Cerutti-Pereyra, F. & Drenkard, E.J. & Espinoza, M. & Finucci, B. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Hacohen-Domené, A. & Hearn, A. & Hoyos-Padilla, M.E. & Ketchum, J.T. & Mejia-Falla, P.A. & Moya-Serrano, A.V. & Navia, A.F. & Pazmiño, D.A. & Ramírez-Macías, D. & Rummer, J.L. & Salinas-de-León, P. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Stock, C. & Chin, A. (2024)
Vulnerability of Eastern Tropical Pacific chondrichthyan fish to climate change. Global Change Biology, 30(7), Article e17373
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17373

Mohan, J.A. & Romo-Curiel, A.E. & Herzka, S.Z. & Wells, R.J.D. & Miller, N.R. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & García-Rodríguez, E. (2023)
Inferring habitat use of the Pacific White Shark using vertebral chemistry. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article 1082219
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LaFreniere, B.R. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Herzka, S.Z. & Snodgrass, O. & Dewar, H. & Miller, N. & Wells, R.J.D. & Mohan, J.A. (2023)
Vertebral Chemistry Distinguishes Nursery Habitats of Juvenile Shortfin Mako in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 15(2), Article e10234
DOI: 10.1002/mcf2.10234

Jaramillo-Gil, S. & Pardo, M.A. & Vazquez-Haikin, A. & Bolanos- Jimenez, J. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2023)
Whale shark abundance forecast: The interannual hotspot effect. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60(6), 954–966
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14406

Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Castillo-Géniz, J.L. & Benítez-Díaz, H. (2022)
Conservación, uso y aprovechamiento sustentable de tiburones mexicanos listados en la CITES. Comisión para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México 372p.

Santana-Morales, O. & Zertuche-Chanes, R. & Hoyos-Padilla, E.M. & Sepulveda, C. & Becerril-Garcia, E.E. & Gallo-Reynoso, J.P. & Barba-Acuna, I. & Mejia-Trejo, A. & Aquino-Baleyto, M. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Ketchum, J.T. & Beas-Luna, R. (2022)
An exploration of the population characteristics and behaviours of the white shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico (2014-2019): Observational data from cage diving vessels. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(12), 3480–3491
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3734

O'Sullivan, J. & Lowe, C.G. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Jorgensen, S.J. & Anderson, J.M. & Farrugia, T.J. & Garcia-Rodriguez, E. & Lyons, K. & McKinzie, M.K. & Onate-Gonzalez, E.C. & Weng, K. & White, C.F. & Winkler, C. & Van Houtan, K.S. (2022)
A biologging database of juvenile white sharks from the northeast Pacific. Scientific Data, 9(1), Article 142
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Romo-Curiel, A.E. & Ramirez-Mendoza, Z. & Fajardo-Yamamoto, A. & Ramirez-Leon, M.R. & Garcia-Aguilar, M.C. & Herzka, S.Z. & Perez-Brunius, P. & Saldana-Ruiz, L.E. & Sheinbaum, J. & Kotzakoulakis, K. & Rodriguez-Outerelo, J. & Medrano, F. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2022)
Assessing the exposure risk of large pelagic fish to oil spills scenarios in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 176, Article 113434
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113434

Chan, M.Y.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Pérez-Jiménez, J.C. (2021)
Potential distribution of critically endangered hammerhead sharks and overlap with the small-scale fishing fleet in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 46, Article 101900
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101900

Garcia-Rodriguez, E. & Herzka, S.Z. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Lowe, C.G. & O'Sullivan, J.B. (2021)
Stable Isotope Analysis of Juvenile White Sharks Inside a Nursery Area Reveals Foraging in Demersal-Inshore Habitats and Trophic Overlap With Sympatric Sharks. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 687738
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Anderson, J.M. & Clevenstine, A.J. & Stirling, B.S. & Burns, E.S. & Meese, E.N. & White, C.F. & Logan, R.K. & O'Sullivan, J. & Rex, P.T. & May, J. & Lyons, K. & Winkler, C. & Garcia-Rodriguez, E. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Lowe, C.G. (2021)
Non-random Co-occurrence of Juvenile White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at Seasonal Aggregation Sites in Southern California. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 688505
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.688505

Garcia-Rodriguez, E. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2020)
Artisanal fishing activities and their documented interactions with juvenile white sharks inside a nursery area. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(5), 903–914
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3300

Santana-Morales, O. & Cartamil, D. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Zertuche-Chanes, R. & Hernandez-Gutierrez, E. & Graham, J. (2020)
Artisanal elasmobranch fisheries of northwestern Baja California, Mexico. Ciencias Marinas, 46(1), 1–18
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v46i1.3023

Medina-Trujillo, E.C. & Mejia-Falla, P.A. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2020)
The reproductive potential of Pseudobatos productus: Intraspecific and interspecific variation. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 39, Article 101428
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101428

Nalesso, E. & Hearn, A. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Steiner, T. & Antoniou, A. & Reid, A. & Bessudo, S. & Soler, G. & Klimley, P. & Lara, F. & Ketchum, J.T. & Arauz, R. (2019)
Movements of scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) at Cocos Island, Costa Rica and between oceanic islands in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. PLoS ONE, 14(3), Article e0213741
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213741

Nasby-Lucas, N. & Dewar, H. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Wilson, C. & Hyde, J.R. & Vetter, R.D. & Wraith, J. & Block, B.A. & Kinney, M.J. & Sippel, T. & Holts, D.B. & Kohin, S. (2019)
Movements of electronically tagged shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Animal Biotelemetry, 7, Article 12
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Benson, J.F. & Jorgensen, S.J. & O'Sullivan, J.B. & Winkler, C. & White, C.F. & Garcia-Rodriguez, E. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Lowe, C.G. (2018)
Juvenile survival, competing risks, and spatial variation in mortality risk of a marine apex predator. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(6), 2888–2897
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13158

Mohan, J.A. & Miller, N.R. & Herzka, S.Z. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Kohin, S. & Dewar, H. & Kinney, M. & Snodgrass, O. & Wells, R.J.D. (2018)
Elements of time and place: manganese and barium in shark vertebrae reflect age and upwelling histories. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 285(1890), Article 20181760
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1760

Huveneers, C. & Apps, K. & Becerril-García, E.E. & Bruce, B. & Butcher, P.A. & Carlisle, A.B. & Chapple, T.K. & Christiansen, H.M. & Cliff, G. & Curtis, T.H. & Daly-Engel, T.S. & Dewar, H. & Dicken, M.L. & Domeier, M.L. & Duffy, C.A.J. & Ford, R. & Francis, M.P. & French, G.C.A. & Galván-Magaña, F. & García-Rodríguez, E. & Gennari, E. & Graham, B. & Hayden, B. & Hoyos-Padilla, E.M. & Hussey, N.E. & Jewell, O.J.D. & Jorgensen, S.J. & Kock, A.A. & Lowe, C.G. & Lyons, K. & Meyer, L. & Oelofse, G. & Oñate-González, E.C. & Oosthuizen, H. & O'Sullivan, J.B. & Ramm, K. & Skomal, G. & Sloan, S. & Smale, M.J. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Sperone, E. & Tamburin, E. & Towner, Av. & Wcisel, M.A. & Weng, K.C. & Werry, J.M. (2018)
Future Research Directions on the “Elusive” White Shark. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, Article 455
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00455

Onate-Gonzalez, E.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Herzka, S.Z. & Lowe, C.G. & Lyons, K. & Santana-Morales, O. & Sepulveda, C. & Guerrero-Avila, C. & Garcia-Rodriguez, E. & O'Sullivan, J.B. (2017)
Importance of Bahia Sebastian Vizcaino as a nursery area for white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Northeastern Pacific: A fishery dependent analysis. Fisheries Research, 188, 125–137
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.12.014

Romo-Curiel, A.E. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Perez-Jimenez, J.C. & Rodriguez-Medrano, M.C. (2017)
Reproductive cycle and maternal-embryonic nutritional relationship of shovelnose guitarfish Pseudobatos productus in the Gulf of California. Journal of Fish Biology, 90(3), 889–905
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13204

Castillo-Paez, A. & Sandoval-Castillo, J. & Corro-Espinosa, D. & Avila, J.T. & Blanco-Parra, M.D. & Saavedra-Sotelo, N.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Rocha-Olivares, A. (2017)
Cutting through the Gordian knot: unravelling morphological, molecular, and biogeographical patterns in the genus Zapteryx (guitarfish) from the Mexican Pacific. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74(6), 1630–1638
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsx021

Saldana-Ruiz, L.E. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Cartamil, D. (2017)
Historical reconstruction of Gulf of California shark fishery landings and species composition, 1939-2014, in a data-poor fishery context. Fisheries Research, 195, 116–129
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2017.07.011

Cartamil, D. & Wraith, J. & Wegner, N.C. & Kacev, D. & Lam, C.H. & Santana-Morales, O. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Escobedo-Olvera, M. & Kohin, S. & Graham, J.B. & Hastings, P. (2016)
Movements and distribution of juvenile common thresher sharks Alopias vulpinus in Pacific coast waters of the USA and Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 548, 153–163
DOI: 10.3354/meps11673

Pardo, S.A. & Kindsvater, H.K. & Cuevas-Zimbrón, E. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Pérez-Jiménez, L.C. & Dulvy, N.K. (2016)
Growth, productivity, and relative extinction risk of a data-sparse devil ray. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 33745
DOI: 10.1038/srep33745

Oñate-González, E.C. & Rocha-Olivares, A. & Saavedra-Sotelo, N.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2015)
Mitochondrial Genetic Structure and Matrilineal Origin of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Northeastern Pacific: Implications for Their Conservation. Journal of Heredity, 106(4), 347–354
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv034

King, J.R. & Wetklo, M. & Supernault, J. & Taguchi, M. & Yokawa, K. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Withler, R.E. (2015)
Genetic analysis of stock structure of blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the north Pacific ocean. Fisheries Research, 172, 181–189
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.06.029

Oñate-Gonzalez, E.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Santana-Morales, O. (2014)
Análisis de las capturas incidentales de tiburón blanco (Carcharodon carcharias) como una herramienta complementaria en la determinación de áreas de crianza. In Libro de resúmenes, VI Simposium Nacional de Tiburones y Rayas, 07 al 12 de abril de 2014, Mazatlán, Sin: 118–122

Castillo-Páez, A. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Sandoval-Castillo, J. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Blanco-Parra, M.P. & Rocha-Olivares, A. (2014)
Strong Population Structure and Shallow Mitochondrial Phylogeny in the Banded Guitarfish, Zapteryx exasperata (Jordan y Gilbert, 1880), from the Northern Mexican Pacific. Journal of Heredity, 105(1), 91–100
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est067

Pérez-Jiménez, J.C. & Rocha-Olivares, A. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2013)
Morphological and molecular differentiation of smooth-hound sharks (Genus Mustelus, Family Triakidae) from the Gulf of California. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 29(1), 268–270
DOI: 10.1111/jai.12042

Cuevas-Zimbrón, E. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Pérez-Jiménez, J.C. & O'Sullivan, J.B. (2013)
An analysis of the feasibility of using caudal vertebrae for ageing the spinetail devilray, Mobula japanica (Müller and Henle, 1841). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 96(8), 907–914
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-0086-2

Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2013)
Unofficial blue shark catch estimations for the Mexican Pacific (1976-2011). ISC Shark Working Group Workshop: ISC/13/SHARKWG–2/INFO–01

Ramírez-Amaro, S. & Cartamil, D. & Galvan-Magaña, F. & González-Barba, G. & Graham, J.B. & Carrera-Fernandez, M. & Escobar-Sánchez, O. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Rochin-Alamillo, A. (2013)
The artisanal elasmobranch fishery of the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico, management implications. Scienta Marina, 77(3): 473–487

Malpica-Cruz, L. & Herzka, S.Z. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Escobedo-Olvera, M.A. (2013)
Tissue-specific stable isotope ratios of shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and white (Carcharodon carcharias) sharks as indicators of size-based differences in foraging habitat and trophic level. Fisheries Oceanography, 22(6), 429–445
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12034

de La Rosa-Meza, K. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & de La Cueva-Salcedo, H. (2013)
Feeding habits of the speckled guitarfish Rhinobatos glaucostigma (Elasmobranchii, Batoidea) in the southeastern Gulf of California. Ciencias Marinas, 39(3), 277–290
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v39i3.2229

Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2012)
Distribution and management of shark species in Mexican Pacific waters (Gulf of California and the west coast of Baja) and the management of by-catch in the fishing industry [Abstract]. In Proceedings of the First Pacific Shark Workshop, December 13–15, 2011 Vancouver, Canada: 30–32

Malpica-Cruz, L. & Herzka, S.Z. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Lazo, J.P. (2012)
Tissue-specific isotope trophic discrimination factors and turnover rates in a marine elasmobranch: empirical and modeling results. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 69(3), 551–564
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-172

Cartamil, D. & Kohin, S. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Santana, O. & Olvera, M. & Graham, J. (2012)
Satellite tagging of juvenile thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) in the Southern California Bight [Abstract]. World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, Canada, August 8 – 14, 2012, Book of Abstracts, 112–113

Santana-Morales, O. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Escobedo-Olvera, M.A. & Oñate-González, E.C. & O'Sullivan, J.B. & Cartamil, D. (2012)
Chapter 15: Incidental Catch and Ecological Observations of Juvenile White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in Western Baja California, Mexico: Conservation Implications. In M.L. Domeier (Ed.), Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark (pp. 187–198). CRC Press

Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Morales-Bojórquez, E. & Nasby-Lucas, N. & Oñate-González, E.C. & Domeier, M.L. (2012)
Chapter 26: Problems with Photo Identification as a Method of Estimating Abundance of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias: An Example from Guadalupe Island, Mexico. In M.L. Domeier (Ed.), Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark (pp. 393–404). CRC Press

Cartamil, D. & Santana-Morales, O. & Escobedo-Olvera, M. & Kacev, D. & Castillo-Géniz, J.L. & Graham, J.B. & Rubin, R.D. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2011)
The artisanal elasmobranch fishery of the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. Fisheries Research, 108(2–3), 393–403
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.020

Pérez-Jiménez, J.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2010)
Determining reproductive parameters for population assessments of two smoothhounds (Mustelus californicus and Mustelus lunulatus) from the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 86(1), 1–11

Markaida, U. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2010)
Food and feeding habits of the blue shark Prionace glauca caught off Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, with a review on its feeding. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 90(5), 977–994
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991597

Gutiérrez-Mejía, E. & Lares, M.L. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2009)
Mercury and Arsenic in Muscle and Liver of the Golden Cownose Ray, Rhinoptera steindachneri, Evermann and Jenkins, 1891, from the Upper Gulf of California, México. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 83, 230–234
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9730-8

Pérez-Jiménez, J.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2008)
Reproductive biology of the brown smoothhound shark Mustelus henlei, in the northern Gulf of California, México. Journal of Fish Biology, 73(4), 782–792
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01939.x

Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Márquez-Farías, J.F. & Villavicencio-Garayzar, C.J. (2008)
Case Study: Pelagic shark fisheries along the West Coast of Mexico. In M.D. Camhi, E.K. Pikitch, E.A. Babcock (Eds.) Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation. (pp. 275–282). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, U.K.

Castillo-Géniz, J.L. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Perez, J.C. (2007)
Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism in the California skate, Raja inornata Jordan and Gilbert, 1881 from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Zootaxa, 1545, 1–16

Pérez-Jiménez, J.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Castillo-Géniz, J.L. (2005)
A new eastern North Pacific smoothhound shark (genus Mustelus, family Triakidae) from the Gulf of California. Copeia, 2005(4), 834–845

Pérez-Jiménez, J.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Furlong-Estrada, E. & Corro-Espinosa, D. & Venegas-Herrera, A. & Barragán-Cuencas, O.V. (2005)
Artisanal Shark Fishery at "Tres Marias" Islands and Isabel Island in the Central Mexican Pacific. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35, 333–343
DOI: 10.2960/J.v35.m489

Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Castillo-Géniz, J.L. & Villavicencio-Garayzar, C.J. (2000)
What does Mexican fish products statistics can tell us about shark catches from the Gulf of California? Abstract. American Elasmobranch Society 16th Annual Meeting, 14–20 June 2000, La Paz, Mexico

Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Taniuch, T. & Ishihara, H. & Shimizu, M. (1998)
The Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1841), from the Usumacinta River, Tabasco, Mexico, with notes on its serum composition and osmolarity. Ciencias Marinas, 24(2), 183–192

Holts, D.B. & Julian, A. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Bartoo, N.W. (1998)
Pelagic shark fisheries along the west coast of the United States and Baja California, Mexico. Fisheries Research, 39(2), 115–125
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