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publications.

Lawson JM, Gordon C, Hood A, Zidowitz H, Pollom R, Barker J, Bartoli A, Ellis J, Fordham S, Fowler S, Jimenez Alvarado D, Meyers E, Sharp R, Dulvy NK. 2019. Extinction risk and conservation of critically endangered angel sharks in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz222

Fernandes PG, Ralph GM, Nieto A, Garcia Criado M, Vasilakopoulos P, Maravelias CD, Cook RM, Pollom RA, Kovacic M, Pollard D, Farrell ED, Florin A-B, Polidoro BA, Lawson JM, et al. 2017. Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss. Nature Ecology & Evolution Article Number 0170. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0170

 

Lawson JM, Fordham SV, O'Malley MP, Davidson LNK, Walls RHL, Heupel MR, Stevens G, Fernando D, Budziak A, Simpfendorfer CA, Ender I, Francis MP, Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Dulvy NK. 2017. Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays. PeerJ 5:e3027. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3027
*** Official PeerJ Top 5 Most Viewed Article in the Subject Areas of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science, Conservation Biology, Marine Biology, Natural Resource Management, and Science Policy published in 2017 with 5,911 views. ***

 

Lawson JM, Foster SJ, Vincent ACJ. 2017. Low bycatch rates add up to big numbers for a genus of small fishes. Fisheries 42(1): 19-33. DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2017.1259944

 

de Putron SJ, Lawson JM, White K, Costa MT, Geronimus MVB and MacCarthy A. 2017. Variation in larval properties of the Atlantic brooding coral Porites astreoides within and between different reef sites in Bermuda. Coral Reefs 36(2): 383-393. DOI:10.1007/s00338-016-1527-8

 

Harborne AR, Selwyn J, Lawson JM, Gallo M. 2016. Environmental drivers of diurnal visits by transient predatory fishes to Caribbean patch reefs. Journal of Fish Biology 90(1): 265-282 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13180

 

Murillo JF, Kenchington EL, Lawson JM, Li G, Piper DJW. 2016. Ancient deep-sea sponge grounds on the Flemish Cap, northwest Atlantic. Marine Biology 163:63. DOI 10.1007/s00227-016-2839-5

 

Aylesworth LA, Lawson JM, Laksanawimol P, Ferber P, Loh TL. 2016. New records of the Japanese seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei in Southeast Asia leads to updates in range, habitat and threats. Journal of Fish Biology 88(4): 1620-1630. DOI 10.1111/jfb.12908

 

Lawson JM, Foster SJ, Lim ACO, Chong VC, Vincent ACJ. 2015. Novel life history for threatened seahorses provides insights into fishery effects. Journal of Fish Biology 86(1): 1-15. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12527

 

Yip MY, Lim ACO, Chong VC, Lawson JM, Foster SJ. 2014. Food and feeding habits of the seahorses Hippocampus spinosissimus and Hippocampus trimaculatus (Malaysia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 95(5): 1033-1040. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315414001660

 

Carscallen WMA, Vandenberg K, Lawson JM, Martinez ND, Romanuk TN (2012). Estimating trophic position in marine and estuarine food webs. Ecosphere 3(3):art25 DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00224.1

 

in prep.

 

Wilson MW, Lawson JM, Rivera MI, Villaseñor-Derbez JC, Gaines SD. Status and trends of Caribbean Moored Fish Aggregating Device (MFAD) fisheries.

Steinkruger A, Lawson JM, Castellanos-Rico M, Cisneros-Mata M, Goto G, Sachs A, Warham M, Gaines SD. Economic incentives for an internationally traded endangered aquatic species: Conservation aquaculture of Totoaba macdonaldi in the Gulf of California.

 

book chapters.

 

Ebert DA, Bigman JS, Lawson JM. 2017. Chapter 2: Biodiversity and Conservation of Northeast Pacific Chondrichthyans. In: Northeast Pacific Shark Biology, Research, and Conservation Part A. [Editors: Larson S, Lowry D]. Advances in Marine Biology 77: 9-78.

 

non-peer reviewed.

 

Lawson JM. 2017. The global search for seahorses in bycatch. Fisheries 42(1): 34-39. DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2017.1273660

 

Lawson JM, Walls RHL, Fordham SV, O'Malley MP, Heupel MR, Stevens G, Fernando D, Budziak A, Simpfendorfer CA, Davidson LNK, Ender I, Francis MP, Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Dulvy NK. 2016. Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays. PeerJ PrePrints. DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.1731v1

 

technical reports.

 

Barker J, Bartoli A, Clark M, Dulvy N, Gordon C, Hood A, Jimenez Alvarado D, Lawson JM, Meyers E. 2016. Angelshark Action Plan for the Canary Islands. Zoological Society of London Technical Publication. 28 pp.

 

Nieto A, Ralph GM, Comeros-Raynal MT, Kemp J, García Criado M, Allen DJ, Dulvy NK, Walls RHL, Russell B, Pollard D, García S, Craig M, Collette BB, Pollom R, Biscoito M, Labbish Chao N, Abella A, Afonso P, Álvarez H, Carpenter KE, Clò S, Cook R, Costa MJ, Delgado J, Dureuil M, Ellis JR, Farrell ED, Fernandes P, Florin A-B, Fordham S, Fowler S, Gil de Sola L, Gil Herrera J, Goodpaster A, Harvey M, Heessen H, Herler J, Jung A, Karmovskaya E, Keskin C, Knudsen SW, Kobyliansky S, Kovačić M, Lawson JM, et al. 2015. European Red List of Marine Fishes. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Species Programme, European Regional Office. Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union. 90 pp.

 

guides.

 

Aylesworth LA, Loh, TL, Lawson JM. PADI Seahorse Speciality Course Materials. 

 

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