Time coverage: 1969 to December 2024, actively gathering: 2025
Article Id Title Authors Year Journal Type FAO Area Country Water Body Latitude Longitude Array Extent Tracking Type Array Resolution AT Network Species Common Name Family Name Life Stage Total Tagged Min Length (cm) Max Length (cm) Mean Length (cm) Acoustic Tag Sensor Search Group IUCN Status Great Lakes DOI
2922 Current Methods and Best Practice Recommendations for Skate and Ray (Batoidea) Research: Capture, Handling, Anaesthesia, Euthanasia, and Tag Attachment Orrell, D. L. ; Andrzejaczek, S. ; Armstrong, A. O. ; Martins, A. P. b. ; Branco, I. ; Charvet, P. ; Chin, A. ; Elston, C. ; Espinoza, M. ; Greenway, E. S. i. ; Phillips, S. R. m. ; Mickle, M. F. ; Murray, T. S. ; Silva, J. F. ; Thorburn, J. ; Wosnick, N. . 2025 Reviews In Fish Biology And Fisheries Review paper None None None None None None None 10.1007/s11160-024-09918-3
2987 Evidence of Shifts in Habitat Use of Two Snappers (Lutjanidae) in a Tropical Estuarine Bay Subjected to Seasonal Upwelling Vargas-araya, L. ; Matley, J. K. ; Fisk, A. T. ; Espinoza, M. . 2025 Marine Ecology Progress Series Ecology Pacific, Eastern Central Costa Rica Marine 10.920921 -85.799976 Small-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Lutjanus colorado Colorado snapper Lutjanidae adult 14 28 48 35 No No Fish No 10.3354/meps14758
2987 Evidence of Shifts in Habitat Use of Two Snappers (Lutjanidae) in a Tropical Estuarine Bay Subjected to Seasonal Upwelling Vargas-araya, L. ; Matley, J. K. ; Fisk, A. T. ; Espinoza, M. . 2025 Marine Ecology Progress Series Ecology Pacific, Eastern Central Costa Rica Marine 10.920921 -85.799976 Small-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Lutjanus novemfasciatus Pacific dog snapper Lutjanidae juvenile 16 22 49 35 No No Fish No 10.3354/meps14758
2890 Pacific Nurse Sharks Ginglymostoma Unami Exhibit Yearly Patterns of Site Fidelity to a Tropical Embayment Subjected to Seasonal Upwelling Madrigal-mora, S. ; Lowe, C. G. ; Clark, C. M. ; Espinoza, M. . 2024 Marine Ecology Progress Series Ecology Pacific, Eastern Central Costa Rica Marine 10.921834 -85.803086 Small-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Ginglymostoma unami Pacific nurse shark Ginglymostomatidae None 28 85 256 180 No Sharks-Rays No 10.3354/meps14733
2770 Diurnal and Semidiurnal Movements of Two Commercially Important Fish in a Tropical Bay Tisseaux-navarro, A. ; Juarez, B. ; Vargas-hernandez, J. M. ; Salazar-ceciliano, J. P. ; Cambronero-solano, S. ; De alegria-arzaburu, A. R. ; Vargas-araya, L. ; Matley, J. K. ; Fisk, A. T. ; Espinoza, M. . 2024 Marine Biology Ecology Pacific, Eastern Central Costa Rica Marine 10.920923 -85.799973 Small-Scale Stationary Broad-scale OTN MIGRAMAR Lutjanus colorado Colorado snapper Lutjanidae juvenile; adult 16 28 44 33 No No Fish No 10.1007/s00227-024-04493-4
2770 Diurnal and Semidiurnal Movements of Two Commercially Important Fish in a Tropical Bay Tisseaux-navarro, A. ; Juarez, B. ; Vargas-hernandez, J. M. ; Salazar-ceciliano, J. P. ; Cambronero-solano, S. ; De alegria-arzaburu, A. R. ; Vargas-araya, L. ; Matley, J. K. ; Fisk, A. T. ; Espinoza, M. . 2024 Marine Biology Ecology Pacific, Eastern Central Costa Rica Marine 10.920923 -85.799973 Small-Scale Stationary Broad-scale OTN MIGRAMAR Lutjanus novemfasciatus Pacific dog snapper Lutjanidae juvenile 14 22 49 34 No No Fish No 10.1007/s00227-024-04493-4
2673 Long-Distance Dispersal of the Endangered Pacific Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma Unami, Orectolobiformes) in Costa Rica Revealed Through Acoustic Telemetry Madrigal-mora, S. ; Chavez, E. J. ; Arauz, R. ; Lowe, C. G. ; Espinoza, M. . 2024 Marine And Freshwater Research Ecology Pacific, Eastern Central Costa Rica Marine 10.985542 -85.897598 Small-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Ginglymostoma unami Pacific nurse shark Ginglymostomatidae None 13 None None None No Sharks-Rays No 10.1071/mf23162
2547 Scaling of Activity Space in Marine Organisms Across Latitudinal Gradients Lowry, M. B. ; Norman, B. M. ; Harcourt, R. G. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Babcock, R. C. ; Semmens, J. M. ; Huveneers, C. ; Taylor, M. D. ; Campbell, H. A. ; Barnett, A. ; Bruce, B. D. ; Payne, N. L. ; Espinoza, M. ; Meekan, M. G. ; Speed, C. W. ; Mcgregor, F. ; Rogers, P. J. ; Dwyer, R. G. ; Van der meulen, D. E. ; Butcher, P. A. ; Dudgeon, C. L. ; Knott, N. A. ; Ferreira, L. C. ; Udyawer, V. ; Pillans, R. D. ; Currey-randall, L. M. ; Peddemors, V. M. ; Ledee, E. J. i. ; Harasti, D. ; Smoothey, A. F. ; Matley, J. K. ; Mcallister, J. D. ; Hoenner, X. ; Brown, C. ; Mcauley, R. B. ; Fowler, A. J. ; Lloyd, M. T. ; Buscot, M. J. ; Brodie, S. ; Jaine, F. R. a. ; Couturier, L. I. e. ; Cadiou, G. ; Drew, M. ; Reina, R. D. ; Lee, K. ; Harborne, A. R. ; Mills, K. ; Armstrong, A. . ; Marzullo, T. ; Oh, B. ; Piddocke, T. . 2023 American Naturalist Review paper None None None None None None None 10.1086/723405
2371 Habitat-Specific Performance of High-Frequency Acoustic Telemetry Tags in a Tropical Marine Environment Matley, J. K. ; Vargas-araya, L. ; Fisk, A. T. ; Espinoza, M. . 2022 Marine And Freshwater Research Range testing Pacific, Eastern Central Costa Rica Marine 10.943056 -85.804444 Small-Scale None No 10.1071/mf21042
2135 Continental-Scale Acoustic Telemetry and Network Analysis Reveal New Insights Into Stock Structure Lowry, M. B. ; Harcourt, R. G. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Babcock, R. C. ; Semmens, J. M. ; Huveneers, C. ; Taylor, M. D. ; Campbell, H. A. ; Barnett, A. ; Espinoza, M. ; Meekan, M. G. ; Speed, C. W. ; Dwyer, R. G. ; Van der meulen, D. E. ; Butcher, P. A. ; Knott, N. A. ; Ferreira, L. C. ; Stehfest, K. M. ; Udyawer, V. ; Pillans, R. D. ; Peddemors, V. M. ; Braccini, M. ; Ledee, E. J. i. ; Smoothey, A. F. ; Mcallister, J. D. ; Hoenner, X. ; Fetterplace, L. C. ; Mcauley, R. B. ; Fowler, A. J. ; Brodie, S. ; Jaine, F. R. a. ; Cadiou, G. ; Harborne, A. R. ; Mills, K. . 2021 Fish And Fisheries Review paper None None None None None None No 10.1111/faf.12565
2074 Intra-Specific Variation in Movement and Habitat Connectivity of a Mobile Predator Revealed by Acoustic Telemetry and Network Analyses Espinoza, M. ; Ledee, E. J. i. ; Smoothey, A. F. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Peddemors, V. M. ; Tobin, A. J. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A.. 2021 Marine Biology Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -18.701139 147.110447 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale IMOS Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark Carcharhinidae juvenile; adult 73 150 314 230 No Sharks-Rays ; No 10.1007/s00227-021-03886-z
1912 Shipping Alters the Movement and Behavior of Arctic Cod (Boreogadus Saida), a Keystone Fish in Arctic Marine Ecosystems Ivanova, S. V. ; Kessel, S. T. ; Espinoza, M. ; Mclean, M. F. ; O'neill, C. V. ; Landry, J. J. ; Hussey, N. E. ; Williams, R. ; Vagle, S. ; Fisk, A. T.. 2020 Ecological Applications Ecology Arctic Sea Canada Marine 74.6773 -94.8297 Small-Scale Stationary Fine-scale OTN Boreogadus saida Arctic cod Gadidae None 85 15 27 19 No Fish No 10.1002/eap.2050
1938 Estimating Marine Protected Area Network Benefits for Reef Sharks Martin, G. ; Espinoza, M. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A.. 2020 Journal Of Applied Ecology Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -23.440133 151.914472 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Carcharhinus albimarginatus Silvertip shark Carcharhinidae None 27 None None None Pressure Pressure Pressure Sharks-Rays No 10.1111/1365-2664.13706
1938 Estimating Marine Protected Area Network Benefits for Reef Sharks Martin, G. ; Espinoza, M. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A.. 2020 Journal Of Applied Ecology Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -23.440133 151.914472 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Grey shark; Grey reef sharks; Grey reef shark; Gray reef shark Carcharhinidae None 40 None None None Pressure Pressure Pressure Sharks-Rays No 10.1111/1365-2664.13706
1938 Estimating Marine Protected Area Network Benefits for Reef Sharks Martin, G. ; Espinoza, M. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A.. 2020 Journal Of Applied Ecology Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -23.440133 151.914472 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark Carcharhinidae None 33 None None None Pressure Pressure Pressure Sharks-Rays ; No 10.1111/1365-2664.13706
1741 Reef Shark Science - Key Questions and Future Directions Heupel, M. R. ; Papastamatiou, Y. P. ; Espinoza, M. ; Green, M. E. . ; Simpfendorfer, C. A.. 2019 Frontiers In Marine Science Review paper None None None None None None No 10.3389/fmars.2019.00012
1566 Impact of Vessel Traffic on the Home Ranges and Movement of Shorthorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus Scorpius) in the Nearshore Environment of the High Arctic Ivanova, S. V. ; Kessel, S. T. ; Landry, J. J. ; O'neill, C. V. ; Mclean, M. F. ; Espinoza, M. ; Vagle, S. ; Hussey, N. E. ; Fisk, A. T.. 2018 Canadian Journal Of Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences Ecology Arctic Sea Canada Freshwater Marine 74.685362 -94.862073 Small-Scale Stationary Fine-scale OTN Myoxocephalus scorpius Shorthorn sculpin Cottidae adult 60 None None 26 No Fish No 10.1139/cjfas-2017-0418
1270 Evidence of Partial Migration in a Large Coastal Predator: Opportunistic Foraging and Reproduction as Key Drivers? Espinoza, M. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Tobin, A. J. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A.. 2016 Plos One Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -18.68947 147.104952 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale IMOS Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark Carcharhinidae adult 33 150 269 201 Pressure Sharks-Rays ; No 10.1371/journal.pone.0147608
1134 Residency Patterns and Movements of Grey Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus Amblyrhynchos) in Semi-Isolated Coral Reef Habitats Espinoza, M. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Tobin, A. J. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A.. 2015 Marine Biology Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -18.624666 147.29287 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Grey shark; Grey reef sharks; Grey reef shark; Gray reef shark Carcharhinidae juvenile; adult 40 51 142 103 Pressure Sharks-Rays No 10.1007/s00227-014-2572-x
1159 Conservation Challenges of Sharks With Continental Scale Migrations Heupel, M. R. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A. ; Espinoza, M. ; Smoothey, A. F. ; Tobin, A. J. ; Peddemors, V. M.. 2015 Frontiers In Marine Science Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -24.119622 152.702356 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark Carcharhinidae juvenile; adult 114 80 322 221 No Sharks-Rays ; No 10.3389/fmars.2015.00012
1136 Contrasting Movements and Connectivity of Reef-Associated Sharks Using Acoustic Telemetry: Implications for Management Espinoza, M. ; Ledee, E. J. i. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A. ; Tobin, A. J. ; Heupel, M. R.. 2015 Ecological Applications Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -18.624666 147.29287 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale IMOS Carcharhinus albimarginatus Silvertip shark Carcharhinidae juvenile; adult 24 72 182 127 Pressure Pressure Pressure Sharks-Rays No 10.1890/14-2293.1
1136 Contrasting Movements and Connectivity of Reef-Associated Sharks Using Acoustic Telemetry: Implications for Management Espinoza, M. ; Ledee, E. J. i. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A. ; Tobin, A. J. ; Heupel, M. R.. 2015 Ecological Applications Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -18.624666 147.29287 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale IMOS Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Grey shark; Grey reef sharks; Grey reef shark; Gray reef shark Carcharhinidae juvenile; adult 36 59 142 100 Pressure Pressure Pressure Sharks-Rays No 10.1890/14-2293.1
1136 Contrasting Movements and Connectivity of Reef-Associated Sharks Using Acoustic Telemetry: Implications for Management Espinoza, M. ; Ledee, E. J. i. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A. ; Tobin, A. J. ; Heupel, M. R.. 2015 Ecological Applications Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -18.624666 147.29287 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale IMOS Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark Carcharhinidae adult 33 150 269 209 Pressure Pressure Pressure Sharks-Rays ; No 10.1890/14-2293.1
1135 Movement Patterns of Silvertip Sharks (Carcharhinus Albimarginatus) on Coral Reefs Espinoza, M. ; Heupel, M. R. ; Tobin, A. J. ; Simpfendorfer, C. A.. 2015 Coral Reefs Ecology Pacific, Western Central Australia Marine -18.624666 147.29287 Large-Scale Stationary Broad-scale NO Carcharhinus albimarginatus Silvertip shark Carcharhinidae juvenile; adult 27 69 182 117 Pressure Sharks-Rays No 10.1007/s00338-015-1312-0
627 Habitat Use, Movements and Site Fidelity of the Gray Smooth-Hound Shark (Mustelus Californicus Gill 1863) in a Newly Restored Southern California Estuary Espinoza, M. ; Farrugia, T. J. ; Lowe, C. G.. 2011 Journal Of Experimental Marine Biology And Ecology Ecology Pacific, Eastern Central USA Freshwater Marine 33.696243 -118.038153 Small-Scale Stationary Fine-scale NO Mustelus californicus Grey smooth-hound shark; Grey smoothounds Triakidae juvenile; adult 22 60 101 68 No Sharks-Rays No 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.03.001
630 Abundance, Habitat Use and Movement Patterns of the Shovelnose Guitarfish (Rhinobatos Productus) in a Restored Southern California Estuary Farrugia, T. J. ; Espinoza, M. ; Lowe, C. G.. 2011 Marine And Freshwater Research Ecology Pacific, Eastern Central USA Freshwater Marine 33.696243 -118.038153 Small-Scale Stationary Fine-scale NO Pseudobatos productus Shovelnose guitarfish Rhinobatidae juvenile; adult 23 63 99 77 No Sharks-Rays No 10.1071/mf10173
628 Testing a New Acoustic Telemetry Technique to Quantify Long-Term, Fine-Scale Movements of Aquatic Animals Espinoza, M. ; Farrugia, T. J. ; Webber, D. M. ; Smith, F. I. . ; Lowe, C. G.. 2011 Fisheries Research Technology None None None None None None None 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.011