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Further insights into killer whales Orcinus orca preying on white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, in press
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Trotter, A.W. & Rathjens, L. & Schmiegel, S. & Mews, S. & Cowley, P.D. & Gennari, E. (2024)
Short-term effects of standard procedures associated with surgical transmitter implantation on a benthic shark species requiring anaesthesia. Fisheries Research, 270, Article 106880
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Faure-Beaulieu, N. & Lombard, A.T. & Olbers, J. & Goodall, V. & da Silva, C. & Daly, R. & Jordaan, G. & Kerwath, S.E. & Kock, A. & Mann, B.Q. & Murray, T.S. & Albano, P. & Cliff, G. & dos Santos, N.A. & Gennari, E. & Hammerschlagh, N. & Bester-van der Merwej, A.E. & Watson, R.G.A. & Andreotti, S. & Bernardf, A.T.F. & Cowley, P.D. & De Vos, L. & Drobniewska, N. & Elston, C. & Fallows, C. & Rogers, T.D. & Smithu, G. & van Staden, M. & de Villiers, P. & Paulet, T.G. & Harris, J. (2023)
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Van Staden, M. & Ebert, D.A. & Gennari, E. & Leslie, R.W. & McCord, M.E. & Parkinson, M. & Watson, R.G.A. & Wintner, S. & da Silva, C. & Van der Merwe, A.B. (2023)
Molecular Taxonomy of South Africa's Catsharks: How Far Have We Come? Diversity, 15(7), Article 828
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Williams, L. & Lucrezi, S. & Cowley, P. & Gennari, E. (2023)
Stakeholders' perceptions of the conservation and management of elasmobranchs in South Africa. Marine Policy, 157, Article 105847
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Scacco, U. & Gennari, E. & Di Crescenzo, S. & Fanelli, E. (2023)
Looking into the prevalence of bycatch juveniles of critically endangered elasmobranchs: a case study from pelagic longline and trammel net fisheries of the Asinara Gulf (western Mediterranean). Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Article 1303961
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Klein, J.D. & Asbury, T.A. & da Silva, C. & Hull, K.L. & Dicken, M.L. & Gennari, E. & Maduna, S.N. & Bester-Van der Merwe, A.E. (2022)
Site fidelity and shallow genetic structure in the common smooth-hound shark Mustelus mustelus confirmed by tag-recapture and genetic data. Journal of Fish Biology, 100(1), 134–149
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Towner, A.V. & Watson, R.G.A. & Kock, A.A. & Papastamatiou, Y. & Sturup, M. & Gennari, E. & Baker, K. & Booth, T. & Dicken, M. & Chivell, W. & Elwen, S. & Kaschke, T. & Edwards, D. & Smale, M.J. (2022)
Fear at the top: killer whale predation drives white shark absence at South Africa's largest aggregation site. African Journal of Marine Science, 44(2), 139–152
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Kock, A.A. & Lombard, A.T. & Daly, R. & Goodall, V. & Meyer, M. & Johnson, R. & Fischer, C. & Koen, P. & Irion, D. & Gennari, E. & Towner, A. & Jewell, O.J.D. & da Silva, C. & Dicken, M.L. & Smale, M.J. & Photopoulou, T. (2022)
Sex and Size Influence the Spatiotemporal Distribution of White Sharks, With Implications for Interactions With Fisheries and Spatial Management in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article 811985
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Gennari, E. & Irion, D.T. & Cowley, P.D. (2022)
Active acoustic telemetry reveals ontogenetic habitat-related variations in the coastal movement ecology of the white shark. Animal Biotelemetry, 10(1), Article 25
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Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone. Nature, 595(7866), E8–E16
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Scarponi, V. & Gennari, E. & Hughes, W. (2021)
Physiological response to capture stress in endemic Southern African catsharks (Family Scyliorhinidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 99(1), 186–196
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Ryan, L.A. & Slip, D.J. & Chapuis, L. & Collin, S.P. & Gennari, E. & Hemmi, J.M. & How, M.J. & Huveneers, C. & Peddemors, V.M. & Tosetto, L. & Hart, N.S. (2021)
A shark's eye view: testing the 'mistaken identity theory' behind shark bites on humans. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18, Article 20210533
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Van Staden, M. & Gledhill, K.S. & Gennari, E. & McCord, M.E. & Parkinson, M. & Watson, R.G.A. & Rhode, C. & Van der Merwe, A.E.B. (2020)
Microsatellite development and detection of admixture among three sympatric Haploblepharus species (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(12), 2336–2350
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Dines, S. & Gennari, E. (2020)
First observations of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) attacking a live humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine and Freshwater Research, 71(9), 1205–1210
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Egeberg, C.A. & Kempster, R.M. & Hart, N.S. & Ryan, L. & Chapuis, L. & Kerr, C.C. & Schmidt, C. & Gennari, E. & Yopak, K.E. & Collin, S.P. (2019)
Not all electric shark deterrents are made equal: Effects of a commercial electric anklet deterrent on white shark behaviour. PLoS ONE, 14(3), Article e0212851
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Morse, P. & Mole, M.A. & Bester, M.N. & Johnson, R. & Scacco, U. & Gennari, E. (2019)
Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) adjust traversing behaviour with lunar conditions in the high white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) density waters of Mossel Bay, South Africa. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 622, 219–230
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Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries. Nature, 572(7770), 461
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Chapuis, L. & Collin, S.P. & Yopak, K.E. & Mccauley, R.D. & Kempster, R.M. & Ryan, L.A. & Schmidt, C. & Kerr, C.C. & Gennari, E. & Egeberg, C.A. & Hart, N.S. (2019)
The effect of underwater sounds on shark behaviour. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 6924
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Grusd, S.P. & Moloney, C.L. & Distiller, G. & Watson, R.G.A. & Cowley, P.D. & Gennari, E. (2019)
Using mark-recapture methods to estimate population size and survival of pyjama sharks Poroderma africanum in Mossel Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 41(4), 1–12
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Lucrezi, S. & Ellis, S. & Gennari, E. (2019)
A test of causative and moderator effects in human perceptions of sharks, their control and framing. Marine Policy, 109, Article 103687
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Kuguru, G. & Gennari, E. & Wintner, S. & Dicken, M.L. & Klein, J.D. & Rhode, C. & Bester-Van der Merwe, A.E. (2019)
Spatio-temporal genetic variation of juvenile smooth hammerhead sharks in South Africa. Marine Biology Research, 15(10), 568–579
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Gennari, E. & Kock, A.A. & Smale, M.J. & Towner, A. & Khan, N. & Bester, L.A. & Johnson, R. & Fischer, C. & Meyer, M. & Morse, P. (2019)
Antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from the oral cavities of live white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in South African waters. South African Journal of Science, 115(11/12), 5972
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Maduna, S.N. & Van Wyk, J.H. & da Silva, C. & Gennari, E. & Bester-Van der Merwe, A.E. (2018)
Evidence for sperm storage in common smoothhound shark Mustelus mustelus and paternity assessment in a single litter from South Africa. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(4), 1183–1191
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Ryan, L.A. & Chapuis, L. & Hemmi, J.M. & Collin, S.P. & Mccauley, R.D. & Yopak, K.E. & Gennari, E. & Huveneers, C. & Kempster, R.M. & Kerr, C.C. & Schmidt, C. & Egeberg, C.A. & Hart, N.S. (2018)
Effects of auditory and visual stimuli on shark feeding behaviour: the disco effect. Marine Biology, 165(1), Article 11
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Kuguru, G. & Maduna, S. & da Silva, C. & Gennari, E. & Rhode, C. & Bester-Van der Merwe, A. (2018)
DNA barcoding of chondrichthyans in South African fisheries. Fisheries Research, 206, 292–295
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How Close is too Close? The Effect of a Non-Lethal Electric Shark Deterrent on White Shark Behaviour. PLoS ONE, 11(7), Article e0157717
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Findlay, R. & Gennari, E. & Cantor, M. & Tittensor, D.P. (2016)
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Kuguru, G. & Gennari, E. & Bester-Van der Merwe, A.E. (2014)
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Delaney, D.G. & Johnson, R. & Bester, M.N. & Gennari, E. (2012)
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Anderson, J. & Johnson, R. & Bester, M. & Swanson, S. & Gennari, E. (2012)
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Anderson, J. & Johnson, R. & Bester, M. & Swanson, S. & Gennari, E. (2012)
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Jewell, O.J.D. & Wcisel, M.A. & Gennari, E. & Towner, A.V. & Bester, M.N. & Johnson, R.L. & Singh, S. (2011)
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Coastal swimming patterns of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at Mossel Bay, South Africa. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 85(3), 189–200
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First age and growth estimates in the deep water shark, Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758), by deep coned vertebral analysis. Marine Biology, 152(5), 1207–1214
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