Publications related to I3S

A computer-aided program for pattern-matching natural marks on the spotted raggedtooth shark Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810), Van Tienhoven, A.M., Den Hartog, J.E., Reijns, R.A., & Peddemors, V.M., Journal of Applied Ecology 44, 273–280 (2007) Abstract
Spot the match – wildlife photo-identification using information theory, Speed, C.W., Meekan, M.G., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Frontiers in Zoology, Frontiers in Zoology 4: 2, DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-4-2 (2007) Abstract
Population abundance and apparent survival of the Vulnerable whale shark Rhincodon typus in the Seychelles aggregation, David Rowat et al., Fauna & Flora International Oryx, 43(4), 591–598 (2009) Article
Photo-identification of individual weedy seadragons Phyllopteryx taeniolatus and its application in estimating population dynamics, K. M. Martin-Smith, Journal of Fish Biology (2011), doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02966.x Abstract
Decline in whale shark size and abundance at Ningaloo Reef over the past decade: The world’s largest fish is getting smaller, Bradshaw, C. J. A., et al., Biological Conservation, In Press, (2008)
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Inferring Population Trends of the World's Largest Fish from Mark-Recapture Estimates of Survival, Bradshaw, C. J. A., Mollet, H. G., et al., Journal of Animal Ecology 76(3): 480–489 (2007)
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Scarring patterns and relative mortality rates of Indian Ocean whale sharks, Speed, C.W., Meekan, Rowat, D., Pierce, S.J., Marshall, A.D., M.G., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Journal of Fish Biology 72: 6. 1488-1503 (2008) Abstract
Shark attacks on a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, western Australia, Fitzpatrick, B., Meekan, M., et al., Bulletin of Marine Science 78(2): 397-402 (2006)
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Population size and structure of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Meekan, M. G., Bradshaw, C. J. A., et al., Marine Ecology Progress Series (319): 275-285 (2006)
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Movement of Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) Tagged at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia,Wilson, S. G., Polovina,J. J., et al., Marine Biology (148): 1157-1166 (2005)
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New record of the smalleye stingray, Dasyatis microps (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the western Indian Ocean, Simon J. Pierce, William T. White & Andrea D. Marshall, Zootaxa 1734: 65–68 (2008)
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Morphological measurements of manta rays (Manta birostris) with a description of a foetus from the east coast of Southern Africa, Andrea D. Marshall, Simon J. Pierce, & Michael B. Bennett, Zootaxa 1717: 24–30 (2008)
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