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BOOKS:

Ebert, D.A. 2003. The sharks, rays and chimaeras of California. University of California Press, 284 pp. (UC Press)

Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert, & M.J. Smale. 1989. Guide to the sharks and rays of southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 160 pp.

PUBLICATIONS:

Ebert, D.A., L.J.V. Compagno, & P.D. Cowley. 2006. Reproductive biology of
catsharks (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from off the west coast of southern Africa. ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Ebert, D.A. & T.B. Ebert. 2005. Reproduction, diet, and habitat use of leopard sharks,
Triakis semifasciata (Girard), in Humboldt Bay, California, U.S.A. Marine and
Freshwater Research, 56: 1089-1098.

Ebert, D.A. 2005. Reproductive biology of skates, Bathyraja (Ishiyama), along the
eastern Bering Sea Continental Slope. Journal of Fish Biology, 66: 618-649.

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, 2004, 85(1): 20-22.

Ebert, D.A. & Cowley, P.D. 2003. Diet, feeding behavior, and habitat utilization of the blue stingray, Dasyatis chrysonta, from southern Africa waters. Marine and Freshwater Research. 54: 957-965.

De Carvalho, M., L.J.V. Compagno, & D.A. Ebert. 2003. Benthobatis yangi, a new species of blind electric ray from Taiwan (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 72(3): 923-939.

Benz, G.W., H.F. Mollet, D.A. Ebert, & C.R. Davis. 2003. Five species of parasitic copepods (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) from the body surface of a white shark captured in Morro Bay, California. Pacific Science, 57(1): 39-43.

Ebert, D.A. 2002. Ontogenetic changes in the diet of the sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus). Mar. Freshwater Res., 53: 517-523.

Ebert, D.A. 2002. Some observations on the reproductive biology of the sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) from southern African waters. So. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 24: 359- 363.

Ebert, D.A., P.D. Cowley, & L.J.V. Compagno. 2002. First records of the longnose spiny dogfish, Squalus blainvillei (Squalidae) and deep-water stingray, Plesiobatis daviesi (Urolophidae) from South African waters. So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 24: 355-357.

Ebert, D.A. 2001. First eastern Pacific records of the longfin mako shark, Isurus paucus, Guitar-Manday, 1966. Calif. Fish Game, 87(3): 117-121.

Ebert, D.A. 2001. Soupfin shark. In: California's Living Marine Resources: A Status Report, (eds.) W.S. Leet, C.M. Dewees, R. Klingbiel, & E.J. Larson. The Resources Agency, California Department Fish and Game, pp. 255-256.

Ebert, D.A. 2001. Other mackerel sharks. In: California's Living Marine Resources: A Status Report, (eds.) W.S. Leet, C.M. Dewees, R. Klingbiel, & E.J. Larson. The Resources Agency, California Department Fish and Game, pp. 345-347.

Ebert, D.A. 2001. Cowsharks. In: California's Living Marine Resources: A Status Report, (eds.) W.S. Leet, C.M. Dewees, R. Klingbiel, & E.J. Larson. The Resources Agency, California Department Fish and Game, pp. 470-471.

Richardson, A.J., G. Maharaj, L.J.V. Compagno, R.W. Leslie, D.A. Ebert, & M.J. Gibbons. 2000. The abundance, distribution, morphometrics, reproduction, and diet of the Izak catshark, Holohalaelurus regani. J. Fish Biology, 56(3): 552-576.

Ebert, D.A. 1996. Biology of the sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedianus (Peron, 1807), in the temperate coastal waters of southern Africa. So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 17:93-103.

Ebert, D.A., P.D. Cowley, & L.J.V. Compagno. 1996. A preliminary investigation of the feeding ecology of catsharks (Scyliorhinidae) off the west coast of southern Africa. So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 17: 233-240.

Mollet, H.F., G.M. Cailliet, A.P. Klimley, D.A. Ebert, A.D. Testi, & L.J.V. Compagno. 1996. A review of the length validation methods and protocols to measure large white sharks. In: Great white sharks: the biology of Carcharodon carcharias, (eds) A.P. Klimley and D.G. Ainley, Academic Press, pp. 91-108.

Ebert, D.A. 1994. Diet of the sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus off southern Africa. So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 14: 213-218.

Ebert, D.A. 1992. Cowsharks. In: California's Living Marine Resources and Their Utilization, (eds.) W.S. Leet, C.M. Dewees, & C.W. Haugen, Sea Grant Extension Publ., pp. 54-55.

Ebert, D.A. 1992. Other mackerel sharks. In: California's Living Marine Resources and Their Utilization, (eds.) W.S. Leet, C.M. Dewees, & C.W. Haugen, Sea Grant Extension Publ., pp. 55-56.

Ebert, D.A., L.J.V. Compagno, & P.D. Cowley. 1992. A preliminary investigation of the feeding ecology of squaloid sharks off the west coast of southern Africa. So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 12: 601-609.

Ebert, D.A. 1991. Observations on the predatory behaviour of the sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedianus. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 11: 455-465.

Ebert, D.A. 1991. Diet of the sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedianus, in the temperate coastal waters of southern Africa. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 11: 565-572.

Ebert, D.A., P.D. Cowley, & L.J.V. Compagno. 1991. A preliminary investigation of the feeding ecology of skates (Batoidea: Rajidae) off the west coast of southern Africa. So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 10: 71-81.

Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert, & P.D. Cowley. 1991. The distribution of offshore chondrichthyan fishes off the west coast of southern Africa. So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 11: 43- 139.

Ebert, T.B. & D.A. Ebert. 1991. An experimental abalone seeding study at the James V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. A report prepared by O.R.C.A. for the County of San Mateo, Department of Environmental Management, Parks and Recreation Division, County Government Center, Redwood City, Calif., Feb. 1991, 31 pp.

Walter, J.P. & D.A. Ebert. 1991. Preliminary estimates of age of the bronze whaler Carcharhinus brachyurus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) from southern Africa, with a review of some life history parameters. So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 10: 37-44.

Compagno, L.J.V., M. Stehmann, & D.A. Ebert. 1990. Rhinochimaera africana, a new longnosed chimaera from southern Africa, with comments on the systematics and distribution of the genus Rhinochimaera Garman, 1901 (Chondrichthyes, Chimaeriformes, Rhinochimaeridae). So. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 9: 201-222.

Ebert, D.A. 1989. Life history of the sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedinaus Peron 1807, in two northern California bays. Calif. Fish Game, 75(2): 102-112.

Ebert, D.A. 1988. A survey of the cartilaginous fish fauna of Taiwanese waters. Report to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the National Science Foundation, 4 pp.

Ebert, T.B. & D.A. Ebert. 1988. An experimental abalone seeding study at the James V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. A report prepared by O.R.C.A. for the County of San Mateo, Department of Environmental Management, Parks and Recreation Division, County Government Center, Redwood City, Calif., Feb. 1988, 36 pp.

Ebert, D.A., L.J.V. Compagno, & L.J. Natanson. 1987. Biological notes on the Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus (Chondrichthyes: Squalidae). Calif. Fish Game, 73(2): 117- 123.

Ebert, D.A. 1986. Biological aspects of the sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus. Copeia 1986(1): 131-135.

Ebert, D.A. 1986. Observations on the elasmobranch assemblage of San Francisco Bay. Calif. Fish Game, 72(4): 244-249.

Ebert, D.A. 1986. Aspects on the biology of hexanchoid sharks along the California coast. Indo- Pacific Fish Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes, edited by T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi, and K. Matsuura, 1986, pp. 437-449, Ichthyology Society of Japan, Tokyo.

Ebert, T.B. & D.A. Ebert. 1986. An experimental abalone seeding study at the James V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. A report prepared by O.R.C.A. for the County of San Mateo, Department of Environmental Management, Parks and Recreation Division, County Government Center, Redwood City, Calif., Dec. 1986, 30 pp.

Ebert, T.B. & D.A. Ebert. 1986. James V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve abalone population assessment. A report prepared by O.R.C.A. for the County of San Mateo, Department of Environmental Management, Parks and Recreation Division, County Government Center, Redwood City, California, July 1986, 48 pp.

Ebert, D.A. 1985. Color variation in the sevengill shark, Notorynchus maculatus Ayres, along the California coast. Calif. Fish Game, 71(1): 58-59.

Cailliet, G.M., L.J. Natanson, B.A. Weldon, & D.A. Ebert. 1985. Preliminary studies on the age and growth of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, using vertebral bands. So. Cal. Acad. Sci. Bull., Memoirs, 9: 49-60.

BOOK REVIEWS:

Ebert, D.A. 2003. The secret life of sharks: A leading marine biologist reveals the mysteries of shark behavior, by A. Peter Klimley. New York: Simon and Shuster, 292 pp. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 78(4): 511.

Ebert, D.A. 2004. The shark almanac, by Thomas B. Allen. The Lyons Press, Connecticut, 274 pp. Marine Technology Society Journal.

POPULAR ARTICLES:

Ebert, D.A. & E.E. Ebert. In press. A history of California's abalone. J.B. Phillips Historical Fisheries Report, Monterey Maritime Museum, vol. 3.

Ebert, D.A. & A. Seavey. 2001. Aquaculture in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Ecosystems Observations, 22-25.

Ebert, D.A. 1999. Abalone farming in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. News from the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Summer 1999: 3.

Ebert, D.A. 1990. The sevengill cowshark. Western Province Rock & Surf Angling Annual. 1990: 46.

Ebert, D.A. 1989. Great white: man-eater myth. Coastline Magazine summer 1989/90: 3.

Ebert, D.A. 1988. Cowshark study begins second year. Tagging News, ORI, summer 87/88, 4:7.

Ebert, D.A. 1988. In search of the sixgill shark. Count the gills! Underwater Magazine, Spring 1988 (8): 16-17.

Ebert, D.A. 1987. The cow and frilled sharks (Order Hexanchiformes) of South Africa. Ichthos, 1987 (13): 10.

Ebert, D.A. & A. Macras. 1987. "S-TEAM" conducts west coast chondrichthyan survey. Ichthos, 1987 (14): 9.

Ebert, D.A. 1986. Wanted: cow and frilled sharks. Ski Scene Magazine. S.A. Fishing, 10(6): 26.

ACCEPTED:

Barnett, L.A.K., D.A. Didier, D.A. Ebert, & D.J. Long. accepted. Hydrolagus
sp. nov., a new species of chimaeroid fish from the Galapagos Islands (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae). Zootaxa.

Haas, D.L. & D.A. Ebert. accepted. Torpedo sp. nov., a new species of electric
ray (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa.

Schaaf, J.A. & D.A. Ebert. accepted. A new species of lanternshark, Etmopterus
sp. nov., (Squalifornies, Etmopteridae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa.

SUBMITTED:

Ebert, D.A. & C.D. Davis. In review. Description of skate egg cases (Chondrichthyes:
Rajiformes: Rajoidei) from the eastern North Pacific. Zootaxa.

Quaranta, K.L., D.A. Didier, D.A. Ebert, & D.J. Long. In review. Description of a new
species of chimaeroid, Hydrolagus sp. nov. (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from the Galapagos Islands. Zootaxa.