
Portrait by Stanley Klimley.
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A. Peter Klimley
Position: Adjunct Associate Professor
Campus Address:
1334 Academic Surge
Department of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology
Phone: (530) 752-5830
Email: 
Degrees:
1982: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University
of California, San Diego - Ph.D. Marine Biology
1976: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences, University of Miami, Florida - M.S. Biological Oceanography
1970: State University of New York, Stony Brook
- B.S. Zoology
Research Interests:
The role of sensory physiology in orientation,
predator-prey interactions, ultrasonic tracking and telemetry
Internet:
Dr. Hammerhead, NOVA/PBS Web Page, research
featured and questions about shark biology answered [see www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/masters/
hammerhead.html].
Recent Publications and Presentations:
Kelly, J.T., A.P. Klimley, and C.E. Crocker.
In Press. Movements of green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris,
in the San Francisco Bay Estuary, California. Environmental Biology
of Fishes.
T.H. Curtis, J.T. Kelly, K.L. Menard, R.K. Laroche,
R.E. Jones, and A.P. Klimley. In Press. Observations on the behavior
of white sharks scavenging from a whale carcass at Point Reyes, California.
California Fish and Game.
Klimley,
A.P., R.L. Kihslinger, and J.T. Kelly. 2005. Directional and non-directional
movements of bat rays (Myliobatis californica) in Tomales Bay,
California. Environmental Biology of Fishes 74(1)79-88.
Klimley,
A.P., J.E. Richert, and S.J. Jorgensen. 2005. The home of blue water
fish. American Scientist 93:42-49.
Kelly,
J.T and A.P. Klimley. 2003. The occurrence of the white shark, Carcharodon
carcharias, at Point Reyes Headlands, California. Bulletin of California
Fish and Game, in press.

Swimming toward school of hammerhead sharks.
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Kelly,
J.T., A.P. Klimley, and C.E. Crocker. 2003. Movements of adult and sub-adult
green sturgeon in the San Francisco Estuary. San Francisco Bay Delta
Estuary, 6th Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, Poster, Abstract.
Klimley,
A.P. 2003. The Secret Life of Sharks: A Leading Biologist Reveals the
Mysteries of Shark Behavior. Simon and Schuster, New York, 292 pp.
Klimley,
A.P., S.J. Jorgensen, A. Muhlia-Melo, and S.C. Beavers. 2003. Movements
of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) to and from Espiritu Santo Seamount
in Gulf of California. Fisheries Bulletin, 101: 684-692.
Kihslinger, R.L. and A.P. Klimley. 2002. Species
identity and the temporal characteristics of fish acoustic signals.
Journal of Comparative Psychology, 116: 210-214.
Klimley,
A.P., S. C. Beavers, T.H. Curtis, and S.J. Jorgensen. 2002. Movements
and swimming behavior of three species of sharks in La Jolla Canyon,
California. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 63: 117-135.
Klimley,
A.P., B.J. Le Boeuf, K.M. Cantara, J.E. Richert, S.F. Davis, S. Van
Sommeran, and J.T. Kelly. 2001. The hunting strategy of white sharks
at a pinniped colony. Marine Biology. 13: 617-636.
Klimley,
A.P., B.J. Le Boeuf, K.M. Cantara, J.E. Richert, S.F. Davis, and S.
Van Sommeran. 2001. Radio-acoustic positioning: a tool for studying
site-specific behavior of the white shark and large marine vertebrates.
Marine Biology. 138:429-446.
Lectures:
WFC
100: Marine Vertebrate Techniques (10.1 Mb pdf file)
WFC
121: Electroreception in fishes (5.3 Mb pdf file)