Browsing Biology Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations by Author "Myers, Ransom A."

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  • Large-Scale Absence of Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human Pressures 

    Ward-Paige, Christine A., Camilo Mora, Heike K. Lotze, Christy Pattengill-Semmens, et al. 2010. "Large-Scale Absence of Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human Pressures." Plos One 5(8): 11968-e11968.
    Background: In recent decades, large pelagic and coastal shark populations have declined dramatically with increased fishing; however, the status of sharks in other systems such as coral reefs remains largely unassessed ...

  • Life-history correlates of extinction risk and recovery potential 

    Hutchings, Jeffrey A., Ransom A. Myers, Veronica B. Garcia, Luis O. Lucifora, et al. 2012. "Life-history correlates of extinction risk and recovery potential." Ecological Applications 22(4): 1061-1067.
    Extinction risk is inversely associated with maximum per capita population growth rate (r(max)). However, this parameter is not known for most threatened species, underscoring the value in identifying correlates of r(max) ...

  • Sex-specific, seasonal foraging tactics of adult grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) revealed by state-space analysis 

    Breed, Greg A., Ian D. Jonsen, Ransom A. Myers, W. Don Bowen, et al. 2009. "Sex-specific, seasonal foraging tactics of adult grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) revealed by state-space analysis." Ecology 90(11): 3209-3221. Copyright by the Ecological Society of America.
    In many large pelagic animals, observing behavior is limited to observation by radio or satellite telemetry. In many cases, discriminating different behaviors from telemetry data has been a key, but often elusive, goal. ...