Bateman, R.L. & Morgan, D.L. & Wueringer, B.E. & McDavitt, M. & Lear, K.O. (2024)
Collaborative methods identify a remote global diversity hotspot of threatened, large-bodied rhino rays. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(1), Article e4047
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.4047
Lear, K.O. & Fazeldean, T. & Bateman, R.L. & Inglebrecht, J. & Morgan, D.L. (2023)
Growth and morphology of Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron in globally important nursery habitats. Marine Biology, 170(6), Article 70
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-023-04220-5
Ingelbrecht, J. & Morgan, D.L. & Lear, K.O. & Fazeldean, T. & Lymbery, A.J. & Norman, B.M. & Martin, S.B. (2022)
A new microbothriid monogenean Dermopristis pterophilus n. sp. from the skin of the Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 (Batoidea: Pristidae) in Western Australia. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 17, 185–193
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.01.006
Lear, K.O. & Morgan, D.L. & Whitty, J.M. & Beatty, S.J. & Gleiss, A.C. (2021)
Wet season flood magnitude drives resilience to dry season drought of a euryhaline elasmobranch in a dry-land river. Science of the Total Environment, 750, Article 142234
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142234
Morgan, D.L. & Lear, K.O. & Dobinson, E. & Gleiss, A.C. & Fazeldean, T. & Pillans, R.D. & Beatty, S.J. & Whitty, J.M. (2021)
Seasonal use of a macrotidal estuary by the endangered dwarf sawfish, Pristis clavata. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(8), 2164–2177
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3578
Byrnes, E.E. & Lear, K.O. & Morgan, D.L. & Gleiss, A.C. (2020)
Respirometer in a box: development and use of a portable field respirometer for estimating oxygen consumption of large-bodied fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 96(4), 1045–1050
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14287
Feutry, P. & Devloo-Delva, F. & Lu, Y.A.T. & Mona, S. & Gunasekera, R.M. & Johnson, G. & Pillans, R.D. & Jaccoud, D. & Kilian, A. & Morgan, D.L. & Saunders, T. & Bax, N.J. & Kyne, P.M. (2020)
One panel to rule them all: DArTcap genotyping for population structure, historical demography, and kinship analyses, and its application to a threatened shark. Molecular Ecology Resources, 20(6), 1470–1485
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13204
Lear, K.O. & Whitney, N.M. & Morgan, D.L. & Brewster, L.R. & Whitty, J.M. & Poulakis, G.R. & Scharer, R.M. & Guttridge, T.L. & Gleiss, A.C. (2019)
Thermal performance responses in free-ranging elasmobranchs depend on habitat use and body size. Oecologia, 191(4), 829-842
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04547-1
Lear, K.O. & Gleiss, A.C. & Whitty, J.M. & Fazeldean, T. & Albert, J.R. & Green, N. & Ebner, B.C. & Thorburn, D.C. & Beatty, S.J. & Morgan, D.L. (2019)
Recruitment of a critically endangered sawfish into a riverine nursery depends on natural flow regimes. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 17071
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53511-9
Gleiss, A.C. & Morgan, D.L. & Whitty, J.M. & Keleher, J.J. & Fossette, S. & Hays, G.C. (2017)
Are vertical migrations driven by circadian behaviour? Decoupling of activity and depth use in a large riverine elasmobranch, the freshwater sawfish (Pristis pristis). Hydrobiologia, 787(1), 181–191
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-2957-6
Phillips, N.M. & Chaplin, J.A. & Peverell, S.C. & Morgan, D.L. (2017)
Contrasting population structures of three Pristis sawfishes with different patterns of habitat use. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68(3), 452–460
DOI: 10.1071/MF15427
Bradney, D.R. & Davidson, A. & Evans, S.P. & Wueringer, B.E. & Morgan, D.L. & Clausen, P.D. (2017)
Sawfishes stealth revealed using computational fluid dynamics. Journal of Fish Biology, 90(4), 1584–1596
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13255
Morgan, D.L. & Somaweera, R. & Gleiss, A.C. & Beatty, S.J. & Whitty, J.M. (2017)
An upstream migration fought with danger: freshwater sawfish fending off sharks and crocodiles. Ecology, 98(5), 1465–1467
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1737/suppinfo
Phillips, N.M. & Fearing, A. & Morgan, D.L. (2017)
Genetic bottlenecks in Pristis sawfishes in northern Australian waters. Endangered Species Research, 32, 363–372
DOI: 10.3354/esr00815
Morgan, D.L. & Ebner, B.C. & Allen, M.G. & Gleiss, A.C. & Beatty, S.J. & Whitty, J.M. (2017)
Habitat use and site fidelity of neonate and juvenile green sawfish Pristis zijsron in a nursery area in Western Australia. Endangered Species Research, 34, 235–249
DOI: 10.3354/esr00847
Whitty, J.M. & Keleher, J. & Ebner, B.C. & Gleiss, A.C. & Simpfendorfer, C.A. & Morgan, D.L. (2017)
Habitat use of a Critically Endangered elasmobranch, the largetooth sawfish Pristis pristis, in an intermittently flowing riverine nursery. Endangered Species Research, 34, 211–227
DOI: 10.3354/esr00837
Norman, B.M. & Whitty, J.M. & Beatty, S.J. & Reynolds, S.D. & Morgan, D.L. (2017)
Do they stay or do they go? Acoustic monitoring of whale sharks at Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia. Journal of Fish Biology, 91(6), 1713–1720
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13461
Norman, B.M. & Holmberg, J.A. & Arzoumanian, Z. & Reynolds, S.D. & Wilson, R.P. & Rob, D. & Pierce, S.J. & Gleiss, A.C. & de La Parra, R. & Galvan, B. & Ramirez-Macias, D. & Robinson, D. & Fox, S. & Graham, R. & Rowat, D. & Potenski, M. & Levine, M. & McKinney, J.A. & Hoffmayer, E. & Dove, A.D.M. & Hueter, R. & Ponzo, A. & Araujo, G. & Aca, E.Q. & David, D. & Rees, R. & Duncan, A. & Rohner, C.A. & Prebble, C.E.M. & Hearn, A. & Acuna, D. & Berumen, M.L. & Vázquez, A. & Green, J. & Bach, S.S. & Schmidt, J.V. & Beatty, S.J. & Morgan, D.L. (2017)
Undersea Constellations: The Global Biology of an Endangered Marine Megavertebrate Further Informed through Citizen Science. BioScience, 67(12), 1029–1043
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix127
Morgan, D.L. & Wueringer, B.E. & Allen, M.G. & Ebner, B.C. & Whitty, J.M. & Gleiss, A.C. & Beatty, S.J. (2016)
What Is the Fate of Amputee Sawfish? Fisheries, 41(2), 71–73
DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2015.1125887
Norman, B.M. & Morgan, D.L. (2016)
The return of “Stumpy” the whale shark: two decades and counting. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14(8), 449–450
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1418
Norman, B.M. & Reynolds, S. & Morgan, D.L. (2016)
Does the whale shark aggregate along the Western Australian coastline beyond Ningaloo Reef? Pacific Conservation Biology, 22(1), 72–80
DOI: 10.1071/PC15045
Gleiss, A.C. & Potvin, J. & Keleher, J.J. & Whitty, J.M. & Morgan, D.L. & Goldbogen, J.A. (2015)
Mechanical challenges to freshwater residency in sharks and rays. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(7), 1099–1110
DOI: 10.1242/​jeb.114868
Morgan, D.L. & Allen, M.G. & Ebner, B.C. & Whitty, J.M. & Beatty, S.J. (2015)
Discovery of a pupping site and nursery for critically endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron. Journal of Fish Biology, 86(5), 1658–1663
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12668
Feutry, P. & Kyne, P.M. & Pillans, R.D. & Chen, X. & Marthick, J. & Morgan, D.L. & Grewe, P.M. (2015)
Whole mitogenome sequencing refines the population structure of the Critically Endangered sawfish Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 533, 237–244
DOI: 10.3354/meps11354
Whitty, J.M. & Phillips, N.M. & Thorburn, D.C. & Simpfendorfer, C.A. & Field, I. & Peverell, S.C. & Morgan, D.L. (2014)
Utility of rostra in the identification of Australian sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae). Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 24(6), 791–804
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2398
Morgan, D.L. & Allen, M.G. & Ebner, B.C. & Whitty, J.M. & Beatty, S.J. (2014)
Detection of juvenile Green Sawfish, Pristis zijsro, habitat in Western Australian waters [Abstract]. In Programm and Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 132
Norman, B.M. & Liebsch, N. & Morgan, D.L. (2014)
Residency times and movement patterns of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, along the Western Australian coast [Abstract]. In Programm and Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 137
Whitty, J.M. & Morgan, D.L. & Gleiss, A. & Thorburn, D.C. & Keleher, J. (2014)
A review of the Fitzroy River, Western Australia sawfish project and the implications of its findings in regards to anthropogenic disturbances [Abstract]. In Programm and Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 182
Thorburn, D.C. & Gill, H.S. & Morgan, D.L. (2014)
Predator and prey interactions of fishes of a tropical Western Australia river revealed by dietary and stable isotope analyses. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 97, 363–387
Morgan, D.L. & Unmack, P.J. & Beatty, S.J. & Ebner, B.C. & Allen, M.G. & Keleher, J.J. & Donaldson, J.A. & Murphy, J. (2014)
An overview of the ‘freshwater fishes’ of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 97, 263–278
Phillips, N.M. & Chaplin, J.A. & Morgan, D.L. & Peverell, S.C. (2012)
Stock structure in the Indo-West Pacific Pristis sawfishes: the importance of habitat use in the evolution of sex-biased dispersal [Abstract]. World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, Canada, August 8 – 14, 2012, Book of Abstracts, 555–556
Phillips, N.M. & Chaplin, J.A. & Morgan, D.L. & Peverell, S.C. (2011)
Population genetic structure and genetic diversity of three critically endangered Pristis sawfishes in Australian waters. Marine Biology, 158(4), 903–915
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1617-z
Morgan, D.L. & Whitty, J.M. & Phillips, N.M. & Thorburn, D.C. & Chaplin, J.A. & McAuley, R. (2011)
North-western Australia as a hotspot for endangered elasmobranchs with particular reference to sawfishes and the Northern River Shark. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 94(2, Sp. Iss. SI), 345–358
Morgan, D.L. & Tang, D. & Perverell, S.C. (2010)
Critically endangered Pristis microdon (Elasmobranchii), as a host for the Indian parasitic copepod, Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar et Murti, 1949 (Siphonostomatoida): New records from northern Australia. Acta Parasitologica, 55(4), 419–423
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-010-0050-2
Wynen, L. & Larson, H. & Thorburn, D. & Peverell, S.C. & Morgan, D.L. & Field, I. & Gibb, K. (2009)
Mitochondrial DNA supports the identification of two endangered river sharks (Glyphis glyphis and Glyphis garricki) across northern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 60(6), 554–562
DOI: 10.1071/MF08201
Whitty, J.M. & Morgan, D.L. & Peverell, S.C. & Thorburn, D.C. & Beatty, S.J. (2009)
Ontogenetic depth partitioning by juvenile freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon: Pristidae) in a riverine environment. Marine and Freshwater Research, 60(4), 306–316
DOI: 10.1071/MF08169
Phillips, N. & Chaplin, J. & Morgan, D.L. & Peverell, S. (2009)
Extraction and Amplification of DNA from the Dried Rostra of Sawfishes (Pristidae) for Applications in Conservation Genetics. Pacific Conservation Biology, 15(2), 128–134
Phillips, N.M. & Chaplin, J.A. & Morgan, D.L. & Peverell, S.C. & Thorburn, D.C. (2008)
Genetic diversity and population structure of the Freshwater Sawfish, Pristis microdon, in Australian waters. Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. & Rowland, A.J. & Gill, H.S. & Paling, E. (2008)
Life history notes of the critically endangered dwarf sawfish, Pristis clavata, Garman 1906 from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 83(2), 139–145
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9306-6
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. & Rowland, A.J. & Gill, H.S. (2007)
Freshwater Sawfish Pristis microdon Latham, 1794 (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa, 1471, 27–41
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. (2006)
Preliminary Survey Of Freshwater Sawfish and Other Fishes Of The McArthur River, Northern Territory. Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University 1–25 pp.
Gill, H.S. & Morgan, D.L. & Doupe, R.G. & Rowland, A.J. (2006)
The fishes of Lake Kununurra, a highly regulated section of the Ord River in northern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 23, 1–6
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. (2005)
Threatened fishes of the world: Pristis microdon Latham 1794 (Pristidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 72(4), 465–466
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-6922-2
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. (2005)
Threatened fishes of the world: Glyphis sp. C (Carcharhinidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 73(2), 140
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-4241-2
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. & Rowland, A.J. & Gill, H.S. (2004)
The northern river shark (Glyphis sp. C) in Western Australia. Report to the National Heritage Trust, Murdoch University: 21pp
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. (2004)
The northern river shark Glyphis sp. C (Carcharhinidae) discovered in Western Australia. Zootaxa, 685, 1–8
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. & Rowland, A.J. & Gill, H. (2004)
Elasmobranchs in the Fitzroy River, Western Australia. Report to the Natural Heritage Trust, 30pp.
Thorburn, D.C. & Morgan, D.L. & Gill, H. (2004)
Biology and cultural significance of the freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon) in the Fitzroy River Kimberley, Western Australia. Freshwater Fish Group at the Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research 57 pp.
Morgan, D.L. & Allen, M.G. & Bedford, P. & Horstman, M. (2004)
Fish fauna of the Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia – including the Bunuba, Gooniyandi, Ngarinyin, Nyikina and Walmajarri Aboriginal names. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 22, 147–161