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Simon Pierce
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
1,025 Points

Contributions by role

Author 675
Preprint Author 210
Reviewer 140

Contributions by subject area

Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Marine Biology
Population Biology
Zoology
Animal Behavior
Natural Resource Management
Environmental Sciences
Ecosystem Science
Biodiversity
Spatial and Geographic Information Science

Simon J Pierce

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

I use science to develop effective conservation strategies. My main interest is in the population ecology and conservation of threatened marine species. Since 2005, most of my work has focused on the whale shark, Earth's largest fish.

Conservation Biology Marine Biology

Editing Journals

Work details

Principal Scientist

Marine Megafauna Foundation

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • Personal site
  • LinkedIn
  • ResearchGate
  • Facebook
  • Marine Megafauna

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 5
  • Preprints 5
  • Reviewed 3
May 16, 2022
Residency, movement patterns, behavior and demographics of reef manta rays in Komodo National Park
Elitza S. Germanov, Simon J. Pierce, Andrea D. Marshall, I. Gede Hendrawan, Ande Kefi, Lars Bejder, Neil Loneragan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13302 PubMed 35602898
July 24, 2018
Satellite tracking of juvenile whale sharks in the Sulu and Bohol Seas, Philippines
Gonzalo Araujo, Christoph A. Rohner, Jessica Labaja, Segundo J. Conales, Sally J. Snow, Ryan Murray, Simon J. Pierce, Alessandro Ponzo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5231 PubMed 30065862
January 2, 2018
Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks
Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P. Robinson, Katie E. Reeve-Arnold, Simon J. Pierce
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4161 PubMed 29312815
May 4, 2017
Oceanic adults, coastal juveniles: tracking the habitat use of whale sharks off the Pacific coast of Mexico
Dení Ramírez-Macías, Nuno Queiroz, Simon J. Pierce, Nicolas E. Humphries, David W. Sims, Juerg M. Brunnschweiler
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3271 PubMed 28484673
April 7, 2015
Laser photogrammetry improves size and demographic estimates for whale sharks
Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Clare E.M. Prebble, Andrea D. Marshall, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, Sabine P. Wintner, Simon J. Pierce
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.886 PubMed 25870776
January 4, 2018 - Version: 1
Movements and habitat use of satellite-tagged whale sharks off western Madagascar
Stella Diamant, Christoph A Rohner, Jeremy J Kiszka, Arthur Guillemain d’Echon, Tanguy Guillemain d’Echon, Elina Sourisseau, Simon J Pierce
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3508v1
September 13, 2017 - Version: 2
Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks
Christoph A Rohner, Anthony J Richardson, Fabrice R A Jaine, Michael B Bennett, Scarla J Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P Robinson, Katie E Reeve-Arnold, Simon J Pierce
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3029v2
June 24, 2017 - Version: 1
Steep declines in sightings of manta rays and devilrays (Mobulidae) in southern Mozambique
Christoph A. Rohner, Anna L Flam, Simon J Pierce, Andrea D Marshall
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3051v1
December 4, 2014 - Version: 1
Oceanographic influences on a global whale shark hotspot in southern Mozambique
Christoph A Rohner, Scarla J Weeks, Anthony J Richardson, Simon J Pierce, Marites M Magno-Canto, Gene Carl Feldman, Geremy Cliff, Michael J Roberts
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.661v1
October 17, 2013 - Version: 2
Demographics and feeding ecology of whale sharks at Mafia Island, Tanzania
Edgar F Cagua, Jesse Cochran, Chris Rohner, Mathias M Igulu, Jason Rubens, Simon J Pierce, Michael L Berumen
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.81v2

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

August 23, 2021
Reef manta rays forage on tidally driven, high density zooplankton patches in Hanifaru Bay, Maldives
Asia O. Armstrong, Guy M.W. Stevens, Kathy A. Townsend, Annie Murray, Michael B. Bennett, Amelia J. Armstrong, Julian Uribe-Palomino, Phil Hosegood, Christine L. Dudgeon, Anthony J. Richardson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11992 PubMed 34513330
June 8, 2018
Does bathymetry drive coastal whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aggregations?
Joshua P. Copping, Bryce D. Stewart, Colin J. McClean, James Hancock, Richard Rees
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4904 PubMed 29900072
September 16, 2014
Population structure and residency patterns of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, at a provisioning site in Cebu, Philippines
Gonzalo Araujo, Anna Lucey, Jessica Labaja, Catherine Lee So, Sally Snow, Alessandro Ponzo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.543 PubMed 25279256