List of works - David William Sims

A tale of two seas: contrasting patterns of population structure in the small-spotted catshark across Europe

scientific article

Acoustic telemetry and network analysis reveal the space use of multiple reef predators and enhance marine protected area design.

scientific article published in July 2016

Animal behaviour: Homing is a breeze for sea turtles

scientific article published in May 2003

Antipodean white sharks on a Mediterranean walkabout? Historical dispersal leads to genetic discontinuity and an endangered anomalous population.

scientific article published on 17 November 2010

Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark

scientific article published in 2021

Continental shelf-wide response of a fish assemblage to rapid warming of the sea.

scientific article

DNA barcoding identifies a cosmopolitan diet in the ocean sunfish.

scientific article

Deep-diving behaviour of a whale shark Rhincodon typus during long-distance movement in the western Indian Ocean.

scientific article

Dwindling fish numbers already of concern in 1883

journal article; published in Nature on 2006-02-08

Ecology: stars beneath the waves.

scientific article published in October 2005

Elasmobranch cognitive ability: using electroreceptive foraging behaviour to demonstrate learning, habituation and memory in a benthic shark.

scientific article published on 26 April 2013

Encounter success of free-ranging marine predator movements across a dynamic prey landscape

scholarly article by David W. Sims et al published 22 May 2006 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators

scientific article

First analysis of multiple paternity in an oviparous shark, the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula L.).

scientific article published on 03 November 2011

Fish stocks: Unlimited by-catch limits recovery

scientific article published on 01 March 2016

Fisheries: Better policing for fishy catch data.

scientific article

Hierarchical random walks in trace fossils and the origin of optimal search behavior

scientific article

High activity and Levy searches: jellyfish can search the water column like fish.

scientific article published on 13 July 2011

Hunt warm, rest cool: bioenergetic strategy underlying diel vertical migration of a benthic shark.

scientific article published on January 2006

Identifying reproductive events using archival tags: egg-laying behaviour of the small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula.

scientific article

Inferred global connectivity of whale shark Rhincodon typus populations.

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Intrinsic Lévy behaviour in organisms--searching for a mechanism: Comment on "Liberating Lévy walk research from the shackles of optimal foraging" by A.M. Reynolds.

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology.

scientific article published on 12 March 2016

Long-term GPS tracking of ocean sunfish Mola mola offers a new direction in fish monitoring

scientific article

Lévy flight and Brownian search patterns of a free-ranging predator reflect different prey field characteristics.

scientific article published on 17 October 2011

Minimizing errors in identifying Lévy flight behaviour of organisms

scientific article published in March 2007

Molecular markers reveal spatially segregated cryptic species in a critically endangered fish, the common skate (Dipturus batis)

scientific article published on 27 January 2010

Novel acoustic technology for studying free-ranging shark social behaviour by recording individuals' interactions

scientific article

Oceans apart? Short-term movements and behaviour of adult bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans determined from pop-off satellite archival tagging

scientific article published on 06 September 2010

Optimal foraging strategies: Lévy walks balance searching and patch exploitation under a very broad range of conditions.

scientific article published on 2 June 2014

Potential energetic implications of emesis in the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus).

scientific article published in March 2005

Putting marine mammals back in the mainstream

scientific article published in Nature

Regional climatic warming drives long-term community changes of British marine fish.

scientific article published in March 2004

Repeated, long-distance migrations by a philopatric predator targeting highly contrasting ecosystems

scientific article

Scaling laws of ambush predator 'waiting' behaviour are tuned to a common ecology

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

scientific article published in February 2008

Shark skin: a function in feeding

scientific article (publication date: 7 August 2003)

Shifts in a fish's resource holding power during a contact paired interaction: the influence of a copper-contaminated diet in rainbow trout.

scientific article published on 26 July 2005

Sieving a living: a review of the biology, ecology and conservation status of the plankton-feeding basking shark Cetorhinus maximus.

scientific article published on January 2008

Spatial dynamics and expanded vertical niche of blue sharks in oceanographic fronts reveal habitat targets for conservation

scientific article

Spatio-temporal genetic tagging of a cosmopolitan planktivorous shark provides insight to gene flow, temporal variation and site-specific re-encounters

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Stomach rinsing in rays

scientific article published in Nature

The biology, ecology and conservation of elasmobranchs: recent advances and new frontiers.

scientific article published in December 2015

The effect of familiarity on aggregation and social behaviour in juvenile small spotted catsharks Scyliorhinus canicula

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

The physiological response of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) to longline capture.

scientific article published on 13 May 2011

Timing of squid migration reflects North Atlantic climate variability

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

To Madagascar and back: long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas.

scientific article published on 29 October 2015

List of works by David William Sims

A tale of two seas: contrasting patterns of population structure in the small-spotted catshark across Europe

Acoustic telemetry and network analysis reveal the space use of multiple reef predators and enhance marine protected area design.

Animal behaviour: Homing is a breeze for sea turtles

Antipodean white sharks on a Mediterranean walkabout? Historical dispersal leads to genetic discontinuity and an endangered anomalous population.

Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark

Continental shelf-wide response of a fish assemblage to rapid warming of the sea.

DNA barcoding identifies a cosmopolitan diet in the ocean sunfish.

Deep-diving behaviour of a whale shark Rhincodon typus during long-distance movement in the western Indian Ocean.

Dwindling fish numbers already of concern in 1883

Ecology: stars beneath the waves.

Elasmobranch cognitive ability: using electroreceptive foraging behaviour to demonstrate learning, habituation and memory in a benthic shark.

Encounter success of free-ranging marine predator movements across a dynamic prey landscape

Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators

First analysis of multiple paternity in an oviparous shark, the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula L.).

Fish stocks: Unlimited by-catch limits recovery

Fisheries: Better policing for fishy catch data.

Hierarchical random walks in trace fossils and the origin of optimal search behavior

High activity and Levy searches: jellyfish can search the water column like fish.

Hunt warm, rest cool: bioenergetic strategy underlying diel vertical migration of a benthic shark.

Identifying reproductive events using archival tags: egg-laying behaviour of the small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula.

Inferred global connectivity of whale shark Rhincodon typus populations.

Intrinsic Lévy behaviour in organisms--searching for a mechanism: Comment on "Liberating Lévy walk research from the shackles of optimal foraging" by A.M. Reynolds.

Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology.

Long-term GPS tracking of ocean sunfish Mola mola offers a new direction in fish monitoring

Lévy flight and Brownian search patterns of a free-ranging predator reflect different prey field characteristics.

Minimizing errors in identifying Lévy flight behaviour of organisms

Molecular markers reveal spatially segregated cryptic species in a critically endangered fish, the common skate (Dipturus batis)

Novel acoustic technology for studying free-ranging shark social behaviour by recording individuals' interactions

Oceans apart? Short-term movements and behaviour of adult bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans determined from pop-off satellite archival tagging

Optimal foraging strategies: Lévy walks balance searching and patch exploitation under a very broad range of conditions.

Potential energetic implications of emesis in the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus).

Putting marine mammals back in the mainstream

Regional climatic warming drives long-term community changes of British marine fish.

Repeated, long-distance migrations by a philopatric predator targeting highly contrasting ecosystems

Scaling laws of ambush predator 'waiting' behaviour are tuned to a common ecology

Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

Shark skin: a function in feeding

Shifts in a fish's resource holding power during a contact paired interaction: the influence of a copper-contaminated diet in rainbow trout.

Sieving a living: a review of the biology, ecology and conservation status of the plankton-feeding basking shark Cetorhinus maximus.

Spatial dynamics and expanded vertical niche of blue sharks in oceanographic fronts reveal habitat targets for conservation

Spatio-temporal genetic tagging of a cosmopolitan planktivorous shark provides insight to gene flow, temporal variation and site-specific re-encounters

Stomach rinsing in rays

The biology, ecology and conservation of elasmobranchs: recent advances and new frontiers.

The effect of familiarity on aggregation and social behaviour in juvenile small spotted catsharks Scyliorhinus canicula

The physiological response of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) to longline capture.

Timing of squid migration reflects North Atlantic climate variability

To Madagascar and back: long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas.