I got a nice pre-Thanksgiving surprise when the latest paper based on my dissertation research officially went live at the Bulletin of Marine Science. This research was presented at the amazing Fish at Night Symposium and will be part of the upcoming special issue focused…
This past week my latest paper, published in F1000 Research as part of their Elasmobranch Biology and Conservation collection, officially passed peer review. This paper summarizes data collected from some spiny dogfish captured during the Back and Core Sound shark survey that seemed to be…
The inshore shark survey got some press this week. Reporter Josh Birch from WNCT rode along with last week’s night trip to capture some North Carolina shark science in action. We caught a nice blacktip, and adorable baby sharpnose, and a decent-sized stingray on camera,…
Well, that brief break from blogging escalated quickly. Between a number of housecleaning tasks (both literal and metaphorical) and the onset of field season, I managed to let an entire month slip by without posting. Which is not to say post-worthy things didn’t happen. To…
Some of you may recall a couple years ago (the summer of 2012) I had a series of posts under the category “Summer of the Shark” recounting the events of my field work trying to survey Pamlico Sound for sharks. The purpose of that project…