Publications

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Published & in press (IF corresponding to year of publication):

Preprint:

Mourier J, Soria M, Silk M, Demichelis A, Dagorn L, Hattab T (2024) Both environmental conditions and intra- and interspecific interactions influence the movements of a marine predator. bioRxiv, 

Mourier J, Ledee EJI, Jacoby DMP (2019) A multilayer perspective for inferring spatial and social functioning in animal movement networks. bioRxiv, 749085

2024

69. Auguin E, Guinet C, Mourier J, Clua EEG, Gasco N, Tixier P (accepted) Behavioural heterogeneity across killer whale social units in their response to feeding opportunities from fisheries. Ecology and Evolution. (IF = 2.6)

68. McKenzie DJ, Aarestrup K, Domenici P, Fanelli E, Mourier J, Tsigenopoulos CS (2024) Grand Challenges at the Frontiers of Fish Science. Frontiers in Fish Science 1: 1339795.

67. Mourier J, Planes S, Mills S (2024) Steroid hormones as a non-lethal assessment of the reproductive biology in male and female blacktip reef sharks. Frontiers in Fish Science 1:1284949.

66. Papastamatiou YP, Binder B, Boswell K, Malone M, Heithaus M, Huveneers C, Mourier J, Harborne A (2024) Dynamic energy landscapes of predators and the implications for modifying prey risk. Functional Ecology 38: 284-293. (IF = 5.2)

2023

65. Boube T, Azam C-S, Guilbert A, Huveneers C, Papastamatiou Y, Mourier J, Trujillo J, Femmami N, Kunovsky A, Bersani F, Laurent E, Bousseyroux A, Thellier T, Follin Y, Pavy T,  Jeandel V, Mataarere A, Burlot M, Bouyeure J, Rigoreau B, Rigoreau L, Lenormand A, Chalabi F, Hayek M, Jeandel J-M, Stenger P-L (2023) First insights into the population characteristics and seasonal occurrence of the great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) in the Western Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 10:1234059. (IF = 3.7)

64. Séguigne C, Bègue M, Meyer C, Mourier J, Clua E (2023) Provisioning ecotourism does not increase tiger shark site fidelity. Scientific Reports 13: 7785. (IF = 4.996)

63. Séguigne C*, Mourier J*, Clua É, Buray N, Planes S (2023) Citizen science provides valuable data to evaluate elasmobranch diversity and trends throughout the French Polynesia’s shark sanctuary. PLoS ONE 18(3): e0282837. (IF = 3.7)

* authors have contributed equally to the work 

62. Kraft S, Gandra M, Lennox RJ, Mourier J, Winkler AC, Abecasis D (2023) Residency and space use estimation methods based on passive acoustic telemetry data. Movement Ecology 11: 12. (IF = 4.1)

61. Lesturgie P, Braun C, Clua E, Mourier J, Thorrold S, Vignaud T, Planes S, Mona S (2023) Like a rolling stone: colonization and migration dynamics of the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). Ecology and Evolution 13(1): e9746. (IF = 2.6)

2022

60. Manicacci F-M, Mourier J, Babatounde C, Garcia J, Broutta M, Gualtieri J-S, Aiello AA (2022) A Wireless Autonomous Real-Time Underwater Acoustic Positioning System. Sensors 22: 8208. (IF = 3.9)

59. Ducos S, Garcia J, Mourier J, Aiello A, Durieux EDH (2022) Let them go free: spatial behaviour following the experimental release of hatchery-reared juveniles Sciaena umbra and Dentex dentex. Marine Environmental Research 181: 105712. (IF = 3.3)

58. Andrzejaczek S, Lucas TCD, Goodman M, Hussey NE, Armstrong AJ, Carlisle A, Coffey DM, Gleiss A, Huveneers C, Jacoby DMP, Meekan M, Mourier J, Peel L, Abrantes K, Afonso A, Ajemian M, Anderson B, Anderson S, Araujo G, Armstrong AO, Bach P, Barnett A, Bennett MB, Bezerra NA, Bonfil R, Boustany A, Bowlby H, Branco I, Braun CD, Brooks E, Brown J, Burke PJ, Butcher P, Castleton M, Chapple T, Chateau O, Clarke M, Coelho R, Cortes E, Couturier L, Cowley P, Croll D, Cuevas J, Curtis T, Dagorn L, Dale J, Daly R, Dewar H, Doherty P, Domingo A, Dove A, Drew D, Dudgeon C, Duffy C, Elliott R, Ellis JR, Erdmann MV, Farrugia T, Ferreira LC, Ferretti F, Filmalter J, Finucci B, Fischer C, Fitzpatrick R, Forget F, Forsberg K, Francis M, Franks BR, Gallagher AJ, Galvan-Magana F, García M, Gaston T, Gillanders BBM, Gollock M, Green J, Green S, Griffiths C, Hammerschlag N, Hasan A, Hawkes L, Hazin F, Heard M, Hearn A, Hedges KJ, Henderson S, Holdsworth J, Holland K, Howey L, Hueter RE, Humphries NE, Hutchinson M, Jaine F, Jorgensen SJ, Kanive P, Lana F, Lassauce H, Lipscombe R, Llewellyn F, Macena B, Mambrasar R, McAllister J, McCully Phillips SR, McGregor F, McMillan MNN, McNaughton LM, Mendonça S, Meyer C, Meyers M, Mohan J, Montgomery J, Mucientes G, Musyl M, Nasby-Lucas N, Natanson L, O'Sullivan J, Oliveira P, Papastamatiou Y, Patterson T, Pierce S, Ponzo A, Queiroz N, Radford C, Richardson A, Richardson AJ, Righton D, Rohner, Mark Royer C, Saunders R, Schaber M, Schallert R, Scholl MC, Seitz AC, Semmens JM, Setyawan E, Shea BD, Shidqi R, Shillinger G, Shipley O, Shivji M, Sianipar AB, Silva JF, Sims DW, Skomal GB, Sousa LL, Southall EJ, Spaet JLY, Stehfast K, Stevens G, Stewart J, Sulikowski J, Syakurachman I, Thorrold SR, Thums M, Tickler D, Tolloti M, Townsend KA, Travassos P, Tyminski JP, Vaudo JJ, Veras D, Wantiez L, Weber S, Wells RJD, Weng K, Wetherbee BM, Williamson J, Witt M, Wright S, Zilliacus K, Block B, Curnick DJ (2022) Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology. Science Advances 8: eabo1754. (IF = 13.6)

57. Perryman RJY, Mourier J, Venables SK, Tapilatu RF, Setyawan E, Brown C (2022) Reef manta ray social dynamics depend on individual differences in behaviour. Animal Behaviour 191: 43-55. (IF = 2.5)

56. Zemah-Shamir Z*, Mourier J*, Ilany A, Bigal E, Scheinin A, Tchernov D (2022) Preliminary insights of a mixed-species shark aggregation: a case study of two carcharhinids from the Mediterranean Sea. Environmental Biology of Fishes 105: 623–634 (IF = 1.4)

* authors have contributed equally to the work

55.  Papastamatiou YP, Mourier J, Tinhan T, Luongo S, Hosoki S, Santana-Morales O, Hoyos-Padilla M (2022) Social dynamics and individual hunting tactics of white sharks revealed by biologging. Biology Letters 18:20210599. (IF = 3.3)

54*.  Villegas-Ríos D, Jacoby DMP, Mourier J (2022) Social networks and the conservation of fish. Communications Biology 5: 178. (IF = 6.548)

* authors have contributed equally to the work

53. Jacoby DMP, Brown C., Croft DP, Mann J, Mourier J (2022) Editorial: Sociality in the Marine Environment. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 863595. (IF = 3.7) 

52. Séguine C, Mourier J, Buray N, Clua E (2022) Effects of a COVID-19 lockdown-induced pause and resumption of artificial provisioning on blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) and pink whiprays (Pateobatis fai) in French Polynesia (East-Pacific). Ethology 128(2):119-130. (IF = 1.7)

2021

51. Bass NC, Day J, Guttridge TL, Mourier J, Knott NA, Vila Pouca C, Brown C (2021) Residency and movement patterns of adult Port Jackson sharks (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) at a breeding aggregation site. Journal of Fish Biology 99(4):1455–1466. (IF = 2.504)

50. Mourier J, Soria M, Simier M, Certain G, Demichelis A, Hattab T. (2021) Dynamic use of coastal areas by bull sharks and the conciliation of conservation and management of negative human-wildlife interactions. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31(10):2926–2937 (IF = 3.254)

49. Papastamatiou Y, Iosilevskii G, Di Santo V, Huveneers C, Hattab T, Planes S, Ballesta L, Mourier J. (2021) Sharks surf the slope: current updrafts reduce energy expenditure for aggregating marine predators. Journal of Animal Ecology 90(10): 2302-2314. (IF = 5.6)

Featured in: ScienceAlert, Futura, NewScientist, Phys.org

48. Bouyoucos IA, Trujillo JE, Weideli OC, Nakamura N, Mourier J, Planes S, Simpfendorfer CA, Rummer JL. (2021). Investigating links between thermal tolerance and oxygen supply capacity in shark neonates from a hyperoxic tropical environment. Science of the Total Environment 782: 146854 (IF = 10.753)

47. Butcher PA, Colefax AP, Gorkin III RA, Kajiura SM, López NA, Mourier J, Purcell CR, Skomal GB, Tucker JP, Walsh AJ, Williamson JE, Raoult V. (2021) The Drone Revolution of Shark Science: a Review. Drones 5(1), 8. (IF = 5.532)

“Highly Cited Paper” in Web of Science

46. Mourier J, Planes S (2021) Kinship does not predict the structure of a shark social network. Behavioral Ecology 32(2): 211-222. (IF = 3.087)

preprint in bioRxiv

45. Mourier J, Claudet J, Planes S (2021) Human‐induced shifts in habitat use and behaviour of a marine predator: the effects of bait provisioning in the blacktip reef shark. Animal Conservation 24(2): 230-238. (IF = 4.371)

2020

44. Burke PJ, Mourier J, Gaston TF, Williamson JE (2020) Novel use of pop-up satellite archival telemetry in sawsharks: insights into the movement of the common sawshark Pristiophorus cirratus (Pristiophoridae). Animal Biotelemetry 8: 33. (IF = 2.36)

43. Rummer JL, Bouyoucos IA, Mourier J, Nakamura N, Planes S (2020) Response of a coral reef shark acutely exposed to ocean acidification conditions. Coral Reefs 39: 1215–1220 (IF=3.902)

42. Bouyoucos IA, Romain M, Azoulai L, Eustache K, Mourier J, Rummer JL, Planes S (2020) Home range of newborn blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus), as estimated using mark-recapture and acoustic telemetry. Coral Reefs 39: 1209–1214 (IF=3.902)

41. Labourgade P, Ballesta L, Huveneers C, Papastamatiou Y, Mourier J (2020) Heterospecific foraging associations between reef-associated sharks: first evidence of kleptoparasitism in sharks. Ecology 101(11): e03117 (IF=5.499)

Photo Gallery in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Labourgade P, Ballesta L, Huveneers C, Papastamatiou Y, Mourier J (2020) Heterospecific Foraging Associations Between Reef-Associated Sharks: First Evidence of Kleptoparasitism in Sharks. Bull Ecol Soc Am 101(4): e01755.

Featured in: Science, Psychology Today

40. Thiele M, Mourier J, Papastamatiou Y, Ballesta L, Huveneers C (2020) Response of blacktip reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus to shark bite mitigation products. Scientific Reports 10: 3563. (IF=4.379)

2019

39. Carpentier AS, Berthe C, Ender I, Jaine FRA, Mourier J, Stevens G, De Rosemont M, Clua E (2019) Preliminary insights into the population characteristics and distribution of reef (Mobula alfredi) and oceanic (M. birostris) manta rays in French Polynesia. Coral Reefs 38(6): 1197-1210. (IF=3.536)

38. Chin A, Baje L, Donaldson T, Gerhardt K, Jabado R, Kyne P, Mana R, Mescam G, Mourier J, Planes S, Ward J, Wen C (2019) The scientist abroad: maximising research impact and effectiveness when working as a visiting scientist. Biological Conservation. 238: 108231 (IF = 4.711)

37. Schilds A, Mourier J, Huveneers C, Nazimi L, Fox A, Leu ST (2019) Evidence for non-random co-occurrences in a white shark aggregation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. (IF = 2.277)

Featured in: Forbes, Sci-News, Scimex, NewsWeek

36. Delrieu-Trottin E, Williams JT, Pitassy D, Driskell A, Hubert N, Viviani J, Cribb TH, Espiau B, Galzin R, Kulbicki M, de Loma TL, Meyer C, Mourier J, Mou-Tham G, Parravicini V, Plantard P, Sasal P, Siu G, Tolou N, Veuille M, Weigt L, Planes S (2019) A DNA barcode reference library of French Polynesian shore fishes. Scientific Data 6:114 (IF=6.46)

35. Mourier J, Ballesta L, Clua E, Planes S (2019) Visitation patterns of camouflage groupers Epinephelus polyphekadion at a spawning aggregation in Fakarava inferred by acoustic telemetry. Coral Reefs 38(5): 909-916. (IF=3.536)

34. Kadar J, Ladds M, Mourier J, Day J, Brown C (2019) Acoustic accelerometry reveals diel activity patterns in pre-migratory Port Jackson sharks. Ecology and Evolution 9(16): 8933-8944. (IF=2.543)

33. Matich P, Kiszka JJ, Heithaus MR, Le Bourg B, Mourier J (2019) Inter-individual differences in ontogenetic trophic shifts among three apex marine predators. Oecologia 189(3): 621-636. (IF=2.654)

2018

32. Rieucau G, Kiszka J, Castillo JC, Mourier J, Boswell K, Heithaus MR (2018) Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys and image analysis in the study of large surface-associated marine species: a case study on reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus shoaling behaviour. Journal of Fish Biology 93: 119-127. (IF=2.038)

31. Brena P, Mourier J, Planes S, Clua E (2018). Concede or clash? Solitary sharks competing for food assess rivals to decide. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20180006 (IF=4.304)

30. Riley J, Guidou C, Fryns C, Mourier J, Leu S, Noble D, Byrne R, Whiting M (2018) Isolation rearing does not constrain social plasticity in a family-living lizard. Behavioral Ecology  29(3): 563-573. (IF=2.695)

2017

29. Mourier J, Bass NC, Guttridge TL, Day J, Brown C (2017) Does detection range matter for inferring social networks in a benthic shark using acoustic telemetry? Royal Society Open Science 4: 170485. (IF=2.504)

Featured in: Phys.Org, DailyMail, IFLScience, ABCRadio

28. Bass N, Mourier J, Day J, Knott N, Guttridge T, Brown C (2017) Long-term migration patterns and bisexual philopatry in a benthic shark species. Marine and Freshwater Research 68(8): 1414-1421. (IF=1.674)

Featured in: SharkNewz

27. Berthe C, Lecchini D, Mourier J (2017) Chafing behavior on a patch of sandy bottom by ocellated eagle ray (Aetobatus ocellatus). Marine Biodiversity 47(2): 379-380. (IF=1.408)

26. Matich J, Kiska JJ, Mourier J, Planes S & Heithaus MR (2017) Species co-occurrence affects the trophic interactions of two juvenile reef shark species in tropical lagoon nurseries in Moorea (French Polynesia). Marine Environmental Research 127: 84-91. (IF=3.159)

25. Mourier J, Brown C, Planes S (2017) Learning and robustness to catch-and-release fishing in a shark social network. Biology Letters 13: 20160824. (IF=3.345)

Featured in: Phys.Org, Sciences et Avenir, ABCRadio, Tahiti Infos,

2016

24. Kiszka J, Mourier J, Gastrich K, Heithaus MR (2016) Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to investigate shark and ray densities in a shallow coral lagoon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 560: 237-242. (IF=2.292)

23. Mourier J, Maynard J,  Parravicini V, Ballesta L, Clua E, Domeier ML, Planes S (2016) Extreme Inverted Trophic Pyramid of Reef Sharks Supported by Spawning Groupers. Current Biology 26(15): 2011-2016 (IF=8.851)

Featured in Forbes, National Geographic, BBC, ABC, ScienceDaily, ScientificAmerican, SBS

22. Berthe C, Mourier J, Lecchini D, Rummer JL, Sellos DY, Iglesias SP (2016) DNA barcoding supports the presence of the cryptic ocellated eagle ray, Aetobatus ocellatus (Myliobatidae), in French Polynesia, South Pacific. Cybium 40(2): 181-184 (IF=0.575)

21. Gervais C, Mourier J, Rummer J (2016) Developing in warm water: Irregular colouration and patterns of a neonate elasmobranch. Marine Biodiversity 46: 743-744 (IF=1.321)

2015

20. Chin A, Mourier J, Rummer J (2015) Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) show high capacity for wound healing and recovery following injury. Conservation Physiology 3(1): cov062 (IF=2.570) 

19. Delrieu-Trottin E, Williams JT, Bacchet P, Kulbicki M, Mourier J, Galzin R, Lison de Loma T, Mou-Tham G, Siu G, Planes S (2015) Shore fishes of the Marquesas Islands, an updated checklist with new records and new percentage of endemic species. CheckList 11(5): 1758 

18. Brena PF, Mourier J, Planes S, Clua E (2015) Shark and ray provisioning: functional insights into behavioral, ecological and physiological responses across multiple scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 538: 273-283. (IF=2.361)

17. Clua E, Chauvet C, Mourier J, Werry JM, Randall JE (2015) Pattern of movements from a home reef in the Chesterfield Islands (Coral sea) by the endangered Giant Grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus. Aquatic Living Ressources 28: 53-58.  (IF=1.327)

16. Garcia J, Mourier J, Lenfant P (2015) Spatial behavior of two coral reef fishes within a Caribbean Marine Protected Area. Marine Environmental Research 109: 41-51. (IF=2.769)

15. Weideli OC, Mourier J, Planes S (2015) A massive surgeonfish aggregation creates a unique opportunity for reef sharks. Coral Reefs 34(3): 835.  (IF=3.000)

Featured in: Hakai_magazine

14. Matich P, Kiszka J, Heithaus MR, Mourier J, Planes S (2015) Short-term shifts of stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) values in juvenile sharks within nursery areas suggest rapid shifts in energy pathways. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 465: 83-91. (IF=1.796)

2014

13. Vignaud TM, Mourier J, Maynard JA, Leblois R, Spaet J, Clua E, Neglia V, Planes S (2014) Blacktip reef sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus, have high genetic structure and varying demographic histories in their Indo-Pacific range. Molecular Ecology 23(21): 5193-5207. (IF=6.494)

2013

12. Mourier J, Buray N, Schultz JK, Clua E, Planes S (2013) Genetic network and breeding patterns of a sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) population in the Society Islands, French Polynesia. PLoS ONE 8(8): e73899.  (IF=3.534)

11. Vignaud T, Clua E, Mourier J, Maynard J, Planes S (2013) Microsatellite Analyses of Blacktip Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in a Fragmented Environment Show Structured Clusters. PLoS ONE 8(4): e61067.  (IF=3.534)

10. Mourier J, Mills SC, Planes S (2013) Population structure, spatial distribution and life history traits of blacktip reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus at Moorea, French Polynesia. Journal of Fish Biology 82(3): 979–993. (IF=1.734)

9. Mourier J, Planes S, Buray N (2013). Trophic interactions at the top of the coral reef food chain. Coral Reefs 32(1): 285.  (IF=3.623)

8. Mourier J., Planes S (2013) Direct genetic evidence for reproductive philopatry and associated fine-scale migrations in female blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in French Polynesia. Molecular Ecology 22 (1): 201-214. (IF=5.840)

2012

7. Mourier J (2012) Manta rays in the Marquesas Islands: first records of Manta birostris in French Polynesia and most easterly location of Manta alfredi in the Pacific, with notes on their distribution. Journal of Fish Biology 81(6): 2053-2058. (IF=1.834)

6. Mourier J, Vercelloni J, Planes S (2012) Evidence of social communities in a spatially structured network of a free-ranging shark species. Animal Behaviour 83: 389-401. (IF=3.068)

Featured in DiscoveryNews, ScientificAmerican, DailyMail, Le Monde

2011

5. Clua E, Buray N, Legendre P, Mourier J, Planes S (2011) Business partner or simple catch? The economic value of the sicklefin lemon shark in French Polynesia. Marine and Freshwater research 62: 764-770.  (IF=1.595)

2010

4.Clua E, Buray N, Legendre P, Mourier J, Planes S (2010) Effects of provisioning on shark behaviour: Reply to Brunnschweiler & McKenzie (2010). Marine Ecology Progress Series 420: 285-288. (IF=2.483)

3.Clua E, Buray N, Legendre P, Mourier J, Planes S (2010) Behavioural response of sicklefin lemon sharks Negaprion acutidens to underwater feeding for ecotourism purposes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 414:257–266.  (IF=2.483)

2. Mills SC, Mourier J, Galzin R (2010) Plasma cortisol and 11-ketotestosterone enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kit validation for three fish species: the clown anemonefish, Amphiprion percula; the orange-fin anemonefish A. chrysopterus; and the blackfin reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus. Journal of Fish Biology 77(3): 769-777. (IF=1.330)

2009

1. Buray N, Mourier J, Planes S, Clua E (2009) Underwater photo-identification of sicklefin lemon shark, Negaprion acutidens, at Moorea (French Polynesia). Cybium 33(1): 21-27.  (IF=0.411)

BOOK

Mourier J (2020) 40 idées fausses sur les requins. Éditions Quae. ISBN 978-27592-3218-5. 144 p. (Publication 3 Décembre 2020)

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