Publications
Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays. Dulvy NK, Pacoureau N, Matsushiba JH, Yan HF, VanderWright WJ, Rigby CL, Finucci B, Sherman CS, Jabado RW, Carlson JK, Pollom RA, Charvet P, Pollock CM, Hilton-Taylor C and Simpfendorfer CA. (2024). Science. 386, eadn1477.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn1477
Ecological lifestyle and gill slit height across sharks. VanderWright, W. J., Bigman, J. S., Iliou, A. S., Dulvy, N. K. (2024). Royal Society Open Science. 11:231867 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231867
Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks. Finucci, B., Pacoureau, N., Rigby, C., Matsushiba, J., et al. (2024) Science. 383 (6687) 1135-1141.
Tail shape and the swimming speed of sharks. Iliou, A.S., Vanderwright, W. J., Harding, L., Jacoby, D. M. P., Payne, N. L., Dulvy, N. K. (2023). Royal Society Open Science. 10(10). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231127
Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays. Pacoureau, N., Carlson, J. K., Kindsvater, H. K., …, VanderWright, W. J., Yan, H. F., & Dulvy, N. K. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(5). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216891120
Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays. Sherman, C. S., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Pacoureau, N., Matsushiba, J. H., Yan, H. F., Walls, R. H. L., Rigby, C. L., VanderWright, W. J., … Dulvy, N. K. (2023). Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35091-x
Sharkipedia: a curated open access database of shark and ray life history traits and abundance time-series. Mull, C. G., Pacoureau, N., Pardo, S. A., Ruiz, L. S., García-Rodríguez, E., Finucci, B., Haack, M., Harry, A., Judah, A. B., VanderWright, W., Yin, J. S., Kindsvater, H. K., & Dulvy, N. K. (2022). Scientific Data, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01655-1
Extinction risk and the small population paradigm in the micro-endemic radiation of Epaulette sharks. 2022. VanderWright, W; Dudgeon, C; Erdmann, M; Sianapar, A; Dulvy, N. Imperilled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, Eds: Costello, M. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00130-6
Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis. 2021. Dulvy, N; Pacoureau, N; Rigby, C; Pollom, R; Jabado, R; Ebert, D; Finucci, B; Pollock, C; Cheok, J; Derrick, D; Herman, K; Sherman, C.S; VanderWright, W; et al. Current Biology. 31(21): 4773–4787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.062
Gill slits provide a window into the respiratory physiology of sharks. 2020. VanderWright, W., Bigman, J., Elcombe, C. and Dulvy, N.K. Conservation Physiology. 8(1): coaa102
https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa102
The effects of phloroglucinol on Tegula herbivory. (2017). Jackson-Drouin, N. & VanderWal, W. Simon Fraser University Science Undergraduate Research Journal. Vol. 2, Article 5. Peer Reviewed.
https://journals.sfu.ca/sfusurj/index.php/journal/article/view/38/26
Management of Dosidicus gigas, a large, pelagic predator in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. (2016). VanderWal, W. Simon Fraser University Science Undergraduate Research Journal. Vol. 1, Article 6. Peer Reviewed. http://journals.sfu.ca/sfusurj/index.php/journal/article/view/21/8
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn1477
Ecological lifestyle and gill slit height across sharks. VanderWright, W. J., Bigman, J. S., Iliou, A. S., Dulvy, N. K. (2024). Royal Society Open Science. 11:231867 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231867
Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks. Finucci, B., Pacoureau, N., Rigby, C., Matsushiba, J., et al. (2024) Science. 383 (6687) 1135-1141.
Tail shape and the swimming speed of sharks. Iliou, A.S., Vanderwright, W. J., Harding, L., Jacoby, D. M. P., Payne, N. L., Dulvy, N. K. (2023). Royal Society Open Science. 10(10). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231127
Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays. Pacoureau, N., Carlson, J. K., Kindsvater, H. K., …, VanderWright, W. J., Yan, H. F., & Dulvy, N. K. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(5). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216891120
Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays. Sherman, C. S., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Pacoureau, N., Matsushiba, J. H., Yan, H. F., Walls, R. H. L., Rigby, C. L., VanderWright, W. J., … Dulvy, N. K. (2023). Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35091-x
Sharkipedia: a curated open access database of shark and ray life history traits and abundance time-series. Mull, C. G., Pacoureau, N., Pardo, S. A., Ruiz, L. S., García-Rodríguez, E., Finucci, B., Haack, M., Harry, A., Judah, A. B., VanderWright, W., Yin, J. S., Kindsvater, H. K., & Dulvy, N. K. (2022). Scientific Data, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01655-1
Extinction risk and the small population paradigm in the micro-endemic radiation of Epaulette sharks. 2022. VanderWright, W; Dudgeon, C; Erdmann, M; Sianapar, A; Dulvy, N. Imperilled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, Eds: Costello, M. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00130-6
Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis. 2021. Dulvy, N; Pacoureau, N; Rigby, C; Pollom, R; Jabado, R; Ebert, D; Finucci, B; Pollock, C; Cheok, J; Derrick, D; Herman, K; Sherman, C.S; VanderWright, W; et al. Current Biology. 31(21): 4773–4787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.062
Gill slits provide a window into the respiratory physiology of sharks. 2020. VanderWright, W., Bigman, J., Elcombe, C. and Dulvy, N.K. Conservation Physiology. 8(1): coaa102
https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa102
The effects of phloroglucinol on Tegula herbivory. (2017). Jackson-Drouin, N. & VanderWal, W. Simon Fraser University Science Undergraduate Research Journal. Vol. 2, Article 5. Peer Reviewed.
https://journals.sfu.ca/sfusurj/index.php/journal/article/view/38/26
Management of Dosidicus gigas, a large, pelagic predator in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. (2016). VanderWal, W. Simon Fraser University Science Undergraduate Research Journal. Vol. 1, Article 6. Peer Reviewed. http://journals.sfu.ca/sfusurj/index.php/journal/article/view/21/8
Presentations
2020. "Gill slits provide a window into the respiratory physiology of sharks". VanderWright, W., Bigman, J. and Dulvy, N.Inter-Departmental Ecology and Aquatic Systems Symposium, Burnaby, British Columbia.
2019. "Journey of a shark from ocean to lab bench". VanderWal, W., Bigman, J. and Dulvy, N. Inter-Departmental Ecology and Aquatic Systems Symposium, Burnaby, British Columbia.
2016. "Does phloroglucinol deter Tegula herbivory?" Jackson-Drouin, N. & VanderWal, W. 20th annual Symposium of the Bamfield Scholars Society, Bamfield, B.C.
2019. "Journey of a shark from ocean to lab bench". VanderWal, W., Bigman, J. and Dulvy, N. Inter-Departmental Ecology and Aquatic Systems Symposium, Burnaby, British Columbia.
2016. "Does phloroglucinol deter Tegula herbivory?" Jackson-Drouin, N. & VanderWal, W. 20th annual Symposium of the Bamfield Scholars Society, Bamfield, B.C.
