville Barrett (2013) Conservation of the Critically Endangered Eastern Australian Population of the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus ) Through Cross-Jurisdictional Management of a Network of Marine-Protected Areas, Environmental Management, Volume 52, Issue 6, 1341-1354 Link to Abstract/Full Text

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