Influence of environmental factors on shark and ray movement, behaviour and habitat use: a review

AM Schlaff, MR Heupel, CA Simpfendorfer - Reviews in Fish Biology and …, 2014 - Springer
Any attempt to describe the spatial ecology of sharks and rays should consider the drivers
responsible for movement. Research has shown fluctuations in the environment (abiotic …

Automated acoustic tracking of aquatic animals: scales, design and deployment of listening station arrays

MR Heupel, JM Semmens… - Marine and Freshwater …, 2006 - CSIRO Publishing
The recent introduction of low-cost, moored data-logging acoustic receivers has provided
opportunities for tracking marine organisms over small (hundreds of metres) and large …

Sizing up the ecological role of sharks as predators

MR Heupel, DM Knip, CA Simpfendorfer… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2014 - int-res.com
The decline of predators in a variety of ecosystems has transformed community structure
through mesopredator release and trophic cascades. Elasmobranch fishes, one of the …

Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions

MR Heupel, JK Carlson, CA Simpfendorfer - Marine ecology progress …, 2007 - int-res.com
The concept of elasmobranch species using nursery areas was introduced in the early
1900s and has been an accepted aspect of shark biology and behavior for several decades …

An integrated risk assessment for climate change: analysing the vulnerability of sharks and rays on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

A Chin, PM Kyne, TI Walker… - Global change …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract An Integrated Risk Assessment for Climate Change (IRACC) is developed and
applied to assess the vulnerability of sharks and rays on Australia's Great Barrier Reef …

Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management

CW Speed, IC Field, MG Meekan… - Marine ecology progress …, 2010 - int-res.com
Global declines of shark populations are of concern because of their largely assumed role
as moderators of ecosystem function. Without long-term data on movement patterns for …

Advances in understanding the roles and benefits of nursery areas for elasmobranch populations

MR Heupel, S Kanno, APB Martins… - Marine and …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Nursery areas are critical to the survival of many marine species, and it is widely accepted
that elasmobranch species use nursery areas where they improve species fitness. A 2007 …

Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses of the genetic structure of blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) nurseries in the northwestern Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico …

DB Keeney, MR Heupel, RE Hueter… - Molecular …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the genetic structure of blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) continental
nurseries in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea using …

Estimation of shark home ranges using passive monitoring techniques

MR Heupel, CA Simpfendorfer, RE Hueter - Environmental Biology of …, 2004 - Springer
We examined a population of blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, within a coastal
nursery area to define how individuals use the nursery habitat throughout the summer. We …

Habitat use, growth rates and dispersal patterns of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini in a nursery habitat

KM Duncan, KN Holland - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2006 - int-res.com
Nursery habitat use and growth rates of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna
lewini were measured in a Hawai 'i nursery (Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu) using a 28 mo tag-and …