Scientific Papers

As a result of coming on SCS expeditions scientists have been able to gather data which has often resulted in papers being published.

The following papers resulted from, or were contributed to by, SCS expeditions and can be found on the internet by using google and searching under titles, elsevier, google scholar etc.

Moore, A. B. M., McCarthy, I. D., Carvalho, G. and Peirce, R. (in press) Species, size, sex, and male maturity composition of previously unreported elasmobranch landings in Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Emirate. Journal of Fish Biology.

Moore, A. B. M., Ward, R. D. and Peirce, R. (in press) Sharks of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: a first annotated checklist. Zootaxa. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Pisces.html

Moore, A. B.M. (2011) Elasmobranchs of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: ecology, human aspects and research priorities for their improved management, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries (doi: 10.1007/s11160-011-9222-x). http://www.springerlink.com/content/61645x12t75025x5/

Moore, A. B. M., White, W. T, Ward, R. D., Naylor, G. J. P. and Peirce, R. (2011) Rediscovery and redescription of the smoothtooth blacktip shark Carcharhinus leiodon (Carcharhinidae), from Kuwait, with notes on its possible conservation status. Marine and Freshwater Research, 62: 528-39 (doi: 10.1071/MF10159). http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF10159

Moore, A. B. M., White, W. T. and Peirce, R. (2010) Additions to the shark fauna of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae and Carcharhinidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 50: 83-8. http://www.kasparek-verlag.de/ZME-allgem.htm

2008 - Results of Porbeagle tagging off North Cornwall (Dr Nicholas Pade et al)

Soldo, A., Peirce, R. (2005) Shark chumming in the Eastern Adriatic. Annales Series Historia Naturalis 15, 23-28.