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IN PREPARATION
Ibrahim, A.K., Hampton, C.M.^, DeGroot, B.C., Zhuang, H., Cherubin, L.M., and M.J. Ajemian. Machine Learning Approaches to Shell-Crushing Predation Detection and Classification in Marine Ecosystems. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Hampton, C.M.^, Brewster, L.R., DeGroot, B.C., Bassos-Hull, K., Mooney, T.A., and M.J. Ajemian. Sticking with it: a multi-sensor tag to reveal the foraging ecology and fine-scale behavior of elusive durophagous stingrays. Animal Biotelemetry.
IN REVIEW
Kleiman, L E.., Young, J.M., Rhoades, O., Ajemian, M.J., and J.D. Baldwin. The role of freshwater discharges on Common Snook movements and distribution in a South Florida estuary. Marine and Coastal Fisheries.
Curtis, T.H., Scannell, B.J.^, Metzger, G., Cahill, B.V., Paparo, C., Galuardi, B., Berkout, M., Zublionis, W., Iudica, L., Newton, A., Brewster, L.R., Ajemian, M.J., Quevedo, F., and B. Peterson. In Review. Marine and Coastal Fisheries.
McCallister, M.P.^, Brewster, L.R., Dean, C., Drymon, J.M., Hutt, C., Ostendorf, T.J., and M.J. Ajemian. In Review. A multifaceted citizen-science approach for characterizing shark depredation in Florida’s recreational fishery. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Lombardo, S.M.^, Adams, A.J., Paperno, R., Cianciotto, A., Swenson, J.^, Komoroske, L., MacDonald, T., Ostendorf, T.J., Shenker, J., Wills, P.S., and M.J. Ajemian. In Revision. Evaluation of juvenile Bonefish (Albula spp.) habitat preferences in tropical and subtropical Florida. Marine and Coastal Fisheries
2024
70. Araujo, P.R.V., Postaire, B.D., Feldheim, K.A., Bassos-Hull, K., Lessa, R., and M.J. Ajemian. 2024. Population structure of Aetobatus narinari (Myliobatiformes) caught by the artisanal fishery in Northeast Brazil. Diversity 16, 377. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/7/377
69. Ajemian, M.J., Hampton, C.M., Coleman, L.M., Pitt, J., Smith, S.R., Jones, C., and N.M. Phillips. 2024. Recent expansion of the Atlantic cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) into Bermudian waters. Frontiers in Fish Science 2(2024): 1394011. https://doi.org/10.3389/frish.2024.1394011
2023
68. Cahill, B.V.^, Eckert, R.J.^, Bassos-Hull, K., Ostendorf, T.J., Voss, J.D., DeGroot, B.C., and M.J. Ajemian. Diet and feeding ecology of the whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) from Florida coastal waters revealed via DNA barcoding. Fishes 8(8): 388. https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/8/8/388
67. Brewster, L.R., Ibrahim, A.K., Locascio, J.V., DeGroot, B.C., Cherubin, L.M., and M.J., Ajemian. 2023. Seasonal dynamics and environmental drivers of Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) sound production. Fishes 8(6): 293. https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/8/6/293
66. Cahill, B.V.^, DeGroot, B.C., Brewster, L.R., Lombardo, S.M., Bangley, C., Ogburn, M. and M.J. Ajemian. 2023. Visitation patterns of two ray mesopredators at shellfish aquaculture leases in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. PLoS ONE 18(5): e0285390. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285390
65. Altaher, A.^, Zhuang, H., Ibrahim, A., Ali Muhmamed, A., Altaher, A.^, Locascio, J.V., McCallister, M.P., Ajemian, M.J., and L.M. Cherubin. 2023. Detection and localization of Goliath Grouper using their low-frequency pulse sounds. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 153(4): 2190-2202. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017804
64. Cahill, B.V.^, McCulloch, K.L.^, DeGroot, B.C., Bassos-Hull, K.B., and M.J. Ajemian. 2023. Breaking bags and crunching clams: Assessing whitespotted eagle ray interactions with shellfish aquaculture gear. Aquaculture Environment Interactions 15: 59-71. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/aei/v15/p59-71/
63. McCallister, M.P., Oppenborn, J., and M.J. Ajemian. 2023. Fish community assessment of shelf-edge artificial reefs along the central east coast of Florida. Fisheries Research 259: 106561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106561
62. Edwards, M.L.^, Schaefer, A.M., McFarland, M., Fire, S., Perkins, C.R., and M.J. Ajemian. 2023. Detection of numerous phycotoxins in young bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) collected from an estuary of national significance. Science of the Total Environment. 857(3): 159602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159602
2022
61. Mitchell, JD, JM Drymon, J Vardon, PG Coulson, CA Simpfendorfer, SB Scyphers, SM Kajiura, K Hoel, S Williams, KL Ryan, A Barnett, MR Heupel, A Chin, M Navarro, T Langlois, MJ Ajemian, E Gilman, E Prasky, G Jackson. 2022. Shark Depredation: Future Directions in Research and Management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-022-09732-9
60. Lombardo, S.M.^, Cherubin, L.M., Adams, A.J., Shenker, J.A., Wills, P.S., Danylchuk, A.J., and M.J. Ajemian. 2022. Biophysical larval dispersal models of observed bonefish (Albula vulpes) spawning events in Abaco, The Bahamas: An assessment of population connectivity and ocean dynamics. PLoS ONE 17(10): e0276528. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276528.
59. Jargowsky, M.B., Huerta-Beltran, B.L., Ajemian, M.J., Colvin, M.E., and J.M. Drymon. 2022. Growth, reproduction, and age at maturity of Lessa's butterfly ray Gymnura lessae in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Biology of Fishes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01347-0
58. Edwards, M.L.^, McCallister, M.P., Brewster, L.R., Bangley, C., Curtis, T.H., Ogburn, M., and M.J. Ajemian. 2022. Long-term acoustic monitoring of immature bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas reveals seasonal movement dynamics across an extended nursery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 695:125-138. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14113
57. Andrzejaczek, S.,…Ajemian, M.J., …+175 authors…D.J. Curnick. 2022. Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology. Science Advances 8(33): abo1754. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo1754
56. McLean, D.L., Ferreira, L.C., Benthuysen, J.A., Miller, K.J., Schläppy, M.L., Ajemian, M.J., + 40 authors…and M. Thums. 2022. Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on ecological connectivity in the oceans. Global Change Biology 28(11): 3515-3536. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16134
2021
54. Serrano-Flores, F.^, Torres-Rojas, Y., Mendoza-Carranza, M., Ajemian, M.J., and J.C. Pérez-Jiménez. 2021. Advances in the study of the trophic niche of batoids with distribution in Mexican waters. Marine Ecology 42(6): e12687. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12687
53. Brewster, L.R., Ibrahim, A., DeGroot, B.C., Ostendorf, T.J., Zhuang, H., Cherubin, L.M., and M.J. Ajemian. 2021. Classifying Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) Behaviors from a Novel, Multi-sensor Tag. Sensors 21(19), 6392. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21196392
52. Lehman, R.N.^, Poulakis G.R., Scharer, R.M., Hendon, J.M., Court, A.G., Wooley, A.K., Williams, A.M., Ajemian, M.J., Hadden, J.P., Beal, J., McCallister, M.P., and N.M. Phillips. 2021. Environmental DNA evidence of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in historically occupied United States waters. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3721
48. Roskar, A.G.^, McCallister, M.P. Schaefer, A., and M.J. Ajemian. 2021. Elasmobranch community dynamics in Florida’s southern Indian River Lagoon. Estuaries and Coasts 44: 801-817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00804-2
2020
37. Mejri, S., Luck, C.^, Wills, P.S., Adams, A.J., Shenker, J., and M.J. Ajemian. Reproductive Physiology of Bonefishes (Albula spp.) Across the Northwest Bahamas. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 46: 699–712. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-019-00743-1
2019
35. Jargowsky, M.B.^, Cooper, P.T., Ajemian, M.J., Colvin, M.E., and J.M. Drymon. Discerning the dietary habits of the smooth butterfly ray Gymnura lessae using two distinct methods, otolith identification and metagenetics. Journal of Fish Biology. 96 (2): 434-443. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14221
34. Mejri, S., Halstead, W.R., Luck, C.A., Robinson, C., Van Leeuwen, T.E., Shenker, J., Adams, A.J., Ajemian, M.J. and Wills, P.S. 2019. Novel attempt at the artificial spawning of captive bonefish (Albula spp.) in the laboratory. Aquaculture Research.
2018
32. Wells, R.J.D., TinHan, T.C., Dance, M.A., Drymon, J.M., Falterman, B.J., Ajemian, M.J., Stunz, G.W., Mohan, J.A., Hoffmayer, E.R., Driggers III, W.C., and J.A. McKinney. 2018. Movement, behavior, and habitat use of a marine apex predator, the Scalloped Hammerhead. Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 321. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00321
27. Serrano-Flores, F. ^, Pérez-Jiménez, J.C., Méndez-Loeza, I., Bassos-Hull K.B., and M.J. Ajemian. 2018. Feeding habits of the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari, and characterization of potential prey in the southern Gulf of Mexico. J. Mar. Biol. Assn. UK. 99(3), 661-672. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315418000450
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