Research Papers

  1. Samad, I., H. Patil,  M. Cantor, D. Farine, D. Sutaria & K. Shanker (2026) Human activities drive novel behaviours and transitions in dolphins. Marine Ecology Progress Series. IF 2.5.
  2. Samad, I., D. Sutaria and K. Shanker (2026) Species rich but data poor: leveraging distribution modelling techniques to map cetacean occurrence around South Asian waters. Biodiversity and Conservation. IF 3.7.
  3. Amrutha, K.V., G. Bora, S. Dsouza and K. Shanker (accepted) Heavy metal contamination in two shark species on the west coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.
  4. Patre, M., G. Bora, S. Jakhete, S. Dsouza and K. Shanker (2026) Microplastic contamination in commercial fishes on the west coast of India across habitat and trophic levels. Marine Pollution Bulletin 222: 118816. IF 5.6
  5. Patil, H., I. Samad and K. Shanker (2025) Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding sustainability in nearshore fisheries along the west coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science 91: 104594. IF 2.4
  6. Kottillil, S., C. Rao and K Shanker (2025) Genetic diversity of commonly caught commercial shark species along the Indian coast. Regional Studies in Marine Science 91: 104533. IF 2.4
  7. Samad, I., D. Sutaria, E. Hines and K. Shanker (2025) Drivers of elasmobranch catch are site and fishery specific: Insights from a comparative assessment of fisheries across the east and west coasts of India. Ocean and Coastal Management. IF 5.4
  8. Sequeira, A & 400 authors, including K. Shanker & team (2025) Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets. Science 388: 1086-1097. IF 45.8
  9. Poti, M., A.R. Singh, K. Shanker, N. Koedam, N. Prabakaran, F. Dahdouh-Guebas and J. Huge (2025) Mangrove governance challenges and stakeholder perceptions of change in the Andaman Islands, India. Ocean and Coastal Management. IF 5.4
  10. Ruidas, H., G. Bora, B. Ahuja, S. Dsouza and K. Shanker (2025) Effects of microplastic pollution on the reproductive organs of the spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus, in Malvan, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin. IF 5.6
  11. Prabakaran, N., M. Poti, J. Hugé, N. Koedam, K. Shanker and F. Dahdouh-Guebas (2024) Shifted baselines: using the adaptive cycle to assess the post-tsunami mangrove social-ecological system recovery in the Nicobar Islands. Ambio.
  12. Bora, G., S. Dsouza and K. Shanker (2024) Diet composition and variation in four economically important shark species in Maharashtra, India. Regional Studies in Marine Science.
  13. Eswaran. H., D. Satarkar, Kotillil, S., K. Shanker and T. Gupta (2023) Length-weight relationship and size at first maturity of four commonly landed elasmobranchs in Malvan, Maharashtra. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.
  14. Kottillil, S., T. Gupta, M. Muralidharan, C. Rao and K. Shanker (2023) Catch Composition and biology of elasmobranchs provide insights for management in Malvan, India. Journal of Fish Biology.
  15. Poti, M., J. Huge, K. Shanker, N. Koedam and F. Dahdouh-Guebas (2022) Learning from small islands in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO): a systematic review of responses to environmental change. Ocean and Coastal Management 227: 106268.
  16. Kottillil, S., T. Gupta, M. Muralidharan, C. Rao and K. Shanker (2022) Post Capture Survival Rate of Bamboo Sharks, Chiloscyllium arabicum and Chiloscyllium griseum. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.
  17. Gupta, T., H. Booth, W. Arlidge, C. Rao, M. Manoharakrishnan, N. Namboothri, K. Shanker and E.J. Milner-Gulland (2020) Mitigation of elasmobranch bycatch in trawlers: A case study in Indian fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 571. [PDF]
  18. Gupta, T., M. Manuel, M. Manoharakrishnan, N. Namboothri and K. Shanker (2019) Impact of fisheries bycatch on coastal and marine conservation and livelihoods. Journal of Governance 18: 55-63.
  19. Jaini, M., S Advani, K. Shanker, M.A. Oommen and N. Namboothri (2017) Worlds apart: How history, culture, infrastructure and export markets shape fisheries in India’s oceanic islands. Environmental Conservation 45: 41-48.
  20. Mukherjee, N., K. Shanker, N. Koedam & F. Dahdouh-Guebas (2014) Governance of coastal plantations in southern India: long term ecological vision or short-term economic opportunity? Acta Oecologica.
  21. Mukherjee, N., F. Dahdouh-Guebas, V. Kapoor, R. Arthur, N. Koedam, A. Sridhar & K. Shanker (2010) From bathymetry to bioshields: a review of post tsunami ecological research on India and its implications for policy. Environmental Management 46: 329-339.
  22. Feagin, R.A., N. Mukherjee, K. Shanker et al. (2010) Shelter from the storm? The use and misuse of ‘bioshields’ in managing for natural disasters on the coast. Conservation Letters 3:1-11.

Notes and commentaries

  • Mukherjee, N., B. Muthuraman and K. Shanker (2009) Bioshields and ecological restoration in tsunami affected areas in India. In: Integrated Coastal Zone Management (eds. E. Dahl, E. Moskness and J. Stottrup). Wiley Blackwell Publishing.
  • Mukherjee, N., N. Namboodiri, S. Rodriguez, A. Sridhar, D. Subramaniam and K. Shanker (2008) Making Disasters: Post-Tsunami Coastal Rehabilitation and Management. Hindu Survey of the Environment.
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