Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) under ambient light in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Image © ORS | Jeffrey Hay Gallant
Peer-reviewed research articles
SCIENCE
Greenland shark under ambient light in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Photo © ORS | Jeffrey Hay Gallant
Peer-reviewed research articles
SCIENCE
SCIENCE PAPERS
SCIENCE PAPERS
Peer-reviewed science publications authored or co-authored by the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory and GEERG.
Peer-reviewed science publications authored or co-authored by the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory and GEERG.
➤ 2019
Edwards, Jena E., Franziska Broell, Peter G. Bushnell, Steven E. Campana, Jørgen S. Christiansen, Brynn M. Devine, Jeffrey J. Gallant, Kevin J. Hedges, Elizabeth Hiltz, M. A. MacNeil, Bailey C. McMeans, Julius Nielsen, Kim Præbel, Gregory B. Skomal, John F. Steffensen, Ryan P. Walter, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, David L. VanderZwaag, and Nigel E. Hussey. 2019. Advancing research for the management of long-lived species: A case study on the Greenland shark. Frontiers in Marine Science.
➤ 2017
Choromanski, Joseph, Francis E. Bulman, Timothy H. Handsel, Robert H. George, John Batt, Chris Harvey-Clark, and Jeffrey J. Gallant. 2017. Collection, transport and husbandry of the Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus. Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual: Proceedings of the Second International Elasmobranch Husbandry Symposium. April 2017
➤ 2016
Gallant, Jeffrey J., Marco A. Rodríguez, Michael J. W. Stokesbury, and Chris Harvey-Clark. 2016. Influence of environmental variables on the diel movements of the Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus) in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Canadian Field-Naturalist 130(1): 1–14.
➤ 2005
Gallant, Jeffrey J., Chris Harvey-Clark, Ransom A. Myers, and Michael J. W. Stokesbury. 2005. Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) attached to a Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada. Northeastern Naturalist 13(1): 35-38.
➤ 2005
Stokesbury, Michael J. W., Chris Harvey-Clark, Jeffrey J. Gallant, Barbara A. Block, and Ransom A. Myers. 2005. Movement and environmental preferences of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) electronically tagged in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada. Marine Biology 148: 159-165.
➤ 2005
Harvey-Clark, Chris, Jeffrey J. Gallant, and John Batt. 2005. Vision and its relationship to novel behaviour in St. Lawrence River Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus). Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(3): 355-358.
BOOKS
BOOKS
Book contributions by the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory and GEERG.
Book contributions by the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory and GEERG.
➤ A Fisher’s Guide to Whales on the East Coast of Canada (A Guide to Whales and Other Marine Species). 2022. ROMM/WWF. Rivière-du-Loup. 88 p.
➤ Brylske, A. 2022. Beneath the Blue Planet (Sharks in Depth). Mango Publishing Group. Coral Gables. 372 p.
➤ Harvey-Clark, C. 2021. Maritime Marine Life (Field Guide to Fishes, Invertebrates and Plants of the Northwest Atlantic). Meisterworks Publishing. Timberlea. 96 p.
➤ Castro, J. 2011. The Sharks of North America. Oxford University Press. New York. 613 pp.
➤ De Maddalena, A. 2010. Sharks of New England. Down East Books. Lanham. 183 p.
➤ Owen, D. 2009. Shark. In peril in the sea. Allen & Unwin. Crows Nest (Australia). 328 p.
➤ Gallant, J. 2009, 2008, 2007. Diving Almanac & Book of Records. Porbeagle Press. Drummondville. 684 p.
➤ Morin, A. 2006. Vu du large. Le Saint-Laurent aux grandes eaux. Éditions Trois-Pistoles. Paroisse Notre-Dame-des-Neiges. 210 p.
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