Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Bowers, ME & SM Kajiura. 2023. A critical evaluation of the distribution of the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, off the United States East Coast. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106:1797–1813
- Mitchell, J.D., Drymon, J.M., Vardon, J.
et al.
(2022). Shark depredation: future directions in research and management.
Rev Fish Biol Fisheries .
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-022-09732-9
- Whitenack LB, Mickley BL, Saltzman J, Kajiura SM, Macdonald CC, Shiffman DS (2022) A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0256842.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256842
- Farmer, NA, LP Garrison, C Horn, M Miller, T Gowan, RD Kenney, M Vukovich, J Robinson Willmott, J Pate, DH Webb, T. Mullican, JD Stewart, K Bassos-Hull, C Jones, D Adams, J Waldron, S Kajiura. 2022. The distribution of manta rays in the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern United States.
Scientific Reports 12: 6522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10482-8
- Ayres, KA, JT Ketchum, RG Armas, R Gonzalez-Armas, F Galvan-Magaña, A Hearn, FR Elorriaga-Verplancken, RO Martinez-Rinco, EM Hoyos-Padilla, SM Kajiura. 2021. Seasonal Aggregations of Blacktip Sharks
Carcharhinus limbatus
at a Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of California, Assessed by Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle Surveys.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 678: 95-107. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13897
- Shea-Vantine, C. S., Galloway, K. A., Ingle, D. N., Porter, M. E., & Kajiura, S. M. (2021). Caudal spine morphology and puncture performance of two coastal stingrays.
Integrative and Comparative Biology 61(2): 749-758.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab077
- Ayres, K. A., Ketchum, J. T., González- Armas, R., Galván-Magaña, F., Hearn, A., Elorriaga- Verplancken, F. R., Hoyos-Padilla, E. M., & Kajiura, S. M. (2021). The use of an unoccupied aerial vehicle to survey shark species over sand and rocky-reef habitats in a marine protected area.
Journal of Fish Biology, 1–6.
https://doi.org/10. 1111/jfb.14838
- Butcher, PA, AP Colefax, RA Gorkin III, SM Kajiura, NA López, J Mourier, CR Purcell, GB Skomal, JP Tucker, AJ Walsh, JE Williamson & V Raoult. 2021.
The Drone Revolution of Shark Science: A Review. Drones 5(1): 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5010008
- Porter, ME, BR Ruddy & SM Kajiura. 2020. Volitional Swimming Kinematics of Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, in the wild. Drones 4: 78.
- Newton, KN & SM Kajiura. 2020. The yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) can discriminate the geomagnetic cues necessary for a bi-coordinate magnetic map. Marine Biology 167: 151-163.
- Cave, EJ, & SM Kajiura. 2020. Electrosensory impairment in the Atlantic stingray, Hypanus sabinus, after crude oil exposure. Zoology 143: 125844.
- Doan MD, Kajiura SM. Adult blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) use shallow water as a refuge from great hammerheads (Sphyrna mokarran). J Fish Biol. 2020; 96:1530–1533. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14342
- Newton, KN & SM Kajiura. 2020. The yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) can use magnetic field polarity to orient in space and solve a maze. Marine Biology 2020: 167:36.
- Newton, KN, AB Gill & SM Kajiura. 2019. Electroreception in marine fishes: chondrichthyans.
Journal of Fish Biology, 95: 135-154.
- Cave, EJ, & Kajiura, SM. 2018. Effect of Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Water Accommodated Fraction on Olfactory Function in the Atlantic Stingray, Hypanus sabinus. Scientific Reports 8: 15786.
- Newton, KC & SM Kajiura. 2017. Magnetic field discrimination, learning, and memory in the yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis). Animal Cognition 20(4): 603-614. doi:
10.1007/s10071-017-1084-8
- Ebert, DA, YP Papastamatiou, SM Kajiura & BM Wetherbee. 2017.
Etmopterus lailae
sp. nov., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa 437(2): 371-382. doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2
- Desender, M, SM Kajiura, B Ampe, L Dumolein, H Polet, K Chiers, & A Decostere. 2017. Pulse trawling: Evaluating its impact on prey detection by small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 486: 336–343. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150911
- Kajiura, SM & SL Tellman. 2016. Quantification of Massive Seasonal Aggregations of Blacktip Sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) in Southeast Florida. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0150911. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150911
- Bedore, CN, SM Kajiura & S Johnsen. 2015. Freezing behavior facilitates bioelectric crypsis in cuttlefish faced with predation risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282:
20151886.
- Harris, LL, CN Bedore & SM Kajiura. 2015. Electroreception in the obligate freshwater stingray,
Potamotrygon motoro. Marine and Freshwater Research 66 (11):
1027-1036. (pdf)
- Berquist, RM, VL Galinsky, SM Kajiura & LR Frank. 2015. The coelacanth rostral organ is a unique low-resolution electro-detector that facilitates the feeding strike.
Scientific Reports 5: 8962.(pdf)
- Bedore, CN, LL Harris & SM Kajiura. 2014. Behavioral responses of batoid elasmobranchs to prey-simulating electric fields are correlated to peripheral sensory morphology and ecology.
Zoology 117: 95-103. (with cover) (pdf)
- McCutcheon, SM & SM Kajiura. 2013. Electrochemical properties of lanthanide metals in relation to their application as shark repellents.
Fisheries Research 147: 47-54. (pdf)
- Macesic, LJ, & SM Kajiura. 2009. Electric organ morphology and function in the lesser electric ray,
Narcine brasiliensis.
Zoology 112: 442-450.(pdf)
- Kajiura, SM & SML Tallack. 2009. Pupil dilation in the spiny dogfish,
Squalus acanthias.
MDIBL Bulletin 49: 68. (pdf)
- Summers, AP, MM Koob-Emunds, SM Kajiura & TJ Koob. 2003. A novel fibrocartilagenous tendon from an elasmobranch fish (Rhinoptera bonasus).
Cell & Tissue Research 312: 221-227.(pdf)
- Nelson, PA, SM Kajiura & GS Losey. 2003. Exposure to solar radiation may increase ocular UV-filtering in the juvenile scalloped hammerhead shark,
Sphyrna lewini.
Marine Biology 142(1): 53-56. (pdf)
- Kajiura, SM, JB Forni & AP Summers. 2003. Maneuvering in juvenile carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks: the role of the hammerhead shark cephalofoil.
Zoology 106(1): 19-28. (with cover) (pdf)
- Young, FA, SM Kajiura, GV Visser, JPS Correia & MFL Smith. 2002. Notes on the long-term transport of the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini).
Zoo Biology 21(3): 243-251. (pdf)
- Wetherbee, BM & SM Kajiura. 2000. The occurrence of a rare squaloid shark, Trigonognathus kabeyai, from the Hawaiian islands.
Pacific Science 54(4): 389-394. (pdf)
- Holland, KN, P Kleiber & SM Kajiura. 1999. Different residence times of yellowfin tuna,
Thunnus albacares, and bigeye tuna,
T. obesus, found in mixed aggregations over a seamount.
Fisheries Bulletin 97: 392-395. (pdf)
- Kajiura, SM & TC Tricas. 1996. Seasonal dynamics of dental sexual dimorphism in the Atlantic stingray,
Dasyatis sabina.
Journal of Experimental Biology 199(10): 2297-9306. (pdf)
- Nemtzov, SC, SM Kajiura & CA Lompart. 1993. Diel color phase changes in the coney
Epinephelus fulvus
(Teleostei, Serranidae).
Copeia 1993(3): 883-885. (pdf)
Book Chapters
- Meredith, TL, SM Kajiura, KC Newton, TC Tricas, CN Bedore. 2022. Advances in the sensory biology of elasmobranchs. pp. 143-176 in JC Carrier, CA Simpfendorfer, MR Heithaus & KE Yopak, eds. Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives 3rd edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (pdf)
- Kajiura SM 2019. Electroreceptors. In: Vonk J, Shackelford T. (eds)
Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham
- Kajiura, SM, AC Cornett & KE Yopak. 2009. Sensory adaptations to the environment – Electroreceptors as a case study. pp. 393-434 in JC Carrier, JA Musick & MR Heithaus, eds. Sharks and Their Relatives II: Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation.
CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (pdf)
- Holland, KN, AC Bush, CG Meyer, SM Kajiura, BM Wetherbee & CG Lowe. 2001. Five tags applied to a single species in a single location: the tiger shark experience. pp. 237-247 in JR Sibert & JL Nielsen, eds. Electronic tagging and tracking in marine fisheries. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. (pdf)
- Holland, KN, SM Kajiura, DG Itano & J Sibert. 2001. Tagging techniques can elucidate the biology and exploitation of aggregated pelagic species. pp. 211-218 in GR Sedberry, ed. Island in the stream: oceanography and fisheries of the Charleston Bump.
American Fisheries Society, Symposium 25, Bethesda, Maryland. (pdf)
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