Papastamatiou, Yannis

Yannis Papastamatiou
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Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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ypapasta@fiu.edu

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  Elucidating shark diets with DNA metabarcoding from cloacal swabs. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13315 Web of Science: 000613646100001
- 2021
  
  Spatial Connectivity and Drivers of Shark Habitat Use Within a Large Marine Protected Area in the Caribbean, The Bahamas Shark Sanctuary. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.608848 Web of Science: 000615261300001
- 2020
  
  Buried in the sand: Uncovering the ecological roles and importance of rays. FISH AND FISHERIES.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/faf.12508 Web of Science: 000570877900001
- 2020
  
  Multiyear social stability and social information use in reef sharks with diel fission-fusion dynamics. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 287.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1063 Web of Science: 000561670100001
- 2020
  
  Using side-scan sonar to survey critically endangered smalltooth sawfish. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 228.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105577 Web of Science: 000531585900015
- 2020
  
  Intestinal eversion in a pelagic shark evokes chase and bite attempts by large-bodied carangid fish. JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY. 39:125-127.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10164-020-00664-0 Web of Science: 000551725000001
- 2020
  
  Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. NATURE. 583:801-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y Web of Science: 000551385400006
- 2020
  
  An encounter between a pelagic shark and giant cephalopod. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14415 Web of Science: 000542477900001
- 2020
  
  Habitat-specific inter and intraspecific behavioral interactions among reef sharks. OECOLOGIA. 193:371-376.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04676-y Web of Science: 000537962800001
- 2020
  
  Response of blacktip reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus to shark bite mitigation products. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60062-x Web of Science: 000563068400001
- 2019
  
  Observation of a porbeagle shark Lamna nasus aggregation at a North Sea oil platform. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 95:1496-1499.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14149 Web of Science: 000493078200001
- 2019
  
  Same species, different prerequisites: investigating body condition and foraging success in young reef sharks between an atoll and an island system. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49761-2 Web of Science: 000486139700029
- 2019
  
  Size frequency, dispersal distances and variable growth rates of young sharks in a multi-species aggregation. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 94:789-797.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13968 Web of Science: 000474071500011
- 2018
  
  Seagrass digestion by a notorious 'carnivore'. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 285.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1583 Web of Science: 000444626300020
- 2018
  
  Spline-based nonparametric inference in general state-switching models. STATISTICA NEERLANDICA. 72.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/stan.12133 Web of Science: 000438904800002
- 2018
  
  Mesophotic coral ecosystems are threatened and ecologically distinct from shallow water reefs. SCIENCE. 361.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aaq1614 Web of Science: 000439145800044
- 2018
  
  Activity seascapes highlight central place foraging strategies in marine predators that never stop swimming
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s40462-018-0127-3 Web of Science: 000436185900001
- 2018
  
  Spatial separation without territoriality in shark communities. OIKOS. 127.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/oik.04289 Web of Science: 000434153600002
- 2018
  
  Apex predatory sharks and crocodiles simultaneously scavenge a whale carcass. JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY. 36.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10164-018-0543-2 Web of Science: 000431173000012
- 2018
  
  A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 2:299-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z PMID: 29348645 Web of Science: 000426516400020
- 2018
  
  Combining abundance and performance data reveals how temperature regulates coastal occurrences and activity of a roaming apex predator. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 24:1884-1893.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14088 PMID: 29516588 Web of Science: 000428879800006
- 2018
  
  Mobile marine predators: an understudied source of nutrients to coral reefs in an unfished atoll. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 285.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2456 PMID: 29563260 Web of Science: 000428940600003
- 2018
  
  Optimal swimming strategies and behavioral plasticity of oceanic whitetip sharks. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18608-z PMID: 29323131 Web of Science: 000419942100034
- 2017
  
  Analysis of animal accelerometer data using hidden Markov models. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 8:161-173.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12657 Web of Science: 000395092500003
- 2017
  
  Etmopterus lailae sp nov., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. ZOOTAXA. 4237:371-382.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.10 Web of Science: 000394798100010
- 2017
  
  Growth and life history variability of the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) across its range. PLOS ONE. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172370 PMID: 28207874 Web of Science: 000394424500128
- 2017
  
  No persistent behavioural effects of SCUBA diving on reef sharks. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 567:173-184.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps12053 Web of Science: 000397823100012
- 2017
  
  Resetting predator baselines in coral reef ecosystems. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 7:1-9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/srep43131 PMID: 28220895 Web of Science: 000394706800001
- 2016
  
  Inferring animal social networks and leadership: applications for passive monitoring arrays. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0676 Web of Science: 000389816300013
- 2016
  
  Into the deep: the functionality of mesopelagic excursions by an oceanic apex predator. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 6:5290-5304.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2260 PMID: 27551383 Web of Science: 000381216300015
- 2016
  
  Relations between morphology, buoyancy and energetics of requiem sharks. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE. 3.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160406 PMID: 27853556 Web of Science: 000389241700027
Editorial Material
- 2020
  
  Heterospecific foraging associations between reef-associated sharks: first evidence of kleptoparasitism in sharks. ECOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3117 Web of Science: 000548416400001
Review
- 2019
  
  Distribution, body size and biology of the megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY. 992-998.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14007 Web of Science: 000489884900002
- 2019
  
  Reef Shark Science - Key Questions and Future Directions. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00012 Web of Science: 000457827300001
- 2017
  
  The nutritional physiology of sharks. REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES. 561-585.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11160-017-9481-2 Web of Science: 000406965300005
- 2016
  
  A review of batoid philopatry, with implications for future research and population management. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 251-261.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps11963 Web of Science: 000394183600019

advised honors theses

Sisco, Sarah E., Distribution and Foraging Ecology of Hardhead (Ariopsis Felis) and Gafftopsail (Bagre Marinus) Catfishes in The Florida Coastal Everglades 2018

principal investigator on

Shark and ray conservation in Belize awarded by Earthwatch Institute 2017 - 2020
Coexistance at an ocean oasis: what supports the abundance of marine top predators at Roca Partida? awarded by National Geographic Society 2016 - 2018
Predator prey interactions of great hammerheads awarded by BBC Blue Planet 2017

teaching activities

BSC3941-B58: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-B57: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-B57: Student Research Lab Spring Term 2019
PCB3043-B51: Ecology Spring Term 2019

full name

Yannis Papastamatiou

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publication subject areas

Behavioral Sciences
Biodiversity & Conservation
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Fisheries
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Oceanography
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Zoology

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