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ManagementIan Bouyoucos
PhD candidate
M.Sc., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016 | B.Sc., University of Michigan, 2012
James Cook University & École Pratique des Hautes Études
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
PhD candidate
M.Sc., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016 | B.Sc., University of Michigan, 2012
James Cook University & École Pratique des Hautes Études
Click here for my full curriculum vitae (May 2018)
Personal Profiles:
Website: ianbouyoucos.wordpress.com
Publications & Reviews: ORCID, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Publons
Research Interests:
I am a PhD candidate investigating the ecological energetics of climate change for tropical sharks. In other words, I am interested in understanding how and why climate change might affect how sharks perform tasks related to survival and reproduction in environments that are already quite hot. My previous research into the ecological physiology of fishes has focused on understanding the energetic costs, physiological stress, and behavioral responses of sharks to capture, including the implementation of bycatch reduction devices. Broadly, I am interested in the conservation and ecophysiology of fishes. I am supervised by Associate Professor Jodie Rummer, Professor Colin Simpfendorfer, and Dr Serge Planes through a co-tutelle agreement between James Cook University and École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Project Title and Description:
Thesis title: A challenging environment in a changing world for juvenile sharks: ecological energetics of climate change with implications toward conservation
Selected Publications:
Schwieterman, G.D., Bouyoucos, I.A., Potgieter, K., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Brill, R.W., & Rummer, J.L. (2019). Analyzing tropical elasmobranch blood samples in the field: Blood stability during storage and validation of the HemoCue® haemoglobin analyzer. Conservation Physiology, 7, coz081.
Weideli, O.C., Bouyoucos, I.A., Papastamatiou, Y.P., Mescam, G., Rummer, J.L., & Planes, S. (2019). Same species, different prerequisites: investigating body condition and foraging success in young reef sharks between an atoll and an island system. Scientific Reports, 9, 13447.
Bouyoucos, I.A., Simpfendorfer, C.A., & Rummer, J.L. (2019). Estimating oxygen uptake rates to understand stress in sharks and rays. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 29, 297-311.
Bouyoucos, I.A., Weideli, O.C., Planes, S., Simpfendorfer, C.A., & Rummer, J.L. (2018). Dead tired: evaluating the physiological status and survival of neonatal reef sharks under stress. Conservation Physiology, 6, coy053.
Talwar, B., Bouyoucos, I.A., Shipley, O., Rummer, J.L., Mandelman, J.W., Brooks, E.J., & Grubbs, R.D. (2017). Validation of a portable, waterproof blood pH analyzer for elasmobranchs. Conservation Physiology, 5, cox012.
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au