Publications and Presentations by Henry F. Mollet,
Research Affiliate Moss Landing Marine Labs & Volunteer Monterey Bay Aquarium
(listed chronologically)

Cailliet, G. M., H. F. Mollet, G. G. Pittenger, D. Bedford, and L. J. Natanson (1992). Growth and demography of the pacific angel shark (Squatina californica), based upon tag returns off California. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43: 1313-30. (Download PDF).

Van Dykhuizen, G. and Mollet H. F. (1992). Growth, age estimation, and feeding of captive sevengill sharks, Notorynchus cepedianus, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. In 'Sharks: Biology and Fisheries'. (Ed. J. G. Pepperell.) Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43, 297-318. (Download PDF).

Van Dykhuizen, G. and H. F. Mollet (1993). Preliminary food intake values and growth rates of first year captive sevengill, Notorynchus cepedianus, and sixgill, Hexanchus griseus, sharks. Program and Abstracts 1993 Annual Meeting ASIH, HL, AES, 27 May - 2 June 1993, The University of Texas at Austin TX, USA. Look for Abstract.

Mollet, H. F. and G. Van Dykhuizen (1995). Is the Von Bertalanffy growth function adequate to describe the growth of sevengill sharks, Notorynchus cepedianus? Program and Abstracts ASIH, AES Annual Meeting. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 15-19, 1995. Abstract #250.

Testi, A. D., H. F. Mollet*, and L. J. V. Compagno (1995). Refutation of identification of a lamnoid shark embryo by Sanzo (1912) as Carcharodon carcharias. Program and Abstracts Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, June 15 - 19, 1995, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada p. 192 (Abstract # 387).

O'Sullivan, J, H. Mollet*, and J. Welsh (1995). Morphometrics and preliminary feeding and growth data for the pelagic stingray, Dasyatis violacea. Program and Abstracts ASIH, AES Annual Meetings. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 15-19, 1995. Abstract #275.

Mollet, H., O'Sullivan, J., Welsch, J. (1996). Morphometrics, feeding, growth, litter data, and distribution of the pelagic stingray, Pteroplatytrygon violacea. More questions than answers? Program and Abstracts ASIH, AES Annual Meeting June 13-19, 1996. The University of New Orleans, Louisiana. Abstract.

Mollet, H. F. and Cailliet G. M. (1996). Using allometry to predict body mass from linear measurements of the white shark. In 'Great white Shark. The biology of Carcharodon carcharias'. (Eds. A. P. Klimley and D. G. Ainley.) Academic Press, San Diego CA USA. pp. 81-89. (Download pdf).

Mollet H. F., G. M. Cailliet, A. P. Klimley, D. A. Ebert, A. T. Testi & L. J. V. Compagno (1996). A review of length validation methods for large white sharks. In Great white shark. The Biology of Carcharodon carcharias. A. P. Klimley & D. G. Ainley eds. Academic Press, San Diego CA USA. pp 91-108. (Download PDF).

Mollet, H. F., Cailliet, G. M. (1997). (presented by GMC) Preliminary demographic analysis of the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus. Program and Abstract ASIH, AES Annual Meeting. University of Washington, Seattle WA, June 26 - July 1, 1997, 336 pp. Abstract.. PowerPoint presentation.

Mollet, H.F., Cliff, G., Pratt Jr. H.L., Stevens, J.D. (1997). Reproductive parameters of shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus. Program and Abstract ASIH, AES Annual Meeting. University of Washington, Seattle WA, June 26 - July 1, 1997, 336 pp. Abstract.. Look for PowerPoint presentation, probably was a slide show. In any case, this was later published in 2000 with some changes, see below.

Greenwald, S. A., Bourdon J. A, Mollet H. F. (1997). The recovery and analysis of teeth and dermal thorns from captive pelagic stingrays, Dasyatis (Pteroplatytrygon) violacea (Bonaparte, 1832). Poster with abstract in Program and Abstracts ASIH, AES Annual Meeting. University of Washington, Seattle WA, June 26 - July 1, 1997. 336 pp. Abstract. Need to get poster into electronic form or photograph it.

Mollet, H. F. , O'Sullivan J.B., Welsh J.B., Ezcurra J.M., S. Greenwald S.A. (1997). Preliminary captive biology of the pelagic stingray, Dasyatis (Pteroplatytrygon) violacea. Program and Abstracts ASIH, AES Annual Meeting. University of Washington, Seattle WA, June 26 - July 1, 1997. 336 pp. Abstract.

Van Dykhuizen, G., H. F. Mollet, and J. M. Ezcurra (1998). Homing behavior of a sevengill shark released from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. California Fish and Game 84: 180-181.

Bourdon J. A. and Mollet H. F. (1999). The dentition of the pelagic stingray, its design and function. Program Book and Abstracts. Joint Meeting of ASIH, AES, HL, SSAR. Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA. June 24-30, 1999. 256 pp.

Mollet H. F. (2000). Methodology for estimating length-at-maturity with application to elasmobranchs. Program Book and Abstracts. Joint Meeting of ASIH, AES, HL, SSAR. Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Ssur, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico. 400 pp. Abstract. Download PowerPoint.

Mollet, H. F., Cliff, G., Pratt, Jr., H. L. and Stevens, J. D. (2000). Reproductive biology of the female shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, with comments on the embryonic development of lamnoids. US National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin 98, 299-318. (Download PDF).

Mollet, H.F. and Cailliet, G.M. (2001). (presented by GMC). Demography of the female shortfin mako, Isusrus oxyrinchus, using Life Tables, Leslie Matrix, and stage-based models. 6th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Durban South Africa 20th-25th May 2001. Scientiific Programme and Book of Abstracts. Abstract on p. 44. PowerPoint Presentation.

Mollet, H.F., Ezcurra, J. M., O'Sullivan, J. B. (2001). Pteroplatytrygon (Dasyatis) violacea A Review. 6th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Durban South Africa 20th-25th May 2001. Scientific Programme and Book of Abstracts. Abstract on p. 44. PowerPoint Presentation.

Mollet, H. F., Testi, A. D., Compagno, L. J. V., Francis M. P. (2002). Re-identification of a lamnid shark embryo. Fishery Bulletin 100, 865-875. (Download PDF).

Mollet, H.F. and Cailliet G. M. (2002). Comparative Population Demography of Elasmobranchs using Life History Tables, Leslie Matrices, and Stage Based Matrix Models. Progream Book And Abstracts. Joint Meeting of ASIH, AES, HL, SSAR. Kansas City MO, USA. Download PDF.

Mollet, H. F. (2002). Distribution of the pelagic stingray, Dasyatis violacea (Bonaparte, 1832), off California, Central America, and worldwide. Marine and Freshwater Research 53, 525-530. (Download PDF).

Mollet, H. F. and Cailliet G. M. (2002). Comparative population demography of elasmobranchs using life history tables, Leslie matrices, and stage-based matrix models. Marine and Freshwater Research 53, 503-516. (Download PDF).

Mollet, H. F., Ezcurra J. M. and O'Sullivan J. B. (2002). Captive biology of the pelagic stingray, Dasyatis violacea (Bonaparte, 1832). Marine Freshwater Research 53: 531-541. (Download PDF).

Mollet, H.F. (2003). Comparison of elasticity patterns of elasmobranchs and mammals with review of vital parameters of lamnids. Program Book 2003 Joint Meerting of Ichthyologists and Herpertologists. The Tropical Hotel Conference Center in Manaus, Amazonos, Brazil. June 26-Juli 1. Abstract. PowerPoint Presentation.

Mollet, H. F. and Cailliet G. M. (2003). Reply to comments by Miller et al. (2003) on Mollet and Cailliet (2002): confronting models with data. Marine and Freshwater Research 54, 739-744. (Download PDF).

Benz G.W., Mollet H.F., Ebert D.A., Davis C.R., and Van Sommeran S.R. (2003). Five species of parasitic copepods (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) from the body surface of a white shark captured in Morro Bay, California. Pacific Science 57, 39-43.

Ebert, D.A., H.F. Mollet, A. Baldridge, T. Thomas, K. Forney, and W.E. Ripley (2004). Occurrence of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus Smith 1828, in California waters. Northwestern Naturalist 85(1), 20-22. (Download PDF).

Mollet, H.F. (2004, unpublished).
Elasticity Patterns for Mammals: Age at First Reproduction and Mean Age of Reproducing Females are the Determining Parameters. Submitted to AmNat (pdf). Corresponding summarizing html file.

Mollet, H.F. (2005,unpublished). Elasticity patterns for birds, mammals, turtles, and sharks: The importance of age at first reproduction, mean age of reproducing females, and survival in the discounted fertilities of the Leslie matrix. Submitted to MFR (pdf). Corresponding summarizing html file.

Mollet, H.F. (2005).
Elasticity patterns for birds, mammals, turtles, and sharks: The importance of age at first reproduction, mean age of reproducing females, and survival in the discounted fertilities of the Leslie matrix. Program Book, Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologist. Tampa, Florida, USA, 6-11 July 2005. Abstract. (Could not find abstract in Program Book and downloaded it from ASIH site in Feb 2010). Download PowerPoint.

Mollet, H.F. (2005). A review of age and growth, reproductive biology, and demography of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
Program Book, Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologist. Tampa, Florida, USA, 6-11 July 2005. Was AES Cailliet Age & Growth Symposim. Abstract. Download PowerPoint.

Natanson L. J., N. E. Kohler, D. Ardizzone, G. M. Cailliet, S. P. Wintner. H. F. Mollet (2006).
Validated age and growth estimates for the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Environ Biol Fish 77:367–383. DOI 10.1007/s10641-006-9127-z. (Download PDF).

Cailliet, G.M., W.D. Smith, H.F. Mollet, K.J. Goldman (2006). Age and growth studies of chondrichthyan fishes: the need for consistency in terminology, verification, validation, and growth function fitting. Environ Biol Fish 77:211–228. DOI 10.1007/s10641-006-9105-5. (Download PDF).

Bradshaw C. J. A., Mollet H. F., and Meekan M. G. (2007). Inferring population trends for the world’s largest fish from mark–recapture estimates of survival. Journal of Animal Ecology 76 (3), 480-489. (Download PDF).

Mollet, H.F. (2010). Deterministic elasticity patterns of age-structured animals. Program Booklet Sharks International Conference. 84 pp.
Rydges Espalande, Cairns, Queenslangd, Australia, 6-11 June 2010. Abstract on p. 57. PowerPoint Presentation. Take note of slide #17 which nicely demonstrates how as stage-based model (based on vital parameters of an age structured life history table or corresponding Leslie Matrix) distorts Abar and Ro (and transient dynamics). Also note typo, PAS, not PAC, short for Pacific Angel Shark.

Braccini, JM, VS Troynikov, TI Walker, HF Mollet (2010). Embracing growth heterogeneity of wild and captive broadnose sevengill sharks, Notorynchus cepedianus, at a global scale. Aquatic Biology 9, 131-139; doi:10.3354/ab00246. Download pdf.

Ezcurra, JM, Lowe CG, Mollet HF, Ferry LA, O’Sullivan JB (2012). Captive Feeding and Growth of Young-of-the-Year White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, at the Monterey Bay aquarium. Chapter 1 (pp 3-15) in 'Global perspectives on the biology and life history of the white shark'. Ed. Domeier ML. CRC Press, Tylor & Francis Group. Download pdf.

Ezcurra, JM, Lowe CG, Mollet HF, Ferry LA, O’Sullivan JB (2012). Oxygen Consumption rate of Young-of-the-Year White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, during transport to the Monterey Bay aquarium. Chapter 2 (pp 16-25) in 'Global perspectives on the biology and life history of the white shark'. Ed. Domeier ML. CRC Press, Tylor & Francis Group. Download pdf.

Heather M. C., Lin V., Tanaka S., Velikanov A., Mollet H.F., Wintner S.P., Fordham S.V., Fisk A.T., Hussey N.E. (2014). The Last Frontier: Catch Records of White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. PLoS ONE 9(4): e94407. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094407. (Download PDF).

Burgess GH, Bruce BD, Cailliet GM, Goldman KJ, Grubbs RD, Lowe CG, MacNeil MA, Mollet HF, Weng KC, O’Sullivan JB (2014). A Re-Evaluation of the Size of the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Population off California, USA. PLoS ONE 9(6): e98078. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098078. Press Releases.

Cailliet G, Goldman K., Mollet H. (2014). Using demographic analysis to assess the population size of shark species: a test using the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) sub-population off central California, USA. Download PowerPoint Presentation. URL of YouTube video is http://youtu.be/lFPt4_X1BXo .

Created Feb 2014, updated August 2014; Please send comments or corrections to Dr. Henry F. Mollet
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