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Shark Measurements

All Publications

A list of all peer-reviewed publications featuring Shark Measurements team members. Click on article or journal names for more information, and reach out via our contact form to request full text copies.

Academic journals published in so far:

Marine Pollution Bulletin
Scientific Reports
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
PLOS ONE
Integrative Organismal Biology
Journal of Morphology
Ecology and Evolution
Journal of Fish Biology
Evolutionary Ecology
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Marine Biology

Elasmobranch morphometry and comparative anatomy

Ontogenetic scaling of disc width with total length in west African batoids. Evolutionary Ecology.

Allometric Growth and Scaling of Body Form of the Spadenose Shark (Scoliodon laticaudus). Ecology and Evolution, 14: e70414.

Evolutionary trends in the elasmobranch neurocranium. Sci Rep 14, 11471.

Ontogenetic shifts in body form in the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas. Journal of Morphology, 285, e21673.

Ontogenetic morphometry of the brown smoothhound shark Mustelus henlei with implications for ecology and evolution. Journal of Morphology, 284, e21608.

The selective drivers of allometry in sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 198(1), pp.257-277.

Aerial photogrammetry of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the Bay of La Paz, using an unoccupied aerial vehicle. Marine Biology, 169(7), 1-8.

Elasmobranch behaviour, movement and kinematics

Quantifying the behavioural consequences of shark ecotourism. Sci Rep 13, 12938

First record of bottom‐feeding behaviour in the whale shark (Rhincodon typus). Journal of Fish Biology.

First description of a sex segregated aggregation of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) and the frequency and distribution of mating wounds off the tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 105(7), pp.953-960.

Chondrichthyan macroevolution and phylogenetics

Drivers of diversification in sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12, p.1530326.

Heterochrony and Oophagy Underlie the Evolution of Giant Filter‐Feeding Lamniform Sharks. Evolution & Development, 27(1), p.e12496.

No evidence for population-level benefits of polyandry in sharks and rays. PloS one, 19(9), p.e0308141.

Sharks violate Rensch's rule for sexual size dimorphism. Integrative Organismal Biology, p.obae025.

The origins and drivers of sexual size dimorphism in sharks. Ecology and Evolution, 14(3), p.e11163.

The evolution of sexual dimorphism in Chondrichthyes: drivers, uncertainties, and future directions. Environmental Biology of Fishes, pp.1-13.

The genetics‐morphology‐behavior trifecta: Unraveling the single greatest limitation affecting our understanding of chondrichthyan evolution. Ecology and Evolution, 13(6), p.e10204.

Elasmobranch population genetics

Community perceptions of Elasmobranch ecology and biology

Other publications

Cautionary tales on the use of proxies to estimate body size and form of extinct animals. Ecology and Evolution, 14(9), p.e70218.

First record of a neonate bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e11664.

Heavy metal and trace element concentrations in the blood of scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) from La Paz Bay, México. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 201, p.116155.

The multidimensional spectrum of eco‐evolutionary relationships between sharks and remoras. Journal of Fish Biology.

The biology and ecology of the Pacific sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon longurio. Ecology and Evolution, 13(10), p.e10600.

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