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Publications
2009
Breed, GA, Jonsen ID, Myers RA, Bowen WD, Leonard ML. 2009. Sex-specific, seasonal foraging tactics of adult grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) revealed by state-space analysis. Ecology 90(11): 3209-3221.   pdf
Lotze HK, Worm B. 2009. Historical baselines for large marine animals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24(5): 254-262.   pdf
Mora C, Myers RA, Coll M, Libralato S, Pitcher TJ, et al.. 2009. Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries PLoS Biol 7(6): e1000131.doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000131.   Paper
Tittensor D, Baco A, Brewin P, Clark MR, Consalvey M, Hall-Spencer J, Rowden A, Schlacher T, Stocks KI, Rogers AD. 2009. Predicting global habitat suitability for stony corals on seamounts. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1111-1128.   pdf
2008
Boyce DG, Tittensor DP, Worm B. 2008. Effects of temperature on global patterns of tuna and billfish richness Marine Ecology Progress Series 355, 267-276.   pdf
Ford JS, Myers RA. 2008. A global assessment of salmon aquaculture impacts on wild salmonids. PLoS Biology 6(2): e33. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060033.   pdf
Garcia V, Lucifora LO, Myers RA. 2008. The importance of habitat and life history to extinction risk in sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275: 83-89.   
Heithaus M.R., Frid A., Wirsing A.J., Worm B. . 2008. Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23(4), 202-210, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2008.01.003.   pdf   Erratum
Kar TK, Matsuda H . 2008. A bioeconomic model of a single-species fishery with a marine reserve. Journal of Environmental Management 86:171-180.   
Lucifora LO, Garcia VB, Menni RC, Escalante AH, Hozbor NM. 2008. Effects of body size, age and maturity stage on diet in a large shark: ecological and applied implications. Ecological Research doi 10.1007/s11284-008-0487-z.   
Mora, C. 2008. A clear human footprint on the Caribbean coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275: 767-773 /doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1472.   pdf   Press Release
Mora C, Tittensor DP, Myers RA. 2008. The completeness of taxonomic inventories for describing the global diversity and distribution of marine fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275: 149-155.   pdf
Sherrill-Mix, S. A., and M. C. James. 2008. Evaluating potential tagging effects on leatherback sea turtles. Endangered Species Research, doi:10.3354/esr00070.   
Sherrill-Mix S.A., James M., Myers R.A. . 2008. Migration cues and timing in leatherback sea turtles Behavioral Ecology 19(2): 231-236, doi:10.1093/beheco/arm104.   
2007
Dormann CF, Bierman SM, McPherson JM, Araújo MB, Bivand R, Bolliger J, Carl G, Davies RG, Hirzel A, Jetz W, Kissling WD, Kühn I, Ohlemüller R, Peres-Neto PR, Reineking B, Schröder B, Schurr FM, Wilson R. . 2007. Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data: a review Ecography 30:609-628.   
James MC, Sherrill-Mix SA, Myers RA. 2007. Population characteristics and seasonal migrations of leatherback sea turtles at high latitudes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 337: 245-254.   pdf   Abstract
Jonsen ID, Myers RA, James MC. 2007. Identifying leatherback turtle foraging behaviour from satellite telemetry using a switching state-space model. Marine Ecology Progress Series 337: 255-264.   pdf   Abstract
Kar TK, Matsuda H . 2007. Permanence and optimization of harvesting return: a stage structured prey-predator fishery Research Journal of Environmental Sciences 1, 35-46.   
Kar TK, Matsuda H . 2007. Regulation of a multi-fleet fishery. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences 1, 93-101.   
Lotze HK . 2007. Rise and fall of fishing and marine resource use in the Wadden Sea, southern North Sea. Fisheries Research 87: 208-218.   pdf
MacKenzie B.R., Myers R.A.. 2007. The development of the northern European fishery for north Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus during 1900–1950 Fisheries Research 87:229-239.   
Mora C, Metzger R, Roll A, Myers RA. 2007. Experimental simulations about the effects of overexploitation and habitat fragmentation on populations facing environmental warming. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 274: doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.0338.   pdf   Supplementary Material    Press material
Myers RA, Baum JK, Shepherd TD, Powers SP, Peterson CH. . 2007. Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean. Science 315:1846-1850.   pdf   Supporting Online Material    Press Material on www.globalshark.ca
Myers RA, Boudreau SA, Kenney RD, Moore MJ, Rosenberg AA, Sherrill-Mix SA, Worm B. 2007. Saving endangered whales at no cost. Current Biology 17:10-11.   pdf   Supplemental Data    Press Release
Tittensor DP, Micheli F, Nystrom M, Worm B. 2007. Human impacts on the species-area relationship in reef fish assemblages. Ecology Letters 10(9):760-72.   pdf   Supplementary Information
Ward P, Myers RA. 2007. Bait loss and its potential effects on fishing power in pelagic longline fisheries Fisheries Research 86, 69-76.   
Worm B, Barbier EB, Beaumont N, Duffy JE, Folke C, Halpern BS, Jackson JBC, Lotze HK, Micheli F, Palumbi SR, Sala E, Selkoe K, Stachowicz JJ, Watson R. 2007. Biodiversity loss in the ocean: How bad is it? Response Science 316: 1282-1284.   pdf
Worm B, Barbier EB, Beaumont N, Duffy JE, Folke C, Halpern BS, Jackson JBC, Lotze HK, Micheli F, Palumbi SR, Sala E, Selkoe K, Stachowicz JJ, Watson R. 2007. Response to comments on 'Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services'. Science 316: 1285.   pdf
2006
Edwards AM. 2006. Negative zooplankton do not exist - a response to 'On the stability of some equilibrium points in a plankton population model'. Dynamical Systems 21(2):231-233.   pdf
James MC, Ottensmeyer CA, Eckert SA Myers RA. 2006. Changes in diel diving patterns accompany shifts between northern foraging and southward migration in leatherback turtles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 754-765.   pdf
James MC, Sherrill-Mix SA, Martin KE, Myers RA. 2006. Canadian waters provide critical foraging habitat for leatherback turtles. Biological Conservation 133: 347-357.   pdf
Jonsen ID, Myers RA, James MC. 2006. Identifying leatherback turtle foraging behaviour from satellite telemetry using a switching state-space model. Marine Ecology Progress Series Accepted November 2006.   pdf   Supplement 1    Supplement 2
Jonsen ID, Myers RA, James MC. 2006. Robust hierarchical state-space models reveal diel variation in movement rates of migrating leatherback turtles. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1046-1057.   pdf
Kavanagh E (Ed.). 2006. How protected are coral reefs? - Correspondence in response to Coral reefs and the global network of marine protected areas. Science 314:757-760.   pdf   Original Article by Mora et al. 2006.    Supplemental Material
Lotze HK, Lenihan HS, Bourque BJ, Bradbury RH, Cooke RG, Kay MC, Kidwell SM, Kirby MX, Peterson CH , Jackson JBC. 2006. Depletion, degradation, and recovery potential of estuaries and coastal seas. Science 312: 1806-1809.   pdf   Supporting Online Material    Press Release on Lenfest Ocean Program's Website
Mills Flemming, J.E., Field, C.A., James, M.C., Jonsen, I.D., and Myers, R.A.. 2006. How well can animals navigate? Estimating the circle of confusion from tracking data. Environmetrics 17: 351–362.   pdf
Mora C, Andrèfouët, S, Costello MJ, Kranenburg C, Rollo A, Veron J, Gaston KJ, Myers RA. 2006. Coral reefs and the global network of marine protected areas. Science 312: 1750-1751.   pdf   Supplemental Material    Correspondence in Science
Ward P, Myers RA. 2006. Do habitat models accurately predict the depth distribution of pelagic fishes? Fisheries Oceanography. 15(1): 60-66.   pdf
Worm B, Barbier EB, Beaumont N, Duffy JE, Folke C, Halpern BS, Jackson JBC, Lotze HK, Micheli F, Palumbi SR, Sala E, Selkoe KA, Stachowicz JJ, Watson R. 2006. Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services. Science. 314: 787-760.   pdf   Supporting Online Material    Press Material
2005
Baum JK, McPherson JM, Myers RA . 2005. Farming need not replace fishing if stocks are rebuilt. Nature 437: 26.   pdf
James MC, Eckert SA, Myers RA. 2005. Migratory and reproductive movements of male leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Marine Biology 147: 845-853.   pdf   Link to Paper
James MC, Myers RA, and Ottensmeyer CA. 2005. Behaviour of leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, during the migratory cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 272: 1547-1555.   pdf   Link to News Item
James MC, Ottensmeyer CA, Myers RA. 2005. Identification of high-use habitat and threats to leatherback sea turtles in northern waters: new directions for conservation. Ecology Letters 8: 195-201.   pdf
Jonsen ID, Mills Flemming J, Myers RA. 2005. Robust state-space modeling of animal movement data. Ecology 86 (11) : 2874 - 2880.   pdf   Appendices A and B    Link to WInBugs Code on FMAP Website
Myers RA, Ottensmeyer CA. 2005. Extinction risk in marine species. In Marine Conservation Biology: the Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity. Norse, E.A. and L.B. Crowder, editors. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 58-79.   pdf
Myers RA, Worm B. 2005. Extinction, survival, or recovery of large predatory fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 360:13-20.   pdf   The Royal Society    Press Release
Myers RA, Worm B. 2005. Reply to Decline of Pacific tuna populations exaggerated? Nature 434: E2.   pdf   Link to Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities
Safina, C., A.A. Rosenburg, R.A. Myers, T.J. Quinn II, and J.S. Collie. 2005. U.S. Ocean Fish Recovery: Staying the Course. Science. 309: 707-708.   pdf
Shepherd TD, Myers RA. 2005. Direct and indirect fishery effects on small coastal elasmobranchs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ecology Letters 8: 1095-1104. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00807.x.   pdf   Supplementary Information    Cover of Ecology Letters
Stefansson G, Rosenberg AA. 2005. Combining control measures for managing fisheries under uncertainty: quotas, effort limitation and protected areas. Proceedings of the Royal Society: B 360:133-146.   pdf
Stokesbury MJW, Harvey-Clark C, Gallant J, Block BA, Myers RA. 2005. Movement and environmental preferences of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) electronically tagged in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada. Marine Biology 148: 159 - 165.   Link to Paper     Link to video of Greenland sharks
Ward P, Myers RA. 2005. Shifts in open ocean fish communities coinciding with the commencement of commercial fishing. Ecology. 86:835-847.   pdf   Press Release from The Pew Foundation
Ward P, Myers RA . 2005. Inferring the depth distribution of catchability for pelagic fishes and correcting for variations in the depth of pelagic longline fishing gear. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 62: 1130-1142.   pdf
Worm B, Sandow M, Oschlies A, Lotze HK, Myers RA. 2005. Global patterns of predator diversity in the open oceans. Science. 309: 1365-1369.   pdf   Supplemental Information    Press Material on FMAP Website
2004
Baum JK. 2004. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the porbeagle shark Lamna nasus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada Ottawa, viii + 43 pp.   pdf   Link to Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA) Public Registry    SARA Legal Listing Consultation Workbook
Baum JK, Myers, RA. 2004. Shifting baselines and the decline of pelagic sharks in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecology Letters 7(2):135-145.   pdf
Brynjarsdottir J, Stefansson G. 2004. Statistical analysis of cod catch data from Icelandic groundfish surveys. Fisheries Research 70: 195 - 208.   pdf
Cooper, AB, Rosenberg AA, Stefansson G, Mangel M . 2004. Examining the importance of consistency in multi-vessel trawl survey design based on the U.S. west coast groundfish bottom trawl survey. Fisheries Research 70: 239-250.   pdf
Gibson AJF, Myers RA. 2004. Estimating reference fishing mortality rates from noisy spawner-recruit data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 61:1771-1783.   pdf
Harley S, Myers RA, Field CA. 2004. Hierarchical models improve abundance estimates: spawning biomass of hoki in Cook Strait, New Zealand. Ecological Applications 14: 1479–1494.   pdf
Hilborn R., K. Stokes, J.-J. Maguire, T. Smith, L.W. Botsford, M. Mangel, J. Orensanz, A. Parma, J. Rice, J. Bell, K.L.Cochrane, S. Garcia, S. J. Hall, G.P. Kirkwood, K. Sainsbury, G. Stefansson, and C. Walters. 2004. When can marine protected areas improve fisheries management? Ocean & Coastal Management. 47: 197-205.   pdf
Hrafnkelsson B, Stefansson G. 2004. A model for categorical length data from groundfish surveys. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 61:1135-1142.   pdf
James MC, Mrosovsky N. 2004. Body temperatures of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in temperate waters off Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 1302-1306.   pdf
Lotze HK, Milewski I . 2004. Two centuries of multiple human impacts and successive changes in a North Atlantic food web. Ecological Applications 14:1428-1447.   pdf
Myers RA, Levin SA, Lande R, James FC, Murdoch WW, Paine RT. 2004. Hatcheries and endangered salmon. Science 303:1980.   pdf   Paper on Science website
Ward PJ, Myers RA, Blanchard W . 2004. Fish lost at sea: the effect of soak time and timing on pelagic longline catches. Fishery Bulletin. 102:179-195.   pdf   Supporting documents
Worm B, Myers RA . 2004. Managing fisheries in a changing climate. Nature 429:15.   pdf
2003
Barrowman NJ, Myers RA . 2003. Raindrop plots: a new way to display collections of likelihoods and distributions. The American Statistician 57:1-6.   pdf
Barrowman NJ, Myers RA, Hilborn R, Kehler DG, Field CA. 2003. The variability among populations of coho salmon in the maximum reproductive rate and depensation. Ecological Applications. 13: 784-793.   pdf
Baum JK, Myers RA, Kehler DG, Worm B, Harley SJ, Doherty PA. 2003. Collapse and conservation of shark populations in the Northwest Atlantic. Science. 299: 389-392.   pdf   Paper on Science website
Gibson AJF, Myers RA. 2003. A statistical, age-structured, life-history-based stock assessment model for anadromous Alosa. pp 275-284 In Biodiversity, status, and conservation of the world's shads, KE Limburg and JR Waldman, editors. American Fisheries Society Symposium 35. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.   pdf
Gibson AJF, Myers RA. 2003. A meta-analysis of the habitat carrying capacity and maximum reproductive rate of anadromous alewife in eastern North America. Pages 211-222 In Biodiversity, status, and conservation of the world's shads, K.E. Limburg and J.R. Waldman, editors. American Fisheries Society Symposium 35. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.   pdf
Jonsen ID, Myers RA, Flemming J . 2003. Meta-analysis of animal movment using state-space models. Ecology 84:3055-3063.   pdf
Myers RA, Worm B. 2003. Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities. Nature 423: 280-283.   pdf   Supplementary Information    Press material
Ogden JC, Podesta G, Zingone A, Weibe W, Myers RA. 2003. Las ciencias del mar en la Argentina. Revista Ciencia Hoy 13: 77.   pdf
Worm B, Lotze HK, Myers RA . 2003. Predator diversity hotspots in the blue ocean Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 100: 9884-9888.   pdf
Worm B, Myers RA . 2003. Meta-analysis of cod-shrimp interactions reveals top-down control in oceanic food webs. Ecology 84: 162-173.   pdf   Spreadsheet with data

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