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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

Work details

Principal Scientist

Marine Megafauna Foundation

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PeerJ Contributions

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

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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