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Graduate Theses
Kempster RM (2007) Distribution of ampullary pores in elasmobranchs in relation to feeding ecology and phylogeny with specific reference to Mustelus asterias and Mustelus mustelus. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Bangor, Wales, UK.
Book Chapters
Collin SP, Yopak K and
Kempster RM (2015) Sensing the
environment. In Physiology of
elasmobranch fishes Volume 34. (Eds. Shadwick RE, Farrell AP and Brauner
CJ). Elsevier, Inc.
Kempster RM and Collin SP
(2014) Iconic Species: Great White Sharks, Basking Sharks and Whale Sharks.
In
Sharks: Conservation, Governance and Management.
(Eds. N Klein and E Techera). Earthscan (Routledge, Taylor & Francis).
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Rowley A, Locatello L, Kahrl A, Rego M, Boussard A, Garza-Gisholt E, Kempster RM, Collin SP, Giacomello E, Follesa MC, Porcu C, Evans JP, Hazin F, Garcia-Gonzalez F, Daly-Engel TS, Mazzoldi C and Fitzpatrick JL (2019) Sexual selection and the evolution of sperm morphology in sharks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32(10): 1027-1035.
Chapuis C, Collin SP, Yopak KE, McCauley RD,
Kempster RM, Ryan LA, Schmidt C, Kerr CC, Gennari E, Egeberg CA and
Hart
Egeberg CA, Kempster RM, Hart NS, Ryan
L, Chapuis L, Schmidt C, Kerr CC, Gennari E, Yopak KE and Collin
Rowley A, Locatello L, Kahrl A, Rego M, Boussard A, Garza-Gisholt E, Kempster RM, Collin SP, Giacomello E, Follesa MC, Porcu C, Evans JP, Hazin F, Garcia-Gonzalez F, Daly-Engel TS, Mazzoldi C and Fitzpatrick JL (2018) Patterns of selection on sperm flagellum length in sharks and rays. Evolution of Reproductive Traits in Sharks and Rays 145.
Ryan LA, Chapuis L, Hemmi JH, Collin SP, McCauley RD, Yopak KE, Gennari E, Huveneers C, Kempster RM, Kerr CC, Schmidt C, Egeberg CA and Hart NS(2018) Effects of auditory and visual stimuli on shark feeding behaviour: the disco effect. Marine Biology 165: 1-16
Kempster RM,
Egeberg CA, Hart NS, Ryan L, Chapuis L, Kerr CC, Schmidt C, Huveneers C,
Gennari E, Yopak KE and Collin SP (2016) How close is too close? The effect
of a non-lethal electric shark deterrent on white shark behaviour.
PLoS One.
Garza-Gisholt E, Kempster RM,
Hart NS and Collin SP (2015) Visual specializations in five sympatric
species of stingrays from the family Dasyatidae.
Brain, Behavior and Evolution 85
(4): 217-232.
Kempster RM,
Egeberg CA, Hart NS, and Collin SP (2015) Electrosensory-driven feeding
behaviour of the Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus
portusjacksoni) and Western shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema
vincentiana).
Marine and Freshwater Research
67(2): 187-194.
Schifiliti M, McLean DL, Langlois T, Birt M, Barnes P,
Kempster RM (2014) Are
depredation rates by reef sharks influenced by fisher behaviour?
PeerJ PrePrints 2:e708v1
Egeberg CA,
Kempster RM, Theiss SM, Hart NS
and Collin SP (2014) The distribution and abundance of electrosensory pores
in benthic sharks: a comparison of wobbegong (Orectolobus
maculatus) and angel (Squatina
australis) sharks.
Marine and Freshwater Research 65
(11): 1003-1008.
Camilieri-Asch V, Kempster RM,
Collin SP, Johnstone R, Theiss SM (2013) A comparison of the electrosensory
morphology of a euryhaline and a marine stingray.
Zoology 116 (5): 270-276.
Kempster RM,
Garza-Gisholt E, Egeberg CA, Hart NS, O’Shea OR, Collin SP (2013) Sexual
dimorphism of the electrosensory system: a quantitative analysis of nerve
axons in the dorsal anterior lateral line nerve of the blue spotted fantail
stingray (Taeniura lymma).
Brain, Behavior and Evolution 81
(4): 226-235.
O'Shea
OR, Thums M, van Keulen M, Kempster
RM, Meekan MG (2013) Dietary partitioning by five sympatric species of
stingray (Dasyatidae) on coral reefs.
Journal of Fish Biology 82 (6): 1805-1820.
Kempster RM,
Hart NS, Collin SP (2013) Survival of the Stillest: Predator Avoidance in
Shark Embryos. PLoS ONE 8:
e52551.
Kempster RM,
Hunt DM, Human BA, Egeberg CA, Collin SP (2013) First record of the mandarin
dogfish Cirrhigaleus barbifer (Chondrichthyes:
Squalidae) from Western Australia.
Marine Biodiversity Records 6: e25.
Kempster RM,
McCarthy ID, Collin SP (2012) Phylogenetic and ecological factors
influencing the number and distribution of electroreceptors in elasmobranchs.
Journal of Fish Biology
Special Issue: The
Current Status of Elasmobranchs: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation
80: 2055-2088.
Fitzpatrick JL, Kempster RM,
Daly-Engel TS, Collin SP, Evans JP (2012) Assessing the potential for post-copulatory
sexual selection in elasmobranchs.
Journal of Fish Biology
Special Issue: The Current Status of Elasmobranchs:
Biology, Fisheries and Conservation 80 (5):
1141-1158.
Kempster RM,
Collin SP (2011) Electrosensory pore distribution and feeding in the basking
shark Cetorhinus maximus (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae).
Aquatic Biology 12: 33-36.
Kempster RM,
Collin SP (2011) Electrosensory pore distribution and feeding in the
megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae).
Aquatic Biology 11: 225-228.