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In progress/working papers. ​
  • Wester, J., Broad, K., Backe, K., Moore, A., Fielding, R., Macdonald, C., Callwood, K., Mills, D., J. Jacquet., Then, A., Taufek, H. (under review) “Culture and historic value as ways of understanding complex human health-ocean linkages” in L. Fleming, L. Rabbottini, M. Depledge, L. A. Creencia, W.H. Gerwick, H.C. Goh, V. Gordon, M.O. Gribble, B. Maycock, H. Solo-Gabriele (Eds.), Oceans and Human Health. Elsevier.
  • Wester. J., Turffs, D., Jerome, J., Elliot, J., & Macdonald, C (under review). Tourism and Downstream Ecosystems: An Analysis of Media Discourse in Florida. Annals of Tourism Research: Empirical Insights.
  • Wester. J. & Macdonald, C. (under review). Environmental problems and solutions in Florida: A survey of key public attitudes. Ambio.
  • Wester. J., Turffs, D., Jerome, J., Elliot, J., & Macdonald, C. (under review). Development and Downstream Ecosystems: An Analysis of Media Discourse in Florida. Geoforum.
  • Pankow, C.J., Macdonald, C., Shiffman, D.S., Wester, J., & Abel, D. (in prep) Differences in δ15N and δ13C between embryonic and maternal tissues of the viviparous southern stingray, Hypanus americanus.

Published works
  • Wester, J., Shiffman, D., Turffs, D., & Macdonald, C. (in press). “A human values issue”: Actors, Arguments and Regulatory Change in the Florida Land-Based Shark Fishery. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.  
  • Saltzman, J., Graham, J., Wester, J., White, E.R., & Macdonald, C. (2022) #Sawfish: Social Media to Assess Public Perceptions, Behaviors, and Attitudes Towards a Critically Endangered Species. Frontiers in Conservation Science.
  • Wester, J., Turffs, D., McEntee, K., Pankow, C., Perni, N., Jerome, J., Macdonald, C. (2022). Agriculture and downstream ecosystems in Florida: an analysis of media discourse. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
  • Shiffman, D. S., Elliott, J. N., Macdonald, C. C., Wester, J. N., Polidoro, B. A., & Ferry, L. A. (2022). The next generation of conservation research and policy priorities for threatened and exploited chondrichthyan fishes in the United States: An expert solicitation approach. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(3), e12629.
  • Macdonald, C., Jerome, J., Perni, N., Pankow, C.J., Shiffman, D.S., Black, K., & Wester, J. (2021). Discovery of a probable great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) nursery in Northern Biscayne Bay, Florida. Conservation Science and Practice, 3(8), e418.
  • Shiffman, D. S., Macdonald, C. C., Wester, J. N., Walsh, M. B., Chevalier, A., Kachelriess, D., & Friedman, K. J. (2021). Marine species conservation at CITES: How does media coverage inform or misinform?. Marine Policy, 134, 104813.
  • Pate, J. H., Macdonald, C., & Wester, J. (2021). Surveys of recreational anglers reveal knowledge gaps and positive attitudes towards manta ray conservation in Florida. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(6), 1410-1419.
  • Pankow, C. J., Macdonald, C. C., Shiffman, D. S., Wester, J., & Abel, D. (2021). Stable Isotopic Dynamics of Juvenile Elasmobranchs in a South Carolina Nursery Area. Southeastern Naturalist, 20(1), 92-104.
  • Wester, J., & Broad, K. (2021). Direct potable water recycling in Texas: case studies and policy implications. Journal of environmental policy & planning, 23(1), 66-83.
  • Macdonald, C., & Wester, J. (2021). Public understanding of wildlife tourism: Defining terms, harms, and benefits. Journal of Ecotourism, 20(2), 198-209.
  • Macdonald, C., & Wester, J. (2020). What Makes a Panther a Panther?: Genetics, Human Perceptions, and the Complexity of Species Categorization. Nature and Culture, 15(1), 19-31.​
  • Macdonald, C. & Wester, J. (2019). Public perceptions of the hybridization of polar (Ursus maritimus) and grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis). Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 1-1
  • Hammerschlag N., Skubel R., Calich H., Nelson E.R., Shiffman D.S., Wester J., Macdonald C., Cain S., Jennings L., Enchaelmaier A., Gallagher A.J. (2016) Nocturnal and crepuscular behavior in elasmobranchs: a review of movement, habitat use, foraging, and reproduction in the dark. Bulletin of Marine Science, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2016.1046
  • Wester, J., Timpano, K., Cek, D., & Broad, K. (2016) The Psychology of Recycled Water: Factors Predicting Disgust and Willingness to Use. Water Resources Research. 52, 3212–3226, doi:10.1002/2015WR018340.
  • Wester, J. Morality, Emotion, and Policy Making: Environmental Decision Making about Recycled Water (doctoral thesis). University of Miami, United States.
  • Shiffman, D.S., Gallagher, A.J., Wester, J., Macdonald, C.C., Thaler, A.D., Cooke, S.J., Hammerschlag, N. (2015). A letter of clarification from the authors of “trophy fishing for species threatened with extinction”. Marine Policy 53: 213-214.
  • Wester, J., Timpano, K., Cek, D., Lieberman, D., Fieldstone, S., & Broad, K. (2015). Psychological and Social Factors Associated with Wastewater Reuse Emotional Discomfort. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 42: 16-23.
  • Shiffman, D.S., Gallagher, A.J., Wester, J., Macdonald, C.C., Thaler, A.D., Cooke, S.J., Hammerschlag, N.  (2014). Trophy fishing for species threatened with extinction: A way forward building on a history of conservation. Marine Policy 50: 318-322. 
  • Hammerschlag N, Gallagher AJ, Wester J, Luo J, Ault JS. (2012, Cover) Don’t bite the hand that feeds: assessing ecological impacts of provisioning ecotourism on an apex marine predator. Functional Ecology 26(3): 567-576
  • Wester, J. (Master’s thesis) Fear versus Hope: Conservation Messaging and Attitudes toward Biodiversity Loss.
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