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

BBFS Publications, Theses, and Dissertations:

Publications

2012

Newman SP, Handy RD. (2012) Ontogenetic diet shifts and prey selection in nursery bound lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris indicate a flexible foraging tactic. In press Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Guttridge TL, Van Dijk S, Krause J, Stamhuis EJ, Gruber SH, Brown C. (2012) Social learning in juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris. In press Animal Cognition.

DiGiorlamo AL, Gruber SH, Pomory C, Bennett WA (2012) Diel temperature patterns of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, in a shallow nursery. In press Journal of Fish Biology

Guttridge TL, Gruber SH, Franks B, Kessel ST, Uphill J, Gledhill KS, Krause J, Sims DW (2012) Deep danger: Intra-specific predation risk influences habitat use and aggregation formation of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. Marine Ecology Progress Series 445: 279-291.

Jennings DE, DiBattista JD, Stump K, Hussey NE, Franks BR, Grubbs RD & Gruber, SH (2012) Assessment of the aquatic biodiversity of a threatened coastal lagoon at Bimini, Bahamas. In press Journal of Coastal Conservation.

2011

DiBattista JD, Feldheim KA, Garant D, Gruber SH & Hendry AP (2011) Anthropogenic disturbance and evolutionary parameters: a lemon shark population experiencing habitat loss. Evolutionary Applications 4: 1-17.

Guttridge TL, Gruber SH, DiBattista JD, Feldheim KA, Croft DP, Krause S & Krause J (2011) Assortative interactions and leadership in a free-ranging population of juvenile lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). Marine Ecology Progress Series 423: 235-245.

Newman SP, Handy RD & Gruber SH (2011) Ontogenetic diet shifts and prey selection in nursery bound lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, indicate a flexible foraging tactic. Environmental Biology of Fishes. pp. 1-12.

Pettitt-Wade H, Newman SH, Parsons KT, Gruber SH & Handy RD (2011) Dietary metal and macro-nutrient intakes of juvenile lemon sharks determined from the nutritional composition of prey items. Marine Ecology Progress Series 433: 245-260.

2010

Guttridge TL, Gruber SH, Krause J & Sims DW (2010) Novel acoustic technology for studying free-ranging shark social behavior by recording individuals’ interactions. PLoS ONE 5(2): e9324. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009324

Newman SP, Handy RD & Gruber SH (2010) Diet and prey preference of juvenile lemon sharks. Marine Ecology Progress Series 398: 221-234.

O’Connell PO, Abel DC, Gruber SH, Stroud EM, Rice PH (2010) Response of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, to a magnetic barrier simulating a beach net. Ocean and Coastal Management 54(3): 225-230

Spaet JLY, Kessel ST & Gruber SH (2010) Learned hook avoidance of lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) based on electroreception and shock treatment. Marine Biology Research 6:399 -407.

2009

Chapman D, Gruber SH, DiBattista JD, Franks B, Kessel ST, Guttridge TL, Babcock EK, Pikitch EK & Feldheim KA (2009) Long-term natal site-fidelity by immature lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at a subtropical island. Molecular Ecology 18: 3500-3507.

DiBattista JD, Feldheim KA, Garant D, Gruber SH, Hendry AP. (2009) Evolutionary potential of a large marine vertebrate: quantitative genetic parameters in a wild population. Evolution 63: 1051-1067.

Gleiss AC, Gruber SH & Perkins RP (2009) Multi-Channel Data-Logging: Towards Determination of Behavior and Metabolic Rate in Free-Swimming Sharks. In: J.L. Nielsen et al. (eds.), Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices, Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries 9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-9640-2 13.

Guttridge TL, Gruber SH, Gledhill KS, Croft DP, Sims DW & Krause J (2009) Social preferences in juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. Animal Behavior 78: 543-548.

Guttridge TL, Myrberg AA, Porcher I, Sims DW & Krause J (2009) Role of learning in shark behavior. Fish and Fisheries 10: 450-469.

Krause S, Mattner L, James R, Guttridge TL, Corcoran MJ, Gruber SH, & Krause J (2009) Social network analysis and valid markov chain monte carlo tests of null models. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 1089-1096.

Reeve A, Handy RD & Gruber SH (2009) Prey selection and functional response of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris. Journal of Fish Biology 75: 276-281.

2008

DiBattista JD, Feldheim KA, Thibert-Plante X, Gruber SH & Hendry AP. (2008) A genetic assessment of polyandry and breeding site fidelity in lemon sharks. Molecular Ecology 17:3337-3351.

DiBattista JD, Feldheim KA, Gruber AH & Hendry AP (2008) Are indirect genetic benefits associated with polyandry? A test in a natural population of lemon sharks Molecular Ecology 17: 783-795.

Jennings DE, Gruber SH, Franks BR, Kessel ST & Robertson AL (2008) Effects of large-scale anthropogenic development on juvenile lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) populations of Bimini, Bahamas. Environmental Biology of Fishes 83: 369377.

Schultz JK, Feldheim KA, Gruber SH, Ashley MV, McGovern TM & Bowen BW (2008) Global phylogeography and seascape genetics of the lemon shark (genus Negaprion). Molecular Ecology 17:5336–5348.

2007

Afonso AS & Gruber SH (2007) Pueruli settlement in the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, at Bimini, Bahamas. Crustaceana, 80(11):1355-1371.

DiBattista JD, Feldheim KA, Gruber SH & Hendry AP (2007) When bigger is not better: selection against large size, high condition, and fast growth in juvenile lemon sharks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 201-212.

Gedamke T, Hoenig JM, Musick JA, Dupaul WD & Gruber SH (2007) Using Demographic Models to Determine Intrinsic Rate of Increase and Sustainable Fishing for Elasmobranchs: Pitfalls, Advances and Applications. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27: 605-618.

Newman SP, Handy RD & Gruber SH (2007) Spatial and temporal variations in mangrove and seagrass faunal communities at Bimini, Bahamas. Bulletin Marine Science 80: 529-553.

Wetherbee BM, Gruber SH & Rosa RS (2007) Movement patterns of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris within Atol das Rocas, Brazil: a nursery characterized by tidal extremes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 343: 283-293.

2006

Freitas RHA, Rosa RS, Gruber SH, Wetherbee BM (2006) Early growth and juvenile population structure of lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris in the Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, off north-east Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology 68:1319–1332.

2005

Barker MJ, Gruber SH, Newman SP, Schluessel V (2005) Spatial and ontogenetic variation in growth of nursery bound juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris: a comparison of two age-assigning techniques. Environmental Biology of Fishes 72:343–355

Edren SMC & Gruber SH (2005) Homing ability of young lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. Environmental Biology of Fishes 72(3): 267-281.

2004

Feldheim KA, Gruber SH, Ashley MV & Orti G (2004) Reconstruction of parental microsatellite genotypes reveals female polyandry and philopatry in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Evolution 58:2332-2342.

Newman SP, Gruber SH & Handy RD (2004) The scarecrow toadfish: habitat, abundance and size at maturity at Bimini, Bahamas. Journal of Fish Biology 64(1):248-252.

2002

Chapman DD & Gruber SH (2002) A further observation of batoid prey handling by the Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran, upon a Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari. Bulletin of Marine Science 70: 947-952.

Feldheim KA & Edren SMC (2002) Impacts of Dredging on Marine Communities - The Bimini Lemon Shark. Bahamas Journal of Science 9:28-35

Feldheim KA, Gruber SH & Ashley MV (2002a) The breeding biology of lemon sharks at a tropical nursery lagoon. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 269:1655-1661.

Feldheim KA, Gruber SH, De Marignac JRC, Ashley MV (2002b) Genetic tagging to determine passive integrated transponder tag loss in lemon sharks. Journal of Fish Biology 61: 1309-1313.

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

Gruber SH, Grant AT, Newman SP (2002) Effects of Large Scale Seafloor Excavation in Bimini. Bahamas Journal of Science 9(2): 36-40.

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

Sundstrom LF & Gruber SH (2002) Effects of capture and transmitter attachment on the swimming speed of large juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris, Poey) in the field. Journal of Fish Biology 61: 834-838.

2001

Feldheim KA, Gruber SH & Ashley MV (2001) Population genetic structure of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) in the western Atlantic: DNA microsatellite variation. Molecular Ecology 10: 295-303.

Feldheim KA, Gruber SH, Ashley MV & Mceachran JD (2001) Multiple Paternity of a Lemon Shark Litter (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae). Copeia 781-786.

Gruber SH, De Marignac JRC & Hoenig JM (2001) Survival of juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at Bimini, Bahamas, estimated by mark-depletion experiments. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 130: 376-384.

Sundström LF, Gruber SH, Clermont SM, Correia JPS, De Marignac JRC, Morrissey JF, Lowrance CR, Thomassen L & Oliveira MT (2001) Review of Elasmobranch Behavioral Studies Using Ultrasonic Telemetry with Special Reference to the Lemon Shark, Negaprion Brevirostris, Around Bimini Islands, Bahamas. Environmental Biology of Fishes 60: 225-250.

1999

Corcoran MJ & Gruber SH (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 Journal of Science 7(1): 21-27.

Silliman WR & Gruber SH (1999) Behavioral ecology of the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790), in Bimini, Bahamas: an interim report. Bahamas Journal of Science 7(1): 13-20.

1998

Sundstrom LF & Gruber SH (1998) Using speed sensing transmitters to model the bioenergetics of subadult lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris (Poey)) in the field. Hydrobiology 217/272: 241-247.

Sundstrom LF, Sterk J & Gruber SH (1998) Effects of a speed-sensing transmitter on the swimming speed of lemon sharks. Bahamas Journal of Science 6(1): 12-22.

1995

Correia JP, de Marignac JRC & Gruber SH (1995) Young lemon shark behavior in Bimini Lagoon. Bahamas Journal of Science 3(1): 2-8.

1994

Cortes E & Gruber SH (1994) Effect of ration size and gross conversion efficiency of young lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey). Journal of Fish Biology 44:331-341.

1993

Manire CA & Gruber SH (1993) A preliminary report on the rate of natural mortality of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 115: 65-71.

Morrissey JF & Gruber SH (1993) Home range of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. Copeia 2: 425-434.

Morrissey JF & Gruber SH (1993) Habitat selection by juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. Environmental Biology of Fishes 38(4): 311-319.

Rasmussen LE & Gruber SH (1993) Serum concentrations of reproductively-related circulating steroid hormones in the free-ranging lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Environmental Biology of Fishes 38: 167-164.

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

1992

Manire CA & Gruber SH (1992) Anatomy of a shark attack. Journal of Wilderness Medicine 3: 4-8.

Cortes E & Gruber SH (1992) Gastric evacuation in the young lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, under field conditions. Environmental Biology of Fishes 35: 205-212.

1991

Manire CA & Gruber SH (1991) Effect of M. type dart tags on field growth of juvenile lemon shark. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 120: 776-780.

Scharrold JV & Gruber SH (1991) Telemetered heartrate as a measure of metabolic rate in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Copeia (4):942-953.

1990

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

Snelson FF, Gruber SH, Murru FL & Schmid TN (1990) Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana: Host for a symbiotic cleaner wrasse. Copeia (4):961-965.

Hoenig JM & Gruber SH (1990) Life history patterns in the elasmobranchs: Implications for fisheries management. NOAA Tech. Rpt. NMFS 90:1-16.

Manire CA & Gruber SH (1990) Many sharks may be headed toward extinction. Conservation Biology 4(1):10-11.

Rasmussen LE & Gruber SH (1990) Serum levels of circulating steroid hormones in free ranging carcharhinid sharks. NOAA Tech. Rpt. NMFS 90:76-84.

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

Watsky M & Gruber SH (1990) Induction and duration of tonic immobility in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Fish Physiology. and Biochemistry 8 (3): 207-210.

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

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

1989

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

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

1988

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

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

Nixon A & Gruber (1988) Diel metabolic and activity patterns of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). Journal of Experimental Zoology 248(1):1-6.

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

Gruber SH, Nelson D & Morrissey J (1988) Patterns of activity and space utilization of lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris in a shallow Bahamian lagoon. Bulletin Marine Science 43(1):61-76.

Doctoral Dissertations

Kessel ST (2010). An investigation into the behavior and population dynamics of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). PhD Thesis. Cardiff University, UK

Guttridge TL (2010) Social behavior and organization of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris. PhD Thesis. University of Leeds, UK.

DiBattista JD (2009) Evolutionary potential of a large marine vertebrate, the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). PhD Thesis. McGill University, Canada.

Franks BR (2007) The spatial ecology and resource selection of juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in their primary nursery areas. PhD Thesis, Drexel University, U.S.

Newman SP (2003) Spatial and temporal variation in diet and prey preference of nursery-bound juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at Bimini, Bahamas. PhD Thesis. University of Plymouth, UK.

Feldheim KA (2002) Genetic analysis of the mating system and population structure of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris. PhD Thesis. University of Illinois, USA.

Morrissey JF (1991) Activity space parameters, home range, diel activity rhythms, and habitat selection of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris. PhD Thesis. University of Miami, USA.

Cortes E (1990) Feeding of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris: Diet, feeding habitat, digestion and consumption rate. PhD Thesis. University of Barcelona.

Jacobsen T (1987) An ecosystem-level study of a shallow Bahamian lagoon: biomass estimation of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), a top consumer. PhD Thesis. University of Georgia, U.S.

Master’s Theses

Sommer N(2012) Testing and calibration of Sonotronics' submersible ultrasonic receivers (surs) for their acoustic detection range and variability in a subtropical environment in bimini, bahamas. MSc Thesis

Ashe J (2011) Testing Predictions of the “Natal Homing Hypothesis” for Sharks, Using Lemon Sharks in the Western Atlantic as a Model Species. MSc Thesis. Stony Brook University, USA.

Trave C (2011) Preparation of a Habitat Map of the North Sound, Bimini, Bahamas. MSc Thesis.

Weideli C (2011) Has coastal development-related large scale mangrove habitat destruction resulted in a dietary shift of nursery bound juvenile lemon sharks? MSc Thesis.

Salim, E (2010) Efectos de la accion turista en la distribucion especial de juveniles del tiburon limon (Negaprion brevirostris) en Bimini Sur, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. Universidad de Simon Bolivar, Venezuela.

Huhn M (2009) The influence of mangrove removal on the growth of juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in a nursery habitat at Bimini, Bahamas. MS Thesis, Universitat Wurzburg, Germany.

Van Dijk S (2009) Social learning of an operant conditioning task by juvenile lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). MSc Thesis. University of Groningen, Netherlands.

Caviezel S (2008) Movement pattern and space utilization by sub-adult lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in Bimini, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. University of Basel. Switzerland.

Spaet JLY (2008) Learned hook avoidance of lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) based on electroreception and shock treatment. MSc Thesis.

Uphill J (2008) Juvenile lemon shark, (Negaprion brevirostris) utilization of a nursery area in Bimini Bahamas. MSc Thesis. Flinders University. Australia.

Dedman S (2007) Preferenda and thermal event response in the juvenile lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris in Bimini, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. University of Aberdeen. UK.

Bakker J (2007) Effects of the loss of mangrove nursery area on the home ranges of juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris). MSc Thesis University of Amsterdam, Holland.

DiGirolamo T (2007) Thermal ecology and activity patterns of juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in a shallow water nursery at Bimini, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. University of West Florida, USA.

Imhoff J (2007) Evaluation of ultrasonic accelerometry as a technique for studying foraging behavior in juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris). MSc Thesis. University of North Carolina – Wilmington, USA.

Fieret (2007) Swimming Performance in Juvenile and Sub-Adult Lemon Sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at the Bimini Islands, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. University of Groningen, Netherlands.

Jackson K (2006) Spatial and temporal variation in fish and crustacean assemblages in near-shore environments around Bimini, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. Murdoch University, AU.

Batsleer J (2006) Temperature preference of juvenile Lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, in the south bimini nursery. MSc Thesis.

Jennings DE (2005) The ecological effects of the Bimini Bay Resort development on the juvenile lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris, Poey 1868) population of Bimini, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. University of Surrey - Roehampton, UK

Harry A (2005) Tracking of sub-adult lemon sharks around Bimini Islands, Bahamas; spatial ecology and nursery usage. MSc (Honours). Flinders University, AU.

Hussey NR (2003) An evaluation of Landsat 7 ETM+ satellite imagery for quantitative biotope mapping of the Bimini islands, Bahamas including two known lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) nursery grounds. MSc Thesis. University of Wales, Bangor, U.K. 167pp.

Reeve A (2003) Prey preference experiments using juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in a sub-tropical lagoon, Bimini, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. University of Plymouth, UK.

Brown L (2003) Social behavior and activity patterns of juvenile lemon sharks. MSc Thesis. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Metcalfe L (2002) Diurnal activity patterns of juvenile lemon sharks. MSc Thesis. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Paid N (2002) Analysis of yearly juvenile lemon shark capture census. MSc Thesis. University of Corte, Corsica.

de Marignac JRC (2000) Home range and diel movement patterns of sub-adult lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, in a shallow tropical lagoon, Bimini, Bahamas. MS thesis, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Undergraduate Papers

Kroeger L (2011) Variation in juvenile Negaprion brevirostris diet and prey community structure of an impacted nursery in North Bimini, Bahamas. BSc Thesis. Cardiff University, Wales, UK.

Cardenosa D (2010) Efectos de la perdida de habitat en tasa de mortalidad y crecimiento del tiburon limon (Negaprion brevirostris) en Bimini, Bahamas. BSc thesis. Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.

Crooks CJ (2010) Non-consumptive predator effects on nursery habitat use in juvenile lemon sharks. BSc Thesis.

Bond ME (2009) Interspecies bait-manipulation video study, Bimini, Bahamas. Undergraduate Thesis. Cardiff University, UK.

Collins SB (2005) A comparison of fish assemblages in two nursery grounds, a semi-enclosed lagoon and an open stretch of coastline, with emphasis on juvenile Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) prey communities in Bimini, Bahamas. BSc thesis.

Kessel ST (2004) Spatial Variations in Nursery Bound Juvenile Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevoristris) Prey Items, Bimini, Bahamas. BSc Thesis. Cardiff University, UK.

Campos N (2002) Osteology of lemon shark prey. BSc Thesis. University of Porto.

Hoffman C (2002) Ontogenetic dietary shifts in juvenile lemon sharks. BSc Thesis. University of Washington, USA.

Randall J (2002) Diet of the juvenile lemon shark. BSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Canada.

Stocking B (2002) Diel feeding rhythms in juvenile lemon sharks, contrasting two nursery areas. BSc Thesis. University of Plymouth, UK.

Santos R (2000) Diet of juvenile lemon sharks. BSc Thesis. University of Portugal. Portugal.