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Visual resolution and contrast sensitivity in two benthic sharks. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(24), 3971–3980
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Electrophysiological measures of temporal resolution, contrast sensitivity and spatial resolving power in sharks. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 203(3), 197–210
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Electrosensory-driven feeding behaviours of the Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) and western shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema vincentiana). Marine and Freshwater Research, 67(2), 187–194
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Visual Specializations in Five Sympatric Species of Stingrays from the Family Dasyatidae. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 85(4), 217–232
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Electrosensory feeding behavior of a wobbegong and angel shark. Poster Abstract. In Programm and Poster Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 19

Re-evaluating experimental approaches to assessing elasmobranch sensory function: the use of anaesthesia. Poster Abstract. In Programm and Poster Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 32

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Photon Hunting in the Twilight Zone: Visual Features of Mesopelagic Bioluminescent Sharks. PLoS ONE, 9(8), Article e104213
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Ontogenetic Changes in Retinal Ganglion Cell Distribution and Spatial Resolving Power in the Brown-Banded Bamboo Shark Chiloscyllium punctatum (Elasmobranchii). Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 83(4), 286–300
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The distribution and abundance of electrosensory pores in two benthic sharks: a comparison of the wobbegong shark, Orectolobus maculatus, and the angel shark, Squatina australis. Marine and Freshwater Research, 65(11), 1003–1008
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Cone monochromacy and visual pigment spectral tuning in wobbegong sharks. Biology Letters, 8(6), 1019–1022
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Electric Field Detection in Sawfish and Shovelnose Rays. PLoS ONE, 7(7), Article e41605
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The mechanosensory lateral line system in two species of wobbegong shark (Orectolobidae). Zoomorphology, 131(4), 339–348
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Optimal preservation of the shark retina for ultrastructural analysis: An assessment of chemical, microwave, and high-pressure freezing fixation techniques. Microscopy Research and Technique, 75(9), 1218–1228
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Microspectrophotometric evidence for cone monochromacy in sharks. Naturwissenschaften, 98(3), 193–201
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Morphology and distribution of the ampullary electroreceptors in wobbegong sharks: implications for feeding behaviour. Marine Biology, 158(4), 723–735
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Morphological indicators of olfactory capability in Wobbegong sharks (Orectolobidae, Elasmobranchii). Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 73(2), 91–101
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Colour vision and visual ecology of the blue-spotted maskray, Dasyatis kuhlii Müller & Henle, 1814. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 193(1), 67–79
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