SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES:
Mills, S.C, J. Mourier & R. Galzin (Submitted) 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.
Clua, E., N. Buray, P. Legendre, J. Mourier & S. Planes (Submitted) Behavioural response of carnivorous predators to feeding: example of the sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) in French Polynesia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.
Buray, N., J. Mourier, S. Planes, & E. Clua (2009). Underwater photo-identification of sicklefin lemon shark, Negaprion acutidens, at Moorea (French Polynesia). Cybium 33(1): 21-27. (Abstract)
THESES:
MOURIER, J. (2007). Population structure of the sicklefin lemon shark, Negaprion acutidens, in Moorea, French Polynesia. M.Sc. Thesis, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France.
MOURIER, J. (2005). Interactions between the Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, and chumming vessels in Mossel Bay, South Africa: Do practices of chumming and baiting affect the behaviour of white sharks and condition them to associate human and boats with food. M.Sc. Thesis, Arocampus Rennes, Rennes, France.
REPORTS:
Mourier J. et Planes S. 2008. Etude de l’impact du « shark-feeding » sur le déplacement des requins à pointes noires, Carcharhinus melanopterus, à Moorea . Rapport final. Rapport CRIOBE RA 161. 30pp.
Planes, S., Mourier, J., Buray, N., Juncker, M., Roberts, M., Clua, E., 2007. Etude des populations de requins en Polynésie française. 64p.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Mourier, J & S. Planes (2009). Movement and group structure in wild blackfin reef sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus, at Moorea, French Polynesia. 11th Pacific Science Inter-Congress,02-06 March 2009, Tahiti.
Mourier, J., N. Buray, E. Clua, S. Planes (2007). Ecology and behaviour of a sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) population at Moorea Island (French Polynesia). 11th Annual Science Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association. 23-26 November.
POSTERS
Buray, N., E. Clua, Mourier, J. & S. Planes. Population size, residence patterns and reproduction of a sicklefin lemon shark population (Negaprion brevirostris) visiting a shark-feeding location at Moorea Island, French Polynesia. 11th Pacific Science Inter-Congress,02-06 March 2009, Tahiti. (PDF)
TV & RADIO
-Documentary by Christian Petron about shark research in French Polynesia (to be distributed by Arte and National Geographic)
- RFO (Radio) 18/11/2009
- France Inter (French Radio): La tête au carré. 13/06/2008
PRESS & NEWSPAPERS
Telegraph: Animal pictures of the week: 02 October 2009
Les Nouvelles de Tahiti du 21/02/2009. Tigre : plus menacé que menaçant.
Beyond Blue Magasine Issue 1. Sharks of French Polynesia : Sneaking into the intimacy of reef sharks
Scuba Diver Australasia – Issue 4- 2008 Highligths: The hand that feeds (Shark feeding issue)
La Dépêche de Tahiti (22/04/2008): Pêché, mutilé, rejeté !
La Dépêche de Tahiti (11/02/2008): Un bébé requin mutilé.
