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Overview

Gregory B. Skomal is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and ecology. The main topics of their work include ichthyology and marine biology, marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management studies, marine animal studies overview, coral and marine ecosystems studies, fish biology, ecology, and behavior, and species distribution and climate change.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several frequent publication venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ecological Applications
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Animal Biotelemetry

Among their recent papers are:

  • The Drone Revolution of Shark Science: A Review (2021), published in Drones
  • Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Movescapes and eco-evolutionary movement strategies in marine fish: Assessing a connectivity hotspot (2021), published in Fish and Fisheries
  • Linking vertical movements of large pelagic predators with distribution patterns of biomass in the open ocean (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Predator-prey landscapes of large sharks and game fishes in the Florida Keys (2022), published in Ecological Applications

Frequent co-authors of Gregory B. Skomal include:

  • Camrin D. Braun
  • Simon R. Thorrold
  • Andy J. Danylchuk
  • Nuno Queiroz
  • Jeff Kneebone

Best Publications

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

    Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Ana Couto;Marisa Vedor

  • Results of pop-up satellite tagging of spawning size class fish in the Gulf of Maine: do North Atlantic bluefin tuna spawn in the mid-Atlantic?

    Molly E Lutcavage;Richard W Brill;Gregory B Skomal;Bradford C Chase

  • Stable isotopes from multiple tissues reveal diet switching in sharks

    MA MacNeil;GB Skomal;AT Fisk

  • Use of isotopic analysis of vertebrae in reconstructing ontogenetic feeding ecology in white sharks.

    James A. Estrada;Aaron N. Rice;Aaron N. Rice;Lisa J. Natanson;Gregory B. Skomal

  • Evaluating the physiological and physical consequences of capture on post‐release survivorship in large pelagic fishes

    G. B. Skomal

  • Predicting trophic position in sharks of the north-west Atlantic Ocean using stable isotope analysis

    James A. Estrada;Aaron N. Rice;Molly E. Lutcavage;Gregory B. Skomal

  • The physiological response to anthropogenic stressors in marine elasmobranch fishes: a review with a focus on the secondary response.

    Gregory B. Skomal;John W. Mandelman

  • AGE AND GROWTH OF THE BLUE SHARK, PRIONACE GLAUCA, IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

    Gregory B. Skomal;Lisa J. Natanson

  • Differential sensitivity to capture stress assessed by blood acid-base status in five carcharhinid sharks.

    John W. Mandelman;Gregory B. Skomal

  • Tracking adult North Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the northwestern Atlantic using ultrasonic telemetry

    M. E. Lutcavage;R. W. Brill;G. B. Skomal;B. C. Chase

  • Transequatorial Migrations by Basking Sharks in the Western Atlantic Ocean

    Gregory B. Skomal;Stephen I. Zeeman;John H. Chisholm;Erin L. Summers

  • Hematological indicators of stress in longline-captured sharks

    Heather Marshall;Lyndsay Field;Achankeng Afiadata;Chugey Sepulveda

  • Extreme diving behaviour in devil rays links surface waters and the deep ocean

    Simon R. Thorrold;Pedro Afonso;Jorge Fontes;Camrin D. Braun;Camrin D. Braun

  • Mesoscale eddies release pelagic sharks from thermal constraints to foraging in the ocean twilight zone.

    Camrin D. Braun;Camrin D. Braun;Peter Gaube;Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor;Gregory B. Skomal

  • Seasonal Distribution and Historic Trends in Abundance of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Western North Atlantic Ocean

    Tobey H. Curtis;Camilla T. McCandless;John K. Carlson;Gregory B. Skomal

  • Convergence of marine megafauna movement patterns in coastal and open oceans

    A. M. M. Sequeira;J. P. Rodríguez;V. M. Eguíluz;R. Harcourt

  • The drone revolution of shark science: a review

    Paul A. Butcher;Andrew P. Colefax;Robert A. Gorkin;Stephen M. Kajiura

  • Biology of the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus.

    M. A. MacNeil;B. C. McMeans;N. E. Hussey;P. Vecsei

  • Movements of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias in the North Atlantic Ocean

    Gregory B. Skomal;Camrin D. Braun;John H. Chisholm;Simon R. Thorrold

  • The physiological response of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) to longline capture.

    Edward J. Brooks;John W. Mandelman;Katherine A. Sloman;Stephanie Liss

  • Diving Behavior of the Reef Manta Ray Links Coral Reefs with Adjacent Deep Pelagic Habitats

    Camrin D. Braun;Camrin D. Braun;Gregory B. Skomal;Simon R. Thorrold;Michael L. Berumen

  • A novel method for determining post-release mortality, behavior, and recovery period using acceleration data loggers

    Nicholas M. Whitney;Connor F. White;Adrian C. Gleiss;Gail D. Schwieterman

  • Movements of the reef manta ray ( Manta alfredi ) in the Red Sea using satellite and acoustic telemetry

    Camrin D. Braun;Camrin D. Braun;Camrin D. Braun;Gregory B. Skomal;Simon R. Thorrold;Michael L. Berumen

  • Vertebral Bomb Radiocarbon Suggests Extreme Longevity in White Sharks

    Li Ling Hamady;Li Ling Hamady;Lisa J. Natanson;Gregory B. Skomal;Simon R. Thorrold

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon R. Thorrold
Simon R. Thorrold Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Pedro Afonso
Pedro Afonso University of the Azores
Andy J. Danylchuk
Andy J. Danylchuk University of Massachusetts Amherst
Neil Hammerschlag
Neil Hammerschlag University of Miami
Nuno Queiroz
Nuno Queiroz University of Porto
Yuuki Y. Watanabe
Yuuki Y. Watanabe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Bradley M. Wetherbee
Bradley M. Wetherbee University of Rhode Island
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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