DICT Reports & Scientific Publications

REPORTS

• Dyer Island Conservation Trust Decade of Achievement Report.
• DICT 2017 – 2019 Report

SHARKS

• Queiroz, N., Humphries, N.E., Couto, A., Vedor, M., da Costa, I., Sequeira, A.M.M., Mucientes, G., Santos, A.M., Abascal, F.J., Abercrombie, D.L., Abrantes, K., Acuña-Marrero, D., Afonso, A.S., Afonso, P., Anders, D., Araujo, G., Arauz, R., Bach, P., Barnett, A., Bernal, D., Berumen, M.L., Bessudo Lion, S., Bezerra, N.P.A., Blaison, A.V., Block, B.A., Bond, M.E., Bradford, R.W., Braun, C.D., Brooks, E.J., Brooks, A., Brown, J., Bruce, B.D., Byrne, M.E., Campana, S.E., Carlisle, A.B., Chapman, D.D., Chapple, T.K., Chisholm, J., Clarke, C.R., Clua, E.G., Cochran, J.E.M., Crochelet, E.C., Dagorn, L., Daly, R., Devia Cortés, D., Doyle, T.K., Drew, M., Duffy, C.A.J., Erikson, T., Espinoza, E., Ferreira, L.C., Ferretti, F., Filmalter, J.D., Fischer, G.C., Fitzpatrick, R., Fontes, J., Forget, F., Fowler, M., Francis, M.P., Gallagher, A.J., Gennari, E., Goldsworthy, S.D., Gollock, M.J., Green, J.R., Gustafson, J.A., Guttridge, T.L., Guzman, H.M., Hammerschlag, N., Harman, L., Hazin, F.H.V., Heard, M., Hearn, A.R., Holdsworth, J.C., Holmes, B.J., Howey, L.A., Hoyos, M., Hueter, R.E., Hussey, N.E., Huveneers, C., Irion, D.T., Jacoby, D.M.P., Jewell, O.J.D., Johnson, R., Jordan, L.K.B., Jorgensen, S.J., Joyce, W., Keating Daly, C.A., Ketchum, J.T., Klimley, A.P., Kock, A.A., Koen, K., Ladino, F., Lana, F.O., Lea, J.S.E., Llewellyn, F., Lyon, W.S., MacDonnell, A., Macena, B.C.L., Marshall, H., McAllister, J.D., McAuley, R., Meÿer, M.A., Morris, J.J., Nelson, E.R., Papastamatiou, Y.P., Patterson, T.A., Peñaherrera-Palma, C., Pepperell, J.G., Pierce, S.J., Poisson, F., Quintero, L.M., Richardson, A.J., Rogers, P.J., Rohner, C.A., Rowat, D.R.L., Samoilys, M., Semmens, J.M., Sheaves, M., Shillinger, G., Shivji, M., Singh, S., Skomal, G.B., Smale, M.J., Snyders, L.B., Soler, G., Soria, M., Stehfest, K.M., Stevens, J.D., Thorrold, S.R., Tolotti, M.T., Towner, A., Travassos, P., Tyminski, J.P., Vandeperre, F., Vaudo, J.J., Watanabe, Y.Y., Weber, S.B., Wetherbee, B.M., White, T.D., Williams, S., Zárate, P.M., Harcourt, R., Hays, G.C., Meekan, M.G., Thums, M., Irigoien, X., Eguiluz, V.M., Duarte, C.M., Sousa, L.L, Simpson, S.J., Southall E.J. and Sims, D.W. (2019) Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries. Nature
• Jewell, O. J., Gleiss, A. C., Jorgensen, S. J., Andrzejaczek, S., Moxley, J. H., Beatty, S. J., Wikelski, M., Block, B. A. & Chapple, T. K. (2019) Cryptic habitat use of white sharks in kelp forest revealed by animal-borne video. Biology letters, 15(4), 20190085.
• Huveneers, C., Apps, K., Becerril-García, E. E., Bruce, B., Butcher, P. A., Carlisle, A. B., Chapple, T. , Christiansen, H. M., Cliff, G., Curtis, T. H., Daly-Engel, T. S., Dewar, H., Dicken, M. L., Domeier, M. L., Duffy, C. A. J., Ford, R., Francis, M. P., French, G. C. A., Galván-Magaña, F., García-Rodríguez, E., Gennari, E., Graham, B., Hayden, B., Hoyos-Padilla, E. M., Hussey, N. E., Jewell, O. J. D., Jorgensen, S. J., Kock, A. A., Lowe, C. G., Lyons, K., Meyer, L., Oelofse, G., Oñate-González, E. C., Oosthuizen, H., O’Sullivan, J. B., Ramm, K., Skomal, G., Sloan, S., Smale, M. J., Sosa-Nishizaki, O., Sperone, E., Tamburin, E., Towner, A. V., Wcisel, M. A., Weng, K. C. & Werry J. M. (2018) Future research directions on the ‘elusive’ white shark. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 455.
• French, G. C. A., Stürup, M., Rizzuto, S., Van Wyk, J. H., Edwards, D., Dolan, R. W., Wintner, S. P., Towner, A. V. & Hughes, W. O. H. (2017) The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth: tooth shape and ontogenetic shift dynamics in the white shark Carcharodon carcharias. Journal of fish biology, 91(4), 1032-1047.
• Rogers, T. D., Cambiè, G., & Kaiser, M. J. (2017) Determination of size, sex and maturity stage of free swimming catsharks using laser photogrammetry. Marine biology, 164(11), 213.
• Towner, A. V., Leos‐Barajas, V., Langrock, R., Schick, R. S., Smale, M. J., Kaschke, T., Jewell, O. J. & Papastamatiou, Y. P. (2016) Sex‐specific and individual preferences for hunting strategies in white sharks. Functional Ecology, 30(8), 1397-1407.
• Chapple, T. K., Gleiss, A. C., Jewell, O. J., Wikelski, M., & Block, B. A. (2015) Tracking sharks without teeth: a non-invasive rigid tag attachment for large predatory sharks. Animal Biotelemetry, 3(1), 14.
• Dureuil, M., Towner, A. V., Ciolfi, L. G., & Beck, L. A. (2015) A computer-aided framework for subsurface identification of white shark pigment patterns. African journal of marine science, 37(3), 363-371.
• Jewell, O. J., Wcisel, M. A., Towner, A. V., Chivell, W., Van der Merwe, L., & Bester, M. N. (2014) Core habitat use of an apex predator in a complex marine landscape. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 506, 231-242.
• Jewell, O. J., Johnson, R. L., Gennari, E., & Bester, M. N. (2013) Fine scale movements and activity areas of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Environmental biology of fishes, 96(7), 881-894.
• Towner, A. V., Wcisel, M. A., Reisinger, R. R., Edwards, D., & Jewell, O. J. (2013) Gauging the threat: the first population estimate for white sharks in South Africa using photo identification and automated software. PloS one, 8(6), e66035.
• Towner, A. V., Underhill, L. G., Jewell, O. J., & Smale, M. J. (2013) Environmental influences on the abundance and sexual composition of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in Gansbaai, South Africa. PLoS one, 8(8), e71197.
• Jewell, O. J. D. (2012) Foraging ecology of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias at Dyer Island, South Africa (Master’s dissertation, University of Pretoria).
• Towner, A. V., Smale, M. J. & Jewell, O. J. (2012) Boat strike wound healing in the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) global perspectives on the biology and life history of the white shark. In Domeier, M. L., editor, Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark, chapter 6, pages 77- CRC Press.
• Towner, A.V. (2012) Great White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in Gansbaai, South Africa: Environmental influences and changes over time: 2007–2011 (Master’s dissertation, University of Cape Town).
• Jewell, O. J., Wcisel, M. A., Gennari, E., Towner, A. V., Bester, M. N., Johnson, R. L. & Singh, S. (2011) Effects of smart position only (SPOT) tag deployment on white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in South Africa. PLoS One, 6(11), e27242.
• Wcisel, M., Chivell, W. & Gottfried, M. D.