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Melita Samoilys
Researcher at University of Oxford
Publications - 76
Citations - 2895
Melita Samoilys is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fishing & Reef. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 67 publications receiving 2283 citations. Previous affiliations of Melita Samoilys include Pwani University College & Zoological Society of London.
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Fishing groupers towards extinction: a global assessment of threats and extinction risks in a billion dollar fishery
Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson,Matthew T. Craig,Áthila A. Bertoncini,Kent E. Carpenter,William W. L. Cheung,William W. L. Cheung,John Howard Choat,Andrew S. Cornish,S Fennessy,Beatrice Padovani Ferreira,Philip C Heemstra,Min Liu,R Myers,David Pollard,Kevin L. Rhodes,Luiz A. Rocha,Barry C. Russell,Melita Samoilys,Jonnell C. Sanciangco +18 more
TL;DR: Given that the major threat is overfishing, accompanied by a general absence and/or poor application of fishery management, the prognosis for restoration and successful conservation of Threatened species is poor.
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Determining methods of underwater visual census for estimating the abundance of coral reef fishes
Melita Samoilys,Gary Carlos +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that fish mobility and search efficiency are key factors in optimising UVC methods, and the importance of carefully defining the behavioural attributes of species prior to selecting a UVC method is discussed.
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Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries
Nuno Queiroz,Nuno Queiroz,Nicolas E. Humphries,Ana Rita Couto,Marisa Vedor,Ivo da Costa,Ana M. M. Sequeira,Gonzalo Mucientes,António M. Santos,Francisco J. Abascal,Debra L. Abercrombie,Kátya G. Abrantes,David Acuña-Marrero,André S. Afonso,André S. Afonso,Pedro Afonso,Pedro Afonso,Darrell Anders,Gonzalo Araujo,Randall Arauz,Pascal Bach,Adam Barnett,Diego Bernal,Michael L. Berumen,Sandra Bessudo Lion,Natalia P. A. Bezerra,Antonin V. Blaison,Barbara A. Block,Mark E. Bond,Ramón Bonfil,Russell W. Bradford,Camrin D. Braun,Edward J. Brooks,Annabelle Brooks,Annabelle Brooks,J.B. Brown,Barry D. Bruce,Michael E. Byrne,Michael E. Byrne,Steven E. Campana,Aaron B. Carlisle,Demian D. Chapman,Taylor K. Chapple,John R. M. Chisholm,Christopher R. Clarke,Eric Clua,Jesse E. M. Cochran,Estelle Crochelet,Laurent Dagorn,Ryan Daly,Daniel Devia Cortés,Thomas K. Doyle,Michael E. Drew,Clinton A. J. Duffy,Thor Erikson,Eduardo Espinoza,Luciana C. Ferreira,Francesco Ferretti,John D. Filmalter,John D. Filmalter,G. Chris Fischer,Richard Fitzpatrick,Jorge Fontes,Jorge Fontes,Fabien Forget,Mark Fowler,Malcolm P. Francis,Austin J. Gallagher,Enrico Gennari,Enrico Gennari,Simon D. Goldsworthy,Matthew Gollock,Jonathan Green,Johan A. Gustafson,Tristan L. Guttridge,Hector M. Guzman,Neil Hammerschlag,Luke Harman,Fábio H. V. Hazin,Matthew Heard,Alex Hearn,John C. Holdsworth,Bonnie J. Holmes,Lucy A. Howey,Mauricio Hoyos,Robert E. Hueter,Nigel E. Hussey,Charlie Huveneers,Dylan T. Irion,David M. P. Jacoby,Oliver J. D. Jewell,Ryan Johnson,Lance K. B. Jordan,Salvador J. Jorgensen,Warren Joyce,Clare A. Keating Daly,James T. Ketchum,A. Peter Klimley,Alison A. Kock,Pieter Koen,Felipe Ladino,Fernanda O. Lana,James S. E. Lea,Fiona Llewellyn,Warrick S. Lyon,Anna MacDonnell,Bruno C. L. Macena,Bruno C. L. Macena,Heather Marshall,Jaime D. McAllister,Rory McAuley,Michael A. Meÿer,John J. Morris,Emily R. Nelson,Yannis P. Papastamatiou,Toby A. Patterson,Cesar Peñaherrera-Palma,Julian G. Pepperell,Simon J. Pierce,Francois Poisson,Lina Maria Quintero,Andrew J. Richardson,Paul J. Rogers,Christoph A. Rohner,David Rowat,Melita Samoilys,Jayson M. Semmens,Marcus Sheaves,George L. Shillinger,Mahmood S. Shivji,Sarika Singh,Gregory B. Skomal,Malcolm J. Smale,Laurenne B. Snyders,German Soler,Marc Soria,Kilian M. Stehfest,John D. Stevens,Simon R. Thorrold,Mariana Travassos Tolotti,Alison V. Towner,Paulo Travassos,John P. Tyminski,Frederic Vandeperre,Frederic Vandeperre,Jeremy J. Vaudo,Yuuki Y. Watanabe,Yuuki Y. Watanabe,Sam B. Weber,Bradley M. Wetherbee,Bradley M. Wetherbee,Timothy D. White,Sean Williams,Patricia Zárate,Robert Harcourt,Graeme C. Hays,Mark G. Meekan,Michele Thums,Xabier Irigoien,Víctor M. Eguíluz,Carlos M. Duarte,Lara L. Sousa,Lara L. Sousa,Samantha J. Simpson,Samantha J. Simpson,Emily J. Southall,David W. Sims +166 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that pelagic sharks have limited spatial refuge from current levels of fishing effort in marine areas beyond national jurisdictions (the high seas), demonstrating an urgent need for conservation and management measures at high-seas hotspots of shark space use.
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Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks
M. Aaron MacNeil,Demian D. Chapman,Michelle R. Heupel,Colin A. Simpfendorfer,Michael R. Heithaus,Mark G. Meekan,Mark G. Meekan,Euan S. Harvey,Jordan Goetze,Jordan Goetze,Jeremy J. Kiszka,Mark E. Bond,Leanne M. Currey-Randall,Conrad W. Speed,Conrad W. Speed,C. Samantha Sherman,Matthew J. Rees,Matthew J. Rees,Vinay Udyawer,Kathryn I. Flowers,GM Clementi,Jasmine Valentin-Albanese,Taylor Gorham,M. Shiham Adam,Khadeeja Ali,Fabián Pina-Amargós,Jorge Angulo-Valdés,Jorge Angulo-Valdés,Jacob Asher,Jacob Asher,Laura García Barcia,Océane Beaufort,Cecilie Benjamin,Anthony T. F. Bernard,Anthony T. F. Bernard,Michael L. Berumen,Stacy L. Bierwagen,Erika Bonnema,Rosalind M. K. Bown,Darcey Bradley,Edd J. Brooks,J. Jed Brown,Dayne Buddo,Patrick J. Burke,Camila Cáceres,Diego Cardeñosa,Jeffrey C. Carrier,Jennifer E. Caselle,Venkatesh Charloo,Thomas Claverie,Eric Clua,Jesse E. M. Cochran,Neil D. Cook,Jessica E. Cramp,Brooke M. D’Alberto,Martin de Graaf,Mareike Dornhege,Andy Estep,Lanya Fanovich,Naomi F. Farabough,Daniel Fernando,Anna L. Flam,Camilla Floros,Virginia Fourqurean,Ricardo C. Garla,Kirk Gastrich,Lachlan George,Rory Graham,Tristan L. Guttridge,Royale S. Hardenstine,Stephen Heck,Aaron C. Henderson,Aaron C. Henderson,Heidi Hertler,Robert E. Hueter,Mohini Johnson,Stacy D. Jupiter,Devanshi Kasana,Steven T. Kessel,Benedict Kiilu,Taratu Kirata,Baraka Kuguru,Fabian Kyne,Tim J. Langlois,Elodie J. I. Lédée,Steve Lindfield,Andrea Luna-Acosta,JQ Maggs,B. Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto,Andrea D. Marshall,Philip Matich,Erin McCombs,Dianne L. McLean,Dianne L. McLean,Llewelyn Meggs,Stephen E. Moore,Sushmita Mukherji,Ryan R. Murray,Muslimin Kaimuddin,Stephen J. Newman,Josep Nogués,Clay Obota,Owen R. O’Shea,Kennedy Osuka,Yannis P. Papastamatiou,Nishan Perera,Bradley J. Peterson,Alessandro Ponzo,Andhika Prima Prasetyo,L. M. Sjamsul Quamar,Jessica Quinlan,Alexei Ruiz-Abierno,Enric Sala,Melita Samoilys,Michelle Schärer-Umpierre,Audrey M. Schlaff,Nikola Simpson,Adam N. H. Smith,Lauren Sparks,Akshay Tanna,Rubén Torres,Michael J. Travers,Maurits P. M. van Zinnicq Bergmann,Laurent Vigliola,Juney Ward,Alexandra M. Watts,Colin K. C. Wen,Elizabeth R. Whitman,Aaron J. Wirsing,Aljoscha Wothke,Esteban Zarza-Gonzâlez,Joshua E. Cinner +131 more
TL;DR: The results reveal the profound impact that fishing has had on reef shark populations: no sharks on almost 20% of the surveyed reefs, and shark depletion was strongly related to socio-economic conditions such as the size and proximity of the nearest market, poor governance and the density of the human population.
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Periodicity of spawning aggregations of coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae) on the northern Great Barrier Reef
TL;DR: Investigation of seasonal, lunar and diel patterns in the spawning behaviour of a serranid, the common coral trout Plectropomus leopardus, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, finds it vulnerable to overfishing, but also amenable to specialised management through seasonal and/or spatial closures.