Matich, Philip Instructional Assistant Professor

academic article

• Matich, P., Kiszka, J. J., Heithaus, M. R., Le Bourg, B., & Mourier, J. (2019). Inter-individual differences in ontogenetic trophic shifts among three marine predators. Oecologia.  189(3), 621-636.
  
• Bird, C. S., Verssimo, A., Magozzi, S., Abrantes, K. G., Aguilar, A., Al-Reasi, H., ... Trueman, C. N. (2018). A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks. Nature Ecology and Evolution.  2(2), 299-305.
  
• Plumlee, J. D., Dance, K. M., Matich, P., Mohan, J. A., Richards, T. M., TinHan, T. C., Fisher, M. R., & Wells, R. (2018). Community structure of elasmobranchs in estuaries along the northwest Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.  204, 103-113.
  
• Matich, P., Mohan, J. A., Plumlee, J. D., TinHan, T., Wells, R., & Fisher, M. (2017). Factors shaping the co-occurrence of two juvenile shark species along the Texas Gulf Coast. Marine Biology: international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters.  164(6), 141.
  
• Matich, P., Ault, J. S., Boucek, R. E., Bryan, D. R., Gastrich, K. R., Harvey, C. L., ... Rosenblatt, A. E. (2017). Ecological niche partitioning within a large predator guild in a nutrientlimited estuary. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY.  62(3), 934-953.
  
• Hammerschlag, N., Gutowsky, L., Gallagher, A. J., Matich, P., & Cooke, S. J. (2017). Diel habitat use patterns of a marine apex predator (tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier) at a high use area exposed to dive tourism. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.  495, 24-34.
  
• Bogrand, A. L., Neudorf, D., & Matich, P. (2017). Predator recognition and nest defence by Carolina Wrens Thryothorus ludovicianus in urban and rural environments: does experience matter?. Bird Study.  64(2), 211-221.
  
• Matich, P., Kiszka, J. J., Mourier, J., Planes, S., & Heithaus, M. R. (2017). Species co-occurrence affects the trophic interactions of two juvenile reef shark species in tropical lagoon nurseries in Moorea (FrenchPolynesia). Marine Environmental Research.  127, 84-91.
  
• Matich, P., Kiszka, J. J., Gastrich, K. R., & Heithaus, M. R. (2017). Trophic redundancy among fishes in an East African nearshore seagrass community inferred from stable-isotope analysis. Journal of Fish Biology.  91(2), 490-509.
  
• Matich, P., Kiszka, J. J., Heithaus, M. R., Mourier, J., & Planes, S. (2015). Short-term shifts of stable isotope (13C, 15N) values in juvenile sharks within nursery areas suggest rapid shifts in energy pathways. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.  465, 83-91.
  
• Matich, P., & Heithaus, M. R. (2015). Individual variation in ontogenetic niche shifts in habitat use and movement patterns of a large estuarine predator (Carcharhinus leucas). Oecologia.  178(2), 347-359.
  
• Matich, P., & Heithaus, M. R. (2014). Multi-tissue stable isotope analysis and acoustic telemetry reveal seasonal variability in the trophic interactions of juvenile bull sharks in a coastal estuary. Journal of Animal Ecology.  83(1), 199-213.
  
• Rosenblatt, A., Heithaus, M., Mather, M., Matich, P., Nifong, J., Ripple, W., & Silliman, B. (2013). The Roles of Large Top Predators in Coastal Ecosystems: New Insights from Long Term Ecological Research. OCEANOGRAPHY.  26(3), 156-167.
  
• Layman, C. A., Araujo, M. S., Boucek, R., Hammerschlag-Peyer, C. M., Harrison, E., Jud, Z. R., ... Bearhop, S. (2012). Applying stable isotopes to examine food-web structure: an overview of analytical tools. Biological Reviews.  87(3), 545-562.
  
• Matich, P., & Heithaus, M. R. (2012). Effects of an extreme temperature event on the behavior and age structure of an estuarine top predator, Carcharhinus leucas. Marine Ecology: Progress Series.  447, 165-178.
  
• Belicka, L. L., Matich, P., Jaff, R., & Heithaus, M. R. (2012). Fatty acids and stable isotopes as indicators of early-life feeding and potential maternal resource dependency in the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas. Marine Ecology: Progress Series.  455, 245-256.
  
• Matich, P., Heithaus, M. R., & Layman, C. A (2011). Contrasting patterns of individual specialization and trophic coupling in two marine apex predators. Journal of Animal Ecology.  80(1), 294-305.
  
• Matich, P., Heithaus, M. R., & Layman, C. A. (2010). Size-based variation in intertissue comparisons of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures of bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier). CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES.  67(5), 877-885.
  
• Vaudo, J. J., Matich, P., & Heithaus, M. R. (2010). Mother-offspring isotope fractionation in two species of placentatrophic sharks. Journal of Fish Biology.  77(7), 1724-1727.