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List of works by Michael R. Heithaus

A Systematic Review of How Multiple Stressors From an Extreme Event Drove Ecosystem-Wide Loss of Resilience in an Iconic Seagrass Community

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones

scientific article published on 4 March 2022

A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

A review of lethal and non-lethal effects of predators on adult marine turtles

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Accounting for individual behavioural variation in studies of habitat selection

scientific article published in March 2014

Alarm call production and temporal variation in predator encounter rates for a facultative teleost grazer in a relatively pristine seagrass ecosystem

scientific article published in 2013

American Alligator Digestion Rate of Blue Crabs and Its Implications for Stomach Contents Analysis

An apex predator engineers wetland food‐web heterogeneity through nutrient enrichment and habitat modification

scientific article published in 2023

Animal-borne video reveals seasonal activity patterns of green sea turtles and the importance of accounting for capture stress in short-term biologging

scientific article published in 2014

Author Correction: Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Behavioural transition probabilities in dugongs change with habitat and predator presence: implications for sirenian conservation

scientific article published on 26 November 2012

Can animal habitat use patterns influence their vulnerability to extreme climate events? An estuarine sportfish case study

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Can measures of prey availability improve our ability to predict the abundance of large marine predators?

scientific article published on 5 June 2007

Can you dig it? Use of excavation, a risky foraging tactic, by dugongs is sensitive to predation danger

scientific article published in 2007

Complex social structure, alliance stability and mating access in a bottlenose dolphin 'super-alliance'.

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Conservation implications of forage base requirements of a marine predator population at carrying capacity

scientific article published in 2022

Contrasting patterns of individual specialization and trophic coupling in two marine apex predators

scientific article published on 9 September 2010

Correcting for heterogeneous availability bias in surveys of long-diving marine turtles

scientific article published in 2013

Could relatedness help explain why individuals lead in bottlenose dolphin groups?

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Critically endangered Rice’s whales (Balaenoptera ricei) selectively feed on high-quality prey in the Gulf of Mexico

scientific article published in 2023

Cross-fertilizing aquatic and terrestrial research to understand predator risk effects

scientific article published in 2014

Cultural transmission of tool use in bottlenose dolphins

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Dangerous prey and daring predators: a review

scientific article published on 21 January 2013

Decline in Relative Abundance of Bottlenose Dolphins Exposed to Long-Term Disturbance

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Direct evidence for gray seal (<i>Halichoerus grypus</i>) predation and scavenging on harbor porpoises (<i>Phocoena phocoena</i>)

scientific article published in 2014

Does tiger shark predation risk influence foraging habitat use by bottlenose dolphins at multiple spatial scales?

scientific article published in 2006

Does variation in movement tactics and trophic interactions among American alligators create habitat linkages?

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

Ecological niche partitioning within a large predator guild in a nutrient‐limited estuary

scientific article published in 2017

Effect of body length, trophic position and habitat use on mercury concentrations of sharks from contrasted ecosystems in the southwestern Indian Ocean

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Effects of anticoagulants on stable-isotope values (δ13 C and δ15 N) of shark blood components

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Effects of environmental factors on the detection of subsurface green turtles in aerial drone surveys

scientific article published in 2022

Effects of hydrology on the movements of a large-bodied predator in a managed freshwater marsh

Elucidating shark diets with DNA metabarcoding from cloacal swabs

scientific article published in 2021

Elucidating the role of competition in driving spatial and trophic niche patterns in sympatric juvenile sharks

scientific article published in 2023

Extinction risk, reconstructed catches and management of chondrichthyan fishes in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean

scientific article published in 2022

Extreme temperatures, foundation species, and abrupt ecosystem change: an example from an iconic seagrass ecosystem

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FOOD AVAILABILITY AND TIGER SHARK PREDATION RISK INFLUENCE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN HABITAT USE

scientific article published in 2002

Factors affecting individual foraging specialization and temporal diet stability across the range of a large "generalist" apex predator

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Fear factor: do dugongs (Dugong dugon) trade food for safety from tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)?

scientific article published on 17 July 2007

Feeding preferences of herbivores in a relatively pristine subtropical seagrass ecosystem

scholarly article by Derek A. Burkholder published in January 2012

From banana fields to the deep blue: Assessment of chlordecone contamination of oceanic cetaceans in the eastern Caribbean

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

Give shark sanctuaries a chance

scientific article

Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks

Global population genetic dynamics of a highly migratory, apex predator shark

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Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Going Downriver: Patterns and Cues in Hurricane-Driven Movements of Common Snook in a Subtropical Coastal River

scholarly article

Habitat selection by predators and prey in communities with asymmetrical intraguild predation

scientific article published in 2001

Habitat use of sympatric prey suggests divergent anti-predator responses to recolonizing gray wolves

scientific article published on 11 December 2018

Heterogeneous patterns of availability for detection during visual surveys: spatiotemporal variation in sea turtle dive–surfacing behaviour on a feeding ground

scientific article published in 2011

Human activities change marine ecosystems by altering predation risk

scientific article published on 08 October 2015

Indirect legacy effects of an extreme climatic event on a marine megafaunal community

scientific article published in 2019

Individual specialization in a migratory grazer reflects long-term diet selectivity on a foraging ground: implications for isotope-based tracking

scientific article published on 10 July 2018

Individual variation in ontogenetic niche shifts in habitat use and movement patterns of a large estuarine predator (Carcharhinus leucas).

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

Influence of teleost abundance on the distribution and abundance of sharks in Florida Bay, USA

scientific article published on 27 July 2006

Informing the interpretation of dive profiles using animal-borne video: A marine turtle case study

scientific article published in 2011

Inter-individual differences in ontogenetic trophic shifts among three marine predators

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Interspecific variation in life history relates to antipredator decisions by marine mesopredators on temperate reefs

scientific article

Intra-population variation in activity ranges, diel patterns, movement rates, and habitat use of American alligators in a subtropical estuary

scientific article published in 2013

Intraspecific differences in relative isotopic niche area and overlap of co-occurring sharks

scholarly article

Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology.

scientific article published on 12 March 2016

Large-scale movement patterns of male loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in Shark Bay, Australia

scientific article published in 2012

Living on the edge: dugongs prefer to forage in microhabitats that allow escape from rather than avoidance of predators

Loss of predation risk from apex predators can exacerbate marine tropicalization caused by extreme climatic events

scientific article published in 2021

Megafaunal Impacts on Structure and Function of Ocean Ecosystems

scientific article published in 2016

Microhabitat selection by marine mesoconsumers in a thermally heterogeneous habitat: behavioral thermoregulation or avoiding predation risk?

scientific article

Mother-offspring isotope fractionation in two species of placentatrophic sharks

scientific article published on 21 October 2010

Movements of Juvenile Bull Sharks in Response to a Major Hurricane Within a Tropical Estuarine Nursery Area

scholarly article

Multi-tissue stable isotope analysis and acoustic telemetry reveal seasonal variability in the trophic interactions of juvenile bull sharks in a coastal estuary

scientific article

New perspectives on an iconic landscape from comparative international long-term ecological research

scientific article published in 2015

Novel insights into green sea turtle behaviour using animal-borne video cameras

scientific article published in 2002

Optimal diving under the risk of predation.

scientific article published in July 2003

Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean

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Patterns of top-down control in a seagrass ecosystem: could a roving apex predator induce a behaviour-mediated trophic cascade?

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Perceived risk of predation affects reproductive life-history traits in Gambusia holbrooki, but not in Heterandria formosa

scientific article published in 2014

Physical factors influencing the distribution of a top predator in a subtropical oligotrophic estuary

scientific article published on 09 January 2011

Physiological state predicts space use of sharks at a tourism provisioning site

scientific article published in 2022

Plasticity of trophic interactions among sharks from the oceanic south-western Indian Ocean revealed by stable isotope and mercury analyses

article by Jeremy J. Kiszka et al published February 2015 in Deep-Sea Research. Part 1: Oceanographic Research Papers

Population structure, connectivity, and demographic history of an apex marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

Predation Risk Influences the Diving Behavior of a Marine Mesopredator~!2009-08-31~!2010-01-25~!2010-04-29~!

scientific article published in 2010

Predator-induced modifications to diving behavior vary with foraging mode

scientific article published in 2010

Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

scholarly article by Trisha B. Atwood published in September 2015

Predators reduce niche overlap between sympatric prey

scientific article published in 2021

Predatory fish exploitation and relative abundance in a data‐poor region from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, inferred from artisanal fishery interview surveys and baited remote underwater video systems

scientific article published in 2022

Predator–prey and competitive interactions between sharks (order Selachii) and dolphins (suborder Odontoceti): a review

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Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines

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Reefscapes of fear: predation risk and reef hetero-geneity interact to shape herbivore foraging behaviour

scientific article published in September 2015

SHARK ATTACKS ON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS ADUNCUS) IN SHARK BAY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ATTACK RATE, BITE SCAR FREQUENCIES, AND ATTACK SEASONALITY

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Science behind management of Shark Bay and Florida Bay, two P-limited subtropical systems with different climatology and human pressures

Seagrasses in the age of sea turtle conservation and shark overfishing

Seascapes of fear: evaluating sublethal predator effects experienced and generated by marine mammals

scientific article published in 2008

Shark scavenging and predation on cetaceans at Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil

scientific article published in 2012

Size-based variation in intertissue comparisons of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures of bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)

scientific article published on 30 April 2010

Slow isotope turnover rates and low discrimination values in the American alligator: implications for interpretation of ectotherm stable isotope data

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Social Network Analysis Reveals the Subtle Impacts of Tourist Provisioning on the Social Behavior of a Generalist Marine Apex Predator

scientific article published on 04 September 2021

Spatial and temporal variation in shark communities of the lower Florida Keys and evidence for historical population declines

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Spatial responses to predators vary with prey escape mode

scientific article published in 2010

Spatial variation in the accumulation of POPs and mercury in bottlenose dolphins of the Lower Florida Keys and the coastal Everglades (South Florida).

scientific article published on 11 October 2016

Species co-occurrence affects the trophic interactions of two juvenile reef shark species in tropical lagoon nurseries in Moorea (French Polynesia).

scientific article published on 28 March 2017

Speed and Maneuverability of Adult Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) under Simulated Predatory Attack: Do The Sexes Differ?

scientific article published in June 2008

Stable isotope and fatty acid biomarkers of seagrass, epiphytic, and algal organic matter to consumers in a pristine seagrass ecosystem

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State-dependent risk-taking by green sea turtles mediates top-down effects of tiger shark intimidation in a marine ecosystem

scientific article published in September 2007

Superalliance of bottlenose dolphins

scientific article published in Nature

Temporal variation in dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) habitat use and group size off Great Abaco Island, Bahamas

scholarly article by Meagan M. Dunphy-Daly et al published January 2008 in Marine Mammal Science

The Biology of Tiger Sharks, Galeocerdo Cuvier, in Shark Bay, Western Australia: Sex Ratio, Size Distribution, Diet, and Seasonal Changes in Catch Rates

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The Roles of Large Top Predators in Coastal Ecosystems: New Insights from Long Term Ecological Research

scientific article published on 05 August 2013

The context dependence of non-consumptive predator effects

scientific article published on 29 September 2020

The effects of temporal variation in predation risk on anti-predator behaviour: an empirical test using marine snails

scientific article published on December 22, 2001

The relative importance of reproduction and survival for the conservation of two dolphin populations.

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

The trophic ecology of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) relative to other large teleost predators on an isolated coral atoll

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

The trophic role of a large marine predator, the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier.

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Too hot to handle: Unprecedented seagrass death driven by marine heatwave in a World Heritage Area

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Towards a cohesive, holistic view of top predation: a definition, synthesis and perspective

article published in 2014

Towards a predictive framework for predator risk effects: the interaction of landscape features and prey escape tactics.

scientific article published on 9 March 2008

Trophic interactions of common elasmobranchs in deep-sea communities of the Gulf of Mexico revealed through stable isotope and stomach content analysis

scientific article published in 2015

Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys and image analysis in the study of large surface-associated marine species: a case study on reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus shoaling behaviour

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Validation of a Rapid Visual-Assessment Technique for Categorizing the Body Condition of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Field

scientific article published on 12 June 2009

Validation of a randomization procedure to assess animal habitat preferences: microhabitat use of tiger sharks in a seagrass ecosystem.

scientific article published in May 2006

Why do dolphins carry sponges?

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays

scientific article published on 15 June 2023