Crear, D.P. & Peterson, C.D. & Higgs, J.M. & Hendon, J.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. (2023)
Ontogenetic habitat partitioning among four shark species within a nursery ground. Marine and Freshwater Research, 74(16), 1388–1403
DOI: 10.1071/mf23130

Higgs, J.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. & Jones, C.M. & Hendon, J.M. (2022)
New Records of the Ragged-tooth Shark, Odontaspis Ferox, from the Western North Atlantic Ocean, with a Summary of Regional Occurrences. Bulletin of Marine Science, 98(2), 155–164
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2021.0045

Higgs, J.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Sulikowski, J.A. & Driggers, W.B. & Stiller, D.A. & Hendon, J.M. (2021)
Reproductive biology of the finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with evidence of both annual and biennial reproduction. Marine and Freshwater Research, 72(5), 693–708
DOI: 10.1071/mf20120

Hoffmayer, E.R. & McKinney, J.A. & Franks, J.S. & Hendon, J.M. & Driggers, W.B. & Falterman, B.J. & Galuardi, B. & Byrne, M.E. (2021)
Seasonal Occurrence, Horizonta l Movements, and Habitat Use Patterns of Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 598515
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.598515

Nash, C.S. & Darby, P.C. & Frazier, B.S. & Hendon, J.M. & Higgs, J.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Daly-Engel, T.S. (2021)
Multiple paternity in two populations of finetooth sharks (Carcharhinus isodon) with varying reproductive periodicity. Ecology and Evolution, 11(17), 11799–11807
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7948

Sulikowski, J.A. & Golet, W. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. & Natanson, L.J. & Carlson, A. & Sweezey, B.B. (2020)
Observing post-release mortality for dusky sharks, Carcharhinus obscurus, captured in the US pelagic longline fishery. Fisheries Research, 221, Article 105341
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105341

Driggers, W.B. & Campbell, M.D. & Hannan, K.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Jones, C.M. & Sulikowski, J.A. (2020)
Spatial variability in the fecundity of Atlantic sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin, 118(1), 51–62
DOI: 10.7755/FB.118.1.5

Mohan, J.A. & Jones, E.R. & Hendon, J.M. & Falterman, B. & Boswell, K.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Wells, R.J.D. (2020)
Capture stress and post-release mortality of blacktip sharks in recreational charter fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico. Conservation Physiology, 8, Article coaa041
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa041

Jones, C.M. & Driggers, W.B. & Hannan, K.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Jones, L.M. & Raredon, S.J. (2020)
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea. Zootaxa, 4803(2), 281–315
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.3

Ajemian, M.J. & Drymon, J.M. & Hammerschlag, N. & Wells, R.J.D. & Street, G. & Falterman, B. & McKinney, J.A. & Driggers, W.B. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Fischer, C. & Stunz, G.W. (2020)
Movement patterns and habitat use of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) across ontogeny in the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 15(7), Article e0234868
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234868

Rooker, J.R. & Dance, M.A. & Wells, R.J.D. & Ajemian, M.J. & Block, B.A. & Castleton, M.R. & Drymon, J.M. & Falterman, B.J. & Franks, J.S. & Hammerschlag, N. & Hendon, J.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Kraus, R.T. & McKinney, J.A. & Secor, D.H. & Stunz, G.W. & Walter, J.F. (2019)
Population connectivity of pelagic megafauna in the Cuba-Mexico-United States triangle. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 1663
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38144-8

Prohaska, B.K. & Tsang, P.C.W. & Driggers, W.B. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Wheeler, C.R. & Sulikowski, J.A. (2018)
Effects of delayed phlebotomy on plasma steroid hormone concentrations in two elasmobranch species. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 34(4), 861–866
DOI: 10.1111/jai.13700

Driggers, W.B. & Campbell, M.D. & Hanisko, D.S. & Hannan, K.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Jones, C.M. & Pollack, A.G. & Portnoy, D.S. (2018)
Distribution of angel sharks (Squatinidae) in United States waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, 116(3–4), 337–347
DOI: 10.7755/FB.116.3-4.11

Wells, R.J.D. & Tinhan, T.C. & Dance, M.A. & Drymon, J.M. & Falterman, B. & Ajemian, M.J. & Stunz, G.W. & Mohan, J.A. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. & McKinney, J.A. (2018)
Movement, Behavior, and Habitat Use of a Marine Apex Predator, the Scalloped Hammerhead. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, Article 321
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00321

Jones, C.M. & Driggers, W.B. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Galle, L.E. (2017)
Capture of a one-eyed bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes 1839), from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Caribbean Research, 28(1), SC8-SC11
DOI: 10.18785/gcr.2801.08

Driggers, W.B. & Campbell, M.D. & Hannan, K.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Jones, C.M. & Jones, L.M. & Pollack, A.G. (2017)
Influence of bait type on catch rates of predatory fish species on bottom longline gear in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin, 115(1), 50–59
DOI: 10.7755/FB.115.1.5

Jones, C.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Hendon, J.M. & Quattro, J.M. & Lewandowski, J. & Roberts, M.A. & Poulakis, G.R. & Ajemian, M.J. & Driggers, W.B. & de Carvalho, M.R. & Rêgo, M.G. & Hazin, F.H.V. & Márquez-Farías, J.F. (2017)
Morphological conservation of rays in the genus Rhinoptera (Elasmobranchii, Rhinopteridae) conceals the occurrence of a large batoid, Rhinoptera brasiliensis Müller, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa, 4286(4), 499–514
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.3

McKinney, J.A. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Holmberg, J. & Graham, R.T. & Driggers, W.B. & de La Parra-Venegas, R. & Galvan-Pastoriza, B.E. & Fox, S. & Pierce, S.J. & Dove, A.D.M. (2017)
Long-term assessment of whale shark population demography and connectivity using photo-identification in the Western Atlantic Ocean. PLoS ONE, 12(8), Article e0180495
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180495

Jones, C.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Gropp, R.P. (2016)
First record of a leucistic Narcine bancrofti (Elasmobranchii, Narcinidae) from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Cybium, 40(3), 249–251

Bethea, D.M. & Ajemian, M.J. & Carlson, J.K. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Imhoff, J.L. & Grubbs, R.D. & Peterson, C.T. & Burgess, G.H. (2015)
Distribution and community structure of coastal sharks in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 98(5), 1233–1254
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-014-0355-3

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Hendon, J.M. & Parsons, G.R. & Driggers, W.B. & Campbell, M.D. (2015)
A comparison of single and multiple stressor protocols to assess acute stress in a coastal shark species, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 41(5), 1253–1260
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-015-0083-4

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Franks, J.S. & Driggers, W.B. & McKinney, J.A. & Hendon, J.M. & Quattro, J.M. (2014)
Habitat, movements and environmental preferences of dusky sharks, Carcharhinus obscurus, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology, 161(4), 911–924
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2391-0

Driggers, W.B. & Frazier, B.S. & Adams, D.H. & Ulrich, G.F. & Jones, C.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Campbell, M.D. (2014)
Site fidelity of migratory bonnethead sharks Sphyrna tiburo. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 459, 61–69
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.05.006

Carlson, A.E. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Tribuzio, C.A. & Sulikowski, J.A. (2014)
The Use of Satellite Tags to Redefine Movement Patterns of Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) along the U.S. East Coast: Implications for Fisheries Management. PLoS ONE, 9(7), Article e103384
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103384

Hendon, J.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. (2013)
First record of a nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, within the Mississippi sound. Gulf and Caribbean Research, 25(2), 137–139

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. & Sulikowski, J.A. (2013)
Introduction to a Special Section: Life History Characteristics of Elasmobranch Fishes from the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 5(1), 125–126
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2013.799619

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Franks, J.S. & Driggers, W.B. & Howey, P.W. (2013)
Diel Vertical Movements of a Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 89(2), 551–557

Hannan, K.M. & Fogg, A.Q. & Driggers, W.B. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Ingram, G.W. & Grace, M.A. (2013)
Size selectivity and catch rates of two small coastal shark species caught on circle and J hooks in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fisheries Research, 147, 145–149
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2013.05.005

Fox, S. & Foisy, I. & de La Parra Venegas, R. & Galván-Pastoriza, B.E. & Graham, R.T. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Holmberg, J. & Pierce, S.J. (2013)
Population structure and residency of whale sharks Rhincodon typus at Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras. Journal of Fish Biology, 83(3), 574–587
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12195

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. & Jones, L.M. & Hendon, J.M. & Sulikowski, J.A. (2013)
Variability in the Reproductive Biology of the Atlantic Sharpnose Shark in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 5(1), 139–151
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2013.783518

Jones, L.M. & Driggers, W.B. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Hannan, K.M. & Mathers, A.N. (2013)
Reproductive Biology of the Cuban Dogfish in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 5(1), 152–158
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2013.768572

Hendon, J.M. & Koester, D.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. & Cicia, A.M. (2013)
Occurrence of an Intersexual Blacktip Shark in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, with Notes on the Standardization of Classifications for This Condition in Elasmobranchs. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 5(1), 174–180
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2013.799618

Prohaska, B.K. & Tsang, P.C.W. & Driggers, W.B. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Sulikowski, J.A. (2013)
Development of a Nonlethal and Minimally Invasive Protocol to Study Elasmobranch Reproduction. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 5(1), 181–188
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2013.788590

McKinney, J.A. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Franks, J.S. & Hendon, J.M. & Driggers, W.B. (2013)
Seasonal habitat use of whale sharks in the northern Gulf of Mexico, USA 2003 - 2013 [Abstract]. PeerJ PrePrints, 1, Article e93v1
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.93v1

McKinney, J. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Holmberg, J. & Graham, R. & de La Parra, R. & Galván-Pastoriza, B.E. & Fox, S. & Pierce, S. & Dove, A.D.M. (2013)
Regional connectivity of whale sharks demonstrated using photo-identification – Western Atlantic, 1999 - 2013 [Abstract]. PeerJ PrePrints, 1, Article e98v1
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.98v1

Driggers, W.B. & Hannan, K.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Jensen, J. (2012)
Abnormal blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, embryo from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 28(5), 827–828
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01924.x

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Hendon, J.M. & Parsons, G.R. (2012)
Seasonal modulation in the secondary stress response of a carcharhinid shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 162(2), 81–87
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.05.002

McKinney, J.A. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Wu, W. & Fulford, R. & Hendon, J.M. (2012)
Feeding habitat of the whale shark Rhincodon typus in the northern Gulf of Mexico determined using species distribution modelling. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 458, 199–211
DOI: 10.3354/meps09777

Driggers, W.B. & Campbell, M.D. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Ingram, G.W. (2012)
Feeding chronology of six species of carcharhinid sharks in the western North Atlantic Ocean as inferred from longline capture data. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 465, 185–192
DOI: 10.3354/meps09901

Driggers, W.B. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Hickerson, E.L. & Martin, T.L. & Gledhill, C.T. (2011)
Validating the occurrence of Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi (Poey), (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with a key for sharks of the family Carcharhinidae inhabiting the region. Zootaxa, 2933, 65–68

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. & Franks, J.S. & Hanisko, D.S. & Roffer, M.A. & Cavitt, L.E. (2011)
Recent occurrences of basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Chondrichthyes: Cetorhinidae), in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4, Article e87
DOI: 10.1017/S1755267211000844

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Sulikowski, J.A. & Hendon, J.M. & Parsons, G.R. (2010)
Plasma steroid concentrations of adult male Atlantic sharpnose sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with notes on potential long term shifts in reproductive timing. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 88(1), 1–7
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9603-3

Driggers, W.B. & Hoffmayer, E.R. (2009)
Variability in the Reproductive Cycle of Finetooth Sharks, Carcharhinus isodon, in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Copeia, 2009(2), 390–393

Benz, G.W. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Driggers, W.B. & Allen, D. & Bishop, L.E. & Brown, D.A. (2007)
First record of a sleeper shark in the western Gulf of Mexico and comments on taxonomic uncertainty within Somniodus (Somniosus). Bulletin of Marine Science, 80(2), 343–351

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Franks, J.S. & Driggers, W.B. & Oswald, K.J. & Quattro, J.M. (2007)
Observations of a feeding aggregation of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the north central Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research, 19(2), 69–73

Parsons, G.R. & Hoffmayer, E.R. (2007)
Identification and Characterization of Shark Nursery Grounds along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coasts. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 50, 301–316

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Parsons, G.R. & Horton, J. (2006)
Seasonal and interannual variation in the energetic condition of adult male Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Fish Biology, 68(2), 645–653
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00942.x

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Franks, J.S. & Driggers, W.B. & Oswald, K.J. & Quattro, J.M. (2006)
Observations of a Feeding Aggregation of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the North Central Gulf of Mexico [Abstract]. Proceedings of the Fifty Nine Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 614

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Franks, J.S. & Shelley, J.P. (2006)
Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico: A Rationale for Research. Proceedings of the Fifty Nine Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 57, 255–262

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Franks, J.S. & Shelley, J.P. (2005)
Recent observations of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research, 17, 117–120

Parsons, G.R. & Hoffmayer, E.R. (2005)
Seasonal changes in the distribution and relative abundance of the Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae in the north central Gulf of Mexico. Copeia, 2005(4), 914–920

Bullard, S.A. & Dippenaar, S.M. & Hoffmayer, E.R. & Benz, G.W. (2004)
New locality records for Dermophthirius carcharhini Mac Callum, 1926 (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) and D. maccallumi Watson and Thorson, 1976 and a list of hosts and localities for species of Dermophthirius Mac Callum, 1926. Comparative Parasitology, 71(1), 78–80
DOI: 10.1654/4093

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Parsons, G.R. (2003)
Food habits of three shark species from the Mississippi Sound in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Southeastern Naturalist, 2(2), 271–280
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2003)002[0271:FHOTSS]2.0.CO;2

Hoffmayer, E.R. & Parsons, G.R. (2001)
The physiological response to capture and handling stress in the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 25(4), 277–285
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023210620904