Prohaska BK, Marshall H, Grubbs RD, Lear K, Frazier BS, Morris JJ, Andres A, Hueter RE, Keller BA, NM Whitney. 2025. Stress physiology of scalloped and great hammerhead sharks from a bottom longline fishery. Conservation Physiology. 13(1): coaf015. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf015.

Lear KO, Estrabeau C, Morgan DL, NM Whitney, Gleiss AC, Bignell C, Pillans RD, Bateman RL. 2024. The secret lives of wedgefish: first insights into fine-scale behaviour and movement ecology of a globally imperiled ray. Marine Biology. 171:180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04500-8.

Curtis TH, Robinson J, Pratt HL Jr, Skomal GB, NM Whitney. 2024. Novel pre-copulatory behavior in basking sharks observed by drone. Journal of Fish Biology. 105(4):1333–1337. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15858.

Kneebone J, White CF, Collatos C, NM Whitney. 2024. High survivorship of sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) following catch and release in a growing land-based fishery in Massachusetts. Fisheries Research. 122:1–12.

Gibson Banks K, Steich MK, Drymon JM, Scyphers SB, Mohan JA, Wells RJJ, Binstock AL, Richards TM, White CF, NM Whitney, Stunz GW. 2023. Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation-based changes in angler behavior. Conservation Science and Practice. e130001.

Binstock AL, Richards TM, Wells RJD, Drymon JM, Gibson-Banks K, Streich MK, Stunz GW, White CF, NM Whitney, Mohan JA. 2023. Variable post-release mortality in common shark species captured in Texas shore-based recreational fisheries. PLoS ONE. 18(2):e0281441.

White CF, Pratt HLP Jr, Pratt TC, NM Whitney. 2022. Interspecific foraging association of a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) with bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Animal Biotelemetry. 10:35.

Pratt HLP Jr, Pratt TC, Knotek RJ, Carrier JC, NM Whitney. 2022. Long-term use of a shark breeding ground: Three decades of mating site fidelity in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. PLoS ONE. 17(10):e0275323.

Knotek RJ, Frazier BS, Daly-Engel TS, White CF, Barry SN, Cave EJ, NM Whitney. 2022. Post-release mortality, recovery, and stress physiology of blacknose sharks, Carcharhinus acronotus, in the Southeast U.S. recreational shark fishery. Fisheries Research. 254:1–15.

Whitney NM, Lear KO, Morris JJ, Hueter RE, Carlson JK, Marshall HM. 2021. Connecting post-release mortality to the physiological stress response of large coastal sharks in a commercial longline fishery. PLoS ONE. 16(9):e0255673.

Lear KO, NM Whitney, Morris JJ, Gleiss AC. 2021. Temporal niche partitioning as a novel mechanism promoting co-existence of sympatric predators in marine systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 288:20210816.

Byrnes EE, Lear KO, Brewster LR, NM Whitney, Smukall MJ, Armstrong NJ, Gleiss AC. 2021. Accounting for body mass effects in the estimation of field metabolic rates from body acceleration. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(7):jeb233544.

Whitney NM, White CF, Smith BJ, Cherkiss MS, Mazzotti FJ, Hart KM. 2021. Accelerometry to study fine-scale activity of Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in the wild. Animal Biotelemetry. 9:2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-020-00227-7.

Bouyoucos IA, Watson SA, Planes S, Simpfendorfer CA, Schwieterman GD, NM Whitney, Rummer JL. 2020. The power struggle: Assessing interacting global change stressors via experimental studies on sharks. Scientific Reports. 10:19887.

Weber DN, Frazier BS, NM Whitney, Gelsleichter J, Sancho G. 2020. Stress response and post-release mortality of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) captured in shore-based and charter boat-based recreational fisheries. Fishery Bulletin. 118(3):297–314.

Lear KO, Morgan DL, Whitty JM, NM Whitney, Byrnes EE, Beatty SJ, Gleiss AC. 2020. Divergent field metabolic rates highlight the challenges of increasing temperatures and energy limitation in aquatic ectotherms. Oecologia. 193:311–323.

Lear KO, Poulakis GS, Sharer RM, Gleiss AC, NM Whitney. 2019. Fine-scale behavior and habitat use in the critically endangered smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata): insights from accelerometry. Fishery Bulletin. 117(4):348–359.

Lear KO, NM Whitney, Morgan DL, Brewster LR, Whitty JM, Poulakis GR, Scharer RM, Guttridge TL, Gleiss AC. 2019. Thermal performance responses in free-ranging elasmobranchs depend on habitat use and body size. Oecologia. 191:829–842.

Hounslow JL, Brewster LR, Lear KO, Guttridge TL, Daly R, Elliott M, NM Whitney, Gleiss AC. 2019. Assessing the effects of sampling frequency on behavioural classification of accelerometer data. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 165:62.

Lear KO, NM Whitney, Brewster LR, Gleiss AC. 2019. Treading water: respirometer choice may hamper comparative studies of energetics in fishes. Marine and Freshwater Research. 70:437–448. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18182.

Pratt HLP Jr, Pratt TC, Morley D, Lowerre-Barbieri S, Collins A, Carrier JC, Hart KM, NM Whitney. 2018. Partial migration of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 101:515–530.

Lear KO, Gleiss AC, NM Whitney. 2018. Metabolic rates and the energetic cost of external tag attachment in juvenile blacktip sharks Carcharhinus limbatus. Journal of Fish Biology. 93:391–395.

Whitney NM, Lear KO, Gleiss AC, Payne N, White CF. 2018. Advances in the application of high-resolution biologgers to elasmobranch fishes. In: Carrier JC, Heithaus MR, Simpfendorfer CA (eds.). Shark Research: Emerging Technologies and Applications for the Study of Shark Biology. CRC Press.

Whitney NM, White CF, Anderson P, Hueter RE, Skomal GB. 2017. The physiological stress response, post-release behavior, and mortality of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) caught on circle and J-hooks in the Florida recreational fishery. Fishery Bulletin. 115:532–543.

Lear KO, NM Whitney, Brewster LR, Morris JJ, Hueter RE, Gleiss AC. 2017. Correlations of metabolic rate and body acceleration in three species of coastal sharks under contrasting temperature regimes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220:397–407.

Hart KM, White CF, Iverson AR, and NM Whitney. 2016. Trading shallow safety for deep sleep: juvenile green turtles select deeper resting sites as they grow. Endangered Species Research. 31:61-73.

Whitney NM, Taquet M, Brill R, Girard C, Schweiterman GD, Dagorn L, and KN Holland. 2016. Swimming depth of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) associated and unassociated with fish aggregating devices. U.S. Fishery Bulletin. 114 (4): 426-434.

Whitney NM, White CF, Gleiss AC, Schwieterman GD, Anderson P, Hueter RE, and GB Skomal. 2016. A novel method for determining post-release mortality, behavior, and recovery period using acceleration data loggers. Fisheries Research. 183: 210-221.

Lear KO, and NM Whitney. 2016. Bringing data to the surface: Utilizing data loggers for large sample sizes from marine vertebrates. Animal Biotelemetry. (2016) 4:12. DOI 10.1186/s40317-016-0105-8

Selko KA, Gaggiotti OE, Treml EA, Wren JLK, Donovan MK, Hawai’i Reef Connectivity Consortium (including NM Whitney), and RJ Toonen. 2016. The DNA of coral reef biodiversity: predicting and protecting genetic diversity of reef assemblages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 283: 20160354.

Whitney NM, Lear KO, Gaskins LC*, and AC Gleiss. 2016. The effects of temperature and swimming speed on the metabolic rate of the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum, Bonaterre). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 477: 40-46.

Whitmore B*, White CF, Gleiss AC, and NM Whitney. 2016. A float-release package for recovering data-loggers from wild sharks. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 475: 49-53.

Gardiner J, Whitney NM, and RE Hueter. 2015. Smells like home: The role olfactory cues in the homing behavior of blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus. Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Whitney NM, Papastamatiou YP, and AC Gleiss. 2012. Chapter 9 Integrative multi-sensor tagging of elasmobranchs: emerging techniques to quantify behavior, physiology, and ecology. In: Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives Vol 2. Ed. Carrier JC, Heithaus MR, and JA Musick. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. pp. 265-290.

Whitney NM, Robbins WD, Schultz JK, Bowen BW, and KN Holland. 2012. Phylogeography of the whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus): oceanic dispersal in a sedentary reef predator. Journal of Biogeography. 39: 114-1156. (with cover)

Whitney NM, Pyle RL, Holland KN, and JT Barcz*. 2012. Movements, reproductive seasonality, and fisheries interactions in the whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) from community-contributed photographs. Environmental Biology of Fishes 93: 121-136.

Fossette S, Gleiss AC, Myers AE, Bartlett PW, Doughty H, Garner S, Liebsch N, Whitney NM, Lutcavage ME, Wilson RP, and GC Hays. 2010. Diving strategy and buoyancy regulation in the deepest diving reptile: the leatherback turtle. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 4074-83.

Whitney NM, Pratt HL, Pratt TC, and JC Carrier. 2010. Identifying shark mating behavior using three-dimensional acceleration loggers. Endangered Species Research 10: 71-82.

Meyer CG, Dale JJ, Papastamatiou YP, Whitney NM, and KN Holland. 2009. Seasonal cycles and long-term trends in abundance and species-composition of sharks associated with cage diving ecotourism activities in Hawaii. Environmental Conservation 36: 104-111.

Meyer CG, Clark TB, Papastamatiou YP, Whitney NM, and KN Holland. 2009. Long-term movement patterns of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaii. Marine Ecology Progress Series 381: 223-235.

Whitney NM, Motta PJ. 2008. Cleaner host posing behavior of whitetip reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) in a swarm of hyperiid amphipods. Coral Reefs 27: 363.

Whitney NM, Papastamatiou YP, Holland KN, Lowe CG. 2008. Use of an acceleration data logger to measure diel activity patterns in captive whitetip reef sharks, Triaenodon obesus. Aquatic Living Resources 20: 299-305.

Whitney NM, and GC Crow. 2007. Reproductive biology of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaii. Marine Biology 151: 63-70.

Whitney NM, Pratt HL, and JC Carrier. 2004. Group courtship, mating behaviour, and siphon sac function in the whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus. Animal Behaviour 68: 1435-1442.