5-Publications

Dr Johann MOURIER – PhD & Graduate engineer in Marine ressources

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS:

In prep:

Mourier J., N. Buray, J. Schultz, E. Clua & S. Planes (In prep.) Inbreeding in an insular shark population.

Submitted:

Mourier, J. (Submitted). Manta rays in the Marquesas Islands: first records of Manta birostris in French Polynesia and most easterly location of Manta alfredi in the Pacific, with notes on their biology and distribution. Journal of Fish Biology.

Mourier, J. & Planes, S. (Submitted). Genetic parentage analyses demonstrate that breeding female behaviour is driving connectivity in coastal reef sharks. Molecular Ecology.

Mourier, J., Mills, S.C. & Planes, S. (Submitted). Demographic and biological characteristics of blacktip reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus at Moorea, French Polynesia. Marine Biology.

Vignaud, T., J. Mourier, E. Clua & S. Planes (In Revision) Microsatellite analyses of reef shark populations in a fragmented environment drive new conservation strategies. PLoS ONE.

Published & in press:

Mourier J., J. Vercelloni & S. Planes (2012). Evidence of social communities in a spatially structured network of a free-ranging shark species. Animal Behaviour 83: 389-401.

Clua, E, N. Buray, P. Legendre, J. Mourier & S. Planes (2011) Business partner or simple catch? The economic value of the sicklefin lemon shark in French Polynesia. Marine and Freshwater research 62: 764-770. (PDF)

Clua E, Buray N, Legendre P, Mourier J, Planes S (2010) Effects of provisioning on shark behaviour: Reply to Brunnschweiler & McKenzie (2010). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 420:285-288

Clua E, Buray N, Legendre P, Mourier J, Planes S (2010) Behavioural response of sicklefin lemon sharks Negaprion acutidens to underwater feeding for ecotourism purposes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 414:257–266. (PDF)

Mills, S.C, J. Mourier & R. Galzin (2010) 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 77(3): 769-777.

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. (PDF)

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 & Planes S. 2010. Spatial and social dynamic in a population of blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at Moorea Island (French Polynesia). Sharks Internationnal. Cairns. Australia. June 2010

Clua E, Buray N, Mourier J, Planes S. 2010. Business partner or simple catch ? About the economic value of the sicklefin lemon shark in French Polynesia. Sharks Internationnal. Cairns. Australia. June 2010

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

-TV News RFO 19/05/2011 Grouper tagging program

-Spawning for survival: Documentary by Eric Clua & Christian Petron about massive spawning aggregations in French Polynesia (ZDF Entreprises, Arte)

-France television: L’île aux requins citron (Juillet 2011, France)

- TV documentary RFO 2009 (September 2010 on Tempo and FranceO)

- Advanture Ocean Quest: Shark Paradise of Polynesia _ Documentary by Christian Petron about shark research in French Polynesia (ZDF Entreprises, to be distributed by Arte and National Geographic December 2010)