Books and monographs published:

Gruber. S.H. 2002. Special dedicated issue of Bimini Bahamas: Anthropogenic ecological effects. Bahamas Journal of Science 9 (2): 1-68; 10 Articles.

Tricas, T.C. & S.H. Gruber (ed.) 2001. The Behavior and Sensory Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes: An Anthology in Memory of Donald Richard Nelson. Developments In Environmental Biology of Fishes 20, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 318 Pp.

Pike, S. and S. H. Gruber. 1993. Nutrition and Nutritional diseases in sharks. In: Fish Medicine. Stoskopf, M. K. (ed.) W. B. Saunders, Orlando pp. 763-766.

Rasmussen, L. E., D. L. Hess, and S. H. Gruber. 1992. Serum steroid hormones during reproduction in elasmobranchs. In: Hamlett, E.C. (ed.) Reproductive Biology of South American Vertebrates. Springer Verlag, New York. pp. 19-44.

Gruber S. H. (ed.) 1991. Discovering Sharks: A Volume Honoring the Work of Stewart Springer. Special publication NO.14, American Littoral Society, Highlands, N.J. 121pp.

Pratt, H. L., Gruber, S. H. and T. Taninchi (eds.). 1990. Elasmobranchs as Living Resources NOAA Technical Report NMFS 90. Dept of Commerce, Washington D.C. 517pp.

Gruber, S.H. 1986. Studying the savage shark. World Book Science Annual. World Book Inc., Chicago. pp. 12-27.

Zeiske, E., J. Caprio and S.H. Gruber. 1986. Morphological and electrophysiological studies on the olfactory organ of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. In: T. Uyeno, et al., (eds.) Indopacific Fish Biology. Proc. II IndoPacific Fish Conference, Tokyo. pp. 381-391.

Tachibana, K., K. Nakanishi and S.H. Gruber. 1985. Lipophilic factors in the shark-repelling secretion of the moses sole. 27th Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products. Chemical Society of Japan, Hiroshima. pp. 545-552.

Gruber, S.H., E. Zlotkin and D.R. Nelson. 1984. Shark repellents: behavioral bioassay in laboratory and field. In: L. Bolis (ed). Toxins, Drugs and Pollutants from the Sea. Proceedings in Life Science, Springer Verlag, Berlin. pp. 26-42.

Gruber, S.H. 1983. Shark repellents: protocols for a behavioral bioassay. In: B.J. Zahuranec (ed.), Shark Repellents from the Sea: New Perspectives. AAAS Selected Symposium 83. Westview Press, Boulder, pp. 91-113.

Gruber, S.H. and R.M. Keyes. 1981. Keeping sharks for research. In: A. Hawkins, (ed.), Aquarium Systems. Academic Press, London: 373-402.

Gruber, S.H. 1978. Mechanisms of colorvision: an ethologist's primer. In: E. Burtt, Jr., (ed.), The Behavioral Significance of Color. Garland STPM Press, New York: 182-236

Gruber, S.H. and J.L. Cohen. 1978. Visual system of the elasmobranchs: 1960-1975 State of the art. In: E. Hodgson, and R. Mathewson (eds.), The Sensory Biology of Sharks, Skates and Rays. U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.: 11-109.

Gruber, S.H. 1975. Duplex vision in sharks: histological electrophysiological, behavioral evidence. In: M.A. Ali (ed.), Vision in Fishes. Plenum Press, New York: 525-539.

Gruber, S.H. 1967. A behavioral measurement of dark-adaptation in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. In: Sharks, Skates and Rays, P.W. Gilbert et al., (eds.), John Hopkins Press, Baltimore: 479-490.

Wisby, W.J., J.D. Richard, D.R. Nelson and S.H. Gruber. 1964. Sound perception in elasmobranchs. In: W.N. Tavolga (ed.), Marine Biacoustics. Pergamon Press, New York: 255-268.

Feldheim, K.A., Gruber, S. H. and M. V. Ashley. Reconstruction of Parental Microsattelite Genotypes Reveals Female Polyandry and Philopatry in the Lemon Shark. Evolution, 58 (10), 2004, pp. 2332-2342.

Clermont S. M. Gruber S. H. and A. Lund. Young lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) possess homing ability. (submitted, Marine Biology)

Correia João P, de Marignac Jean R. and Samuel H. Gruber. Rates of movement from sub-adult lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey1868), in Bimini Lagoon, Bahamas: The optimal time interval between successive geographical fixes with notes on error estimation of hand-held GPS units. (Accepted Bull Mar Sci)

Feldheim, K.A., Gruber, S. H. and M. V. Ashley. 2002. The Breeding Biology of lemon sharks at a Tropical Nursery Lagoon. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) B 269 (1501): 1655-1661.

Feldheim, K.A., Gruber, S. H., deMarignac J. R. and M. V. Ashley. 2002. Genetic tagging to determine passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag loss in lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey). J. Fish Biology 61: 1309-1313

Gruber, S. H. and W. Parks 2002. Mega-Resort Development on Bimini: Sound Economics or Environmental Disaster? Bahamas Journal of Science 9 (2): 2-18.

Gruber S. H., Grant, A.T and S. P. Newman 2002. Effects of Large Scale Seafloor Excavation in Bimini. Bahamas Journal of Science 9 (2): 36-40.

Newman S. P. and S. H. Gruber 2002. Mangrove and seagrass fish and macroinvertebrate communities in Bimini, Bahamas. Bahamas Journal of Science 9 (2): 19-27.

Sundström, L.F and S H. Gruber 2002. Effects of capture and transmitter attachment on the swimming speed of large juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris, Poey) in the field. J. Fish Biology 61: 834-838.

Chapman D. D. and Samuel H. Gruber. 2002 A further observation of batoid prey handling by the Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran, upon a Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari. Bull Mar. Sci 70 (3): 947-952,

Feldheim, K.F., S.G. Gruber and M.V. Ashley. 2001. Multiple paternity of a lemon shark litter (Chondrichthyes:Carcharhinidae). Copeia 2001:3 781-786.

Feldheim K. A. Gruber S. H and M. V. Ashley. 2001. Population genetic structure of the lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) in the western Atlantic: DNA microsatellite variation Molecular Ecology 10: 295-303)

Gruber, S. H., de Marignac J. R. and J. M. Hoenig. 2001. Survival of juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at Bimini, Bahamas, estimated by mark-depletion experiments Trans. Am. Fish Soc 130: 376-384

Gruber. S. H. 2001. Donald Richard Nelson: The most unforgettable character I ever met. Environmental. Bio. Fishes 60: 19-27

Feldheim K. A. Gruber S. H. and M. V. Ashley. 2001 Multiple paternity of a lemon shark litter. Copeia 2001 (3): 781-786

Feldheim K. A. Gruber S. H and M. V. Ashley. 2001 Population genetic structure of the lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) in the western Atlantic: DNA microsatellite variation. Molecular Ecology 10:295-303

Sundström, L. F., Gruber, S., H. Clermont S. M., De Marignac, J. R., Correia, J., Thomassen, L., Lowrance C., Morrissey, J. F. and M. T. Oliveira. 2001. Review of elasmobranch studies using ultrasonic telemetry with special reference to the behavior of free-ranging lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, around Bimini islands, Bahamas. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 60: 225-250

M. J. Corcoran and S. H. Gruber 1999. The use of photoidentification to study social organization of the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen 1790), at Bimini, Bahamas: a preliminary report. Bahamas J. Sci. 7(1):21-27

W. R. Silliman & S.H. Gruber. 1999. Behavioral biology of the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790), in Bimini, Bahamas; an interim report. Bahamas J. Sci. 7(1): 13-20

Sundström, L.F.and S.H. Gruber. 1998. Using speed sensing transmitters to model the bioenergetics of subadult lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey), in the field. Hydrobiol. 271/272: 241-247.

Sundström, L.F., J. Sterk & S.H. Gruber. 1998. Effects of a speed-sensing transmitter on the swimming speed of lemon sharks. Bahamas J. Sci. 6 (1): 12-22.

Cortes, E. and S. H. Gruber. 1994. Effect of ration size and gross conversion efficiency of young lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey). J. Fish Biol. 44:331-341.

Manire, C. A. and S. H. Gruber. 1993. A preliminary report on the rate of natural mortality of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. NOAA Tech. Rpt. NMFS 115: 65-71.

Morrissey, J. F. and S. H. Gruber. 1993. Habitat selection of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris. Copeia 1993(2): 425-434.

Rasmussen, L. E. and S. H. Gruber. 1993. Serum concentrations of reproductively-related circulating steroid hormones in the free-ranging lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Environ. Biol. Fishes. 38: 167-174.

Morrissey, J. F. and S. H. Gruber. 1993. Home range of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. Copeia 1993(2): 425-434.

Wetherbee, B.M. and S.H. Gruber. 1993. Absorption efficiency of the juvenile lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris at varying levels of energy intake. Copeia 1993(2): 417-425.

Manire, C. A. and S. H. Gruber. 1992. Anatomy of a shark attack. J. Wilderness Med. 3: 4-8.

Cortes, E. and S. H. Gruber. 1992. Gastric evacuation in the young lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, under field conditions. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 35: 205-212.

Manire, C. A. and S. H. Gruber. 1991. Effect of M. type dart tags on field growth of juvenile lemon shark. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 120: 776-780.

Scharrold, J. V. and S. H. Gruber. 1991: Telemetered heartrate as a measure of metabolic rate in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Copeia 1991 (4):942-953.

Cortes, E. and S. H. Gruber. 1990. Diet, feeding habits and estimates of daily ration of young lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey). Copeia. 1990 (1): 522-560.

Hoenig, J. M. and S. H. Gruber. 1990. Life history patterns in the elasmobranchs: Implications for fisheries management. NOAA Tech. Rpt. NMFS 90:1-16.

Manire, C. A. and S. H. Gruber. 1990. Many sharks may be headed toward extinction. Conserv. Biol. 4 (1): 10-11.

Rasmussen, L. E. and S. H. Gruber. 1990. Serum levels of circulating steroid hormones in free ranging carcharhinid sharks. NOAA Tech. Rpt. NMFS 90:76-84.

Watsky, M. and S. H. Gruber. 1990. Induction and duration of tonic immobility in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Fish Physiol. and Biochem. 8 (3): 207-210.

Wetherbee, B., and S. H. Gruber. 1990. The effect of ration level on food retention time in juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. Environmental Biology of Fishes 29:59-65.

Strong, W., F. Snelson, and S. H. Gruber. 1990. Hammerhead predation on stingrays: An observation of handling by Sphyrna mokarran. Copeia. 1990 (3): 836-840.

Wetherbee, B., S. H. Gruber and E. Cortes. 1990. Diet, feeding habits, consumption and digestion of sharks with special reference to the lemon shark. NOAA Tech. Rpt. NMFS 90:29-48.

Snelson, F. F., S. H. Gruber, F. L. Murru and T. N. Schmid. 1990. Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana: Host for a symbiotic cleaner wrasse. Copeia 1990 (4):961-965.

Bushnell, P., P. Lutz and S. H. Gruber. 1989. Metabolic rate of an active tropical elasmobranch, the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris. Experimental Biology 48(5):279-284.

Schurdak, M. and S. H. Gruber. 1989. Gastric Evacuation of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey) under controlled conditions. Experimental Biology. 48:77-82.

Gruber, S.H. 1988. Why do sharks attack humans? Naval Research Review 40(1):2-19.

Brown, C. and S.H. Gruber. 1988. Age assessment of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris using tetracycline validated vertebral centra. Copeia 1988(3):747-753

Nixon, A. and S.H. Gruber. 1988. Diel metabolic and activity patterns of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). J. Exptl. Zool. 248(1):1-6.

Tachibana, K. and S. H. Gruber. 1988. Shark repellent lipophilic constituents in the defense secretion of the moses sole (Pardachirus marmoratus). Toxicon. 26(9):839-853.

Gruber, S.H., Nelson D. and J. Morrissey. 1988. Patterns of activity and space utilization of lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris in a shallow Bahamian lagoon. Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(1):61-76.

Wetherbee, B., S.H. Gruber and A. Ramsay. 1987. X-radiographic observations of the passage of food through the digestive tract of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Trans. American Fish. Soc. 116(5):763-767.

Zeiske, E., B. Theisen, and S.H. Gruber. 1987. Functional morphology of the olfactory organ of two carcharhinid shark species. Can. J. Zool. 65:2406-2412.

Gruber, S.H. and J.L. Cohen. 1985. Visual system of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias (L.) with emphasis on retinal structure. Mem. Bull. S. Cal. Acad. Sci. 9:61-72.

Cohen, J.L. and S.H. Gruber. 1985. Spectral input to lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) ganglion cells. J. Comp. Physiol. A156: 579-586.

Grimes, D.J., S.H. Gruber and E.B. May. 1985. Experimental infection of lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, with Vibrio species. J. Fish Diseases. 8(2): 173-180.

Grimes, D.J., P. Brayton, R. Colwell and S.H. Gruber. 1985. Vibriosis as autochthonous flora of shark neritic sharks. Syst. and Appl. Microbiology. 6:221-226.

Zlotkin, E. and S.H. Gruber. 1984. Synthetic Surfactants: a new approach to the development of shark repellents. Arch. Toxocol. 56: 55-58.

Gruber, S.H. and R.G. Stout. 1983. Biological materials for the study of age and growth in a tropical elasmobranch, the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris (poey) NOAA Tech. Rept. NMFS 8: 193-205

Spielman, S.L. and S.H. Gruber. 1983. Development of a contact lens for refracting aquatic animals. Ophthal. Physiol. Optics. 3(3): 255-260.

Zlotkin, E., Y. Barenholz, and S.H. Gruber. 1983. Pardaxin versus detergents: a new approach to the study of shark repellents. Bull. Inst. Oceanogr. and Fish. 9: 419-426.

Gruber, S.H. 1982. Role of the lemon shark as predator in the tropical marine environment: A multidisciplinary study. Fla. Scient. 45(1): 46-75.

Bushnell, P.G., P.L. Lutz, J. Steffensen, A. Oikari and S.H. Gruber. 1982. increases in arterial blood oxygen during exercise in the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). J. Comp. Physiol. 147: 41-47.

Gruber, S.H. and E. Zlotkin. 1982. Bioassay of surfactants as shark repellents. Naval Res. Rev. 34(2): 18-27.

Hueter, R. and S. Gruber. 1982. Recent advances in studies of the visual system of the juvenile lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Fla. Scient. 45(1): 11-24.

Longval, M., R. Werner and S. Gruber. 1982. cyclical patterns of food intake in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris under controlled conditions. Fla. Scient. 45(1): 25-33.

Gruber, S.H. and L. Compagno. 1981. Taxonomic status and biology of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus. Fishery Bull. NMFS. 79(4): 617-640.

Gruber, S.H. 1980. Keeping sharks in captivity. J. Aquaricult., 1(1): 6-14.

Hueter, R. and S.H. Gruber. 1980. Retinoscopy of aquatic eyes. Vision Res. 20:197-200.

Gruber, S.H. The 1977. Vision of sharks: a perspective. Nav. Res. Rev. Feb: 1-2.

Gruber, S.H. 1977. The visual system of sharks: adaptation and capability. Amer. Zool. 17: 453-369.

Gruber, S.H. and A.A. Myrberg, Jr. 1977. Approaches to the study of the behavior of sharks. Am. Zool. 17: 471-486.

Cohen, J.L., S.H. Gruber and D.I. Hamasaki. 1977. Spectral sensitivity and Purkinje shift in the retina of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey). Vision Res. 17:787-792.

Gruber, S.H. and N. Schneiderman. 1975. Classical conditioning of the nictitating membrane response of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). Beh. Meth. Res. Instr. 7:430-434.

Gruber, S.H., R.L. Gulley and Janet Brandon. 1975. Duplex retina in seven elasmobranch species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 25(3): 353-358.

Gruber, S.H., D.I. Hamasaki and B.L. Davis. 1975. Window to the epiphysis in sharks. Copeia, 1975(2):373-380.

Myrberg, A.A., Jr. and S.H. Gruber. 1974. The behavior of the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo. Copeia. 1974(3):358-374.

Hamasaki, D.I. and S.H. Gruber. 1965. The photoreceptors of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum and the stingray, Dasyatus sayi. Bull. Mar. Sci. 15(4):1051-1059.

Gruber, S.H., D.I. Hamasaki and C.D. Bridges. 1963. Cones in the retina of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). Vision Res. 397-399.

Nelson, D.R. and S.H. Gruber. 1963. Sharks: attraction by low frequency sounds. Science. 142(3594): 975-977.

Multiple abstracts in 1994-to present

Gruber, S. H. 1993. Confusing Carcharhinids - the final chapters. Bull Am Litt. Soc. 22(1): 16-23.

Gruber, S. H. 1991. Lifestyles of the sharks. Bull. Am. Litt. Soc. 20(4):7-14.

Gruber, S. H. and C. A. Manire. 1991. The only good shark is a dead shark. Bull. Am. Litt. Soc. 20(4):115-117.

Gruber, S. H. and C. A. Manire. 1990. Challenge of the Chondrichthyans. Chondros 1(1):1-3.

Gruber, S. H. and J. F. Morrissey. 1990. Sharks, four hundred million years and counting? Ocean Realm. 1990 (3): 84-86.

Gruber, S. H. and J. F. Morrissey. 1990. Sharks vs. man: are sharks losing the battle? Bull. American Littoral Soc. 19 (1): 3-7.

Gruber, S. H. and C. Manire. A finfull of dollars. BBC Wildlife. 8 (4): 234-239.

Morrissey, J. and S. H. Gruber. 1989. So excellent a fish. Earthwatch Magazine. October:16-21.

Meyers, J., C. Pike, P. Swart and S. Gruber. Stable isotope variation in lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) vertebrae as a possible indicator of life history patterns (abstract). 5th Annual Meeting, American Elasmobranch Society. June 17-20, 1989. San Francisco, California.

Morrissey, J. and S. Gruber. Factors affecting space utilization of lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (abstract). Ibid.

Pike, C. and S. Gruber. Fluctuations in serum calcium of captive juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (abstract). Ibid.

Pike, C. and S. Gruber. Preliminary baseline blood parameters for captive juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (abstract). Ibid.

Snelson, F., S. Gruber, F. Murru and T. Schmid. Cleaning symbiosis in the stingray Dasyatis americana (abstract). Ibid.

Henningsen, A.H. and S.H. Gruber. Annual production of juvenile lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). Abstracts, 4th Annual Meeting, American Elasmobranch Society, June 24-29, 1988, Ann Arbor, Michigan, p. 107. (Abstract).

Pike, C. and S.H. Gruber. The use of tetracycline validated vertebral centra in the estimation of age and growth of captive juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris). (Abstract) Ibid p. 155.

Scharrold, J.V. and S.H. Gruber. Heart rate and metabolic rate in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. (Abstract) Ibid p. 167.

Snelson, F.F., S.H. Gruber, F. Murru and T. Schmidt. Preliminary report on a colony of southern stingray (Dasyatus americana) at Bimini, Bahamas. (Abstract) Ibid, p. 174.

Wetherbee, B.M. and S.H. Gruber. Absorption efficiency of the juvenile lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris at varying levels of energy intake (Abstract) Ibid, p.

Gruber, S. Sharks of the shallows. 1988. Natural History, (3): 50-88.

Gruber, S. 1987. Life history strategies of sharks: Theory and practice. Published abstracts, 3rd Annual Meeting. American Elasmobranch Society, June, Albany. p. 52. (abstract).

Gruber, S. 1987. The facts about sharks. Saltwater Sportsman. 48(3): 50-57.

Gruber, S. 1987. Life history strategies of elasmobranch fishes: A review of the theory. Published abstracts, WS-Japan Symposium on Elasmobranchs as Living Resources, University of Hawaii, December, Honolulu, (abstract).

Cortes, E. and S. Gruber. 1987. Food, feeding habits and first estimates of daily ration of young lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey). Publ. Abstracts, 3rd Annual Meeting, American Elasmobranch Society, June, Albany. p. 52. (abstract).

Rasmussen, L. and S. Gruber. 1987. Serum steroid hormone levels in Carcharhinidae sharks. Published abstracts, US-Japan Symposium on Elasmobranchs as Living Resources, University of Hawaii, December, Honolulu, (abstract).

Perrine, D. and S. Gruber. 1987. Who's afraid of the big, bad shark. Fins and Feathers, April/May. 34-42.

Gruber, S., B. Wetherbee, and E. Cortes. 1987. Consumption and digestive processing of food in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Published abstracts, US-Japan Joint Seminar on Elasmobranchs as Living Resources, University of Hawaii, December, Honolulu,(abstract).

Morrissey, J., S. Gruber and D. Nelson. 1987. Patterns of activity and space utilization of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris): A progress report. Published abstracts 3rd Annual meeting, American Elasmobranch Society, June, Albany. p. 70. (abstract).

Gruber, S. 1986. Sharks: A fragile resource. Fla. Sportsman. 17(6): 50-54.

Gruber, S. 1986. Bioenergetics of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey) under laboratory and field conditions. In: T. Uyeno, et al., (eds.) Indopacific fish Biology. ISJ, Tokyo. p. 927. (abstract).

Gruber, S. 1986. Toxic soles (Pardachirus sp.): Are they sharkproof? Published Abstracts, 2nd Annual meeting, American Elasmobranch Society, June, Victoria B.C. p. 54. (abstract).