Shivji Lab - Selected Publications
(Complete publication list)
Shivji, M.S., and V. Richards. 2007. Bioinformatics Tools in Conservation Biology. In: Using Bioinformatics in the
Exploration
of Genetic Diversity. (Edited by M. He). Biomedical and Life Sciences Audio-Visual Online Presentation Series, Henry Stewart
Talks Publishing. www.hstalks.com.
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.
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(86Kb).
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.
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(595Kb)
.
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(200Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(276Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(426Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(595Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(113Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(455Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(1.1Mb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(200Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(680 Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(350 Kb).
Wirshing, H.H., C.G. Messing, C.J. Douady, J. Reed, M.J. Stanhope and M.S. Shivji. 2005. Molecular evidence for multiple
lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology 147(2):
497-508.
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(1Mb).
Pank, M., L. Natanson, N. Kohler, M. Stanhope and M. Shivji. 2005. Rapid Species Identification of Pelagic Shark Tissues Using
Genetic Approaches. In: Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation (eds. M. D. Camhi and E. K.
Pikitch).
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. In Press.
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(150Kb).
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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(300Kb).
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: 241-245.
Click
here to view the entire paper
(125Kb).
Chapman, D., 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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(220Kb).
Beerkircher, L., 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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(115Kb).
Douady, C.J., M. Dosay, M. S. Shivji, and M. J. Stanhope. 2002. Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of
Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 215-221.
Click here to view the entire paper
(212Kb).
Shivji, M., 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.
Click here to view the entire paper
(600Kb).