Sara A. Lourie

Redpath Museum, McGill University

859 Sherbrooke St West
Montreal, H3A 2K6
CANADA

Publications

Books

Lourie, S.A., S. Foster, E.W.T. Cooper, and A.C.J. Vincent (2004). A guide to the identification of seahorses. CITES/WWF North America. 118pp. [link]

Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall (1999). Seahorses: an identification guide to the world’s species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, London. 214pp. Reprinted as CD-rom (2001)

Refereed Scientific Papers

Nadeau, J.L., J.M.R. Curtis and S.A. Lourie (submitted). Preservation causes shrinkage in seahorses: implications for biological studies and managing sustainable trade using minimum size limits. Aquatic Conservation.

Spalding, M.D., H.E. Fox, G.R. Allen, N. Davidson, Z.A. Ferdaña, M. Finlayson, B.S. Halpern, N. Jorge, A. Lombana, S.A. Lourie, K.D. Martin, E. McManus, J. Molnar, C.A. Recchia, J. Robertson (in press). Marine Ecoregions of the World: a bioregionalization of coast and shelf areas. Bioscience.

Teske, P.R., S.A. Lourie, C.A. Matthee and D.M. Green (2007). Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001 – a new seahorse species or yet another synonym? Australian Journal of Zoology. [pdf]

Lourie, S.A. Spatial genetic patterns in the Hippocampus barbouri species group (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) across the Coral Triangle (2006). Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, 28 June-2 July, 2004. pp 478-484. Ed. Y. Suzuki et al. [pdf]

Morgan, S.K. & Lourie, S.A. Threatened Fishes of the World (2006): Hippocampus comes Cantor1850 (Syngnathidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 75 (3): 311-313 [pdf]

Teske P.R., Hamilton H., Palsbøll P.J., Choo C-K., Gabr H., Lourie, S.A., Santos M., Sreepada A., Cherry M.I., Matthee C.A. (2005) Molecular evidence for long-distance colonization in an Indo-Pacific seahorse lineage. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 286: 249-260 [pdf]

Lourie, S.A., D.M. Green, and A.C.J. Vincent (2005). Dispersal, habitat differences, and comparative
phylogeography of Southeast Asian seahorses (Syngnathidae:Hippocampus). Molecular Ecology 14: 1073-1094 [pdf] [supplemental material]

Lourie, S.A. Wallace’s Line for a marine fish: phylogeography of the three-spot seahorse Hippocampus trimaculatus (Syngnathidae: Teleostei) in Southeast Asia (2004). Journal of Biogeography. 31: 1975-1985 [pdf]

Lourie, S. A. and A.C.J. Vincent. Using biogeography to help set priorities in marine conservation (2004). Conservation Biology 18: 1004-1020 [pdf]

Lourie, S.A. and Randall, J.E (2003). A new pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Zoological Studies. 42(2): 284-291 [pdf]

Lourie, S.A. and D.M. Tompkins (2000). Diets of Malaysian swiftlets. Ibis. 142(2): 596-602 [link to abstract]

Lourie, S.A., J.C. Pritchard, S.P. Casey, S.K. Truong, H.J. Hall, and A.C.J. Vincent (1999). The taxonomy of Vietnam’s exploited seahorses. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 66(2): 231-56 [pdf]

Hurly, T.A. and S.A. Lourie (1996). Scatterhoarding and larderhoarding by red squirrels. Journal of Mammalogy. 78(2): 529-537 [pdf]

Other Scientific Papers

Lourie, S.A. 2000. Seahorse chaos: the importance of taxonomy to conservation. Biodiversity. 1(2): 24-27 [pdf]

Spalding M, Fox H, Davidson N, Ferdana Z, Finlayson M, Halpern B, Jorge M, Lombana A, Lourie S, Martin K, McManus E, Molnar J, Newman K, Recchia C, Robertson J (2006) Global Coastal and Marine Biogeographic Regionalization as a Support Tool for Implementation of CBD Programmes of Work. COP8 Information Document 34. Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada. 21pp [pdf]

Reports & Technical Documents

Lourie, S.A (2001). Field survey report: seahorses (Hippocampus) of Indonesia. Report to LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) [pdf]

Lourie, S.A. Measuring seahorses (2003). Project Seahorse Technical Report No.4, Version 1.0. Project Seahorse, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. 15 pp. [pdf]

Lourie, S.A (2003). Fin-clipping procedure for seahorses. Project Seahorse Technical Bulletin No. 3, Version 1.1. Project Seahorse, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. 4 pp. [pdf]

Other Publications

Lourie, S.A. (2006). Order out of chaos: taxonomy supports seahorse conservation. [link]

Selected Posters and Presentations

Jan 2007  Spalding, M.D., H.E. Fox and S.A. Lourie. Marine Ecoregions of the World. Poster presentation. International Biogeography Society meeting, Tenerife, 9-14 Jan. [pdf]

Feb 2004 Les hippocampes: myth où realité? Comment conserver un poisson extraordinaire. Public lecture, Québec city, Canada (in French)

Jan 2003 Using biogeography to help set priorities in marine conservation. Poster presentation at the International Biogeography Conference, Nevada, USA

May 2002 Syngnathidae: diversity, distributions, & identification. Spoken presentation at the CITES Technical Workshop, Cebu, Philippines

July 2001 A marine fish follows Wallace’s Line. Spoken presentation at the Fisheries Society of the British Isles conference, Leicester, UK.

June 2000 Taxonomy and distribution of Philippine seahorses: patterns and conservation priorities. Poster presentation at Biogeography of Southeast Asia Conference, Leiden, Holland

May 2000 Identification of Seahorses. Workshop for aquarists at the Regional Aquatic Workshop (an initiative of the North American public Aquaria), New Orleans, USA, May 28th

May 2000 Seahorses. Illustrated talk, Millar Wall Elementary School, New Orleans, USA

August 1999 Seahorses and conservation. Illustrated talks to volunteers and scientists with Operation Wallacea, Hoga, Sulawesi, Indonesia and Kungkungan Bay Resort, Sulawesi, Indonesia

July 1999 Lourie, S.A., Vincent, A.C.J. and Pritchard, J.C. Recognising seahorses at risk. Spoken paper at the Pacific Science Congress, Sydney, Australia

March 1999 Seahorses - how many are there and who cares? A scientific detective story. Public lecture, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, USA

June 1998 Seahorse sense: sorting the chaos of seahorse systematics. Illustrated talk at the Royal Geographical Society, London, UK

July 1998 Whistling fish. Musical recital, talk and slide show in aid of Project Seahorse, UK

October 1997 Seahorse conservation. Poster presentation at the Marine Conservation Society Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK

photo credit J. Adam

Seahorses