Simon J Pierce
Simon J Pierce is a marine biologist and conservationist known for discovering, studying, and protecting large marine animals such as whale sharks and manta rays. He is the co-founder and principal scientist of the Marine Megafauna Foundation.Pierce has developed several non-invasive research techniques for endangered species, such as developing photo-identification with computer image analysis and artificial intelligence to track populations of whale sharks and other species of marine animal.
These techniques have been incorporated into Citizen Science projects, including Sharkbook, the global shark monitoring database, as well as other MMF projects such as Manta Matcher.
He led the conservation assessment on whale sharks for the IUCN Red List in 2016, which resulted in the whale shark’s global protection through an Appendix I listing on the UN Convention on Migratory Species in 2017 and then led the first [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19488/2365291 IUCN Green Status conservation assessment on whale sharks in 2021].
Pierce is a wildlife photographer. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by David P Robinson, Rima W Jabado, Christoph A Rohner, Simon J Pierce, Kevin P Hyland, Warren R BaverstockGet full text
Published 2017-01-01
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6by David P Robinson, Kevin Hyland, Gerhard Beukes, Abdulkareem Vettan, Aneeshkumar Mabadikate, Rima W Jabado, Christoph A Rohner, Simon J Pierce, Warren BaverstockGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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8by Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P. Robinson, Katie E. Reeve-Arnold, Simon J. PierceGet full text
Published 2018-01-01
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9by David P Robinson, Mohammed Y Jaidah, Steffen Bach, Katie Lee, Rima W Jabado, Christoph A Rohner, Abi March, Simone Caprodossi, Aaron C Henderson, James M Mair, Rupert Ormond, Simon J PierceGet full text
Published 2016-01-01
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10by Jennifer A McKinney, Eric R Hoffmayer, Jason Holmberg, Rachel T Graham, William B Driggers, Rafael de la Parra-Venegas, Beatriz E Galván-Pastoriza, Steve Fox, Simon J Pierce, Alistair D M DoveGet full text
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11by Cameron T. Perry, Elizabeth Clingham, D. Harry Webb, Rafael de la Parra, Simon J. Pierce, Annalea Beard, LeeAnn Henry, Beth Taylor, Kenickie Andrews, Rhys Hobbs, Gonzalo Araujo, Alistair D. M. Dove, Alistair D. M. DoveGet full text
Published 2020-11-01
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12by David P Robinson, Mohammed Y Jaidah, Rima W Jabado, Katie Lee-Brooks, Nehad M Nour El-Din, Ameena A Al Malki, Khaled Elmeer, Paul A McCormick, Aaron C Henderson, Simon J Pierce, Rupert F G OrmondGet full text
Published 2013-01-01
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13by Christoph A. Rohner, Jesse E. M. Cochran, E. Fernando Cagua, E. Fernando Cagua, Clare E. M. Prebble, Clare E. M. Prebble, Stephanie K. Venables, Stephanie K. Venables, Michael L. Berumen, Baraka L. Kuguru, Jason Rubens, Jason Rubens, Juerg M. Brunnschweiler, Simon J. PierceGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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14by Elitza S. Germanov, Elitza S. Germanov, Elitza S. Germanov, Lars Bejder, Lars Bejder, Delphine B. H. Chabanne, Delphine B. H. Chabanne, Dharmadi Dharmadi, I. Gede Hendrawan, Andrea D. Marshall, Simon J. Pierce, Mike van Keulen, Mike van Keulen, Neil R. Loneragan, Neil R. Loneragan, Neil R. LoneraganGet full text
Published 2019-05-01
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15by Mark Meekan, Christopher M. Austin, Christopher M. Austin, Christopher M. Austin, Christopher M. Austin, Mun H. Tan, Nu-Wei V. Wei, Adam Miller, Simon J. Pierce, David Rowat, Guy Stevens, Tim K. Davies, Alessandro Ponzo, Han Ming Gan, Han Ming Gan, Han Ming GanGet full text
Published 2017-12-01
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