Dr. Jeffrey Carrier

Books

Carrier, J.C. 2006. Discovering Sharks. Voyageur Press. St. Paul. 48 pp. ISBN 10-0-7603-2562-6

Carrier, J. C., J. Musick, and M. Heithaus. 2004. Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press, LLC. Boca Raton. 596 pp. ISBN 0-8493-1514-X.

Research Articles

Pratt, H.L., Jr. and J. C. CARRIER. 2005. Elasmobranch Courtship and Mating Behavior IN: William Hamlett (Ed.) Reproductive Behavior and Phylogeny of Elasmobranchs.  Science Publishers, Inc. Queensland, Australia.

Whitney, N., H.L. Pratt, Jr. and J. CARRIER. 2004. Group courtship, mating behavior, and siphon sac function in the whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus. Animal Behaviour.68(6): 1435-1442. Abstract.

Carrier, J., H.L. Pratt, Jr., and J.I. Castro. 2004. Elasmobranch Reproduction IN: Carrier, J. C., J. Musick, and M. Heithaus (Eds.) Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press, LLC. Boca Raton.

Carrier, J., F. Murru, M. Walsh, and H.L. Pratt, Jr. 2004. Assessing reproductive potential and gestation in nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) using ultrasonography and endoscopy: an example of bridging the gap between field research and captive studies. IN: Warmolts, D. and M. Smith (Eds.) Manual of Elasmobranch Husbandry. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Columbus, OH.

Carrier, J., F. Murru, M. Walsh, and H.L. Pratt, Jr. 2003. Assessing reproductive potential and gestation in nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) using ultrasonography and endoscopy: an example of bridging the gap between field research and captive studies. Zoo Biology 22(2): 179-187. Abstract.

Saville, K, A. Lindley, N. Maries, J. CARRIER, H. Pratt, Jr. 2002. Multiple paternity in the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Environ. Biol. of Fishes 63(3): 347-351. Abstract.

Pratt, H.L., Jr. and J.C. CARRIER. 2001. A review of elasmobranch reproductive behavior with a case study on the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Environ. Biol. of Fishes 60(1-3): 157-188. Abstract.

Carrier, J.C. and H.L. Pratt, Jr. 1998. Habitat management and closure of a nurse shark breeding and nursery ground. Fisheries Research 39:209-213. Abstract.

Carrier, J.C., H.L. Pratt, Jr., and L.K. Martin. 1994. Group reproductive behaviors in free-living nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Copeia 1994: 646-656. Abstract.

Carrier, J.C. and C. A. Luer. 1990. Growth rates in the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. Copeia 1990: 676-682. Abstract.

Carrier, J.C. 1985. Nurse sharks of Big Pine Key: comparative success of three types of external tags. J. Fla. Acad. Sci. 48(3): 146-154.

Carrier, J. C. 1985. Nurse sharks of Big Pine Key, Florida (USA): an investigation of growth and movements, and a comparison of several types of external tags, p.655-660. In: Proc. 5th Internat. Coral Reef Congr., C. Gabrie and V. Harmeli, (eds.). vol. 6, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Antenne-Museum-EPHE, Moorea, French Polynesia.

Carrier, J.C. and D.H. Evans. 1976. The role of environmental calcium in the freshwater survival of the marine teleost Lagodon rhomboides. J. Experimental Biol. 65: 529- 538. Abstract.

Evans, D.H., J.C. CARRIER, and M. Bogan. 1974. The effect of external potassium ions on the electrical potential measured across the gills of the teleost Dormitator maculatus. J. Experimental Biol. 61: 277-283. Abstract.

Carrier, J.C. and D.H. Evans. 1973. Ion and water turnover in the freshwater elasmobranch Potamotrygon sp. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 45A: 667-670.

Carrier, J.C. and D.H. Evans. 1972. Ion, water and urea turnover rates in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 41A: 761-764.

Poster Presentations

Hupp, Amy. Effects of abiotic factors on diel movements of adult nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in the Dry Tortugas, Florida reproductive refuge.

Rubin, L.R. and Smith, J.E. 2006. Sensory system functions in nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum): acquisition and interpretation of electrophysiology in olfactory and acoustic nerve pathways.

Ransom, R.T. 2006. Monitoring blood parameters for a captive population of nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) at Albion College.

Elkin Isaac Research Symposium Platform Presentations

Hupp, Amy. Effects of abiotic factors on diel movements of adult nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in the Dry Tortugas, Florida reproductive refuge. Abstract.

Rubin, L.R. and Smith, J.E. 2006. Sensory system functions in nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum): acquisition and interpretation of electrophysiology in olfactory and acoustic nerve pathways. Abstract.

Ransom, R.T. 2006. Monitoring blood parameters for a captive population of nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) at Albion College. Abstract.