2011

Sims, D.W., Humphries, N.E., Bradford, R.W., Bruce, B.D. (2011) Lévy flight and Brownian search patterns in a free-ranging predator reflect different prey field characteristics. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01914.x.

Hays, G.C., Bastian, T., Doyle, T.K., Fossette, S., Gleiss, A.C., Gravenor, M.B., Hobson, V.J., Humphries, N.E., Lilley, M.K.S., Pade, N.G., Sims, D.W. (2011) High activity and Lévy searches: Jellyfish can search the water column like fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279, 465-473.

Simpson, S.D., Jennings, S., Johnson, M.P., Blanchard, J.L., Schön, J.-P., Sims, D.W., Genner, M.J. (2011) Continental shelf-wide response of a fish assemblage to rapid warming of the sea. Current Biology, 21, 1565-1570.

Griffiths, A.M., Casane, D., McHugh, M., Wearmouth, V.J., Sims, D.W. & Genner, M.J. (2011) Characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula L.). Conservation Genetics Resources, 3, 705-709.

Brooks, E., Sloman, K.A., Sims, D.W., Danylchuk, A. (2011) Validating baited remote underwater-video surveys as an alternative to scientific longline surveys for assessing the diversity, distribution and abundance of sharks in the Bahamian Archipelago. Endangered Species Research, 13, 231-243.

Gubili, C., Bilgin, R., Kalkan, E., Karhan, S.U., Jones, C.S., Sims, D.W., Kabasakal, H., Martin, A.P., Noble, L.R. (2011) Antipodean white sharks on a Mediterranean walkabout? Historical dispersal leads to genetic discontinuity and an endangered anomalous population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278, 1679-1686.

Spencer, M., Birchenough, S.N.R., Mieszkowska, N., Robinson, L.A., Simpson, S.D., Burrows, M.T., Capasso, E., Cleall-Harding, P., Crummy, J., Duck, C., Eloire, D., Frost, M., Hall, A.J., Hawkins, S.J., Johns, D.G., Sims, D.W., Smyth, T.J., Frid, C.L.J. (2011) Temporal change in UK marine animal communities: trends or regime shifts? Marine Ecology, 32, 10-24.

McHugh, M., Sims, D.W., Partridge, J.C., Genner, M.J. (2011) A century later: Long-term change of an inshore temperate marine fish assemblage. Journal of Sea Research, 65, 187-194.

Griffiths, A.M., Sims, D.W., Johnson, A., Lyngehammer, A., McHugh, M., Bakken, T., Genner, M.J. (2011) Levels of connectivity between longnose skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea and north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. Conservation Genetics, 12, 577-582.

Brooks, E.J., Mandelman, J.W., Sloman, K.A., Liss, S., Danylchuk, A.J., Cooke, S.J., Skomal, G.B., Phillip, D.P., Sims, D.W., Suski, C.D. (2011) The physiological response of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) to longline capture. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.04.012.

Kimber, J.A., Sims, D.W., Bellamy, P., Gill, A. (2011). The ability of a benthic elasmobranch to discriminate between biological and artificial electric fields. Marine Biology, 158, 1-8.

Gubili, C., Duffy, C., Cliff, G., Wintner, S., Shivji, M., Chapman, D., Bruce, B., Martin, A.P., Sims, D.W., Jones, C.S., Noble, L.R. (2011). Application of molecular genetics for conservation of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. In White sharks: Resetting Research and Conservation Objectives. Proceedings of an International Conference on their Biology and Conservation (eds. Domeier M, O'Sullivan J, Weng K). CRC Press. Boca Raton.

2010

Humphries, N.E., Queiroz, N., Dyer, J.M., Pade, N.G., Musyl, M.K., Schaefer, K.M., Fuller, D.W., Brunnschweiler, J.M., Doyle, T.K., Houghton, J.D.R., Hays, G.C., Jones, C.S., Noble, L.R., Wearmouth, V.J., Southall, E.J., Sims, D.W. (2010) Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators. Nature, 465, 1066-1069.

Brunnschweiler, J.M., Queiroz, N., Sims, D.W. (2010) Oceans apart? Short-term movements and behaviour of adult bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans determined from pop-off satellite archival tagging. Journal of Fish Biology, 77, 1343-1358.

Wearmouth, V.J., Sims, D.W. (2010) Sexual segregation in elasmobranchs. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 17, 236-239.

Jacoby, D.M.P., Busawon, D.S., Sims, D.W. (2010) Sex and social networking: the role of male presence on social structure of female shark groups. Behavioural Ecology, 21, 808-818.

Queiroz, N., Humphries, N.E., Noble, L.R., Santos, A.M., Sims, D.W. (2010) Short-term movements and diving behaviour of satellite-tracked blue sharks (Prionace glauca) in the North-eastern Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 406, 265-279.

Pope, E.C., Hays, G.C., Thys, T.M., Doyle, T.K., Sims, D.W., Queiroz, N., Hobson, V.J., Houghton, J.D.R. (2010) The biology and ecology of the ocean sunfish Mola mola: A review of current knowledge and future research perspectives. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 20, 471-487.

Griffiths, A.M., Sims, D.W., Cotterell, S.J., El Nagar, A., Ellis, J.R., Lynghammar, A., McHugh, M., Neat, F.C., Pade, N.G., Queiroz, N., Serra-Pereira, B., Rapp, T., Wearmouth, V.J., Genner, M.J. (2010) Molecular markers reveal spatially-segregated cryptic species in a critically endangered fish, the common skate Dipturus batis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277, 1497-1503.

Guttridge, T.L., Gruber, S.H., Krause, J., Sims, D.W. (2010) Novel acoustic technology for studying free-ranging shark social behaviour by recording individuals' interactions. PLoS ONE, 5 (2), e9324.

Genner, M.J., Sims, D.W., Southward, A.J., Budd, G.C., Masterson, P., McHugh, M., Rendle, P., Southall, E.J., Wearmouth, V.J., Hawkins, S.J. (2010) Body size-dependent responses of a marine fish assemblage to climate change and fishing over a century-long scale.Global Change Biology, 16, 517-527.

Genner, M.J., McHugh, M., Simpson, S.D., Hawkins, S.J., Sims, D.W. (2010) Temperature-driven phenological changes within a marine larval fish assemblage. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, 699-708.

El Nagar, A., McHugh, M., Rapp, T., Sims, D.W., Genner, M.J. (2010) Characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite markers for skates (Elasmobranchii: Rajidae) from expressed sequence tags. Conservation Genetics, 11, 1203-1206.

Sims, D.W. (2010) Tracking and analysis techniques for understanding free-ranging shark movements and behaviour. In Biology of Sharks and their Relatives, Vol. II Biodiversity, Adpative Physiology, and Conservation (eds, J. Carrier, M. Heithaus, J. Musick), p.351-392. Boca Raton, USA: CRC Press.

Sims, D.W. (2010) Swimming behaviour and energetics of free-ranging sharks: New directions in movement analysis. In Fish Locomotion: An Eco-ethological Perspective (eds. Domenici, P. & Kapoor, B.G.), p. 407-434. Enfield, USA: Science Publishers.

2009

Sims, D.W., Queiroz, N., Humphries, N.E., Lima, F.P., Hays, G.C. (2009) Long-term GPS tracking of ocean sunfish Mola mola offers a new direction in fish monitoring. PLoS ONE, 4 (10), e7351.

Featured in New Scientist at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427305.200-smart-gps-tags-track-sunfish.html

Wearmouth, V.J., Sims, D.W. (2009) Movements and behaviour patterns of critically endangered common skate Dipturus batis revealed by electronic tagging. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 380, 77-87.

Guttridge, T.L., Gruber, S.H., Gledhill, K.S., Croft, D.P., Sims, D.W., Krause, J. (2009) Social preferences of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris. Animal Behaviour, 78, 543-548.

Gubili, C., Johnson, R., Gennari, E., Oosthuizen, H.W., Kotze, D., Meyer, M., Sims, D.W., Jones, C.S., Noble, L.R. (2009) Concordance of genetic and fin photo identification in the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, off Mossel Bay, South Africa. Marine Biology, 156, 2199-2207.

Mucientes, G.R., Queiroz, N., Sousa, L.L., Tarroso, P., & Sims, D.W. (2009) Sexual segregation of pelagic sharks and the potential threat from fisheries. Biology Letters, 5, 156-159.

Featured in Nature Research Highlights, 458, p10.

Kimber, J.A., Sims, D.W., Bellamy, P.H., Gill, A.B. (2009) Male-female interactions affect foraging behaviour within groups of small spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Animal Behaviour. In press.

Sims, D.W., Queiroz, N., Doyle, T.K., Houghton, J.D.R., & Hays, G.C. (2009) Satellite tracking of the world’s largest bony fish, the ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) in the north-east Atlantic. Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology, 370, 127-133.

Pade, N.G., Queiroz, N., Humphries, N.E., Witt, M.J., Jones, C.S., Noble, L.R., & Sims, D.W. (2009) First results from satellite-linked archival tagging of porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus: Area fidelity, wider-scale movements and plasticity in diel depth changes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 370,
64-74.

Brunnschweiler, J.M., Baensch, H., Pierce, S.J. & Sims, D.W. (2009) Deep diving behaviour of a whale shark during long-distance movement in the western Indian Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, 74, 706-714.

2008
Wearmouth, V.J. & Sims, D.W. (2008) Sexual segregation in marine fish, reptiles, birds and mammals: Behaviour patterns, mechanisms and conservation implications. Advances in Marine Biology, 54,  107-170.

Sims, D.W., Southall, E.J., Humphries, N.E., Hays, G.C., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Pitchford, J.W., James, A., Ahmed, M.Z., Brierley, A.S., Hindell, M.A., Morritt, D., Musyl, M.K., Righton, D., Shepard, E.L.C., Wearmouth, V.J., Wilson, R.P., Witt, M.J., & Metcalfe, J.D. (2008) Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour. Nature, 451, 1098-1102.

Featured in Nature News, 453, p714-716.

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Sims, D.W. (2008) Sieving a living: A review of the biology, ecology and conservation status of the plankton-feeding basking shark Cetorhinus maximus. Advances in Marine Biology, Vol 54,  171-220.

Mucientes, G.R., Queiroz, N., Pierce, S.J., Sazima, I., & Brunnschweiler, J.M. (2008) Is host ectoparasite load related to echeneid fish presence? Research Letters in Ecology, 2008, 4p.

Filer, J.L., Booker, C.G., & Sims, D.W. (2008) Effects of environment on electric field detection by small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula (L.). Journal of Fish Biology, 72, 1450-1462.

Sims, D.W. (2008) Tracking fish with chips: Revealing marine fish movements, behaviour and population structure through technology. Journal of Marine Design and Operations, 13, 47-58.

Robinson, R.A., Crick, H.Q.P., Learmonth, J.A., Maclean, I.M.D., Thomas, C.D., Bairlein, F., Forchhammer, M.C., Francis, C.M., Gill, J.A., Godley, B.J., Harwood, J., Hays, G.C., Huntley, B., Hutson, A.M., Pierce, G.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Sims, D.W., Santos, M.B., Sparks, T.H., Stroud, D.A. & Visser, M.E. (2008) Travelling through a warming world: Climate change and migratory species. Endangered Species Research. doi:10.3354/esr.00095.

2007
Sims, D.W., Righton, D., & Pitchford, J.W. (2007) Minimizing errors in identifying Levy flight behaviour of organisms. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76, 222-229.

Maia, A., Queiroz, N., Cabral, H.N., Santos, A.M., & Correia, J.P. (2007) Reproductive biology and population dynamics of the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, off the southwest Portuguese coast, eastern North Atlantic. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 23, 246-251.

Hays, G.C., Bradshaw, C.J.A., James, M.C., Lovell, P., & Sims, D.W. (2007) Why do Argos satellite tags deployed on marine animals stop transmitting? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 349, 52-60.

Bradshaw, C.J.A., Sims, D.W., & Hays, G.C. (2007) Measurement error causes scale-dependent threshold erosion of biological signals in animal movement data. Ecological Applications, 17, 628-638.

Hawkins, S.J., Mieszkowska, N., Moschella, P.S., Pannacciulli, F., Frost, M.T., Burrows, M.T., Moore, P., Poloczanska, Herbert, R.J., Sims, D.W., Genner, M.J., Thompson, R.C., Hiscock, K., Southward, A.J. (2007) Conserving biodiversity of seas and coasts in a rapidly changing world. Biologia Marina Mediterranea,
14, 3-19.

2006
Sims, D.W., Witt, M.J., Richardson, A.J., Southall, E.J., & Metcalfe, J.D. (2006) Encounter success of free-ranging marine predator movements across a dynamic prey landscape. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological
Science, 273, 1195-1201.

Southall, E.J., Sims, D.W., Witt, M.J., & Metcalfe, J.D. (2006) Seasonal space-use estimates of basking sharks in relation to protection and political-economic zones in the north-east Atlantic. Biological Conservation, 132, 33-39.

Xavier, R., Barata, A., Cortez, L.P., Queiroz, N., & Cuevas, E. (2006) Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata Linnaeus 1766) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1754) nesting activity (2002-2004) at El Cuyo beach, Mexico. Amphibia Reptilia, 27, 539-547.

Sims, D.W., Wearmouth, V.J., Southall, E.J., Hill, J.M., Moore, P., Rawlinson, K., Hutchinson, N., Budd, G.C., Righton, D., Metcalfe, J., Nash, J.P., & Morritt, D. (2006) Hunt warm, rest cool: bioenergetic strategy underlying diel vertical migration of a benthic shark. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75, 176-190.

Sims, D.W. & Southward, A.J. (2006) Dwindling fish numbers already of concern in 1883. Nature, 439, 660.

Shepard, E.L.C., Ahmed, M.Z., Southall, E.J., Witt, M.J., Metcalfe, J.D., & Sims, D.W. (2006) Diel and tidal rhythms in diving behaviour of pelagic sharks identified by signal processing of archival tagging data. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 328, 205-213.

Richardson, A.J., Walne, A.W., John, A.W.G., Jonas, T.D., Lindley, J.A., Sims, D.W., Stevens, D., & Witt, M. (2006) Using continuous plankton recorder data. Progress in Oceanography, 68, 27-74.

Queiroz, N., Araújo, S., Ribeiro, P.A., Tarroso, P., Xavier, R., & Santos, A.M. (2006) A first record of longfin mako, Isurus paucus, in the mid-North Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2 - Biodiversity Records, published online.

Southall, E.J. & Sims, D.W. (2006) Smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) from south-west England. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2 - Biodiversity Records, published online.

Maia, A., Queiroz, N., Correia, J.P., & Cabral, H. (2006) Food habits of the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, off the southwest coast of Portugal. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 77, 157-167.

Hays, G.C., Hobson, V.J., Metcalfe, J.D., Righton, D., & Sims, D.W. (2006) Flexible foraging movements of leatherback turtles across the north Atlantic Ocean. Ecology, 87, 2647-2656.

Araujo, J.N., Mackinson, S., Stanford, R.J., Sims, D.W., Southward, A.J., Hawkins, S.J., Ellis, J.R., & Hart, P.J.B. (2006) Modelling food web interactions, variation in plankton production, and fisheries in the western English Channel ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 309, 175-187.

2005
Sims, D.W., Southall, E.J., Tarling, G.A., & Metcalfe, J.D. (2005) Habitat-specific normal and reverse diel vertical migration in the plankton-feeding basking shark. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74, 755-761.

Southall, E.J., Sims, D.W., Metcalfe, J.D., Doyle, J.I., Fanshawe, S., Lacey, C., Shrimpton, J., Solandt, J.L., & Spccdie, C.D. (2005) Spatial distribution patterns of basking sharks on the European shelf: preliminary comparison of satellite-tag geolocation, survey and public sightings data. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 1083-1088.

Sims, D.W., Southall, E.J., Wearmouth, V.J., Hutchinson, N., Budd, G.C., & Morritt, D. (2005) Refuging behaviour in the nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii): preliminary evidence from acoustic telemetry. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85,
1137-1140.

Ellis, J.R., Dulvy, N.K., O’Brien, C.M., Sims, D.W. & Southall, E.J. (2005) Shark, skate and ray research at the MBA and Cefas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 1021-1024.

Southward, A.J., Langmead, O., Hardman-Mountford, N.J., Aiken, J., Boalch, G.T., Dando, P.R., Genner, M.J., Joint, I., Kendall, M.A., Halliday, N.C., Harris, R.P., Leaper, R., Mieszkowska, N., Pingree, R.D., Richardson, A.J., Sims, D.W., Smith, T., Walne, A.W., & Hawkins, S.J. (2005) Long-term oceanographic and ecological research in the western English Channel. Advances in Marine Biology, 47, 1-105.

Sims, D.W. (2005) Ecology - Stars beneath the waves. Nature, 437, 826.

Queiroz, N., Lima, F.P., Maia, A., Ribeiro, P.A., Correia, J.P., & Santos, A.A. (2005) Movement of blue shark, Prionace glauca, in the north-east Atlantic based on mark - recapture data. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 1107-1112.

Cotton, P.A., Sims, D.W., Fanshawe, S., & Chadwick, M. (2005) The effects of climate variability on zooplankton and basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) relative abundance off southwest Britain. Fisheries Oceanography, 14,
151-155.

Campbell, H.A., Handy, R.D., & Sims, D.W. (2005) Shifts in a fish's resource holding power during a contact paired interaction: The influence of a copper-contaminated diet in rainbow trout. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78, 706-714.

Brunnschweiler, J.M., Andrews, P.L.R., Southall, E.J., Pickering, M., & Sims, D.W. (2005) Rapid voluntary stomach eversion in a free-living shark. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 1141-1144.

Sims, D.W. (2005) Differences in habitat selection and reproductive strategies of male and female sharks. In Sexual Segregation in Vertebrates: Ecology of the Two Sexes (Ruckstuhl, K. & Neuhaus, P., eds.), p. 127-147. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2004
Sims, D.W., Wearmouth, V.J., Genner, M.J., Southward, A.J., & Hawkins, S.J. (2004) Low-temperature-driven early spawning migration of a temperate marine fish. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73, 333-341.

Genner, M.J., Sims, D.W., Wearmouth, V.J., Southall, E.J., Southward, A.J., Henderson, P.A., & Hawkins, S.J. (2004) Regional climatic warming drives long-term community changes of British marine fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 271, 655-661.

Featured in Current Biology, 14, R173-R174.

2003
Southall, E.J. & Sims, D.W. (2003) Shark skin: a function in feeding. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 270, S47-S49.

Sims, D.W., Southall, E.J., Richardson, A.J., Reid, P.C., & Metcalfe, J.D. (2003) Seasonal movements and behaviour of basking sharks from archival tagging: no evidence of winter hibernation. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 248,
187-196.

Sims, D.W., Southall, E.J., Merrett, D.A., & Sanders, J. (2003) Effects of zooplankton density and diel period on surface-swimming duration of basking sharks. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83, 643-646.

Sims, D.W. (2003) Animal behaviour - Homing is a breeze for sea turtles. Nature, 423, 128.

Sims, D.W. (2003) Tractable models for testing theories about natural strategies: foraging behaviour and habitat selection of free-ranging sharks. Journal of Fish Biology, 63, 53-73.

2002
Sims, D.W. & Reid, P.C. (2002) Congruent trends in long-term zooplankton decline in the north-east Atlantic and basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) fishery catches off west Ireland. Fisheries Oceanography, 11, 59-63.

Sims, D.W. & Southall, E.J. (2002) Occurrence of ocean sunfish, Mola mola near fronts in the western English Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 82, 927-928.

Campbell, H.A., Handy, R.D., & Sims, D.W. (2002) Increased metabolic cost of swimming and consequent alterations to circadian activity in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to dietary copper. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 59, 768-777.

2001
Sims, D.W., Genner, M.J., Southward, A.J., & Hawkins, S.J. (2001) Timing of squid migration reflects North Atlantic climate variability. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 268, 2607-2611.

Stockin, K.A., Fairbairns, R.S., Parsons, E.C.M., & Sims, D.W. (2001) Effects of diel and seasonal cycles on the dive duration of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United
Kingdom, 81, 189-190.

Stockin, K.A., Fairbairns, R.S., Parsons, E.C.M., Sims, D.W., & Gordon, J.C.D. (2001) Effects of diel and seasonal cycles on the dive duration of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) (vol 81, pg 189, 2001). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 81, 1071-1071.

Sims, D.W., Nash, J.P., & Morritt, D. (2001) Movements and activity of male and female dogfish in a tidal sea lough: alternative behavioural strategies and apparent sexual segregation. Marine Biology, 139, 1165-1175.

2000
Sims, D.W., Southall, E.J., Quayle, V.A., & Fox, A.M. (2000) Annual social behaviour of basking sharks associated with coastal front areas. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 267, 1897-1904.

Sims, D.W., Andrews, P.L.R., & Young, J.Z. (2000) Fish behaviour: Stomach rinsing in rays. Nature, 404, 566.

Sims, D.W., Speedie, C.D., & Fox, A.M. (2000) Movements and growth of a female basking shark re-sighted after a three year period. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 80, 1141-1142.

Sims, D.W. (2000) Can threshold foraging responses of basking sharks be used to estimate their metabolic rate? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 200,
289-296.

Sims, D.W. (2000) Filter-feeding and cruising swimming speeds of basking sharks compared with optimal models: they filter-feed slower than predicted for their size. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 249, 65-76.

Sims, D.W. (2000) Putting marine mammals back in the mainstream. Nature, 405, 14.

1999
Sims, D.W. (1999) Threshold foraging behaviour of basking sharks on zooplankton: life on an energetic knife-edge? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 266, 1437-1443.

Handy, R.D., Sims, D.W., Giles, A., Campbell, H.A., & Musonda, M.M. (1999) Metabolic trade-off between locomotion and detoxification for maintenance of blood chemistry and growth parameters by rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during chronic dietary exposure to copper. Aquatic Toxicology, 47, 23-41.

1998
Sims, D.W. & Quayle, V.A. (1998) Selective foraging behaviour of basking sharks on zooplankton in a small-scale front. Nature, 393, 460-464.

Andrews, P.L.R., Sims, D.W., & Young, J.Z. (1998) Induction of emesis by the sodium channel activator veratrine in the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyes : Elasmobranchii). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 78, 1269-1279.

pre-1998
Sims, D.W. & Merrett, D.A. (1997) Determination of zooplankton characteristics in the presence of surface feeding basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 158, 297-302.

Sims, D.W., Fox, A.M., & Merrett, D.A. (1997) Basking shark occurrence off south-west England in relation to zooplankton abundance. Journal of Fish Biology, 51, 436-440.

Sims, D.W., Davies, S.J., & Bone, Q. (1996) Gastric emptying rate and return of appetite in lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 76, 479-491.

Sims, D.W. & Andrews, P.L.R. (1996) The emetic reflex in African walking catfish develops with age. Journal of Fish Biology, 48, 1231-1237.

Sims, D.W. (1996) A rare record of the salp, Thetys vagina (Tunicata: Thaliacea) from western Scottish waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 76, 833-834.

Sims, D.W. (1996) The effect of body size on the standard metabolic rate of the lesser spotted dogfish. Journal of Fish Biology, 48, 542-544.

Sims, D.W. & Davies, S.J. (1994) Does Specific Dynamic Action (SDA) regulate return of appetite in the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Journal of Fish Biology, 45, 341-348.

Sims, D.W., Davies, S.J., & Bone, Q. (1993) On the diel rhythms in metabolism and activity of post-hatching lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Journal of Fish Biology, 43, 749-754.