Publications

2026

Hlavin, J. F., Saltzman, J. R., D’Alessandro, E. K., & Macdonald, C. C. (2026). A decision tree to guide precautionary and adaptive tiering in marine nursery identification and management. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13, 1812999. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1812999 

Saltzman, J., Yeager, E., Hlavin, J., Fuentes, M., Krumholtz, M., Kynoch, C., Putillo, A., Schweizer, K., Ventura, R., & Macdonald, C. (2026). Charting the course for management: a global analysis of impacts of vessels on marine megafauna. NPJ Ocean Sustainability, 5, 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00182-5 

Hlavin, J. F., Yeager, E. A., Martin, C. E., Will, C. J., Perni, N., Pankow, C., & Macdonald, C. C. (2026). Is the seagrass greener on the other side? Faster growth in Biscayne Bay, Florida’s nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) compared to neighboring conspecifics of Bimini, The Bahamas. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 109, 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-025-01784-7 

Saltzman, J. R., Hlavin, J. F., Martin, C. E., Yeager, E. A., & Macdonald, C. C. (2026). Behavioral evidence of predator–predator commensalism: Cobia track and feed on prey disturbed by southern stingrays. Ethology, 132: 225–234. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.70044 

2025

Hlavin, J. F., & Macdonald, C. C. (2025). Nursery resource-use dynamics in great hammerheads (Sphyrna mokarran) across ontogeny. Ecology and Evolution, 15(6), e71473. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71473