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Eva Meyers

PhD Student

Herpetology

Tel: +49 228 9122-245

Fax: +49 228 9122-212

Mail: e.k.m.meyers [at] gmail.com

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Research interests

Elasmobranch biology and ecology, particularly of the Squatinidae
Macroecology and marine Species Distribution Modelling
Biodiversity and conservation of marine habitats
Amphibian phylogeography

Projects

2020

Angel Shark Project

The critically endangered Angel Shark (Squatina squatina) has suffered a vast fragmentation of its former distribution range, leaving the Canary Islands as a unique “hotspot” where this Angel Shark can be regularly encountered.

Unit:

Herpetology

Project lead:

Eva Meyers

Funding:

Fundación Biodiversidad, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Programa Poseidon, Zoological Society of London, Save our Seas Foundation, Disney Conservation Fund, Deutsche Elasmobranchier-Gesellschaft, The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

Publications

Published in

2023

Espino-Ruano, A., Castro, J. J., Guerra-Marrero, A., Couce-Montero, L., Meyers, E. K. M., Santana-del-Pino, A., Jimenez-Alvarado, D. (2023): Aggregative Behaviour of Spiny Butterfly Rays (Gymnura altavela Linnaeus, 1758) in the Shallow Coastal Zones of Gran Canaria in the Eastern Central Atlantic. - Animals 2023, 13, 1455; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13091455

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Documents:

animals-13-01455.pdf

Jimenez-Alvarado, D., Meyers, E., Guerra-Marrero, A., Espino-Ruano, A., Couce-Montero, L., Barker, J., Sealey, M. et al. (2023): First record of partial albinism in the critically endangered Angelshark (Squatina squatina) (Linnaeus, 1758). - Journal of Fish Biology, 1–4; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15429

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Documents:

jimenez-alvarado_et_al._2023.pdf

Mead, L. R., Alvarado, D. J., Meyers, E., Barker, J., Sealey, M., Caro, M. B., Toledo, H. et al. (2023): Spatiotemporal distribution and sexual segregation in the Critically Endangered angelshark Squatina squatina in Spain's largest marine reserve . - Endangered Species Research 51: 233 - 248; https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01255

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spatio-temporal_distribution_and_sexual_segregatio.pdf

2022

Giovos, I., Katsada, D., Spyridopoulou, R. N. A., Poursanidis, D., Doxa, A., Katsanevakis, S., Kleitou, P., ... , Meyers, E. K. M., et al. (2022): Strengthening Angel Shark Conservation in the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. - Journal of Marine Science and Engeneering 2022, 10, 269; 1-17; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10020269

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Documents:

giovos_et_al._2022.pdf

Tuya, F., Pérez-Neira, F., Espino, F., Bosch, N. E., Meyers, E. K. M., Jiménez-Alvarado, D., Castro, J. J., et al. (2022): Coastal sharks and rays in the Northeastern Atlantic: From an urgent call to collect more data to the declaration of a marine corridor. - Global Ecology and Conservation 38 (2022) e02261; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02261

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Global Ecology and Conservation

Documents:

2022_tuya_et_al._coastal_sharks_-_glob.ecol_.conserv.pdf

2021

Ellis, J. R., Barker, J., McCully Phillips, S. R., Meyers, E. K. M., Heupel, M. (2021): Angel sharks (Squatinidae): A review of biological knowledge and exploitation. - Journal of Fish Biology 98 (3): 592-621; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14613

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Noviello, N., McGonigle, C., Jacoby, D. M. P., Meyers, E. K. M., Jiménez-Alvarado, D., Barker, J. (2021): Modelling Critically Endangered marine species: Bias-corrected citizen science data inform habitat suitability for the angelshark (Squatina squatina). - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems; https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3711

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Tuya, F., Aguilar, R., Espino, F., Bosch, N. E., Meyers, E. K. M., Jiménez-Alvarado, D., Castro, J. J., et al. (2021): Differences in the occurrence and abundance of batoids across an oceanic archipelago using complementary data sources: Implications for conservation. - Ecology and Evolution 11:16704–16715; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.829

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ecology_and_evolution_-_2021_-_tuya_-_differences_in_the_occurrence_and_abundance_of_batoids_across_an_oceanic_archipelago.pdf

2020

Barker, J., Davies, J., Wray, B., Sharp, R., Gollock, M., Evans, J., O’Connor, J., ... , Meyers, E., et al. (2020): Wales Angelshark Action Plan. - Zoological Society of London, UK, 42 pp.

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Jiménez-Alvaradoa, D., Guerra-Marreroa, A., Sarmiento-Lezcano, A., Meyers, E. K. M., Castroa, J. J. (2020): First assessment of the spearfishing impact in the Canary Islands. - Regional Studies in Marine Science 38, July 2020, 101385; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101385

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Jiménez‐Alvarado, D., Meyers, E. K. M., Caro, M. B., Sealey, M. J., Barker, J. (2020): Investigation of juvenile angelshark (Squatina squatina ) habitat in the Canary Islands with recommended measures for protection and management. - Aquatic Conservation: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3337

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Lawson, J. M., Pollom, R. A., Gordon, C. A., Barker, J., Meyers, E. K. M., Zidowitz, H., Ellis, J. R., et al. (2020): Extinction risk and conservation of critically endangered angel sharks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77: 12–29; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz222

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2019

Lawson, J. M., Pollom, R. A., Gordon, C. A., Barker, J., Meyers, E. K. M., Zidowitz, H., Ellis, J. R., et al. (2019): Extinction risk and conservation of critically endangered angel sharks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. – ICES Journal of Marine Science; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz222

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2017

GORDON, C. A., HOOD, A. R., BARKER, J., BARTOLÍ, À., DULVY, N. K., JIMÉNEZ ALVARADO, D., LAWSON, J. M., MEYERS, E. K. M. (2017): Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Angel Shark Conservation Strategy. The Shark Trust.

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Meyers, E. K. M., Tuya, F., Barker, J., Alvarado, D. J., Castro‐Hernández, J. J., Haroun, R., Rödder, D. (2017): Population structure, distribution and habitat use of the Critically Endangered Angelshark, Squatina squatina, in the Canary Islands. - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27:1133–1144; doi: 10.1002/aqc.2769

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Presentations

Talks

Meyers, E., Barker, J., Haroun, R., Rödder,. D. (2014): Pattern in the distribution, population structure and habitat use of the Angel Shark (Squatina squatina) in the Canary Islands. European Elasmobranch Association (EEA) Scientific Conference 2014, Leeuwarden/The Netherlands.

Meyers, E. (2014): The Angel Shark Project. III Ciclo de Ciencia Compartida, Universidád Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Meyers, E., Tuya, F., Barker, J., Haroun, R., Rödder, D. (2015): Patterns in the distribution, population structure and habitat use of the critically endangered angel shark (Squatina squatina). - 2015 Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Plymouth, UK.

Barker J, Meyers E, Haroun R, Castro JJ, Piper R, Fernandez Palacios Y(2015). Securing the future of angel sharks (Squatina squatina) in Europe. 2015 Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Plymouth, UK.

Barker J, Piper R, Meyers E, Fernandez Palacios Y, Haroun R (2014). Protecting the last angel shark stronghold in the Canary Islands. 18th European Elasmobranch Association Annual Scientific Conference. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

Education:
10/2013 – 5/2015 MSc. Organismic Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Paleobiology (OEP) at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany
Field of studies: Ecology, marine biology, biodiversity, biogeography
Master Thesis: “Patterns in the abundance, distribution and behavior of the Angel Shark Squatina squatina in the Canary Islands” at the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany and Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain. (Grade: A+ ; Supervisor: Dr. Dennis Rödder).
10/2010-09/2012 Bsc Biology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn.
Field of studies: biology with specialization in zoology, ecology and marine biology
Bachelor thesis: 1) Visual discrimination of Bamboo Sharks 2) Age and Growth of the Whitespotted Eagle Ray at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany. (Grade: A; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Horst Bleckmann and Dr. Vera Schlüssel)
01/2008 – 05/2008 Field studies at GAIAS, San Cristobal, Galapagos
08/2006-05/2008 Study period BSc. Marine Ecology at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador. Field of studies: Zoology, conservation and marine ecology
05/2005 International Baccalaureate (IB) British School Quito, Ecuador

Work Experience:
since 05/2015 Consultant Sharks MOU, United Nations Environmental Program /CMS Sharks MOU, Bonn
since 2014 Principal Investigator Angel Shark Project, Canary Islands.
11/2013-03/2014 Internship United Nations Environmental Program /CMS Sharks MOU, Bonn;
10/2006-10/2007 Internship Equilibrio Azul Foundation, Quito, Ecuador

Financial support:
2015 Deutsche Elasmobranchier Gesellschaft (DEG) Project funding: Angel Shark Project
2015 Save our Seas Foundation Small Grant (SOSF Small Grant) Project funding: Angel Shark Project
2014 Conference Travel "European Elasmobranch Association Travel Grant" (EEA 2014).
2014 Funding Erasmus Internship: Angel Shark Project

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