Pete Abbott Klimley
Adjunct Associate Professor
apklimley@ucdavis.edu

Wildlife&Fish Conservation Bio
Watershed Center, John Muir Institute of the Environment

Office
1334 Academic Surge
(707) 752-5830


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Degrees:
1982 PhD University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Marine Biology
1976 MS University of Miami Biological Oceanography
1970 BS State University of New York Zoology
Research Interests:

Predator-prey, interactions, orientation mechanisms, and magnetoreception among marine fishes; biotelemetry.
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology
Watershed Center, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Professional Societies:
Animal Behavior Society
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Animal Behavior  
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Ecology Graduate Group  
Publications:
  • Klimley, A.P., J.T. Kelly, and R.L. Kihslinger. 2005. Directional and non-directional movements of bat rays, Myliobatis californica, in Tomales Bay, California. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 74:79-88.
  • Klimley, A.P., J.E. Richert, and S.J. Jorgensen. 2005. The home of blue water fish. American Scientist, 93:42-49.
  • Muhlia-Melo, A., P. Klimley, R. González-Armas, S. Jorgensen, A. Trasviña-Castro, J. Rodriguez-Romero, and A. Amador-Buenrostro. 2003. Study of the pelagic assemblages of the Espiritu Santo seamount during El Niño 97-98 conditions. Geophysica Internacional, 42: 473-481.
  • 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, 89: 187-196.
  • 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 AP, Le Boeuf BJ, Cantara KM, Richert JE, Davis SF, Van Sommeran S and JT Kelly. 2001. The hunting strategy of white sharks at a pinniped colony. Marine Biology. 13:617-636
  • Klimley AP, Le Boeuf BJ, Cantara KM, Richert JE, Davis SF and S. Van Sommeran. 2001. Radio-acoustic positioning: a tool for studying site-spcific behavior of the white shark and large marine vertebrates. Marine Biology. 138:429-446
  • Klimley AP. 1999. Sharks Beware. American Scientist. 87:488-491
Laboratory Personnel:
Biotelemetry Laboratory
http://wfcb.ucdavis.edu/www/faculty/Pete
Hamilton, Sarah Grigg, Emma Kelly, John Ketchum, James Richert, John Sandstrom, Phil

Teaching Interests:
Animal Behavior Methods of Studying Marine Vertebrates
Courses:
WFC 10 Conservation Biology (Guest Lecture, Shark Conservation) Fall
WFC 121 Physiology of Fishes (Guest Lecture, Electro-reception) Winter
WFC 100 Vetebrate Field Methods (Guest Lecture, Marine Vertebrate Techniques Spring