Author Archives: jbrunnschweiler

See here. Background and summary on Mike’s blog.

First watch this. And then read this: Characterizing the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas habitat in Fiji by the chemical and isotopic compositions of their teeth. See also on Mike’s blog.

This is a big, big day for shark conservation in Fiji (and in general)! The Shark Reef Marine Reserve is now a National Marine Park. Thank you Mike! Details here.

Happy to share this with you: Know your instruments: ensuring that depth and temparture data from pop-up satellite archival tags are reported correctly. The supplementary files can be found here.

First read this: Global economic value of shark ecotourism: implications for conservation. Then this. More, as always, on Mike’s blog. 

Another dataset from Fiji analyzed: Long-term changes in species composition and relative abundances of sharks at a provisioning site. See also Mike’s blog for more on this.

I’m happy to share this with you: Opportunistic visitors: long-term behavioural response of bull sharks to food provisioning in Fiji. See also Mike’s blog for more on this.

Here’s a must read Editorial from the New York Times. And for those interested in the details read this.

In 2011 we published a paper in Fisheries Research reporting stomach eversion in a line-caught Shortfin Mako. A few days ago, an amateur naturalist posted footage of this rather spectacular behaviour on YouTube. Filmed with a Go Pro, this time … Continue reading →

This is most exciting bull shark stuff: Christine Testerman from Mahmood‘s lab in Florida has presented the results of her genetic work at the recent meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society in Vancouver, Canada. You can find a copy of … Continue reading →