Research Papers

Rolling in the deep: drivers of social preferences and social interactions within a bull shark aggregation in Fiji – Natasha D. Marosi, Samuel Ellis, David M.P. Jacoby, Darren P. Croft (2026)

Connecting the dots: tracking bull sharks from a provisioning site into the species’ river parturition sites in Fiji- Juerg M. Brunnschweiler, Natasha D. Marosi, Kerstin Glaus (2024)

Rays in the Shadows: Batoid Diversity, Occurrence and Conservation Status in Fiji – Kerstin Glaus, Luke Gordon, Tom Vierus, Natasha D. Marosi, Helen Sykes (2024)

From rivers to ocean basins: The role of ocean barriers and philopatry in the genetic structuring of a cosmopolitan coastal predator – Floriaan Devloo-Delva et. al. (2022)

Community-driven shark monitoring for informed decision making: a case study from Fiji – C.A. Ward-Paige, H. Sykes, G.J. Osgood, J. Brunnschweiler  (2022)                                                                                                                                                                                                     Blog Post Here

Companions and Casual Acquaintances: The Nature of Associations Among Bull Sharks at a Shark Feeding Site in Fiji – Thibaut Bouveroux, Nicolas Loiseau, Adam Barnett, Natasha D. Marosi and Juerg M. Brunnschweiler  (2021)                                                             Blog Post Here

The costs of cohabiting: the case of shark suckers (Echeneis naucrates) and their hosts at shark provisioning sites – Juerg M. Brunnschweiler, Thomas. M. Vignaud, Isabelle M. Côté, Aleksandra Malijković  (2020)                                                                                       Blog Post Here

Tourism-driven ocean science for sustainable use: A case study of sharks in Fiji  – C A Ward-Paige, Juerg Brunnschweiler and Helen Sykes  (2020)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Blog Post Here

Two years of impairment: plastic packing strap on a bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) in Fiji – Juerg M. Brunnschweiler and Natasha D. Marosi  (2019)                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Blog Post Here 

You are what you eat: Examining the effects of provisioning tourism on shark diets – Kátya G. Abrantes, Juerg M. Brunnschweiler, Adam Barnett (2018)
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Multi-year growth progression of a neoplastic lesion on a bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) – Juerg Brunnschweiler, Charlie Huveneers, Joanna Borucinska (2017)
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Hand feeding can periodically fuel a major portion of bull shark energy requirements at a provisioning site in Fiji – Juerg Brunnschweiler, Nicholas L Payne, Adam Barnett (2017)
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Occurrence of juvenile bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in the Navua River in Fiji – Diego Cardeñosa, Kerstin B. J. Glaus and Juerg M. Brunnschweiler (2016)
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Characteristics of the shark fisheries of Fiji – Kerstin B. J. Glaus, Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser, Patricia Burkhardt-Holm, William T. White & Juerg M. Brunnschweiler (2015)
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Characterizing the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas habitat in Fiji by the chemical and isotopic compositions of their teeth – László Kocsis , Torsten W. Vennemann, Alex Ulianov, Juerg M. Brunnschweiler (2015)
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Long-term changes in species composition and relative abundances of sharks at a provisioning site – Brunnschweiler J.M., Abrantes K.G., Barnett A. (2014)
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Opportunistic visitors: long-term behavioural response of bull sharks to food provisioning in Fiji – Brunnschweiler J.M., Barnett A. (2013)
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The socioeconomic value of the shark-diving industry in Fiji – Gabriel Vianna (2011)                                                                                     Blog Post Here

Seasonal and long-term changes in relative abundance of bull sharks from a tourist shark feeding site in Fiji –  Brunnschweiler J.M., Baensch H. (2011)
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The Shark Reef Marine Reserve: a marine tourism project in Fiji involving local communities . – Brunnschweiler J.M. (2010)

Swift swimming reef fish as hosts of small juvenile sharksuckers. – Brunnschweiler J.M., Sazima I. (2010)
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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. -Brunnschweiler J.M., Queiroz N., Sims D.W. (2010)
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Using local ecological knowledge to identify shark river habitats in Fiji (South Pacific) Eroni Rasalato, Victor Maginnity and Juerg M. Brunnschweiler (2010)
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Tracking free-ranging sharks with hand-fed intra-gastric acoustic transmitters. Brunnschweiler J.M. (2009)
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First record of Carcharhinus leucas from Tonga, South Pacific – Juerg M. Brunnschweiler  and Leonard J.V. Compagno (2009)
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A new and unexpected host for the sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) with a brief review of the echeneid-host interactions.   Brunnschweiler J.M., Sazima I. (2008)

A contribution to marine life conservation efforts in the South Pacific: The Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Fiji. Brunnschweiler J.M., Earle J.L. (2006)

 

Report on the Fishes of Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Beqa Passage, Fiji, with a Qualitative Comparison of Fish Assemblages Before and After the COVID-19 Global Pandemic – John L. Earle, Robert K. Whitton, Brian D. Greene and Richard L. Pyle, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Marine Ecological Benthos Assessment of Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Pacific Harbour, Viti Levu, Fiji –
Helen Sykes – December 2014

Reef surveys, Beqa and Serua, Fiji
Helen R Sykes, June 2019

Shark Reef Marine Reserve (SRMR) Benthic Biodiversity Assessments, Serua, Viti Levu, Fiji
Helen Sykes , Marine Ecology Consulting, September 2022

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