Revill, A.T. & Saul, R. & Brewer, E.A. & Nichols, P.D. (2022)
Using Compound-Specific Carbon Stable Isotope Analysis of Squalene to Establish Provenance and Ensure Sustainability for the Deep-Water Shark Liver Oil Industry. Sustainability, 14(15), Article 9228
DOI: 10.3390/su14159228

Meekan, M.G. & Virtue, P. & Marcus, L. & Clements, K.D. & Nichols, P.D. & Revill, A.T. (2022)
The world's largest omnivore is a fish. Ecology, 103(12), Article e3818
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3818

Jackson, G.D. & Jackson, C.H. & Virtue, P. & Fluckiger, M. & Nichols, P.D. (2021)
Dietary fatty acid analyses of the squid Idioteuthis cordiformis: further evidence for predation on deepwater sharks. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 675, 67–79
DOI: 10.3354/meps13835

Meyer, L. & Whitmarsh, S.K. & Nichols, P.D. & Revill, A.T. & Huveneers, C. (2020)
The effects of wildlife tourism provisioning on non-target species. Biological Conservation, 241, Article 108317
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108317

Meyer, L. & Pethybridge, H. & Nichols, P.D. & Beckmann, C. & Huveneers, C. (2019)
Abiotic and biotic drivers of fatty acid tracers in ecology: A global analysis of chondrichthyan profiles. Functional Ecology, 33(7), 1243–1255
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13328

Marcus, L. & Virtue, P. & Nichols, P.D. & Ferreira, L.C. & Pethybridge, H. & Meekan, M.G. (2019)
Stable Isotope Analysis of Dermis and the Foraging Behavior of Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, Article 546
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00546

Marcus, L. & Virtue, P. & Nichols, P.D. & Meekan, M.G. & Pethybridge, H. (2017)
Effects of sample treatment on the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in zooplankton, micronekton and a filter-feeding shark. Marine Biology, 164(6), Article 124
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-017-3153-6

Marcus, L. & Virtue, P. & Pethybridge, H.R. & Meekan, M.G. & Thums, M. & Nichols, P.D. (2016)
Intraspecific variability in diet and implied foraging ranges of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, from signature fatty acid analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 554, 115–128
DOI: 10.3354/meps11807

Marcus-Zamora, L. & Twiname, S. & Waite, A.M. & Meekan, M.G. & Nichols, P.D. & Virtue, P. (2014)
Determining whale shark diet at Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia) from signature fatty acid and stable isotope analyses [Abstract]. In Programm and Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 127

Couturier, L.I.E. & Rohner, C.A. & Richardson, A.J. & Marshall, A.D. & Jaine, F.R.A. & Bennett, M.B. & Townsend, K.A. & Weeks, S.J. & Nichols, P.D. (2014)
Stable isotope and signature fatty acid analyses suggest reef manta rays feed on demersal zooplankton. Poster Abstract. In Programm and Poster Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 13

Pethybridge, H.R. & Parrish, C.C. & Bruce, B.D. & Young, J.W. & Nichols, P.D. (2014)
Lipid, Fatty Acid and Energy Density Profiles of White Sharks: Insights into the Feeding Ecology and Ecophysiology of a Complex Top Predator. PLoS ONE, 9(5), Article e97877
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097877

Couturier, L.I.E. & Rohner, C.A. & Richardson, A.J. & Pierce, S.J. & Marshall, A.D. & Jaine, F.R.A. & Townsend, K.A. & Bennett, M.B. & Weeks, S.J. & Nichols, P.D. (2013)
Unusually High Levels of n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Whale Sharks and Reef Manta Rays. Lipids, 48(10), 1029–1034
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-013-3829-8

Rohner, C.A. & Couturier, L.I.E. & Richardson, A.J. & Pierce, S.J. & Prebble, C.E.M. & Gibbons, M.J. & Nichols, P.D. (2013)
Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 493, 219–235
DOI: 10.3354/meps10500

Couturier, L.I.E. & Rohner, C.A. & Richardson, A.J. & Marshall, A.D. & Jaine, F.R.A. & Bennett, M.B. & Townsend, K.A. & Weeks, S.J. & Nichols, P.D. (2013)
Stable Isotope and Signature Fatty Acid Analyses Suggest Reef Manta Rays Feed on Demersal Zooplankton. PLoS ONE, 8(10), Article e77152
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077152

Pethybridge, H. & Daley, R.K. & Virtue, P. & Nichols, P.D. (2011)
Lipid (energy) reserves, utilisation and provisioning during oocyte maturation and early embryonic development of deepwater chondrichthyans. Marine Biology, 158(12), 2741–2754
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1773-9

Pethybridge, H. & Daley, R.K. & Nichols, P.D. (2011)
Diet of demersal sharks and chimaeras inferred by fatty acid profiles and stomach content analysis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 409(1–2), 290–299
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.09.009

Nichols, P.D. & Bakes, M.J. & Elliott, N.G. (1998)
Oils rich in docosahexaenoic acid in livers of sharks from temperate Australian waters Marine and Freshwater Research, 49(7), 763–767
DOI: 10.1071/MF97241

Bakes, M.J. & Nichols, P.D. (1995)
Lipid, fatty acid and squalene composition of liver oil from six species of deepwater sharks collected in southern Australian waters. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part B, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 110(1), 267–275
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(94)00083-7