Shimada, K. & Motani, R. & Wood, J.J. & Sternes, P.C. & Tomita, T. & Bazzi, M. & Collareta, A. & Gayford, J.H. & Türtscher, J. & Jambura, P.L. & Kriwet, J. & Vullo, R. & Long, D.J. & Summers, A.P. & Maisey, J.G. & Underwood, C. & Ward, D.J. & Maisch, H.M. & Perez, V.J. & Feichtinger, I. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Moyer, J.K. & Higham, T.E. & da Silva, J.P.C.B. & Bornatowski, H. & González-Barba, G. & Griffiths, M.L. & Becker, M.A. & Siversson, M. (2025)
Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extinction Palaeontologia Electronica, 28(1), Article a12
DOI: 10.26879/1502

Sternes, P.C. & Jambura, P.L. & Türtscher, J. & Kriwet, J. & Siversson, M. & Feichtinger, I. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Summers, A.P. & Maisey, J.G. & Tomita, T. & Moyer, J.K. & Higham, T.E. & da Silva, J.P.C.B. & Bornatowski, H. & Long, D.J. & Perez, V.J. & Collareta, A. & Underwood, C. & Ward, D.J. & Vullo, R. & González-Barba, G. & Maisch, H.M. & Griffiths, M.L. & Becker, M.A. & Wood, J.J. & Shimada, K. (2024)
White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae). Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(1), Article a4
DOI: 10.26879/1345

Lemos, L.D. & Bornatowski, H. & de Freitas, R.H.A. (2024)
Dietary and niche analyses of four sympatric batoid species of the subtropical South Atlantic Ocean. Hydrobiologia, 851, 3271–3287
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-024-05494-6

Bornatowski, H. & Hayata, M.A. & Freitas, R.H.A. (2023)
Trends in elasmobranch feeding ecology studies. Ocean and Coastal Research, 71, Article e23060
DOI: 10.1590/2675-2824071.23023hb

Martnazzo, G.M. & Giareta, E.P. & Bornatowski, H. & Abilhoa, V. & Freitas, M. (2022)
A look at the unknown: Potential impact of marine recreational fishing on threatened species in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Ocean & Coastal Management, 218, Article 106044
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106044

Hayata, M.A. & Bornatowski, H. & Freitas, R.H.A. (2021)
Patterns and partitioning of food resources by elasmobranchs in southern Brazil. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 104(4), 437–450
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-021-01082-y

Rupp, A. & Bornatowski, H. (2021)
Food web model to assess the fishing impacts and ecological role of elasmobranchs in a coastal ecosystem of Southern Brazil. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 104, 905–921
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-021-01120-9

Santander-Neto, J. & Freitas, D.J.V. & Bornatowski, H. & Lessa, R. (2021)
Feeding habits of Urotrygon microphthalmum (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) caught off northeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 19(4), Article e210039
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0039

Prado, A.C. & Leite, R.D. & Koerbel, E. & Bornatowski, H. & Padilha, E. & Wosnick, N. (2020)
First record of bicephaly in the Brazilian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon lalandii. Boletim do Laboratório de Hidrobiologia, 30(2),19-24

Bernardo, C. & Adachi, A.M.C.L. & da Cruz, V.P. & Foresti, F. & Loose, R.H. & Bornatowski, H. (2020)
The label "Cacao" is a shark or a ray and can be a threatened species! Elasmobranch trade in Southern Brazil unveiled by DNA barcoding. Marine Policy, 116, Article 103920
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103920

Wosnick, N. & Awruch, C.A. & Adams, K.R. & Gutierre, S.M.M. & Bornatowski, H. & Prado, A.C. & Freire, C.A. (2019)
Impacts of fisheries on elasmobranch reproduction, high rates of abortion and subsequent maternal mortality in the shortnose guitarfish. Animal Conservation, 22(2), 198–206
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12458

Bornatowski, H. & Hussey, N.E. & Sampaio, C.L.S. & Barreto, R.R.P. (2019)
Geographic bias in the media reporting of aquatic versus terrestrial human predator conflicts and its conservation implications. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 17(1): 32-35
DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2018.12.004

Rodrigues, A. & Rangel, B.S. & Wosnick, N. & Bornatowski, H. & Santos, J.L. & Moreira, R.G. & Amorim, A.F. (2019)
Report of injuries in batoids caught in small-scale fisheries: implications for management plans. Oecologia Australis, 23(1), 78–89
DOI: 10.4257/oeco.2019.2301.07

Carmo, C.B. & Ferrette, B.L.S. & Camargo, S.M. & Roxo, F.F. & Coelho, R. & Garla, R.C. & Oliveira, C. & Piercy, A.N. & Bornatowski, H. & Foresti, F. & Burgess, G.H. & Mendonça, F.F. (2019)
A new map of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) genetic population structure in the western Atlantic Ocean: Hypothesis of an equatorial convergence centre. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(5), 760–772
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3029

Barreto, R. & Bornatowski, H. & Fiedler, F.N. & Pontalti, M. & da Costa, K.J. & Nascimento, C. & Kotas, J.E. (2019)
Macro-debris ingestion and entanglement by blue sharks (Prionace glauca Linnaeus, 1758) in the temperate South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 145, 214–218
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.025

Dos Santos, D.A. & Affonso, I.D. & Message, H.J. & Okada, E.K. & Gomes, L.C. & Bornatowski, H. & Vitule, J.R.S. (2019)
Societal perception, impacts and judgment values about invasive freshwater stingrays. Biological Invasions, 21(12), 3593–3606
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02071-0

Amorim, A.F. & Arfelli, C.A. & Bornatowski, H. & Hussey, N.E. (2018)
Rare giants? A large female great white shark caught in Brazilian waters. Marine Biodiversity, 48(3), 1687–1692
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0656-9

Bornatowski, H. & Angelini, R. & Coll, M. & Barreto, R.R.Rp. & Amorim, A.F. (2018)
Ecological role and historical trends of large pelagic predators in a subtropical marine ecosystem of the South Atlantic. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28(1), 241–259
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-017-9492-z

Bornatowski, H. & Loose, R. & Sampaio, C.L.S. & Gadig, O.B.F. & Carvalho, A. & Domingues, R.R. (2018)
Human introduction or natural dispersion? Atlantic Ocean occurrence of the Indo-Pacific whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(2), 537–542
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13528

Spier, D. & Gerum, H.L.N. & Bornatowski, H. & Contente, R. & Mattos, N.A.S. & Vilar, C.C. & Spach, H.L. (2018)
Ichthyofauna of the inner shelf of Parana, Brazil: checklist, geographic distribution, economic importance and conservation status. Biota Neotropica, 18(2), Article 2e20170385
DOI: 10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2017-0385

Wosnick, N. & Rangel, B.S. & Afonso, A.S. & Bornatowski, H. & Hazin, F.H.V. & Moreira, R.G. & Freire, C.A. (2018)
Hormones and migration in tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier): can they be related? Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 24(1), 9–14

Wosnick, N. & Bornatowski, H. & Ferraz, C. & Afonso, A. & Rangel, B.S. & Hazin, F.H.V. & Freire, C.A. (2017)
Talking to the dead: using Post-mortem data in the assessment of stress in tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) (Péron and Lesueur, 1822). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 43(1), 165–178
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-016-0276-5

Bornatowski, H. & Barreto, R. & Navia, A.F. & de Amorim, A.F. (2017)
Topological redundancy and ‘small-world’ patterns in a food web in a subtropical ecosystem of Brazil. Marine Ecology, 38(2), Article e12407
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12407

Barreto, R.R. & Bornatowski, H. & Motta, F.S. & Santander-Neto, J. & Vianna, G.M.S. & Lessa, R. (2017)
Rethinking use and trade of pelagic sharks from Brazil. Marine Policy, 85, 114–122
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.08.016

Domit, C. & Broadhurst, M.K. & Bornatowski, H. (2017)
Interactions between Manta birostris and Sotalia guianensis in a World Heritage listed Brazilian estuary. Journal of Fish Biology, 91(4), 1236–1240
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13399

Giglio, V.J. & Bornatowski, H. (2016)
Fishers' ecological knowledge of smalleye hammerhead, Sphyrna tudes, in a tropical estuary. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14(2), Article e150103
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150103

Do Carmo, W.P.D. & Bornatowski, H. & Oliveira, E.C. & Fávaro, L.L. (2015)
Diet of the chola guitarfish, Rhinobatos percellens (Rhinobatidae), in the Paranaguá Estuarine complex. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 87(2), 721–731
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201520140121

Bornatowski, H. & Braga, R.R. & Kalinowski, C. & Vitule, J.R.S. (2015)
“Buying a Pig in a Poke”: The Problem of Elasmobranch Meat Consumption in Southern Brazil. Ethnobiology Letters, 6(1),196–202

Bornatowski, H. & Navia, A.F. & Braga, R.R. & Abilhoa, V. & Corrêa, M.F.M. (2014)
Ecological importance of sharks and rays in a structural foodweb analysis in southern Brazil. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71(7), 1586–1592
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu025

Bornatowski, H. & Santos, L. & de Castro Robert, M. & Weiser, P.A. (2014)
Occurrence of the narrowmouth catshark Schroederichthys bivius (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) in southern Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7, Article e51
DOI: 10.1017/S1755267214000542

Bornatowski, H. & Braga, R.R. & Abilhoa, V. & Corrêa, M.F.M. (2014)
Feeding ecology and trophic comparisons of six shark species in a coastal ecosystem off southern Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 85(2), 246–263
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12417

Bornatowski, H. & Wosnick, N. & David Do Carmo, W.P. & Corrêa, M.F.M. & Abilhoa, V. (2014)
Feeding comparisons of four batoids (Elasmobranchii) in coastal waters of southern Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94(7), 1491–1499
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315414000472

Bornatowski, H. & Braga, R.R. & Simoes Vitule, J.R. (2014)
Threats to sharks in a developing country: The need for effective and simple conservation measures. Natureza & Conservacao, 12(1), 11–18
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2014.003

Bornatowski, H. & Braga, P.R. & Simões Vitule, J.R. (2013)
Shark Mislabeling Threatens Biodiversity. Science, 340, 929
DOI: 10.1126/science.340.6135.923-a

Bornatowski, H. & Heithaus, M.R. & Abilhoa, V. & Corrêa, M.F.M. (2012)
Feeding of the Brazilian sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Müller & Henle, 1839) from southern Brazil. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 28(4), 623–627
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.01970.x

Bornatowski, H. & Wedekin, L.L. & Heithaus, M.R. & Marcondes, M.C.C. & Rossi-Santos, M.R. (2012)
Shark scavenging and predation on cetaceans at Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 92(Special Issue 8), 1767–1772
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315412001154

Bornatowski, H. & Heithaus, M.R. & Batista, C.M.P. & Mascarenhas, R. (2012)
Shark scavenging and predation on sea turtles in northeastern Brazil. Amphibia–Reptilia, 33(3/4), 495–502
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002852

Bornatowski, H. & Simões Vitule, J.R. & Abilhoa, V. & Maia Corrêa, M.F. (2011)
Unconventional fishing for large sharks in the State of Parana, southern Brazil: a note of concern. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27(4), 1108–1111
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01600.x

Bornatowski, H. & de Castro Roberti, M. & Costa, L. (2010)
Feeding of guitarfish Rhinobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1972) (Elasmobranchii, Rhinobatidae), the target of artisanal fishery in Southern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 58(1), 45–52
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-87592010000100005

Bornatowski, H. & Schwingel, P.R. (2009)
On the feeding diet of smooth hammerhead shark, Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758), caught by pelagic longline in Southestern and Southern Brazil. (Sobre a alimentação do tubarão-martelo, Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758), capturado por espinhel pelágico no sudeste e sul do Brasil). Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, 42(2), 89–92

Bornatowski, H. & Robert, M.C. & Costa, L. (2008)
Dados sobre a alimentação de jovens de tubarão-tigre, Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur) (Elasmobranchii, Carcharhinidae), do sul do Brasil. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 3(1), 10–13

Bornatowski, H. & Abilhoa, V. (2008)
Record of an anomalous embryo of Rhinobatos percellens (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) in the southern coast of Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records, 2, Article e36
DOI: 10.1017/S1755267209000414

Bornatowski, H. (2008)
A parturition and nursery area for Carcharhinus limbatus (Elasmobranchii, Carcharhinidae) off the coast of Paraná, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 56(4), 317–319
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-87592008000400008

Bornatowski, H. & Schwingel, P.R. (2008)
Feeding and reproduction of the blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758), off Southeastern and Southern Brazil. Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, 41(1), 98–103

Abilhoa, V. & Bornatowski, H. & Freitas, M.O. (2007)
Some information on reproduction and embryonic development of the lesser guitarfish Zapteryx brevirostris in Southern Brazil. Acta Adriatica, 48(2), 185–190

Bornatowski, H. & Costa, L. & Robert, M.C. & Pina, J.V. (2007)
Hábitos alimentares de tubarões-martelo jovens, Sphyrna zygaena (Carcharhiniformes: Sphyrnidae), no litoral sul do Brasil. Biota Neotropica, 7(1), 1–4
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-06032007000100025

Bornatowski, H. & Abilhoa, V. & Freitas, M.O. (2006)
Feeding of Narcine brasiliensis at Ubatuba-Enseada bay, São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Estudos de Biologia, 28(62), 57–60

Bornatowski, H. & Abilhoa, V. & Freitas, M.O. (2005)
Feeding habits of Zapteryx brevirostris at Ubatuba-Enseada Bay, Sao Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Estudos de Biologia, 27(61), 31–36