Beerkircher, L., F. Arocha, A. Barse, E. Prince, V. Restrepo, J. Serafy and M. Shivji. 2009. Species misidentification effects on population assessment of overfished white marlin Tetrapturus albidus and roundscale spearfish Tetrapturus georgii. Endangered Species Research. In Press.

Shivji, M.S. 2009. DNA Forensic Applications in Shark Management and Conservation. In: Sharks and Their Relatives: Physiological Adaptations, Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Management. (Eds: J.C. Carrier, M.R. Heithaus, J.A. Musick). CRC Press. In Press.

Hoolihan, J.P., N.F. Perez, R.M. Faugue, A. M. Bernard, R. L. Horn, D. Snodgrass and D. R. Schultz. 2009. Surface mucous as a source of genomic DNA from Atlantic billfishes (Istiophoridae) and swordfish (Xiphiidae). Fishery Bulletin 107: 339-342.
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Victor, B.C., R. Hanner, M. Shivji, J. Hyde and C. Caldow. 2009. Identification of the larval and juvenile stages of the Cubera Snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus, using DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 2215: 24-36.
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Wong, E.H.-K, M.S. Shivji and R.H. Hanner. 2009. Identifying sharks with DNA barcodes: assessing the utility of a nucleotide diagnostic approach. Molecular Ecology Resources. 9: 243-256.
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Richards, V.P., M. Henning, W. Witzell and M. Shivji. 2009. Species Delineation and Evolutionary History of the Globally Distributed Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari). Journal of Heredity 100(3): 273-283.
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Smith, W.D., J. J. Bizzarro, V.P. Richards, J. Nielsen, J.F.Márquez-Farías, and M.S. Shivji. 2009. Morphometric convergence and molecular divergence: the taxonomic status and evolutionary history of Gymnura crebripunctata (Peters, 1869) and G. marmorata (Cooper, 1864) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology. 75:761-783.
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Sebastian, H., P. Haye and M. Shivji. 2008. Characterization of the pelagic shark fin trade in north central Chile by genetic identification and trader surveys. Journal of Fish Biology 73:2293-2304.
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Chapman, D., B. Firchau and M. Shivji. 2008. Parthenogenesis in a large-bodied requiem shark (family Carcharhinidae). Journal of Fish Biology 73:1473-1477.
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Shivji, M., M. Pank, L. Natanson, N. Kohler, and M. Stanhope. 2008. Rapid Species Identification of Pelagic Shark Tissues Using Genetic Approaches. In: Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation (eds. M. D. Camhi, E. K. Pikitch and E. A. Babcock). Wiley, John & Sons, Inc.

Beerkircher, L., E. Cortes and M. Shivji. 2008. Elasmobranch Bycatch in the Pelagic Longline Fishery off the Southeastern United States, 1992\2261997. In: Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation (eds. M. D. Camhi, E. K. Pikitch and E. A. Babcock). Wiley, John & Sons, Inc.

Feldheim, K.A., A.J. Stow, H. Ahonen, D.D. Chapman, M.S. Shivji, V. Peddemors and S. Wintner. 2007. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for studies of the conservation and reproductive genetics of imperilled sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus). Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (6), 1366-1368.

Victor, B.C. 2007. Coryphopterus kuna, a new goby (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the western Caribbean, with the identification of the late larval stage and an estimate of the pelagic larval duration. Zootaxa 1526: 51-61.
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Chapman, D.D, M. S. Shivji, E. Louis, J. Sommer, H. Fletcher and P.A. Prodöhl. 2007. Virgin birth in a hammerhead shark. Biology Letters 3(4): 425-427.
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Chapman, D.D., E.K. Pikitch, E.A. Babcock, and M.S. Shivji. 2007. Deep-diving and diel changes in vertical habitat use by Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 344: 271-275.
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Richards, V.P., J.D. Thomas, M.J. Stanhope and M.S. Shivji. 2007. Genetic connectivity in the Florida reef system: comparative phylogeography of commensal invertebrates with contrasting reproductive strategies. Molecular Ecology 6: 139-157.
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Magnussen, J.E., E.K. Pikitch, S.C. Clarke, C. Nicholson, A.R. Hoelzel and M.S. Shivji. 2007. Genetic Tracking of Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) Products in International Trade. Animal Conservation 10: 199-207.
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Garla, R.C., D.D. Chapman, M.S. Shivji, B.M. Wetherbee and A.F. Amorim. 2006. Habitat of juvenile Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi, at two oceanic insular marine protected areas in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Atol das Rocas, Brazil . Fisheries Research. 81: 236-247.
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Shivji, M.S, J.E. Magnussen, L.R.Beerkircher, G. Hinteregger, D.W. Lee, J.E. Serafy and E.D. Prince. 2006. Validity, identification and distribution of the roundscale spearfish, Tetrapturus georgii (Teleostei: Istiophoridae): morphological and molecular evidence. Bulletin of Marine Science. 79: 483-491.
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Clarke, S.C., M.K. McAllister, E.J. Milner-Gulland, G. P. Kirkwood, C.G.J. Michielsens, D.J. Agnew, E.K. Pikitch, H. Nakano and M.S. Shivji. 2006. Global estimates of shark catches using trade records from commercial markets. Ecology Letters. 9: 1115-1126.
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Hoelzel, R.A., M. S. Shivji, J. E. Magnussen and M.P. Francis. 2006. Low worldwide genetic diversity in the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). Biology Letters 2(4): 639-642.
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Garla, R.C., Chapman, D.D., Wetherbee, B.M., Shivji, M. 2006. 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. 149:189-199.
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Clarke, S.C., J.E. Magnussen, D.L. Abercrombie, M. McAllister and M.S. Shivji. 2006. Identification of shark species composition and proportion in the Hong Kong shark fin market using molecular genetics and trade records. Conservation Biology. 20: 201-211.
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Shivji, M.S., D.D. Chapman, E.K. Pikitch and P.W. Raymond. 2005. Genetic profiling reveals illegal international trade in fins of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Conservation Genetics. 6: 1035-1039.
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Pikitch, E.K. D.D. Chapman, E.A. Babcock and M.S. Shivji. 2005. Habitat use and demographic population structure of elasmobranchs at a Caribbean atoll (Glover's Reef, Belize). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 302: 187-197.
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Chapman, D., E.K. Pikitch, E. Babcock and M. Shivji. 2005. Marine 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: 42-53.
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Abercrombie, D.L., S.C. Clarke and M.S. Shivji. 2005. Global-scale genetic identification of hammerhead sharks: Application to assessment of the international fin trade and law enforcement. Conservation Genetics. 6: 775-788.
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Chapman, D.D., P.A. Prodohl, J. Gelsleichter, C.A. Manire and M.S. Shivji. 2004. Predominance of genetic monogamy by females in a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo: Implications for shark conservation. Molecular Ecology 13: 1965-1974.
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Beerkircher, L., E. Cortes and M. Shivji. 2004. Characteristics of shark bycatch observed on pelagic longlines off the southeastern United States, 1992-2000. Marine Fisheries Review 64(4):40-49.
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Chapman, D.D., M.J. Corcoran, G.M. Harvey, S. Malan and M.S. Shivji. 2003. Mating behavior of southern stingrays, Dasyatis americana (Dasyatidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 68 (3): 241-245. Click here to view the entire paper (125Kb).

D. Chapman, D. Abercrombie, C. Douady, E. Pikitch, M. Stanhope and M. 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 4(4): 415-425.
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L. Beerkircher, M. Shivji, and E. Cortes. 2003. A Monte Carlo demographic analysis of the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis): implications of gear selectivity. Fishery Bulletin 101: 168-174.
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C. J. Douady, M. Dosay, M. S. Shivji, and M. J. Stanhope. 2003. Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 215-221.
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D. Chapman and S. Gruber. 2002. A further observation of the prey-handling behavior of the great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran: predation on the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari. Bulletin of Marine Science 70(3): 947-952.

M. Shivji, S. Clarke, M. Pank, L. Natanson, N. Kohler and M. Stanhope. 2002. Genetic Identification of Pelagic Shark Body Parts for Conservation and Trade-Monitoring. Conservation Biology, 16(4):1036-1047.
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M. Pank, M. Stanhope, L. Natanson, N. Kohler and M. Shivji . 2001. Rapid and simultaneous identification of body parts from the morphologically similar sharks Carcharhinus obscurus and Carcharhinus plumbeus (Carcharhinidae) using multiplex PCR. Marine Biotechnology 3:231-240.
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Horn, R., W. Robbins, D. McCauley and M. Shivji. 2008. Genetic Structure of the Gray Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos), Based on Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Analyses with Implications for Management. American Elasmobranch Society Annual Meeting, July, 2008. Montreal, Canada.

Howey, L., B. Wetherbee and M. Shivji. 2008. Movement Patterns and Environmental Preferences of Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) Determined by Satellite Archival Tagging. American Elasmobranch Society Annual Meeting, July, 2008. Montreal, Canada.

Testerman, C., P. Prodohl and M. Shivji. 2008. Global Phylogeography of the Great (Sphyrna mokarran) and Smooth (Sphyrna zygaena) Hammerhead Sharks. American Elasmobranch Society Annual Meeting, July, 2008. Montreal, Canada.

2007
Testerman, C., V. Richards, M. Francis, N. Pade, C. Jones, L. Noble and M. Shivji. 2007. Global Phylogeography of the Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus) Reveals Strong Genetic Separation of Northern and Southern Hemisphere Populations.
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Chapman, D. and M. Shivji. 200. Tracking The Fin Trade: Genetic Stock Identification of Endangered Western Atlantic Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks, Sphyrna lewini.
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Richards, V., M. Henning, W. Witzell and M. Shivji. 2007. Multilocus Molecular Evidence Supports the Recognition of at Least Two Species of Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari).
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