PSRC Publications 2011-2015

2015

*Student (current and former) co-author names are underlined

Ebert, D.A. & Clerkin, P.J. 2015. A new species of deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae:Bythaelurus) from the southwestern Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 15: 53-63.

Ebert, D.A., Huveneers, C., & Dudley, S.F.J. 2015. Preface. In: Ebert, D.A., Huveneers, C., & Dudley, S.F.J. (eds). Advances in shark research. African Journal of Marine Science, 37.

Ebert, D.A. & van Hees, K.E. 2015. Beyond jaws: rediscovering the “Lost Sharks” of southern Africa. In: Ebert, D.A., Huveneers, C., & Dudley, S.F.J. (eds). Advances in shark research. African Journal of Marine Science, 37.

Huveneers, C., Ebert, D.A., & Dudley, S.F.J. 2015. The evolution of Chondrichthyan research through a metadata analysis of dedicated international conferences between 1991 and 2014. In: Ebert, D.A., Huveneers, C., & Dudley, S.F.J. (eds). Advances in shark research. African Journal of Marine Science, 37.

Walovich, K.A., Ebert, D.A., Long, D.J., and Didier, D.A. 2015. Redescription of Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) (Chimaeriformes : Chimaeridae), with a review of southern African chimaeroids. In: Ebert, D.A., Huveneers, C., & Dudley, S.F.J. (eds). Advances in shark research. African Journal of Marine Science, 37.Cailliet, G.M. & Ebert, D.A. 2015. The diversity and natural history of Chondrichthyan fishes. Immunobiology of the Shark. CRC Press, Chapter 1: 1-28.

Ebert, D.A., Haas, D.L., & de Carvalho, M.R. 2015. Tetronarce cowleyi sp. nov., a new species of electric ray from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes: Torpediformes: Torpedinidae). Zootaxa, 3936(2): 237-250.

Fernando, D., Perera, N., Ebert, D.A. 2015. First record of the megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios, (Chondrichthyes:Lamniformes:Megachasmidae) from Sri Lanka, northern Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8: e75

Kemper, J.M., Ebert, D.A., Naylor, G.J.P. and Didier, D.A. 2015. Chimaera carophila sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes:  Chimaeriformes:  Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from New Zealand. Bulletin of Marine Science, 91(1): 63-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2014.1042

White, W.T., Vaz, D.F.B., Ho, H-C, Ebert, D.A., de Carvalho, M.R., Corrigan, S., Rochel, E., de Carvalho, M., Tanaka, S., & Naylor, G.J.P. 2015. Redescription of Scymnodon ichiharai Yano & Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of somniosid genera.  Ichthyological Research, 62: 213-229. doi: 10.1007/s10228-014-0430-y

Books

Ebert, D.A. 2015. Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 9. Rome. FAO. 251 p.

Ebert, D.A., Huveneers, C., & Dudley, S.F.J. (eds) 2015. Advances in shark research. African Journal of Marine Science, 37.

Ebert, D.A. & Mostarda, E. 2015. Identification guide to the deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FishFinder Programme, FAO, Rome. 70 p.

Jabado R.W., Ebert D.A. 2015. Sharks of the Arabian Seas: an identification guide. The International Fund for Animal Welfare, Dubai, UAE. 240 pp.

2014

*Student (current and former) co-authors are underlined

Ainsley, S.M., Ebert, D.A., Natanson, L.J., & Cailliet, G.M. 2014. A comparison of  the age and growth of the Bering Skate, Bathyraja interrupta (Gill and Townsend, 1897), from two Alaskan large marine ecosystems. Fisheries Research, 154: 17-25.

Chiquillo, K.L., Ebert, D.A., Slager, C.J., and Crow, K.D. In press. Phylogenetic affinities within the Rajidae and the evolution of a novel reproductive strategy in skates. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.012

Dulvy, N.K., Fowler, S.L., Musick, J.A., Cavanagh, R.D., Kyne, P.M., Harrison, L.R., Carlson, J.K., Davidson, L.N.K., Fordham, S.V., Francis, M.P., Pollock, C.M., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Burgess, G.H., Carpenter, K.E., Compagno, L.J.V., Ebert, D.A., Gibson, C., Heupel, M.R., Livingstone, S.R., Sanciangco, J.C., Stevens, J.D., Valenti, S., White, W.T. 2014. Global extinction risk of sharks and rays: threats, hotspots, and conservation. eLife, 2014, 3: e00590. doi: 10.7554/eLife.00590.

Ebert, D.A., Knuckey, J.D.S. & Kamikawa, D.J. 2014. First eastern North Pacific record of the velvet dogfish, Zameus squamulosus (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Somniosidae). Marine Biodiversity Records, 7: e48, 1-3. doi: 10.1017/S1755267214000499.

James, K.C., Ebert, D.A., Natanson, L.J., and Cailliet, G.M. 2014. Age and growth characteristics of the starry skate, Raja stellulata, with a description of life history and habitat trends of the central California, U.S.A., skate assemblage. Environmental Biology Fishes, 97(4): 435-448. doi: 10.1007/s10641-013-0164-0 

Perez-Brazen, C.R., Cailliet, G.M., & Ebert, D.A. 2014. Reproduction of the sandpaper skate. Environmental Biology Fishes. On-line Feb. 2014. doi: 10.1007/s10641-014-0220-4 

Straube, N., Leslie, R.W., Clerkin, P.C., Ebert, D.A., Rochel, E., Corrigan, S.L., Chenhong, L., Naylor, G.J.P. 2014. On the occurrence of the southern lanternshark, Etmopteus granulosus, off South Africa, with comments on the validity of E. compagnoi. Deepsea Research II.

Winton, M.V., Natanson, L.J., Kneebone, J., Cailliet, G.M., & Ebert, D.A. 2014. Life history of Bathyraja trachura from the eastern Bering Sea, with evidence of latitudinal variation in a deepsea skate species. Journal Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. On-line Oct. 2013 doi: 10.1017/S0025315413001525

Books

Ebert, D.A. 2014. Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean. Volume 2. Batoids and Chimaeras. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 8, Vol. 2. Rome. FAO. 123 p. 

Ebert, D.A. & Fowler, S. Illustrations by M. Dando.  2014. Sharks of the world: an illustrated pocket guide to the sharks of the world. Wild Nature Press. 256 pp.

2011

*Student (current and former) co-author names are underlined

Ebert, D.A. & Caillet, G.M. 2011. Pristiophorus nancyae, a new species of sawshark (Chondrichthyes: Pristiophoridae) from southern Africa. Bulletin of Marine Science, 87(3): 501-512.

Ebert, D.A., Compagno, L.J.V. & De Vries, M.J. 2011. A new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae: Etmopterus) from Southern Africa. Copeia, 2011(3): 379-384.

Knuckey, J.D.S., D.A. Ebert & G.H. Burgess. 2011. Etmopterus joungi n. sp., a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Taiwan. Aqua, 17(2): 61-72. 

Perez, C.R., Cailliet, G.M., & Ebert, D.A. 2011. Age and growth of the sandpaper skate, Bathyraja kincaidii (Garman, 1908). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 1982;62:215-223.