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Elston, C. & Murray, T.S. & Rogers, T. & Parkinson, M.C. & Mann, B.Q. & Daly, R. & Filmalter, J.D. & Cowley, P.D. (2025)
Diamond Gymnura natalensis and duckbill Aetomylaeus bovinus rays undertake nationwide coastal migrations. Journal of Fish Biology, 106(5), 1344–1359
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Murray, T.S. & Elston, C. & Smale, M.J. & Childs, A.R. & Dicken, M.L. & Cowley, P.D. (2025)
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Elston, C. & Murray, T.S. (2024)
Multi-method approach identifies a South African estuary as an important elasmobranch habitat and potential nursery ground. African Journal of Marine Science, 46(2), 91–102
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Elston, C. & Cowley, P.D. & Murray, T.S. & Parkinson, M.C. (2023)
Novel insights into coastal site affinity and habitat connectivity of a benthic stingray with implications for management. Biodiversity and Conservation, 32, 181–202
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Murray, T.S. & Elston, C. & Bennett, R.H. & Childs, A.R. & Cowley, P.D. (2023)
Movement patterns and underestimation of the maximum age of a Vulnerable endemic guitarfish species inferred from mark-recapture studies. African Journal of Marine Science, 45(2), 149–154
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Faure-Beaulieu, N. & Lombard, A.T. & Olbers, J. & Goodall, V. & da Silva, C. & Daly, R. & Jordaan, G. & Kerwath, S.E. & Kock, A. & Mann, B.Q. & Murray, T.S. & Albano, P. & Cliff, G. & dos Santos, N.A. & Gennari, E. & Hammerschlag, N. & van der Merwe, A.E.B. & Watson, R. & Andreotti, S. & Bernard, A.T.F. & Cowley, P.D. & De Vos, L. & Drobniewska, N. & Elston, C. & Fallows, C. & Rogers, T.D. & Smith, G. & van Staden, M. & de Villiers, P. & Paulet, T.G. & Harris, J. (2023)
A systematic conservation plan identifying critical areas for improved chondrichthyan protection in South Africa. Biological Conservation, 284, Article 110163
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Elston, C. & Murray, T.S. & Parkinson, M.C. & Filmalter, J.D. & Cowley, P.D. (2023)
Female Diamond Rays Gymnura natalensis and Bull Rays Aetomylaeus bovinus Display Seasonal Philopatry to South African Estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts, 46, 1880–1894
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Network analysis of the endemic spotted gully shark Triakis megalopterus reveals spatial vulnerability to exploitation in the Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 45(4), 273–283
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Elston, C. & Cowley, P.D. & von Brandis, R.G. & Lea, J. (2022)
Stingray Habitat Use Is Dynamically Influenced by Temperature and Tides. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 754404
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Elston, C. & Cowley, P.D. & von Brandis, R.G. & Lea, J. (2021)
Residency and habitat use patterns by sympatric stingrays at a remote atoll in the Western Indian Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 662, 97–114
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Elston, C. & Cowley, P.D. & von Brandis, R.G. & Fisk, A. (2020)
Dietary niche differentiation in a mesopredatory dasyatid assemblage. Marine Biology, 167(7), Article 89
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Elston, C. & Cowley, P.D. & von Brandis, R.G. (2019)
Movement patterns of juvenile porcupine rays Urogymnus asperrimus at a remote atoll: a potential nursery ground within a proposed marine protected area. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102(12), 1485–1498
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Elston, C. & von Brandis, R.G. & Cowley, P.D. (2017)
Dietary composition and prey selectivity of juvenile porcupine rays Urogymnus asperrimus. Journal of Fish Biology, 91(2), 429–442
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Elston, C. & von Brandis, R.G. & Cowley, P.D. (2015)
Gastric lavage as a non-lethal method for stingray (Myliobatiformes) diet sampling. African Journal of Marine Science, 37(3), 415–419
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