Metal concentrations in coastal sharks from The Bahamas with a focus on the Caribbean Reef shark by Oliver N. Shipley, Cheng-Shiuan Lee, Nicholas S. Fisher, James K. Sternlicht, Sami Kattan, Erica R. Staaterman, Neil Hammerschlag, Austin J. Gallagher

“…We provide the first assessment of metal (Cd, Pb, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, As, Ag, and THg) and metalloid (As) concentrations in the muscle tissue of coastal sharks from The Bahamas. A total of 36 individual sharks from six species were evaluated, spanning two regions/study areas, with a focus on the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), and to a lesser extent the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). …”
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi (Carcharhinformes: Carcharhinidae) by Austin J. Gallagher, Oliver N. Shipley, Bo Reese, Vijender Singh

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Tiger sharks support the characterization of the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem by Austin J. Gallagher, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Nourah A. Alsudairy, Andrew B. Casagrande, Chuancheng Fu, Lucy Harding, S. David Harris, Neil Hammerschlag, Wells Howe, Antonio Delgado Huertas, Sami Kattan, Andrew S. Kough, Andre Musgrove, Nicholas L. Payne, Adrian Phillips, Brendan D. Shea, Oliver N. Shipley, U. Rashid Sumaila, Mohammad S. Hossain, Carlos M. Duarte

“…This study characterizes the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem in The Bahamas by integrating spatial estimates with remote sensing and performing extensive ground-truthing of benthic habitat with 2,542 diver surveys, as well as data obtained from instrument-equipped tiger sharks, which have strong fidelity to seagrass ecosystems.…”
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Observations of biennial reproduction in Caribbean reef sharks ‘Carcharhinus perezi’ by Beckah A. Campbell, Oliver N. Shipley, Taeler R. Jones, Austin J. Gallagher, James A. Sulikowski

“…Unique to this study was the opportunity to conduct longitudinal assessments of two individuals, recaptured across multiple seasons during sampling in The Bahamas. Within-individual, paired hormone analyses and in-situ ultrasounds of female sharks that were confirmed as either pregnant, non-pregnant, or reproductively active, suggest a biennial reproductive cycle for Carcharhinus perezi. …”
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