Peer-Reviewed Publications

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• Bowers, M.E., & Kajiura, S.M. 2024. A novel process to infer the reliability of ecological information derived from passive acoustic telemetry track reconstruction. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15: 1192-1205. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14340

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• Kajiura, S.M., Waldron, J.M. & McCoy, M.W. 2024. Spatiotemporal abundance of the whitespotted eagle ray and the giant manta ray (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from aerial surveys in southeast Florida. Environ Biol Fish. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01525-2

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• Bowers, ME & SM Kajiura. 2023. A critical evaluation of the distribution of the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, off the United States East Coast. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106:1797–1813

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• Mitchell, J.D., Drymon, J.M., Vardon, J.  et al.  (2022). Shark depredation: future directions in research and management.  Rev Fish Biol Fisheries .  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-022-09732-9

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• Whitenack LB, Mickley BL, Saltzman J, Kajiura SM, Macdonald CC, Shiffman DS (2022) A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0256842.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256842

 

• Farmer, NA, LP Garrison, C Horn, M Miller, T Gowan, RD Kenney, M Vukovich, J Robinson Willmott, J Pate, DH Webb, T. Mullican, JD Stewart, K Bassos-Hull, C Jones, D Adams, J Waldron, S Kajiura. 2022. The distribution of manta rays in the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern United States.  Scientific Reports 12: 6522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10482-8

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• Kajiura, SM, J Loyer, C Ruddy & ME Porter. 2022. Swimming Kinematics of the Caribbean Reef Shark,  Carcharhinus perezi.  Journal of Fish Biology 2022: 1311-1314.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15035

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• Ayres, KA, JT Ketchum, RG Armas, R Gonzalez-Armas, F Galvan-Magaña, A Hearn, FR Elorriaga-Verplancken, RO Martinez-Rinco, EM Hoyos-Padilla, SM Kajiura. 2021. Seasonal Aggregations of Blacktip Sharks  Carcharhinus limbatus  at a Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of California, Assessed by Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle Surveys.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 678: 95-107. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13897
   

• Shea-Vantine, C. S., Galloway, K. A., Ingle, D. N., Porter, M. E., & Kajiura, S. M. (2021). Caudal spine morphology and puncture performance of two coastal stingrays.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 61(2): 749-758.  https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab077
   

• Ayres, K. A., Ketchum, J. T., González- Armas, R., Galván-Magaña, F., Hearn, A., Elorriaga- Verplancken, F. R., Hoyos-Padilla, E. M., & Kajiura, S. M. (2021). The use of an unoccupied aerial vehicle to survey shark species over sand and rocky-reef habitats in a marine protected area.  Journal of Fish Biology, 1–6.   https://doi.org/10. 1111/jfb.14838
   

• Butcher, PA,  AP Colefax, RA Gorkin III, SM Kajiura, NA López, J Mourier, CR Purcell, GB Skomal, JP Tucker, AJ Walsh, JE Williamson & V Raoult. 2021.  The Drone Revolution of Shark Science: A Review. Drones 5(1): 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5010008
   

• Porter, ME, BR Ruddy & SM Kajiura. 2020. Volitional Swimming Kinematics of Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, in the wild. Drones 4: 78.
   

• Newton, KN & SM Kajiura. 2020. The yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) can discriminate the geomagnetic cues necessary for a bi-coordinate magnetic map. Marine Biology 167: 151-163.
   

• Cave, EJ, & SM Kajiura. 2020. Electrosensory impairment in the Atlantic stingray, Hypanus sabinus, after crude oil exposure. Zoology 143: 125844.
   

• Doan MD, Kajiura SM. Adult blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) use shallow water as a refuge from great hammerheads (Sphyrna mokarran). J Fish Biol. 2020; 96:1530–1533. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14342
   

• Newton, KN & SM Kajiura. 2020. The yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) can use magnetic field polarity to orient in space and solve a maze. Marine Biology 2020: 167:36.
   

• Newton, KN, AB Gill & SM Kajiura. 2019. Electroreception in marine fishes: chondrichthyans.  Journal of Fish Biology, 95: 135-154.

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• Cave, EJ, & Kajiura, SM. 2018. Effect of Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Water Accommodated Fraction on Olfactory Function in the Atlantic Stingray, Hypanus sabinus. Scientific Reports 8: 15786.

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• Newton, KC & SM Kajiura. 2017. Magnetic field discrimination, learning, and memory in the yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis). Animal Cognition 20(4): 603-614. doi:  10.1007/s10071-017-1084-8 

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• Ebert, DA, YP Papastamatiou, SM Kajiura & BM Wetherbee. 2017.  Etmopterus lailae  sp. nov., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa 437(2): 371-382. doi:  10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2

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• Desender, M, SM Kajiura, B Ampe, L Dumolein, H Polet, K Chiers, & A Decostere. 2017. Pulse trawling: Evaluating its impact on prey detection by small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 486: 336–343. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150911

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• Kajiura, SM & SL Tellman. 2016. Quantification of Massive Seasonal Aggregations of Blacktip Sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) in Southeast Florida. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0150911. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150911

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• Bedore, CN, SM Kajiura & S Johnsen. 2015. Freezing behavior facilitates bioelectric crypsis in cuttlefish faced with predation risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282:  20151886.

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• Harris, LL, CN Bedore & SM Kajiura. 2015. Electroreception in the obligate freshwater stingray,  Potamotrygon motoro. Marine and Freshwater Research 66 (11):  1027-1036. (pdf)

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• Berquist, RM, VL Galinsky, SM Kajiura & LR Frank. 2015. The coelacanth rostral organ is a unique low-resolution electro-detector that facilitates the feeding strike.  Scientific Reports 5: 8962.(pdf)

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• Bedore, CN, LL Harris & SM Kajiura. 2014. Behavioral responses of batoid elasmobranchs to prey-simulating electric fields are correlated to peripheral sensory morphology and ecology.  Zoology 117: 95-103. (with cover) (pdf)

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• Macesic, LJ & SM Kajiura. 2014. Pelvic girdle shape predicts locomotion and phylogeny in batoids.  Journal of Morphology 275: 100-110. (pdf)

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• Bedore, CN, ER Loew, TM Frank, RE Hueter, DM McComb & SM Kajiura. 2013. A physiological analysis of color vision in batoid elasmobranchs.  Journal of Comparative Physiology-A 199: 1129-1141. (pdf)

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• Siciliano, AM, SM Kajiura, JH Long & ME Porter. 2013. Are you positive? Electric dipole polarity discrimination in the yellow stingray,  Urobatis jamaicensis.  Biological Bulletin 225: 85-91. (with cover) (pdf)

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• McCutcheon, SM & SM Kajiura. 2013. Electrochemical properties of lanthanide metals in relation to their application as shark repellents.  Fisheries Research 147: 47-54. (pdf)

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• Bedore, CN & SM Kajiura. 2013. Bioelectric fields of marine organisms.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86(3): 298-311. (with cover) (pdf)

 

• McComb, DM, SM Kajiura, AZ Horodysky, & TM Frank. 2013. Comparative visual function in predatory fishes from the Indian River Lagoon.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86(3): 285-297. (pdf)

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• Meredith, TL, SM Kajiura & A Hansen. 2013. The somatotopic arrangement of the elasmobranch olfactory bulb.  Journal of Morphology 274: 447-455. (pdf)

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• Wueringer, BE, L Squire Jr, SM Kajiura, IR Tibbetts, NS Hart & SP Collin. 2012.  Electric Field Detection in Sawfish and Shovelnose Rays. PLoS ONE 7(7): e41605. (pdf)

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• Meredith, TL, J Caprio & SM Kajiura. 2012. Sensitivity and specificity of the olfactory epithelia of two elasmobranch species to bile salts.  Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2660-2667. (pdf)

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• Macesic, LJ & AP Summers. 2012. Flexural stiffness and composition of the batoid propterygium as predictors of punting ability.  Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2003-20012. (with cover)

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• Wueringer, BE, L Squire Jr, SM Kajiura, NS Hart & SP Collin. 2012. The function of the sawfish's saw.  Current Biology 22(5): 150-151. (with cover).

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• Jordan, LJ, JW Mandelman & SM Kajiura. 2011. Behavioral responses to weak electric fields and a lanthanide metal in two shark species.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology 409: 345-350. (pdf)

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• Wueringer, BE, SC Peverell, J Seymour, L Squire Jr, SM Kajiura & SP Collin. 2011. Sensory systems in sawfish. 1. The ampullae of Lorenini.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 78: 139-149. (pdf)

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• Meredith, TL, & SM Kajiura. 2010. Olfactory morphology and physiology of elasmobranchs.  Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 3449-3456. (pdf)

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• Macesic, LJ, & SM Kajiura. 2010. Comparative punting kinematics and pelvic fin musculature of benthic batoids.  Journal of Morphology 271: 1219-1228. (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM. 2010. Pupil dilation and visual field in the piked dogfish,  Squalus acanthias.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 88: 133-141. (pdf)

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• McComb, DM, TM Frank, RE Hueter & SM Kajiura. 2010. Temporal resolution and spectral sensitivity of the visual system of three coastal shark species from different light environments.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83(2): 299-307. (with cover) (pdf)

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• McComb, DM, TC Tricas & SM Kajiura. 2009. Enhanced visual fields in hammerhead sharks.  Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 4010-4018 (pdf).

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• Macesic, LJ, & SM Kajiura. 2009. Electric organ morphology and function in the lesser electric ray,  Narcine brasiliensis.  Zoology 112: 442-450.(pdf)

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• Tricas, TC, SM Kajiura & AP Summers. 2009. Response of the hammerhead shark olfactory epithelium to amino acid stimuli.  Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195: 947-954. (pdf)

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• Jordan, LK, SM Kajiura & MS Gordon. 2009. Functional consequences of structural differences in stingray sensory systems. Part I: mechanosensory lateral line canals.  Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 3037-3043. (pdf)

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• Jordan, LK, SM Kajiura & MS Gordon. 2009. Functional consequences of structural differences in stingray sensory systems. Part II: electrosensory system.  Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 3044-3050 (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM, LJ Macesic, TL Meredith, KL Cocks & LJ Dirk. 2009. Commensal foraging between double-crested cormorants and a Southern stingray.  The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121(3): 646-648. (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM & SML Tallack. 2009. Pupil dilation in the spiny dogfish,  Squalus acanthias.  MDIBL Bulletin 49: 68. (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM & TP Fitzgerald. 2009. Response of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks to electric stimuli.  Zoology 112: 241-250. (with cover) (pdf)

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• McGowan, DW & SM Kajiura. 2009. Electroreception in the euryhaline stingray,  Dasyatis sabina.  Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 1544-1552. (pdf)

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• McComb, DM & SM Kajiura. 2008. Visual fields of four batoid fishes: a comparative study.  Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 482-490. (pdf)

 

• Schwab, IR & DM McComb. 2007. Keeping a cool head.  British Journal of Ophthalmology 91: 138. (with cover) (pdf)

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• Tricas, TC, SM Kajiura & RK Kosaki. 2006. Acoustic communication in territorial butterflyfish: test of the sound production hypothesis.  Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 4994-5004. (pdf)

 

• Kajiura, SM, JP Tyminski, JB Forni & AP Summers. 2005. The sexually dimorphic cephalofoil of bonnethead sharks,  Sphyrna tiburo.  Biological Bulletin 209: 1-5. (with cover) (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM, JB Forni & AP Summers. 2005. Olfactory morphology of carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks – does the cephalofoil confer a sensory advantage?  Journal of Morphology 264: 253-263. (with cover) (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM. 2003. Electroreception in neonatal bonnethead sharks,  Sphyrna tiburo.  Marine Biology 143: 603-611. (pdf)

 

• Summers, AP, MM Koob-Emunds, SM Kajiura & TJ Koob. 2003. A novel fibrocartilagenous tendon from an elasmobranch fish (Rhinoptera bonasus).  Cell & Tissue Research 312: 221-227.(pdf)

 

• Nelson, PA, SM Kajiura & GS Losey. 2003. Exposure to solar radiation may increase ocular UV-filtering in the juvenile scalloped hammerhead shark,  Sphyrna lewini.  Marine Biology 142(1): 53-56. (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM, JB Forni & AP Summers. 2003. Maneuvering in juvenile carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks: the role of the hammerhead shark cephalofoil.  Zoology 106(1): 19-28. (with cover) (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM & KN Holland. 2002. Electroreception in juvenile scalloped hammerhead and sandbar sharks.  Journal of Experimental Biology 205(23): 3609-3621 (pdf)

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• Young, FA, SM Kajiura, GV Visser, JPS Correia & MFL Smith. 2002. Notes on the long-term transport of the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini).  Zoo Biology 21(3): 243-251. (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM. 2001. Head morphology and electrosensory pore distribution of carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 61(2): 125-133. (pdf)

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• Wetherbee, BM & SM Kajiura. 2000. The occurrence of a rare squaloid shark, Trigonognathus kabeyai, from the Hawaiian islands.  Pacific Science 54(4): 389-394. (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM, AP Sebastian & TC Tricas. 2000. Dermal bite wounds as indicators of reproductive seasonality and behavior in the Atlantic stingray,  Dasyatis sabina.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 58(1): 23-31. (pdf)

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• Holland, KN, P Kleiber & SM Kajiura. 1999. Different residence times of yellowfin tuna,  Thunnus albacares, and bigeye tuna,  T. obesus, found in mixed aggregations over a seamount.  Fisheries Bulletin 97: 392-395. (pdf)

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• Kajiura, SM & TC Tricas. 1996. Seasonal dynamics of dental sexual dimorphism in the Atlantic stingray,  Dasyatis sabina.  Journal of Experimental Biology 199(10): 2297-9306. (pdf)

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• Nemtzov, SC, SM Kajiura & CA Lompart. 1993. Diel color phase changes in the coney  Epinephelus fulvus  (Teleostei, Serranidae).  Copeia 1993(3): 883-885. (pdf)

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Book Chapters

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• Meredith, TL, SM Kajiura, KC Newton, TC Tricas, CN Bedore. 2022. Advances in the sensory biology of elasmobranchs. pp. 143-176 in JC Carrier, CA Simpfendorfer, MR Heithaus & KE Yopak, eds. Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives 3rd edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (pdf)
   

• Kajiura SM 2019. Electroreceptors. In: Vonk J, Shackelford T. (eds)  Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham
   

• Kajiura, SM, AC Cornett & KE Yopak. 2009. Sensory adaptations to the environment – Electroreceptors as a case study. pp. 393-434 in JC Carrier, JA Musick & MR Heithaus, eds. Sharks and Their Relatives II: Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation.  CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (pdf)
   

• Holland, KN, AC Bush, CG Meyer, SM Kajiura, BM Wetherbee & CG Lowe. 2001. Five tags applied to a single species in a single location: the tiger shark experience. pp. 237-247 in JR Sibert & JL Nielsen, eds. Electronic tagging and tracking in marine fisheries. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. (pdf)
   

• Holland, KN, SM Kajiura, DG Itano & J Sibert. 2001. Tagging techniques can elucidate the biology and exploitation of aggregated pelagic species. pp. 211-218 in GR Sedberry, ed. Island in the stream: oceanography and fisheries of the Charleston Bump.  American Fisheries Society, Symposium 25, Bethesda, Maryland. (pdf)