A5030187623- Marine and fisheries research
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine animal studies overview
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Water Quality and Resources Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Information and Cyber Security
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Health, Medicine and Society
- Diatoms and Algae Research
William & Mary
2015-2024
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
2002-2015
HEC Montréal
2003-2005
North Carolina State University
2001
École Normale Supérieure - PSL
1995
Recent shifts in the geographic distribution of marine species have been linked to preferred thermal habitats. These already posed challenges for living resource management, and there is a strong need projections how might be impacted by future changes ocean temperatures during 21st century. We modeled habitat 686 Atlantic Pacific oceans using long-term ecological survey data from North American continental shelves. models were coupled output sixteen general circulation that run under high...
Migratory and mobile fishes such as summer flounder ( Paralichthys dentatus ) often utilize dietary resources with stable isotope signatures that vary over time space, potentially confounding diet analyses if tissues slow turnover are sampled before reaching isotopic equilibrium. A laboratory diet-shift study was conducted using juvenile young adult to (i) determine rates fractionations of δ 13 C 15 N in liver, whole blood, white muscle (ii) estimate the relative importance growth metabolic...
Abstract Relative abundance of many shark species in the Atlantic is assessed by compiling data from several independently conducted, but somewhat spatially limited surveys. Although these localized surveys annually sample same populations, resulting trends yearly indices often conflict with one another, thereby hindering interpretation patterns at broad spatial scales. We used delta‐lognormal generalized linear models ( GLM s) to generate for seven coastal six fishery‐independent along US...
Considerable effort has been directed in the last decade towards development of multispecies, ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management. One aspect this is models that take into account direct and indirect ecological interactions among species their environment. We review four multispecies modeling we feel have great potential for use management: production models, virtual population analysis, Ecopath with Ecosim, bioenergetics models. All can predict biomass trajectories over time...
SUMMARY Sciaenid fishes are important models of fish sound production, but investigations into their auditory abilities limited to acoustic pressure measurements on five species. In this study, we used brainstem response (ABR) assess the and particle acceleration thresholds six sciaenid commonly found in Chesapeake Bay, eastern USA: weakfish(Cynoscion regalis), spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus),Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus), red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), spot (Leiostomus...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 481:161-180 (2013) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10253 Patterns and drivers of demersal fish community Chesapeake Bay Andre Buchheister*, Christopher F. Bonzek, James Gartland, Robert J. Latour Virginia Institute Science, College William & Mary, PO Box 1346, Gloucester Point, 23062, USA *Email:...
Dietary habits and trophic‐guild structure were examined in a fish assemblage (47 species) of the Chesapeake Bay estuary, U.S.A., using 10 years data from >25 000 stomachs. The was comprised statistically significant trophic guilds that principally differentiated by relative amounts Mysida, Bivalvia, Polychaeta, Teleostei other Crustacea diets. These broadly aggregated into five categories: piscivores, zooplanktivores, benthivores, crustacivores miscellaneous consumers. Food web largely...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 582:1-13 (2017) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12362 FEATURE ARTICLE Reef height drives threshold dynamics of restored oyster reefs Allison M. Colden1,2,*, Robert J. Latour1, Romuald N. Lipcius1 1Virginia Institute Science, College William & Mary, PO Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA 2Present...
SUMMARY Maintaining optimal visual performance is a difficult task in the photodynamic coastal and estuarine waters which western North Atlantic sciaenid fishes support substantial commercial recreational fisheries. Unavoidable tradeoffs exist between sensitivity resolution, yet systems have not been characterized despite strong species-specific ecomorphological microhabitat differentiation. We therefore used electroretinographic techniques to describe light sensitivities, temporal...
Maintaining optimal visual performance is a difficult task in photodynamic coastal and estuarine waters because of the unavoidable tradeoffs between luminous sensitivity spatial temporal resolution, yet systems piscivores remain understudied despite differences their ecomorphology microhabitat use. We therefore used electroretinographic techniques to describe light sensitivities, properties spectral sensitivities four piscivorous fishes common western North Atlantic: striped bass (Morone...
The introduction of a non-native freshwater fish, blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus, in tributaries Chesapeake Bay resulted the establishment fisheries and expansion population into brackish habitats. Blue are an invasive species region, efforts underway to limit their impacts on native communities. Key characteristics (population size, survival rates) unknown, but such knowledge is useful understanding impact estuarine systems. We estimated size rates tidal habitats James River subestuary....
Abstract Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, is an abundant, schooling pelagic fish that widely distributed in the coastal Northwest Atlantic. It supports largest single-species fishery by volume on east coast of United States. However, relatively little known about factors control recruitment, and its stock–recruitment relationship poorly defined. menhaden managed as a single unit stock, but fisheries environmental variables likely act regionally recruitments. To better understand...
Nursery area habitats such as estuaries are vital for the success of many fish populations. Climate change is altering conditions in these areas, which can thus impact availability suitable nursery habitat. The sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus uses Chesapeake Bay (USA) a habitat during summer months from birth up to 10 yr age. To assess impacts climate on juvenile sharks, we developed model using longline data collected fishery-independent survey within Bay. With this model, projected...
Atlantic menhaden ( Brevoortia tyrannus ) support the largest fishery by volume on United States East Coast, while also playing an important role as a forage species. Managers’ and stakeholders’ increasing concerns about impact of harvest ecosystem processes led to evolution in assessment management this species from purely single-species approach approach. The first coastwide stock for used virtual population analysis (VPA). Subsequent assessments forward projecting statistical catch-at-age...
ABSTRACT Researchers have applied numerous techniques to improve billfish stock assessments, including habitat‐based models that incorporate behavioral and oceanographic parameters standardize historical catch‐per‐unit‐effort time‐series data. These methods allowed researchers account for significant changes in the depths of pelagic longline (PLL) gear deployments over time. This study presents habitat‐use data recovered from high‐resolution 5‐ 10‐day pop‐up satellite archival tags (PSATs)...
Abstract Garrison, L. P., Link, J. S., Kilduff, D. Cieri, M. D., Muffley, B., Vaughan, Sharov, A., Mahmoudi, and Latour, R. 2010. An expansion of the MSVPA approach for quantifying predator–prey interactions in exploited fish communities. – ICES Journal Marine Science, 67: 856–870. Ecosystem-based fisheries management requires tools to place fish-stock dynamics broader context fishery, predator, competitive removals. Multispecies virtual population analysis (MSVPA) is an estimating rates...
White marlin, a highly migratory pelagic marine fish, support important commercial and recreational fisheries throughout their range in the tropical subtropical Atlantic Ocean. More than 10 000 individuals can be caught annually United States fishery, of which vast majority are captured on circle hooks released alive. The probability post-release mortality white marlin from has been documented to <0.02, but associated physiological stress resulting capture handling techniques not...
Abstract Highly mobile species can be challenging for fisheries management and conservation due to large home ranges combined with dependence on discrete habitat areas where they easily targeted or vulnerable anthropogenic disturbances. Management of the Dusky Shark Carcharhinus obscurus in northwest Atlantic Ocean has been particularly species’ inherent vulnerability overfishing poorly understood associations. To better understand associations seasonal distributions, we telemetry remotely...
The striped bass (Morone saxatilis) is an economically and ecologically important finfish species along the Atlantic seaboard of United States. Recent stock assessments in Chesapeake Bay (U.S.A.) indicate that non-fishing mortality has increased since 1999, concomitant with very high (>50%) prevalence visceral dermal disease caused by Mycobacterium spp. Current fishery assessment models do not differentiate between other components (e.g., senescence, predation); therefore, impact on...
Abstract Catch‐and‐release fisheries have become very important in the management of overexploited recreational fish stocks. Tag return studies, where tag is removed regardless disposition, been used to assess effectiveness restoration efforts for these fisheries. We extend instantaneous rate formulation models allow catch and release as well harvest. The key point our methods that, given an estimate reporting rate, fishing mortality ( F ) separated into two components: on harvested...