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CURRICULUM VITAE FOR CHET F. RAKOCINSKI

15 November 2013

PERSONAL

Name: Chet F. Rakocinski

Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois

PRESENT ADDRESS

USM Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL)

703 East Beach Drive

Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Work 228-872-4284

email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1986, Biology (Zoology emphasis), The University of Southern Mississippi

M.S., 1977, Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University

B.S., 1974, Biological Sciences major, chemistry minor, Northern Illinois University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Presently, I am a Professor in the Department of Coastal Sciences at the USM Gulf Coast Research

Laboratory, where I have been engaged as a PI or Co-PI on various research projects. My research centers

on benthic ecology and fisheries ecology in marine, estuarine, and freshwater habitats. My overarching

goal is to carry out an integrated research program to examine processes affecting macrobenthic

communities, recruitment dynamics, and trophic relationships between fishes and macroinvertebrates.

Research efforts address macrobenthic responses to environmental change and anthropogenic alteration,

recruitment ecology of early life-stages of estuarine-dependent fisheries species, habitat use, trophic

ecology, and the effects of biotic interactions on trophic relationships. Formerly we completed a 4-year

EPA STAR grant to develop macrobenthic ecoindicators of estuarine condition for the northern Gulf of

Mexico, studies of the determination of geographic sources of juvenile nursery habitat using otolith

microchemistry, and macrobenthic responses to marsh restoration. Previously, I have also acted as a PI or

Co-PI for several biomonitoring projects funded by the EPA and the National Park Service that elucidated

natural patterns and anthropogenic impacts on macrofaunal assemblages in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Also, I have participated in studies of the effects of environmental fluctuation on the early recruitment of

estuarine-dependent fishes using an approach that integrates laboratory and field studies of early growth

of juvenile fishes. Other past efforts include studies of blue crab recruitment dynamics and of seagrass

and associated fauna. Presently, I am actively engaged in collaborative research with my students and

colleagues in such areas as estuarine trophic ecology, habitat assessment and early recruitment dynamics.

For example, we are characterizing secondary production and community structure of invertebrates and

cryptic fishes of artificial reefs of coastal Mississippi. We are also advancing a modeling approach aimed

at reaching a mechanistic understanding of effects of hypoxia and organic enrichment on benthic

macroinfauna. An eclectic and balanced approach is used involving a combination of field studies and

laboratory experiments, in conjunction with simulation modeling.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

My university teaching experience is extensive. Presently, I am a Professor in the Department of

Coastal Sciences of the University of Southern Mississippi, where I have developed a wide range of

courses, including Data Analysis in the Coastal Sciences, Benthic Ecology, Marine Ecology, Marine

Ichthyology, Biology of Fishes, General Zoology, Genetics, Comparative Anatomy, and Introductory

Biology. In addition, I co-coordinate two readings/discussion courses in Foundations in Coastal and

Historical Ecology. The Summer Field Program course, Marine Ecology, has been under my stewardship

since 1999. I initially developed the curriculum for the core graduate course, Coastal Processes II, which I

have co-taught since spring 2000. In addition, I have developed specialized graduate courses in Data

Analysis and Benthic Ecology for the USM Department of Coastal Sciences. In the summers of 2003 and

2005, I taught Fishes of the Tropics in Belize for the Study Abroad Program of the University of

Mississippi. My teaching style is structured and interactive. I maintain that the learning process is best

facilitated by the development of conceptual frameworks and critical thinking skills.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Professor – USM Department of Coastal Sciences

(22 August 2011 – present)

Associate Professor – USM Department of Coastal Sciences

(16 August 2003 – 21 August 2011)

Assistant Professor – USM Department of Coastal Sciences

(16 August 2000 – 15 August 2003)

Associate Research Scientist – USM Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

(1 July 1995 – 15 August 2003)

Researcher – USM Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

(1 October 1990 – 1 July 1995)

Postdoctoral Research Associate – LSU Coastal Fisheries Institute

(1 October 1988 – 30 September 1990)

Assistant Professor – University of Mississippi Dept of Biology

(1 August 1987 – 31 July 1988)

Research Associate – USM Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

(1 September 1986 – 31 July 1987)

Instructor – USM Dept Biological Sciences

(1 September 1985 – 31 July 1986)

Laboratory Teaching Assistant – USM Dept Biological Sciences

(1 September 1981 – 31 July 1985)

Research Assistant – USM Dept Biological Sciences

(1 January 1979 – 31 July 1980)

Research Assistant – NIU Department of Communication

(1 September 1977 – 31 October 1978)

Research Assistant – NIU Department of Biology

(1 September 1975 – 31 July 1977)


Teaching:

Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi

Lecture courses taught:

USM GCRL - Summer Field Program

Marine Ecology (539/539L) – 1999- 2001; 2005; 2007- 2013 (course steward since 1999)

Marine Ichthyology (408/508;408L/508L) - 1994

Faunistic Ecology of Tidal Marshes, Seagrasses and Sand Beaches (406/506; 406L/506L) - 1997 (co-

instructor with R.W. Heard)

USM COA - Academic Year

Data Analysis in the Coastal Sciences – (COA 605) – 2004; 2006; 2008; 2010; 2012

Benthic Ecology (COA 690/790) - 2003

Coastal Processes II (COA 602) – 2000 - 2004; 2006; 2008 - 2013

(course coordinator and/or co-instructor)

Foundations in Coastal Ecology – (COA 690/790) – 2005; 2012

Historical Ecology– (COA 690/790) - 2010

Coastal Metapopulations and Landscape Ecology (BSC 790) - 1996

(course co-coordinator and co-instructor)

Recruitment of Fishes to Coral Reef Systems (COA 790) - 1998

(co-instructor with M.S. Peterson)

Statistical Approaches in the Coastal Sciences (COA 790) - 1999

(course coordinator and co-instructor)

Analysis and Interpretation of Marine Biological Data (BSC 692) - 1997

(course coordinator and co-instructor)

Department of Biology, University of Mississippi

Lecture courses taught

Biology of Fishes (415/515) - Spring 1988

Introductory Biology (163L) - Spring 1988

Comparative Anatomy (331) - Fall 1987

Introductory Biology (105L) - Fall 1987

Study Abroad Program - University of Mississippi

Fishes of the Tropics (BISC 446) – 2003; 2005

Summer Session – Southwater Caye, Belize

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi

Lecture courses taught

Genetics (470/570) - Fall 1985, Spring 1986

Principles of Biology II - Summer 1985


General Zoology (211) - Spring 1985

Population and Community Ecology (462/562) - periodic lecturer

Lower level labs taught

Intro Vertebrate Biology, Intro Invertebrate Biology, Intro Botany, Intro General Biology

Higher level labs taught

Population and Community Ecology, Ichthyology, Biology of Fishes,

Freshwater Biology, Invertebrate Biology II, Intro Fisheries Biology

PUBLICATIONS

Dissertation

Ecological variation, predator-prey size relationships and foraging behavior in primitive

stream-dwelling darters (Pisces: Percidae).

Masters thesis

Evolutionary interactions of two sympatric related species of minnows in a creek in northwestern

Illinois: Hybridization and isolating mechanisms between Campostoma oligolepis and Campostoma

anomalum pullum.

Published Manuscripts † - denotes student author under my direction

Gillett, D.J., S.B. Weisberg, T. Grayson, A. Hamilton, V. Hansen, E.W. Leppo, M.C. Pelletier, A.

Borja, D. Cadien, D. Dauer, R. Diaz, M. Dutch, J.L. Hyland, M. Kellogg, P. Larsen, J. Levinton, R.

Llansó, L.L. Lovell, P. Montagna, D. Pasko, C.A. Phillips, C. Rakocinski, J.A. Ranasinghe, D.M.

Sanger, H. Teixeira, R. F. Van Dolah, R.G. Velarde and K.I. Welch. Effect of ecological group

classification schemes on performance of the AMBI benthic index in US coastal waters. Submitted to

Ecological Applications.

Rakocinski, C.F., B.H. Comyns, M.S. Peterson and A. Shiller. Regional patterns in the otolith

chemistry of juvenile spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) under contrasting hydrological

conditions. In Revision for Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.

Jackson, L.A. †

, C.F. Rakocinski and R.B. Blaylock. Effects of previous exposure to novel prey on

the feeding success of hatchery-reared spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier, 1830) within a

group setting. In Revision for Aquaculture Research.

Manley, C.B. †

, C.F. Rakocinski, P.G. Lee and R.B. Blaylock. 2014. Stocking density effects on

aggressive and cannibalistic behaviors in larval hatchery-reared spotted seatrout, Cynoscion

nebulosus. Aquaculture 420-421: 89–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.10.040

Jackson, L.A. †

, C.F. Rakocinski and R.B. Blaylock. 2013. Assessing the feeding performance of

hatchery-reared Spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus on live novel prey. Journal of Fish Biology 82:

1032–1046. doi:10.1111/jfb.12052.


Vivian, D.N. †

, C.F. Rakocinski and M.S. Peterson. 2012. Habitat function of a restored marsh: Post-

larval gulf killifish as a sentinel. Chapter 4 In: Estuaries: Classification, Ecology, and Human

Impacts. S. Jordan [ed.]. pp. 57-74. Nova Science Publishers.

Ballard, S.E. † and C.F. Rakocinski. 2012. Flexible feeding strategies of juvenile gray triggerfish

(Balistes capriscus) and planehead filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus) within Sargassum habitat. Gulf

and Caribbean Research 24: 31-40.

Anderson, E.J., B.H. Comyns, H.M. Perry and C.F. Rakocinski. 2012. Early growth of three

kingfish (Menticirrhus) species found in coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and

Caribbean Research 24: 23-29.

Rakocinski, C.F. 2012. Evaluating macrobenthic process indicators in relation to organic

enrichment and hypoxia. Ecological Indicators 13: 1-12. doi: 0.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.031. Listed as

key research article by Earth Emphasis: Center for Top Earth and Environmental Science Research

http: //earthemphasis.com.

Yeager, K.M., R. Brinkmeyer, C.F. Rakocinski, P.H. Santschi and K.J. Schindler. 2010. Impacts of

dredging activities on the accumulation of dioxins in surface sediments of the Houston ship channel,

Texas. Journal of Coastal Research 26: 743-752. doi: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00009.1

Rakocinski, C.F. 2009. Linking allometric macrobenthic processes to hypoxia using the Peters

mass balance model. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology – Special Hypoxia Issue

381: S13-S20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.005

Drury McCall, D. †

, C.F. Rakocinski and J. L. Pinckney. 2009. Effects of grass shrimp versus

nutrient addition on functional groups of epiphytic algae associated with Ruppia maritima growth

stages. Marine Ecology Progress Series 379: 151-162. doi: 10.3354/meps07877

Comyns, B.H., C.F. Rakocinski, M.S. Peterson and A. Shiller. 2008. Otolith chemistry of juvenile

spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) reflects local natal regions of coastal Mississippi. Marine

Ecology Progress Series 371: 243-252. doi: 10.3354/meps07604

Ferguson, H.J. †

and C.F. Rakocinski. 2008. Macroinfaunal functional metrics for tracking marsh

restoration: Implementing a practical approach. Wetlands Ecology and Management 16: 277-289.

doi:10.1007/s11273-008-9088-4

Zapfe, G.A. †

and C.F Rakocinski. 2008. Coherent growth and diet patterns in juvenile spot

(Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepéde) reflect effects of hydrology on access to shoreline habitat.

Fisheries Research 91: 107-111. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2007.12.014

Rakocinski, C.F., C.A. Moncreiff, M.S. Peterson, K.E. VanderKooy and T.A. Randall. 2008.

Habitat condition and associated macrofauna reflect differences between protected and exposed

seagrass landscapes. Gulf and Caribbean Research 20: 11-19.

Rakocinski, C.F. and J.A. McLelland. 2007. Macroinfauna. CHAPTER in Grand Bay National

Estuarine Research Reserve: An Ecological Characterization (Peterson, M.S., G.L. Waggy and M.S.

Woodrey, editors) Pp 172-190. Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Point,

Mississippi.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.005



and C.F. Rakocinski. 2007. Grass shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.) play a pivotal

trophic role in enhancing Ruppia maritima. Ecology 88: 618-624.


and C. F. Rakocinski. 2007. Grass shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.) play a pivotal

trophic role in enhancing Ruppia maritima. Appendices A – L supplemental to Ecology report by the

same title, published in digital, Internet-accessible form. Ecological Archives E088-041-A(1-12).

Rakocinski, C.F., M.S. Peterson, B.H. Comyns, G.A. Zapfe and G.L. Fulling. 2006. Do abiotic

fluctuations drive the early growth of juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus)? Fisheries Research

82: 186-193.

Abney, M.A. †, R.W. Heard, and C.F. Rakocinski. 2005. Selected life-history observations on the

Cayman gambusia, Gambusia xanthosoma Greenfield, 1983 (Poeciliidae). Gulf and Caribbean

Research 17: 107-112.

Rakocinski, C.F. and D. Drury McCall. 2005. Early blue crab recruitment to alternative nursery

habitats in Mississippi, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research 24: 253-259.

Rakocinski, C.F. and G.A. Zapfe. 2005. Chapter 20. Macrobenthic process indicators of estuarine

condition. In: Estuarine Indicators S.A. Bortone [ed]. pp. 315-331. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Shervette, V.R., H.M. Perry, C.F. Rakocinski and P.M. Biesiot. 2004. Recruitment of post-

settlement stone crab Menippe adina juveniles in Mississippi Sound: Factors influencing shelter

occupation. Journal of Crustacean Biology 24: 652- 665.

Niemi, G.J., D. Wardrop, R. Brooks, S. Anderson, V. Brady, H. Paerl, C. Rakocinski, M. Brouwer,

B. Levinson and M. McDonald. 2004. Rationale for a new generation of ecological indicators for

coastal waters. Environmental Health Perspectives 112: 979-986.

Peterson, M.S., B.H. Comyns, C.F. Rakocinski and G.L Fulling. 2004. Defining the fundamental

physiological niche of young estuarine fishes and it’s relationship to understanding distribution, vital

metrics, and optimal nursery conditions. Environmental Biology of Fishes 71: 143-149.

Abney, M.A. † and C.F. Rakocinski. 2004. Life-history variation in Caribbean gambusia, Gambusia

puncticulata puncticulata (Poeciliidae) from the Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Environmental

Biology of Fishes 70: 67-79.

Rakocinski, C.F., H.M. Perry, M.A. Abney and K.M. Larsen. 2003. Soft-sediment recruitment

dynamics of early blue crab stages in Mississippi Sound. Special Issue devoted to the Proceedings of

the 2000 Blue Crab Symposium. Bulletin of Marine Science 72: 393-408.

Rakocinski, C.F., B.H. Comyns, M.S. Peterson and G.A. Zapfe. 2002. Field growth responses of

juvenile white trout (Cynoscion arenarius) to continuous variation in physical habitat conditions.

Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 53: 623-635.

Cote, J. †, C.F. Rakocinski and T.A. Randall. 2001. Feeding efficiency by juvenile blue crabs on

two common species of micrograzer snails. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

264: 189-208.


VanderKooy, K.E. †, C.F. Rakocinski and R.W. Heard. 2000. Trophic relationships of three

sunfishes (Lepomis spp.) in a tidal estuarine bayou. Estuaries 23: 621-632.

Rakocinski, C.F., S.S. Brown, G.R. Gaston, R.W. Heard, W.W. Walker and J.K. Summers. 2000.

Species-abundance-biomass responses to sediment chemical contamination. Journal of Aquatic

Ecosystem Stress and Recovery 7: 201-214.

Brown, S.S., G.R. Gaston, C.F. Rakocinski and R.W. Heard. 2000. Macrobenthic trophic structure

responses to environmental factors and sediment contaminants in northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries.

Estuaries 23: 411-424.

Rakocinski, C.F., S.E. LeCroy, J.A. McClelland and R.W. Heard. 2000. Possible sustained effects

of hurricanes Opal and Erin on the macrobenthos of nearshore habitats within the Gulf Islands

National Seashore. Gulf and Caribbean Research 12:17-28.

Rakocinski, C.F., B.H. Comyns and M.S. Peterson. 2000. Relating environmental fluctuation and

the early growth of estuarine fishes: ontogenetic standardization. Transactions of the American

Fisheries Society 129: 210-221.

Peterson, M.S., C.F. Rakocinski, B.H. Comyns and G.L. Fulling. 2000. Laboratory growth

responses of juvenile Mugil sp. to temperature and salinity: delineating optimal field growth

conditions. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 51: 341-352.

Peterson, M.S., B.H. Comyns, C.F. Rakocinski and G.L. Fulling. 1999. Does salinity affect somatic

growth in early juvenile Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus)? Journal of

Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology: 238: 199-207.

Rakocinski, C.F., S.E. LeCroy, J.A. McLelland and R.W. Heard. 1998. Nested spatio-temporal

scales of variation in sandy-shore macrobenthic community structure. Bulletin of Marine Science 63:

343-362.

Gaston, G.R., C. Rakocinski, S.S. Brown and C.M. Cleveland. 1998. Trophic structure in estuaries:

response of macrobenthos to natural and contaminant gradients. Marine and Freshwater Research 49:

833-846.

Baltz, D.M., J.W. Fleeger, C.F. Rakocinski and J.N. McCall. 1998. Food, density, and microhabitat:

factors affecting growth and recruitment potential of juvenile saltmarsh fishes. Environmental

Biology of Fishes 53: 89-103.

Rakocinski, C.F., M.S. Peterson, S.J. VanderKooy and G.J. Crego. 1997. Biodiversity patterns of

littoral tidal river fishes in the Gulf Coastal Plain region of Mississippi. Gulf of Mexico Science

1997(1): 2-16.

Rakocinski, C.F., S.S. Brown, G.R. Gaston, R.W. Heard, W.W. Walker and J.K. Summers. 1997.

Macrobenthic responses to natural and contaminant-related gradients in northern Gulf of Mexico

estuaries. Ecological Applications 7: 1278-1298.

Rakocinski, C.F. 1997. Interaction between darter predation and lotic disturbance in a southeastern

Gulf Coastal-Plain stream, USA. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 12: 341-354.


Gaston, G.R., C.M. Cleveland, S.S. Brown and C.F. Rakocinski. 1997. Benthic-pelagic coupling in

northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries: Do benthos feed directly on phytoplankton? Gulf Research

Reports 9: 231-237.

Rakocinski, C.F., J. Lyczkowski-Shultz and S. L. Richardson. 1996. Ichthyoplankton assemblage

structure in Mississippi Sound as revealed by Canonical Correspondence Analysis. Estuarine,Coastal

and Shelf Science. 43: 237-257.

Rakocinski, C.F., M.R. Milligan, R.W. Heard and T.L. Deardorff. 1996. Comparative evaluation of

macrobenthic assemblages from the Sulphur River Arkansas in relation to pulp mill effluent. In:

Environmental Fate and Effects of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents M.R. Servos, K.R. Munkittrick and

G.J. Van Der Kraak, [eds]. pp. 533-547. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, FL.

Rakocinski, C.F., R.W. Heard, S.E. LeCroy, J.A. McLelland and T. Simons. 1996. Responses by

benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages to extensive beach restoration at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A.

Journal of Coastal Research 12: 326-353.

Gaston, G.R., S.S. Brown, C.F. Rakocinski, R.W. Heard and J.K.Summers. 1995. Trophic structure

of macrobenthic communities in northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Gulf Research Reports 9: 111-

116.

Rakocinski, C.F., R.W. Heard, S.E. LeCroy, J.A. McLelland and T. Simons. 1993. Seaward change

and zonation of the sandy-shore macrofauna at Perdido Key, Florida, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and

Shelf Science: 36: 81-104.

Baltz, D.M., C.F. Rakocinski and J.W. Fleeger. 1993. Microhabitat use by marsh-edge fishes in a

Louisiana estuary. Environmental Biology of Fishes: 36: 109-126.

Rakocinski, C., D.M. Baltz and J.W. Fleeger. 1992. Correspondence between environmental

gradients and the community structure of marsh-edge fishes in a Louisiana estuary. Marine Ecology

Progress Series 80: 135-148.

Rakocinski, C., R.W. Heard, T. Simons and D. Gledhill. 1991. Macroinvertebrate associations from

beaches of selected barrier islands in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Important environmental

relationships. Bulletin of Marine Science 48: 689-701.

Rakocinski, C. 1991. Prey-size relationships and feeding tactics of primitive stream-dwelling

darters. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.: 48: 681-693.

Comyns, B.H., J. Lyczkowski-Shultz, C.F. Rakocinski and J.P. Steen. 1989. Age and growth of

larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Transactions of the

American Fisheries Society . 118: 167-175.

Rakocinski, C.F. 1988. Population structure of stream-dwelling darters: correspondence with

habitat structure. Environmental Biology of Fishes 23: 215-224.

Rakocinski, C.F. and D.W. Greenfield. 1985. Diet comparisons between savannah reed-pond

Gambusia sexradiata and Gambusia puncticulata yucatana (deep-bodied form) (Pisces: Poeciliidae)

on two dates during the dry season. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 20: 157-166.


Rakocinski, C.F. 1984. Aspects of reproductive isolation between Campostoma oligolepis and C. a.

pullum (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in northern Illinois. American Midland Naturalist 112(1):

138-145.

Greenfield, D.W., C.F. Rakocinski and T.A. Greenfield. 1983. Spatial and trophic interactions in

wet and dry seasons between Gambusia luma and Gambusia sexradiata (Pisces: Poeciliidae) in

Belize, Central America. FIELDIANA: Zoology, New Series, No. 14: 1-16.

Rakocinski, C.F. 1980. Hybridization and introgression between Campostoma oligolepis and C. a.

pullum (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). COPEIA 1980(4): 584-594.

Final Technical Reports

Rakocinski, C.F., S.E. LeCroy, S. Curran, and R.W. Heard. 2012. RAPID: Preparing the

USM/GCRL Natural History Museum Invertebrate Holdings Data for Physical and Electronic Access

by the Scientific Community in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Event. Final Report,

Award No. 1055071, National Science Foundation.

Rakocinski, C.F. 2012. Macrobenthic Indicators of Hypoxia. Final Report, Contract 10-BP GRI

USM01, Northern Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute, NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.

Rakocinski, C.F. and R.W. Heard. 2011. Investigations of Deep Sea and Inshore Benthic Fauna in

Relation to the Deepwater Horizon Oil-Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final Report, Contract

NGI06-USM-08, Northern Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute, NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce –

BP Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.

Rakocinski, C.F. and R.W. Heard. 2011. Baseline Benthic Inventory of Pass Christian Key Site in

Relation to Gulf Sturgeon Foraging Habitat. Final Report, USM Contract No. GM004419,

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

Rakocinski, C.F. 2010. Monitoring and Assessment of Coastal Ecosystems in the Northern Gulf -

Macrobenthic Indicators of Hypoxia. Final Report Years 1-3, Contract No. 09-NGI-13, NOAA –

Northern Gulf Institute, NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.

Comyns, B.H., C.F. Rakocinski, M.S. Peterson A.M. Shiller, and Paul O. Grammer. 2008. Use of

Ototlith Microchemistry to Determine the Importance of Specific Habitats and Regions for Juvenile

Red Drum. Final Report, Contract No. FY2003-M108-5, Mississippi Tidelands Public Trust Fund,


Rakocinski, C.F. 2007. Final Report (March 2002 – March 2007) – Macrobenthic Process

Indicators of Estuarine Condition for the Northern Gulf of Mexico CEER-GOM. Final Report,

Contract No. FY04-0617, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Science to Achieve Results

(STAR) Program – Grant No. R-82945801-0.

Comyns, B.H., C.F. Rakocinski, M.S. Peterson A.M. Shiller, and Paul O. Grammer. 2007. Use of

Otolith Microchemistry of Spotted Seatrout to Identify Stock Source-Areas, Reveal Population

Movements, and Determine Interannual Variability in Regional Patterns of Otolith Signatures in

Mississippi Coastal Waters. Final Report, Project No. R/CEH-14, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant

Consortium, NOAA, U.S. Dept of Commerce.


Peterson, M., J. Campbell, B.H. Comyns and C. F. Rakocinski. 2006. A Pilot Study to Develop

Quantitative Marsh Function Assessment Measures in Various Restoration Projects Being Planned

along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Final Report, Contract No. FY04-0617, Mississippi Tidelands

Public Trust Fund, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

Comyns, B.H., C.F. Rakocinski, M.S. Peterson and A.M. Shiller. 2005. Fisheries Recruitment in

the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico: Can Important Geographic Sources of Juvenile Nursery Habitat Be

Determined Using Otolith Microchemistry? Final Report, Project No. R/SP-4, Mississippi-Alabama

Sea Grant Consortium, NOAA, U.S. Dept of Commerce.

Rakocinski, C.F. 2005. Macrobenthic Communities as Indicators of Hydrological Variability in the

Hillsborough River and Palm River - McKay Bay Watersheds between 1995 and 2003. August 2004.

Final Report, Contract No. 01CON000168, Southwest Florida Water Management District.

Rakocinski, C. and P. Chigbu. 2004. USM-JSU NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates

Program Final Report 2000-2004. Final Report, Contract No. 9912324, National Science Foundation.

Peterson, M.S. and C. F. Rakocinski. 2003. The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve:

Initial Habitat-Specific Essential Fish Habitat Study and Establishment of the SWMP I Program.

Final Report to National Estuarine Research Reserve, NOAA, U.S. Dept of Commerce.

Rakocinski, C.F. 2002. Environmental Relationships Involving Pink Shrimp and Blue Crab

Abundances in the Alafia River between July 1998 and October 1999. Partial Final Report, Contract

No. 01CON000168, Southwest Florida Water Management District.

Rakocinski, C. and H. Perry. 2002. Blue Crab Recruitment Dynamics. Final Report, Contract No.

FY99-M109, Mississippi Tidelands Public Trust Fund, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

Moncreiff, C.A., C.F. Rakocinski, M.S. Peterson, K.E. VanderKooy and T.A. Randall. 2002.

Quantitative Assessment of Resources in Protected and Non-Protected Seagrass Habitats. Final

Report, Contract No. FY96, Mississippi Tidelands Public Trust Fund, Mississippi Department of

Marine Resources.

Rakocinski, C., J. McLelland and R.W. Heard. 2000. Biological Criterion for the Determination of

Inflow Requirements for the Pascagoula River Estuary. Final Report, Contract No. FY97-31,

Mississippi Tidelands Public Trust Fund, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

Rakocinski, C. and H. Perry. 2000. Impact of Fish Predation on Blue Crab Recruitment. Final

Report, Contract No. FY97-5-3, Mississippi Tidelands Public Trust Fund, Mississippi Department of

Marine Resources.

Rakocinski, C., S.E. LeCroy, J.A. McLelland and R.W. Heard. 1998. Macrobenthic effects of

Hurricanes Opal and Erin within the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Final Report, Contract No.

1443PX532096343. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service.

Lytle, J. S., T.F. Lytle, C. Rakocinski, E. Otvos, S. Manning and W. Walker. 2002. Field Validation

of Pesticide Impact in Weeks Bay, Alabama. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health

and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze, FL. 180 p.

(ERL, GB X1067).


Rakocinski, C., S.E. LeCroy, J.A. McLelland and R.W. Heard. 1995. Macrobenthic inventory of the

shoreline habitats within the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Final Report, Contract No. CA-5320-8-

8001. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service.

Rakocinski, C., R.W. Heard, S.E. LeCroy and J. A. McLelland. 1994. Macrobenthic assemblages at

Novadrill sampling sites off Corpus Christi. Final Report, Geochemical and Environmental Research

Group, College Station, TX.

Rakocinski, C., S.E. LeCroy, J.A. McLelland and R.W. Heard. 1994. Responses by

macroinvertebrate communities to beach renourishment at Perdido Key, Florida: Benthic Recovery.

Final Report, Contract No. CA-5320-9-8003. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service.

Baltz, D.M., J.W. Fleeger, C. Rakocinski, and J.N. McCall. 1992. Larval food, growth, and

microhabitat selection: Factors affecting recruitment of estuarine-dependent fishes in the northern

Gulf of Mexico. Final Report, Project No. NA90AA-H-MF097. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

Rakocinski, C., S.E. LeCroy, J.A. McLelland and R.W. Heard. 1991. Responses by

macroinvertebrate communities to beach renourishment at Perdido Key Florida, II. Final Report,

Contract No. CA-5320-9-8002. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service.

Rakocinski, C., R.W. Heard, T. Simons and D. Thier. 1989. Associations of infaunal invertebrates

inhabiting beaches of barrier islands in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Important environmental

factors. In: R. Heard and K. Stuck. Final Report, Contract No. CX1600-3-0005, Dept. of the Interior,

National Park Service.

FUNDED RESEARCH

Current:

Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, NOAA, U.S. Dept of Commerce.

Title: Crafting a Mechanistic Functional Indicator: Examining Allometric Relationships of

Macrobenthos in Response to Hypoxia. (as PI, Agency Funding for 2 years = $128,837).


Title: Baseline Benthic Inventory of Katrina Key Expansion Site as Potential Gulf Sturgeon Foraging

Habitat. (as PI, Agency Funding = $80,558).

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.

Artificial Reef Restoration Assessment of Secondary Production. (as PI with R. Hendon, Agency

Funding 4 years = $328,129).

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.

Title: Oyster Reef Restoration Assessment of Secondary Production. (as PI with R. Hendon, Agency

Funding 4 years = $654,206).

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality – Mississippi Resource Restoration Group.

Title: Developing Modeling Application Plan to Model Impacts of MC252 on Natural Resources of

Mississippi Sound. (as Co-PI with D. Park, J. Clough, D. Blancher, M. Graham, J. Wiggert, S. Milroy

and R. Hendon, Total Agency Funding = $676,148).


U.S. Department of Interior – Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP).

Title: Ecological role of secondary production for low profile artificial reefs in Mississippi coastal

waters. (PI for titled part of a larger multi-investigator study; Agency Funding = $111,796 for 2

Years; subcontract through MS DMR).

Previous:

National Science Foundation, RAPID Program.

Title: RAPID: Preparing the USM/GCRL Natural History Museum Invertebrate Holdings Data for

Physical and Electronic Access by the Scientific Community in the Aftermath of the Deepwater

Horizon Oil Spill Event. (as Co-PI with S. Curran, R.W. Heard, and S. LeCroy. Agency funding for 1

year = $190,920).


Title: Baseline Benthic Inventory of Pass Christian Key Site in Relation to Gulf Sturgeon Foraging

Habitat. (as PI with R.W. Heard, Agency Funding = $36,000).

NOAA – Coop. Institute, NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce – BP Gulf of Mexico Research Initiatives.

Title: Investigations of Deep Sea and Inshore Benthic Fauna in Relation to the Deepwater Horizon

Oil-Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. (as Co-PI with R.W. Heard for titled part of a larger multi-

investigator study; Agency Funding = $29,300 for 1Year; subcontract through MSU).

NOAA – NMFS, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.

Title: Investigation of Vital Rate Parameters for Early Stages of Brown Shrimp and Gulf Menhaden

Relative to Ocean Warming and Acidification. (as P.I.; Agency Funding = $19,952 for 1 Year

Fellowship).

NOAA – Cooperative Institute, NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.

Title: NOAA Northern Gulf Initiative (NGI): Macrobenthic Indicators of Hypoxia. (as P.I.; Agency

Funding = $108,186 for Years 1 - 4; subcontract through MSU).

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Tidelands Trust Fund.

Title: Use of otolith (earbone) microchemistry to determine the importance of specific habitats and

regions for juvenile red drum. (as Co-PI with B. Comyns and M. Peterson; Agency Funding =

$49,000).


Title: Use of Otolith Microchemistry of Spotted Seatrout to Identify Stock Source-Areas, Reveal

Population Movements, and Determine Interannual Variability in Regional Patterns of Otolith

Signatures in Mississippi Coastal Waters. (with B.H. Comyns, M.S. Peterson, and A. Shiller;

Agency Funding for 2 years = $205,482).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2001-STAR-E1.

Title: Macrobenthic Process Ecoindicators of Estuarine Condition for the Northern Gulf of Mexico.

(One component of 6 M multi-institutional Consortium for Estuarine Ecoindicator Research for the

Gulf of Mexico; CEER-GOM). (as PI; Agency Funding for 4 years = $817,091).



Title: A pilot study to develop quantitative marsh function assessment measures in various

restoration projects being planned along the Mississippi Gulf coast. (as Co-PI with M. Peterson, B.

Comyns, and J. Campbell; Agency Funding = $73,433).

Southwest Florida Water Management District, State of Florida.

Title: An Assessment of Macroinvertebrate Data Related to the Establishment of Minimum Flows for

the Alafia River and the Tampa Bypass Canal. (PI - Agency Funding for 3 years = $49,230).


Title: Fisheries Recruitment in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico: Can Important Geographic Sources

of Juvenile Nursery Habitat be Determined Using Otolith Microchemistry? (with B.H. Comyns, M.S.

Peterson, and A. Shiller; Agency Funding for 2 years = $106,037).

National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates Program.

Title: University of Southern Mississippi - Jackson State University Research Experience in Coastal

and Marine Sciences Program for Undergraduate Minorities. (as PI with Paulinus Chigbu, Agency

funding for 3 years = $171,376).

NOAA: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.

Title: Mediation of early growth of Fundulus grandis in relation to tidal flux in a restored versus

natural salt marsh in Southern Mississippi. (as PI with D.Vivian, for MS/AL Sea Grant Fellowship -

2002; Agency Funding for 1 year = $5,000).

NOAA: National Estuarine Research Reserve Program (NERR).

Title: Effects of invertebrate grazer density manipulations on widgeongrass, Ruppia maritima,

exposed to nutrient enrichment. (as PI with D. Drury McCall, for NERR Ph.D. Fellowship; Agency

Funding for 3 years = $50,419).

National Estuarine Research Reserve, NOAA, U.S. Dept of Commerce.

Title: The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: Initial Habitat-Specific Essential Fish

Habitat Study and Establishment of the SWMPI Program. (with M.S. Peterson; Agency Funding for 1

year = $86,008).


Title: Effects of Environmental Variation on Early Growth and Survival of Important Estuarine

Fishes. (with M.S. Peterson and B.H. Comyns, Agency Funding for 3 Years = $174,385).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Title: Macrobenthic Community Assessment of between 50 and 1000 EPA Furnished Sediment

Samples from the Coastal 2000 Monitoring Program Collected During August 2000 through

September 2001. (with R.H. Heard and J.A. McLelland, First Year Agency Funding = $39,900).


Title: Blue Crab Recruitment Dynamics. (as PI with H. Perry, Agency Funding = $35,255).



Title: Quantitative Assessment of Resources in Protected and Non-Protected Seagrass Habitats.

(with C.A. Moncreiff and M.S. Peterson, Agency Funding = $87,245).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Title: Macrobenthic Community Assessment of 160 EPA Furnished Sediment Samples from the EPA

Region II REMAP Monitoring program Collected During July - September, 1999. (with R.W. Heard

and J.A. McLelland, Agency Funding = $39,900).


Title: Nekton Densities in the Pascagoula River Estuary: Anthropogenic Effects on Essential Fish

Habitat. (with M.S. Peterson and B.H. Comyns, Agency Funding = $10,355).


Title: Biological Criterion for the Determination of Inflow Requirements for the Pascagoula River

Estuary. (with R.W. Heard, Agency Funding = $60,888).

NOAA: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.

Title: The influence of pollution stress on estuarine juvenile fishes using otolith microstructure as a

reflection of the growth response. (P.I. with D. Vincent, for M.S. Sea Grant Fellowship - 2000;

Agency Funding for 1 year = $5,000).

Caribbean Marine Research Center/ National Undersea Research Program (NOAA) and Institute of

Marine Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi - Project Development Award.

(CMRC-99-7301)

Title: Habitat-specific early recruitment of snapper in Exuma Sound. (with M.S. Peterson and B.H.

Comyns, Total Funding = $5,650).


Title: Impact of Fish Predation on Blue Crab Recruitment. (PI with H. Perry, Agency Funding =

$42,694).

National Trust for the Cayman Islands - United Kingdom.

Title: Food-Webs of Saline Ponds in the Cayman Islands. (Associate Investigator with R.W. Heard,

W. Price and F. J. Burton. (Agency Funding = $20,000).

National Park Service - Gulf Islands National Seashore, Department of the Interior.

Title: An Assessment of Macrobenthic Impacts from Hurricanes Opal and Erin in Shallow Subtidal

Habitats of the Gulf Islands National Seashore: Phase I. (with R.W. Heard, S.E. LeCroy and J.A.

McLelland) (Agency Funding = $19,556).


Title: Effects of Environmental Variation on Early Growth and Survival of Important

Estuarine Fishes. (with M.S. Peterson and B.H. Comyns; Agency Funding = $47,260).


Title: Environmental variation and early growth of important estuarine fishes: development of an

approach to assess environmental change. (with M.S. Peterson and B. Comyns, Agency Funding =

$20,000).


U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - EMAP-E - NC: Environmental sampling and benthic

community evaluations. Gulf Breeze, Fl.

Title: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment: Evaluation of Ecological Indicators of Benthic

Community and Sediment Evaluations. (with Drs. W.W. Walker (Project Officer), R.W. Heard

(GCRL) and G.R. Gaston (Univ.Miss.)) (Agency Funding for 3 years = $470,500).


Title: Ecological and faunal inventory of the intertidal and shallow subtidal benthic and epibenthic

invertebrates of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. (with R.W. Heard, S.E. LeCroy and J.A.

McLelland) (Agency Funding for 2 years = $125,000).


Title: An Assessment of the Impact of a Coal Spill on the Macrobenthic Invertebrate Community of a

Unique "Old Bay Channel" Habitat off Fort Pickens, Santa Rosa Island, Florida. (with R.W. Heard,

S.E. LeCroy and J.A. McLelland) (Agency Funding = $6,000).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - EMAP-E - NC Louisianian Province: Environmental

sampling and benthic community evaluations. Gulf Breeze, Fl.

Title: Developing Predictive Models for EMAP (with Dr. W.W. Walker, Project Officer) (Agency

Funding = $24,852).


Title: Proposal for a comprehensive biological monitoring study (August 1989 - June 1993) of

intertidal and subtidal invertebrate populations at Perdido Key, Florida, in conjunction with beach

nourishment operations. (with R.W. Heard) (Agency Funding for 3 years = $436,044).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Ecological Risk Assessment Program, Gulf Breeze, Fl.

Title: Field validation of pesticide impact in Weeks Bay, AL. (as Associate Investigator Co-PI with

J.S. Lytle, PI and T.F. Lytle) (amount = $55,217 of $440,000 3 years of Agency Funding).

Honors and Awards:

EPA Travel Scholarship

Conservation Technology Information Center (September 27-29, 2011)

US National AMBI Development Workshop - Costa Mesa, CA $1226.04

Investigator Travel Award

Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (August 2006)

Title: Do abiotic fluctuations drive the early growth of juvenile estuarine-dependent fishes? $700.00

Outstanding Peer Reviewer Award

Estuarine Research Federation (September 2003)

Seattle, WA

Investigator Travel Award

Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (May 1993)

Title: Assemblage structure of ichthyoplankton in Mississippi Sound as revealed by canonical

correspondence analysis. $500.00


Faculty Summer Research Award

Office of University Research, University of Mississippi (December 1987)

Title: Effects of epibenthic predation by blackbanded darters on the structure of macroinvertebrate

assemblages of submerged woody debris in southeastern blackwater streams. $4130.00

Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research (January 1982)

Title: Prey selection and trophic adaptation in relation to the food resource spectrum in the genus

Percina (Percidae).

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

(Total = 142; 60 as speaker; 25 Published Abstracts; 6 Student Awards as mentor)

22nd International Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 2011), San Diego,

CA. Crafting a mechanistic functional indicator: Examining allometric responses of a model species,

Capitella teleta, to combined levels of dissolved oxygen and temperature. (as presenter - with K. Burns)

American Fisheries Society, 143rd Annual Meeting (September 2013), Little Rock, AR. Resident cryptic

fishes associated with artificial reefs in the Mississippi Sound: High versus low profile structures. (as co-

author, presented by Claire Matten).

NOAA Forum for Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Research Coordination and Advancement (April 2013),

Stennis Space Center, MS. Toward the development of a mechanistic functional indicator: Examining

allometric relationships of macrobenthos in response to hypoxia. (as co-author, presented by Kelsey

Burns).

World Aquaculture Society: Aquaculture 2013 (March 2013), Nashville, TN. The effect of stocking

density on aggressive and cannibalistic behaviors in larval hatchery-reared Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion

nebulosus. (as co-author, presented by Chris Manley).

Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 2013), Macomb, MS.

A look into secondary production and diversity of benthic biota on artificial reefs in the Mississippi

Sound. (as co-author, presented by P. Gillam).

Mississipppi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium (November 2012), Biloxi, MS.

Linking hypoxia and organic enrichment to macrobenthic process indicators using the Peters Mass

Balance Model: calibration via laboratory experiments. (as co-author, presented by K. Burns).

NOAA - 3rd Annual Hypoxia Coordination Workshop (March 2012), Bay Saint Louis, MS. Linking

hypoxia and organic enrichment to macrobenthic process indicators using the Peters mass balance model:

Calibration via laboratory experiments. (Poster, as co-author – presented by K. Burns) (Poster posted

online).

NOAA - 3rd Annual Hypoxia Coordination Workshop (March 2012), Bay Saint Louis, MS. Evaluating

macrobenthic indicators of organic enrichment and hypoxia within the coastal Mississippi hypoxic zone

from Spring 2008 to Autumn 2009. (Poster, as co-author – presented by D. Menke) (Poster posted

online).


Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 76th Annual Meeting (February 2012), Hattiesburg, MS. Characterizing

the demise and recovery of the macrobenthic community at a key site located in the center of the 2008

coastal Mississippi hypoxic zone. (Abstract Published in J Miss Acad Sci). (as co-author – presented by

D. Menke).

Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society (February 2012), Biloxi, MS. Resident benthic fish

populations of artificial reefs in the Mississippi Sound: Effects of habitat relief and subregion. (Poster, as

co-author – presented by C. Matten).

Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society (February 2012), Biloxi, MS. Analysis of nekton

intertidal distribution within micro-tidal saltmarshes based on inundation models. (Poster, as co-author –

presented by B. Ennis).

Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society (February 2012), Biloxi, MS. Reproductive biology

of the finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon) in the northern Gulf of Mexico: A Preliminary Assessment.

(as co-author; presented by J. M. Higgs).

Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society (February 2012), Biloxi, MS. Early life history of

Prognichthys occidentals and Caranx crysos associated with Sargassum habitat in the northcentral Gulf

of Mexico. (as co-author; presented by J. Tilley).

21st International Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 2011), Daytona

Beach, FL. Evaluating macrobenthic indicators within the coastal Mississippi hypoxic zone. (as presenter

- with D. Menke)

NOAA - Northern Gulf Institute 2011 Annual Conference. (May 2011), Mobile, AL. Evaluating

macrobenthic indicators of organic enrichment and hypoxia within the coastal Mississippi hypoxic ZONE

from Spring 2008 to Autumn 2009. (Poster, as first author with D. Menke).

NOAA - Northern Gulf Institute 2011 Annual Conference. (May 2011), Mobile, AL. Diversity and

distribution of portunid crab megalopae from SEAMAP plankton samples – Preliminary results. (Poster,

as co-author – presented by C. Knight).

NOAA - Northern Gulf Institute 2011 Annual Conference. (May 2011), Mobile, AL. Monitoring and

assessment of marine and coastal ecosystems overview. (as co-author, presented by S. Howden).

Fourth International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching (April 2011), Shanghai,

China. Hatchery-Reared Juvenile Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, Can Learn to Forage

Effectively on Live Natural Prey. (as co-author, presented by R. Blaylock).

40th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Annual Meeting (March 2011), Mobile, AL. Evaluating Macrobenthic

Indicators of Organic Enrichment and Hypoxia within the Coastal Mississippi Hypoxic Zone.

Mississipppi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium (December 2010), Mobile, AL. Characterizing the

Demise and Recovery of the Macrobenthic Community at a Key Site Located in the Center of the 2008

Coastal Mississippi Hypoxic Zone. (as co-author, presented by D. Menke).

NOAA - Northern Gulf Institute 2010 Annual Conference. (May 2010), Mobile, AL. Developing

macrobenthic indicators of organic enrichment and hypoxia for the coastal Mississippi hypoxic zone.


NOAA - Northern Gulf Institute 2010 Annual Conference. (May 2010), Mobile, AL. Monitoring and

assessment of coastal and marine ecosystems in the northern Gulf. (as co-author, presented by S.

Howden).

World Aquaculture Society: Aquaculture 2010 (March 2010), San Diego, CA. Optimization of Spotted

Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus stock enhancement in Mississippi: Transitioning from the hatchery to the

field. (as co-author, presented by R. Blaylock).

36th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, (February 2010),

Vicksburg, MS. Do postlarval fishes associated with Sargassum habitat grow faster than postlarvae

collected in open water? (as co-author, presented by J. Tilley).

36th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, (February 2010),

Vicksburg, MS. Early growth of the three kingfish (Menticirrhus) species found in coastal waters of the

northern Gulf of Mexico. (as co-author, presented by J. Anderson).

20th International Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 2009), Portland,

OR. Validating macrobenthic process indicators of organic enrichment and hypoxia. Participant in

Organized Oral Session.

20th International Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 2009), Portland,

OR. Characterizing the demise and recovery of the macrobenthic community at a key site located in the

center of the 2008 coastal Mississippi hypoxic zone. (Poster, as co-author – presented by D. Menke).

American Fisheries Society, 139th Annual Meeting (September 2009), Nashville, TN. Differences in

feeding success on natural prey between hatchery-reared and wild juvenile spotted seatrout. Best Student

Paper Symposium. (as co-author, presented by L.A. Littleton).

NOAA - Northern Gulf Institute 2009 Annual Conference. (May 2009), Mobile, AL. Characterizing the

demise and recovery of the macrobenthic community at a key site located in the center of the 2008 coastal

Mississippi hypoxic zone. (Poster, as co-author – presented by D. Menke).

Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society (January 2009), New Orleans, LA. Differences in

feeding success on natural prey between hatchery-reared and wild spotted seatrout (Cynoscion

nebulosus). (as co-author, presented by L.A. Littleton).

Mississipppi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium (October 2008), Biloxi, MS. Using macrobenthic

functional metrics as indicators of organic enrichment and hypoxia.

Mississipppi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium (October 2008), Biloxi, MS. Use of otolith

microchemistry of Spotted Seatrout to identify stock source-areas, reveal population movements, and

determine interannual variability in regional patterns of otolith signatures in Mississippi coastal waters.

(as co-author, presented by B. Comyns).

Mississipppi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium (October 2008), Biloxi, MS. Early life history of

the three Kingfish (Menticirrhus) species found in coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. (Poster,

as co-author, presented by E. John Anderson).


NOAA- Northern Gulf Institute 2008 Annual Conference. (May 2008), Biloxi, MS. Macrofaunal

indicators of hypoxia. (Poster).

19th International Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 2007), Providence,

RI. Linking the Peters mass balance model to macrofaunal indicators of hypoxia. Invited Participant in

Organized Oral Session.

NOAA - Northern Gulf Institute 2007 Annual Conference. (May 2007), Biloxi, MS. Monitoring and

assessment of coastal and marine ecosystems in the northern Gulf of Mexico. (Poster, as co-author,

presented by S. Howden).

NOAA Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources Symposium (March 2007), Bay St. Louis,

MS. Linking the Peters mass balance model to macrofaunal indicators of hypoxia as a resource

management tool. Invited Symposium Paper.

The 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration (December 2006), New

Orleans, LA. Marsh function: developing quantitative assessment measures for created saltmarshes.

(Poster, as co-author, presented by J. Campbell).

Alabama-Mississipppi Bays and Bayous Symposium (November 2006), Mobile, AL. Evaluating

indicators of macrobenthic community structure and function for tracking marsh restoration success: A

comparison of created and reference marsh islands within Davis Bay, Mississippi, after 25 years.

Alabama-Mississipppi Bays and Bayous Symposium (November 2006), Mobile, AL. Using otolith

microchemistry of spotted seatrout to determine important regions of nursery habitat across coastal

Mississippi. (as co-author, presented by B. Comyns).

American Fisheries Society, 136th Annual Meeting (September 2006), Lake Placid, NY. Do abiotic

fluctuations drive the early growth of juvenile estuarine-dependent fishes? Invited Symposium Paper.

American Fisheries Society, 136th Annual Meeting (September 2006), Lake Placid, NY. Identifying

critical habitat across multiple scales for estuarine-dependent fishes with a landscape modeling approach.

Invited Symposium Paper. (as co-author, presented by R. Fulford).

2005 Coastal Plain Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration Conference, (April 2006), Biloxi,

Mississippi. A pilot study to develop quantitative marsh function assessment measures in restoration

projects along the Mississippi Gulf coast. (as co-author, presented by J. Campbell).

The 58th Annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, (November 2005), San Andres

Island, Columbia. Determining the importance of regional nursery habitat for juvenile speckled trout in

the northern Gulf of Mexico using otolith microchemical analyses. (Poster, as co-author, presented by P.

O. Grammer).

18th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (October 2005), Norfolk, VA. Comparing

the benthic index for the northern Gulf of Mexico with macrobenthic process indicators of estuarine

condition. Invited participant in Organized Oral Session.


Ecological Society of America (ESA) 90th Annual Meeting - INTECOL Joint Meeting. (August 2005).

Montréal, Canada. Comparisons of macrobenthic process indicators of estuarine condition in the Gulf of

Mexico. Invited participant in Organized Oral Session. (Internet Abstract Published).

2005 Spring Joint Society Meeting SWS-SCC, GERS, SWS-SAC. (April 2005), Pensacola Beach, FL.

Comparing the benthic index for the northern Gulf of Mexico with macrobenthic process indicators of

estuarine condition.


Use of otolith microchemistry to link juvenile spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) to regions of

nursery habitat in coastal Mississippi. (as co-author, presented by B. H. Comyns).


Comparison of nekton in upper and lower reaches of two bayous within the Grand Bay National Estuarine

Research Reserve (GB-NERR), Mississippi. (as co-author, presented by M. S. Peterson).


Examining habitat function of a restored salt marsh using post-larval Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis

Baird and Girard). (as co-author, presented by D. N. Vivian) (2nd Place - Best Student Paper - GERS).

4th Annual EaGLe All Investigators’ Meeting. (September 2004), Duluth, MN. Comparing the benthic

index for the northern Gulf of Mexico with macrobenthic process indicators of estuarine condition.

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 2004), Biloxi, MS. Macrobenthic process-

indicators of estuarine condition in the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Abstract

Published).

3rd Annual EaGLe All Investigators’ Meeting. (December 2003), Bodega Bay, CA. Macrobenthic

process-indicators of estuarine condition.

17th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (September 2003), Seattle, WA.

Macrobenthic-process indicators of residential land-use in the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research

Reserve. Invited participant in Organized Oral Session.

17th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (September 2003), Seattle, WA. Effects of

grass shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.) and nutrients on widgeongrass Ruppia maritima condition through

changes in epiphyte load and composition. (Poster, as co-author, presented by D. Drury McCall).

17th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (September 2003), Seattle, WA. Early

growth of post-larval gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis Baird and Girard) in a restored and natural marsh in

southern Mississippi. (Poster, as co-author, presented by D. Vivian).

27th Annual Larval Fish Conference, (August 2003) Santa Cruz, California. Differences in otolith

microchemistry of early juvenile Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) reflect local geographic source

areas across coastal Mississippi. (as co-author, presented by B. H. Comyns).

Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (April 2003), Port Aransas, TX. Recruitment of early

blue crab stages as an indicator of nursery habitat value at five inshore locations.


Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 2003), Hattiesburg, MS. Recruitment of

early blue crab stages as an indicator of nursery habitat value at five inshore locations. (Abstract

Published).

Ecological Society of America 87th Annual Meeting (August 2002), Tucson, AZ.

Effects of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes sp., on Ruppia maritima growth and epiphytic algae community

composition. (as co-author, presented by D. M. Drury). (Internet Abstract Published).

American Fisheries Society 132nd Annual Meeting (August 2002), Baltimore, MD.

Recruitment of post-settlement stone crab Menippe adina (Decapoda: Xanthidae) juveniles in Mississippi

Sound: Factors influencing shelter occupation. (as co-author, presented by V. R. Shervette).

6th Bi-Annual Basics of the Basin Research Symposium and Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual

Meeting (May 2002), New Orleans, LA. Effects of grass shrimp Palaemonetes sp. density manipulations

on Ruppia maritima growth under ambient and nutrient enriched conditions. (as co-author, presented by

D. M. Drury) (Best Student Paper Award - GERS).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 2002), Biloxi, MS. Diurnal Stomach

content analysis of pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, from widgeongrass beds, Ruppia maritima, in the

Grand Bay NERR. (Brookins*, Drury, and Rakocinski). (Abstract Published).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 2002), Biloxi, MS. Diurnal Feeding habits

of Florida Pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) . (Wheeler*, Heard, and Rakocinski). (Regional;

Contributed). (Abstract Published).

Mississippi/Louisiana Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 2002),

Biloxi, MS. Effects of marsh access on the feeding success and growth of juvenile spot, Leiostomus

xanthurus. (as co-author, presented by G. A. Zapfe) (Best Student Paper Award - Mississippi AFS).

Mississippi/Louisiana Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 2002),

Biloxi, MS. Feeding habits of juvenile Florida Pompano, Trachinotus carolonus, from the beaches of

northern Gulf of Mexico barrier islands. (as co-author, presented by K. Wheeler).

16th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 2001), St. Pete Beach, FL.

Functional equivalency of shoal grass near its geographical margin.


Invertebrate epiphyte grazer effects on Ruppia maritima growth under nutrient enriched conditions. (as

co-author, presented by D. M. Drury).


The influence of pollution on juvenile spot, Leiostomus xanthurus: Comparing otolith microstructure and

aminotransferase as indicators of stress.. (as co-author, presented by D. Greene-Vincent).


Effects of marsh access and restriction on the feeding habits of juvenile spot, Leiostomus xanthurus. (as

co-author, presented by G. A. Zapfe).



Using multiple lines of evidence to establish causal relationships between environmental stressors and

biological effects. (as co-author, presented by S. S. Brown).

30th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Annual Meeting (March 2001), Durham, NH. Functional equivalency of

shoal grass near its geographical margin: Living on the edge.

Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 2001), Jackson, MS.

Field growth responses of juvenile white trout (Cynoscion arenarius) to continuous variation in physical

habitat conditions.

Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 2001), Jackson, MS.

Feeding habits of juvenile pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) collected from the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

(Poster, as co-author, presented by K. Wheeler).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 2001), Tupelo, MS. Habitat records of

some fish species in the vicinity of Mississippi Sound. (Poster, as co-author Abstract Published in J

Miss Acad Sci).

The 53rd Annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, (November 2000), Biloxi, MS,

USA. Field growth responses of juvenile white trout (Cynoscion arenarius) to continuous variation in

physical habitat conditions. (Paper Published in Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries

Institute).

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 80th Annual Meeting (June 2000), La Paz, Baja

California Sur, Mexico. Spatially variable coastal landscapes: Comparison of laboratory and field growth

responses of juvenile Mugil sp. (Poster, as co-author, presented by M.S. Peterson).

Blue Crab Symposium 2000 (March 2000), Wilmington, NC. Soft-sediment recruitment dynamics of

early blue crab stages in Mississippi Sound. Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society,

Annual Meeting (February 2000), Biloxi, MS.

Early recruitment of blue crabs in Mississippi Sound: Relating standard quantitative methods. Invited

Paper for Fisheries Recruitment Research in Coastal Mississippi Symposium.

Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 2000), Biloxi, MS.

Recruiting into a variable environment: Landscape patterns in potential nursery habitat. Invited Paper for

Fisheries Recruitment Research in Coastal Mississippi Symposium. (as co-author, presented by M. S.

Peterson).

15th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (September 1999), New Orleans, LA.

Recruitment dynamics of early blue crab stages in Mississippi Sound.

15th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (September 1999), New Orleans, LA.

Feeding efficiency of juvenile blue crabs on two common species of micrograzer snails. (Poster, as co-

author).

Crustacean Society, 1999 Summer Meeting (May 1999), Lafayette, LA. Post-settlement mortality of blue

crabs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. (Poster) (as one of five co-authors, presented by K. M. Larsen).


28th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Annual Meeting (March 1999), Baton Rouge, LA. Juvenile blue crab

predation on two common species of micrograzing gastropods. (as co-author, presented by J. Cote).

Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (March 1999), Baton Rouge, LA. Soft-sediment

recruitment dynamics of blue crabs in Mississippi Sound. (Abstract Published in Gulf Research

Reports).

Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (March 1999), Baton Rouge, LA. Influence of

temperature and salinity on laboratory growth of juvenile Mugil sp. and implications to variable field

growth. (as co-author, presented by M. S. Peterson) (Abstract Published in Gulf Research Reports).

The 51st Annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, (November 1998), St. Croix, U.S.

Virgin Islands. Laboratory growth responses of juvenile Mugil sp. to temperature and salinity: delineating

optimal field growth conditions. (as co-author, presented by M.S. Peterson) (Paper Published in

Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute).

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 78th Annual Meeting (July 1998), Guelph,

Ontario. Phenotypic plasticity in life-history traits of Gambusia puncticulata puncticulata (Poeciliidae)

from the Cayman Islands, BWI. (as co-author; presented by M. A. Abney).

Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (March 1998), Galveston, TX. Trophic relationships

of three Lepomis species living in an estuarine bayou. (as co-author, presented by K. E. VanderKooy)

(Abstract Published in Gulf Research Reports).

27th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Annual Meeting (March 1998), Melbourne, FL. Feeding efficiency of

juvenile blue crabs on two micrograzer gastropods within estuarine grassbed habitat. (as co-author,

presented by J. Cote).

27th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Annual Meeting (March 1998), Melbourne, FL. Invertebrate blood

pigments: A new way of looking at benthic community structure. (as co-author, presented by T.A.

Randall).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1998), Biloxi, MS. Feeding efficiency of

juvenile blue crabs on two micrograzer gastropods within estuarine grassbed habitat. (as co-author,

presented by J. Cote) (Abstract Published) (Best Student Paper Award - Marine Science).

Mississippi/Louisiana Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 1998), Bay

Saint Louis, MS. The importance of estuarine submerged aquatic vegetation as a feeding habitat for

Bluegill, Redear, and Redspotted Sunfish. Invited Symposium Paper (as co-author, presented by K. E.

Vanderkooy) (Best Student Paper Award - Mississippi AFS).

Mississippi/Louisiana Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 1998), Bay

Saint Louis, MS. Environmental variation and early growth of important estuarine fishes: development of

an approach to assess environmental change. (Poster) (as co-author).

14th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (October 1997), Providence, RI. Relating

environmental fluctuation and the early growth of estuarine fishes: fitting the ontogenetic growth

function.


Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (March 1997), Ocean Springs, MS. Relating

environmental fluctuation and the early growth of estuarine fishes: fitting the ontogenetic growth

function.

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1997), Biloxi, MS. Species-abundance-

biomass relationships between estuarine macrobenthos and sediment contamination: how far can we

generalize? (Abstract Published).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1997), Biloxi, MS. Factors affecting

recruitment of croaker: Does salinity influence growth? (as co-author, presented by M. S. Peterson)

(Abstract Published).

International Conference on the Ecology of Estuaries and Soft Sediment Habitats. Warrnambool,

Victoria, Australia. (February 4-7, 1997), Trophic structure and physiological ecology of macrobenthos

in northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries. (as co-author, presented by G. R. Gaston).

SETAC 17th Annual Meeting. (November 1996), Washington, D.C. Species-abundance-biomass

relationships between estuarine macrobenthos and sediment contamination: how far can we generalize?

Invited Symposium Paper.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 76th Annual Meeting (June 1996), New Orleans,

LA. Littoral fish biodiversity among tidal river habitats of the Gulf coastal plain zoogeographic region.

Invited Symposium Paper.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 76th Annual Meeting (June 1996), New Orleans,

LA. Diel feeding patterns of three coastal sunfish species. (as co-author, presented by K. E. Felder)

Southeastern Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (March 1996), Columbia, SC.

Colonization of artificial seagrass by juvenile crabs and fishes as a function of shoot density.

25th Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, Annual Meeting (March 1996), Columbia, SC. The distribution

of macroinvertebrate blood pigments in the northern Gulf of Mexicio. (as co-author; presented by T. A.

Randall).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1996), Jackson, MS. Interaction between

darter predation and lotic disturbance in a southeastern Gulf Coastal-Plain stream (Poster) (Abstract

Published).

Mississippi/Tennessee Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 1996),

Pickwick Dam, TN. Diel feeding patterns of three coastal sunfish species. (as co-author, presented by K.

E. Felder).

Mississippi/Tennessee Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 1996),

Pickwick Dam, TN. Colonization of artificial seagrass by juvenile crabs and fishes as a function of shoot

density. (as co-author, presented by H. G. Switzer) (Best Student Paper Award).

Second SETAC World Conference. (November 1995), Vancouver, British Columbia. Separating natural

and contaminant related gradients in macrobenthic community structure.


13th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 1995), Corpus Christi, TX.

Estuarine benthic assemblages: Bridging the gap between resource managers and scientists. Invited

Symposium Paper.

13th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 1995), Corpus Christi, TX.

Food, growth, and microhabitat selection: Factors affecting recruitment potential of juvenile saltmarsh

fishes. Invited Symposium Paper. (as co-author, presented by D.M. Baltz).

13th International Estuarine Research Federation Conference. (November 1995), Corpus Christi, TX. Do

macrobenthos feed directly on phytoplankton in northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries? (as co-author;

presented by G. R. Gaston).

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (June 1995), Edmonton, Alberta.

Interaction between darter predation and lotic disturbance in a southeastern Gulf Coastal-Plain stream

(Poster).

Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (March 1995), Lafayette, LA. Separating natural and

contaminant related gradients in macrobenthic community structure within EMAP estuaries throughout

the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (March 1995), Lafayette, LA. Utilization of detritus by

macrobenthic communitites of northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries. (as co-author, presented by G. R.

Gaston).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1995), Biloxi, MS. The impact of sediment

contamination, nutrient enrichment and other environmental disturbances on the summer diversity and

distribution of fish and benthic organisms in Back Bay Biloxi, MS. (as co-author, presented by W. D.

Burke) (Abstract Published).

2nd International Conference on Environmental Fate and Effects of Pulp Mill Effluents. (November

1994), Vancouver, British Columbia. Comparative evaluation of macrobenthic assemblages from the

Sulphur River Arkansas in relation to pulp mill effluent. (Poster).

North American Benthological Society, Annual Meeting (May 1994), Orlando, FL. Effects of sediment

contaminants on macrobenthic trophic structure in Gulf of Mexico estuaries. (as co-author, presented by

S. S. Brown).

Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting (April 1994), Gainesville, FL. Habitat suitability

of the bluespotted sunfish in tidal rivers of the Mississippi Gulf coast. (as co-author, presented by M. S.

Peterson) (Abstract Published).

Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Annual Meeting (April 1994), Beaumont, TX. Sediment contaminants

and benthic trophic structure in estuaries. (as co-author, presented by G. R. Gaston).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1994), Biloxi, MS. Responses by benthic

macrofauna to beach and profile nourishment at Perdido Key, Florida: Benthic recovery. (Abstract

Published).


Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1994), Biloxi, MS. Late summer fish

assemblages from the Back Bay of Biloxi: Community analysis with selected physico-chemical

parameters. (as co-author, presented by W. D. Burke) (Abstract Published).

Early Life History Section, American Fisheries Society, 17th Annual Larval Fish Conference (June 1993),

Austin, TX. Assemblage structure of ichthyoplankton in Mississippi Sound as revealed by canonical

correspondence analysis.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (June 1993), Austin, TX. Food,

growth, and microhabitat selection: Factors affecting recruitment of juvenile red drum (Sciaenops

ocellatus) and spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in a Louisiana saltmarsh nursery. (as co-author,

presented by D. M. Baltz).

Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (February 1993), Ocean Springs,

MS. Variation in growth rates of post-larval sciaenids: microhabitat influences. Invited Paper for Fish-

habitat Relationships Symposium.

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1993), Jackson, MS. Variation in the

growth rate of post-larval spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus): the effect of microhabitat. (Abstract

Published).

Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Semi-Annual Meeting (April 1992), Port Aransas, TX. Community

structure of the sandy-shore macrofauna at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A.: Initial impact from beach

restoration.

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1992), Biloxi, MS. Community structure

of the sandy-shore macrofauna at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A.: Initial impact from beach restoration.

(Abstract Published).

American Fisheries Society, 121st Annual Meeting (September 1991), San Antonio, TX. Microhabitat

use by marsh-edge fishes in a Louisiana estuary: Developing criteria for habitat management. Invited

Symposium Paper. (as co-author; presented by D. M. Baltz).

Southeastern Estuarine Research Society and Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Semi-Annual Meeting

(April 1991). Gulf Breeze, FL. Seaward change and zonation of the sandy-shore macrofauna at Perdido

Key, Florida, USA.

Southeastern Estuarine Research Society and Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Semi-Annual Meeting

(April 1991). Gulf Breeze, FL. Microhabitat use by marsh-edge fishes in a Louisiana estuary. (as

co-author, presented by D. M. Baltz).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1991), Jackson, MS. Spatial turnover and

zonation of the sandy-shore macroinvertebrate fauna at Perdido Key, Florida, USA. (Abstract

Published).

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (June 1990), Charleston, SC.

Gradients in the community structure of post-larval and juvenile estuarine fishes occupying marsh-edge

habitat in the Barataria Bay system of Louisiana.


Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Semi-Annual Meeting (April 1990), Biloxi, MS. Gradients in the

community structure of marsh-edge fishes in a Louisiana estuary.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (June 1989), San Francisco, CA.

Seasonal dynamics of fishes inhabiting the estuarine marsh edge habitat in Louisiana.

Early Life History Section, American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting (June 1988), Ann Arbor, MI.

Age and growth of larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. (as

co-author, presented by B. H. Comyns).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (February 1988), Biloxi, MS. Patterns of infaunal

richness and diversity on the sandy shores of barrier islands in Mississippi Sound. (Abstract Published).

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (June 1985), Knoxville, TN.

Population structure in darters: the effect of habitat.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (July 1984), Norman, OK.

Predator-prey size relations and prey-size selection in the subgenus Hadropterus (Percina: Percidae) in

southern Mississippi.

American Society of Zoologists, Annual Meeting, (December 1983), Philadelphia, PA. The optimal

relationship between aggression and feeding rate for the alpha member of a dominance hierarchy.

(Abstract Published; American Zoologist 23: 933).

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (June 1983), Tallahassee, FL. In

situ foraging behavior of Percina spp. in southern Mississippi: Prey encounter and feeding microhabitat.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (June 1980), Fort Worth, TX.

Hybridization and reproductive isolation between Campostoma oligolepis and C. anomalum pullum

(Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting (June 1980), Fort Worth, TX.

Spatial and trophic interactions in wet and dry seasons between Gambusia luma and Gambusia sexradiata

(Pisces: Poeciliidae) in Belize, Central America. (By Title only, as co-author with D.W. Greenfield).

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting (March 1980), Biloxi, MS. Aquatic insects associated

with submerged logs and other habitats in a southern blackwater stream. (Abstract Published).

GRADUATE STUDENTS DIRECTED Michael A. Abney, Summer 1998, M.S. Biological Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Phenotypic plasticity in the life-history traits of Gambusia puncticulata puncticulata (Poeciliidae) from the Cayman Islands, BWI. Janet Cote, Summer 1999, M.S. Marine Science, USM; Thesis Title: Prey selection by juvenile blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, between two micrograzing gastropods, Astyris lunata and Bittiolum varium, within estuarine seagrass habitat. Dena Greene Vincent, Fall 2001, M.S. Biological Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: The influence of pollution stress on the growth of juvenile fishes and the evaluation of associated bioassessment techniques. 2000 MS-AL National Sea Grant Scholar.


Glenn A Zapfe, Summer 2002, M.S. Coastal Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Effects of Marsh Access on the Feeding Success and Growth of Juvenile Spot, Leiostomus xanthurus. Donna Marie Drury McCall, Spring 2004, Ph.D. Coastal Sciences, USM; Dissertation Title: Effects of grass shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.) density manipulations and nutrient enrichment on widgeongrass (Ruppia maritima) condition, epiphyte load, and epiphyte functional groups. National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Fellow, 2001-2003. College of Science and Technology Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, 2004. Deborah Nicole Vivian, Summer 2005, M.S. Coastal Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Examining habitat function of a restored salt marsh using post-larval killifish (Funduls grandis Baird and Girard). 2002 MS-AL National Sea Grant Scholar. 2003 Recipient of the Lytle Scholarship.

Heather Joy Ferguson, Summer 2006, M.S. Coastal Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Comparison of subtidal and intertidal macrobenthic communities between created and natural marshes in the Davis Bayou, Mississippi.

Sarah E. Turner, Summer 2008, M.S. Coastal Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Trophic relations of juvenile Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) and Planehead Filefish (Monacanthus hispidus) within Sargassum habitat.

Lauren A. Littleton, Spring 2010, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Differences in feeding performance between hatchery-reared and wild juvenile Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus. College of Science and Technology Outstanding Masters Student Award, 2009.

Kathryn R. McBride, Summer 2011, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Mycorrhizal colonization of native salt marsh plants on Mississippi’s Gulf coast and the effects of commercial mycorrhizal inoculants on nursery grown plants. Daneen P. Menke, Summer 2012, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Evaluating macrobenthic indicators of organic enrichment and hypoxia within the coastal Mississippi hypoxic zone. Joseph Read Hendon, Spring 2013, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Dissertation Title: Habitat characterization, habitat use and associated growth of juvenile spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in a Mississippi bay system: Implications for stock enhancement practices. Claire L. Matten, Spring 2014, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM; Thesis Title: Resident benthic fishes of artificial reefs in the Mississippi Sound: Effects of habitat relief and subregion. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR GRADUATED STUDENTS Doug Snyder, Autumn 1997, M.S. Biological Sciences, USM. Kathy E. VanderKooy, Autumn 1997, M.S. Biological Sciences, USM. Read Hendon, Summer 1998, M.S. Biological Sciences, USM. Lisa Phelps, Autumn 1999, M.S., Marine Science, USM. Virginia Shervette Autumn 2000, M.S., Biological Sciences, USM. Windsor Aguirre, Autumn 2000, M.S., Biological Sciences, USM. Greg Fulling, Spring 2001, Ph.D., Biological Sciences, USM. Andre Soto, Spring 2001, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Nicole Opel, Spring 2002, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Nicole M. Crochet, Spring 2002, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Kersten N. Wheeler, Summer 2002, , M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Carol Cleveland, Autumn 2002, Ph.D., Biology, University of Mississippi.


Eric R. Hoffmayer, Spring 2003, Ph.D., Biology, University of Mississippi. Brian Alford, Summer 2004, M.S., Biological Sciences,USM. Marisa Weber, Autumn 2004, M.S., Biological Sciences, USM. Melissa Partyka, Summer 2005, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Robin McCall, Summer 2005, Ph.D., Marine Science, USM. Amanda Vincent, Spring 2006, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Samantha Griffith, Summer 2006, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Melissa Cook, Spring 2007, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Jerry McLelland, Spring 2008, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Tiandao Li, Autumn 2008, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Paul Grammer, Autumn 2008, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Ingrid Garcia Hansen Honkala, Spring 2009, Ph.D., Marine Science, USM. John Anderson, Autumn 2009,M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Pamela Heard, Summer 2010, Ph.D., Nursing, USM. Jason Tilley, Spring 2011, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Amy Salamone, Autumn 2012, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Sam Clardy, Autumn 2012, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Bradley Ennis, Autumn 2012, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Bryan Hedgpeth, Spring 2013, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Carly Somerset, Summer 2013, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Viviana Mazzei, Summer 2013, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Lynn Wilking, Autumn 2013, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. ADVISOR FOR STUDENTS IN PROGRESS Ginger Fleer, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Kelsey Burns, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Carley Knight, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Patrick Gillam, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Christopher Manley, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Jeremey Higgs, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Emily Satterfield, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Allison Odom, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR STUDENTS IN PROGRESS Taylor Guest, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Luca Antoni, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Brinton Barnes, M.S., Coastal Sciences, USM. Joel Borden, Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, USM. Jim Weston, Ph.D., Biology, University of Mississippi. Gopal Bera, Ph.D., Marine Science, USM. Shiva Kumar Rudrappa, Ph.D., Marine Science, USM. UNDERGRADUATE THESIS ADVISOR Ryan Parker, 2013. B.S., Honors College, USM; Undergraduate Thesis Title: Estimating the ingestion rate of Capitella tellata . Hale Switzer, 1996. B.S., Honors College, USM; Undergraduate Thesis Title: The colonization of artificial seagrass as a function of shoot density.


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ADVISOR Joyce Rejis Baptista, 2012. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; CIÊNCIA Science without Borders International Program.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

USM GCRL Director Search Committee – 2012

USM COA Personnel Committee, Member, 2005/2006; 2007/2008.

Faculty Senate, Member; University of Southern Mississippi, 2004 – 2011.

Associate Editor, Fisheries; Estuaries, 1999 - 2003. (27 manuscripts handled).

Secretary-Treasurer, Gulf Estuarine Research Society, 1998 - 2005.

President-Elect/President, MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and Annual Program Co-chair, 1999-2001.

Past President, MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and Annual Program Co-chair, 2001-2002.

Session Chair, Living Estuarine Resources Session. 2012 Bays and Bayous Symposium. 2012.

Session Chair – 35th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 11-13 February

2009, Biloxi, MS.

Session Chair – Annual meeting of the Southern Division - American Fisheries Society, 27-29 February 2012,

Biloxi, MS.

Vice Chair, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Division of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 2003.

Chair, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Division of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 2004.

External Evaluator – for PhD Thesis. 2010. The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston Jamaica,

Department of Life Sciences.

External Evaluator – for promotion to Full professor. 2008. University of West Florida, Department of Biology.

External Evaluator – for promotion to Associate professor with tenure. 2011. Texas A&M University-Corpus

Christi, Department of Life Sciences.

Member, USEPA - Peer US National AMBI Benthic Index Development Working Group, September, 2011. Costa

Mesa, CA.

Member, External Advisory Committee (EAC) of the UMES CREST Center for the Integrated Study of Coastal

Ecosystem Processes and Dynamics in the mid-Atlantic region. University of Maryland Eastern Shore, October,

2011.

Member, USEPA Peer Review Panel Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship Program: Aquatic Systems

Ecology, March, 2007. Silver Spring, MD.


Member, USEPA Peer Review Panel for Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program: Developing Regional-Scale

Stressor-Response Models for Use in Environmental Decision Making, October, 2006. Washington, D.C.

Member, Technical Review Panel for New York Sea Grant, 2002-2003 Omnibus Research Proposals, September,

2001. New York, NY.

Member, Technical Review Panel for West Coast and Polar Undersea Research Center, 2002 Fiscal Cycle,

November 2001. Monterey, CA.

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee and Technical Advisory Committee, Louisiana Environmental Research

Center, McNeese State University/EPA, 1996-1998.

Member, Nutrient Task Force Coastal and Estuarine Subcommittee; Mississippi Department of Environmental

Quality, 2002, 2011, 2012.

Member, Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Resolutions Committee, 2000.

Member, American Water Works Association (AWWA) Standard Methods Committee Joint Task Group (JTG) for

Fishes, Benthic Sampling, and Periphyton Sections for Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and

Wastewater, 2009, 2010, 2011.

Member, MS Trustee representing USM GCRL for Deepwater Horizon NRDA, 2011.

Book Reviewer, Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes – Chapter 12: Predation, avoiding predation, and

predator effects on ecosystems. by Stephen T. Ross. University of California Press. 2012.

Proposal Reviewer, Hudson River Foundation. 2001.

Proposal Reviewer, New York Sea Grant Program. 2000.

Proposal Reviewer, Louisiana Sea Grant Program. 2001.

Proposal Reviewer, Oregon Sea Grant Program. 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009.

Proposal Reviewer, Connecticut Sea Grant Program. 2007.

Proposal Reviewer, NMFS MARFIN Program. 2002.

Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 2002, 2003.

Proposal Reviewer, Maryland Sea Grant College. 2006, 2008.

Proposal Reviewer, Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center at the Univ of Maryland. 2008.

Proposal Reviewer, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF). 2006.

Proposal Reviewer, NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research/Coastal Ocean Program. 2006.

Proposal Reviewer, Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científica y Technológico - Chile. 2007.

Proposal Reviewer, LSU Coastal Marine Institute - BOEMRE, New Orleans. 2011.


Program Brochure Reviewer, USEPA Office of Research and Development. 2005.

Invited Speaker, LSU School of the Coast & Environment (SC&E), April 26 2013, Baton Rouge, LA. Opening a

Can of Worms: Crafting an Allometric Mass-Balance Model for Predicting Responses by the Macrobenthos to

Hypoxia and Organic Enrichment.

Invited Speaker, USM Department of Marine Science, February 27 2013, Stennis Space Center, MS. Opening a

Can of Worms: Crafting an Allometric Mass-Balance Model for Predicting Responses by the Macrobenthos to

Hypoxia and Organic Enrichment.

Invited Speaker, Florida Association of Benthologists - Bioassessment Workshop, April 24-26 1996, Live Oak,

FL. (Co-authors, R.W. Heard, G.G. Gaston and S.S. Brown).

Invited Speaker, Estuarine Bioassessment Workshop, Florida Department of Environmental Protection,

November11-13 1998, Tallahassee, FL. (Co-authors, R.W. Heard, G.G. Gaston and S.S. Brown).

Invited Speaker, “Coastal Ecosystems and Their Modification: A Technical Symposium for Fish and Wildlife

Service Biologists”, August 20-22 2001, Gulf Shores, AL. Presentation distributed in the CD: Proceedings of the

Coastal Ecosystems and Federal Activities Technical Training Symposium.(Co-authors, S.E. LeCroy, R.W. Heard,

and J.A. McLelland).

Invited Speaker, Singing River Symposium: “A Focus on the Conservation of the Pascagoula River

Ecosystem”, September 21-22 2001, Pelican Landing Conference Center, Moss Point, MS - Presentation distributed

in the CD: Proceedings of the Singing River Symposium produced by the Pascagoula River Basin Alliance. (Co-

author, J.A. McLelland).

Invited Speaker, Fifth T.W. Bennett, Jr Symposium: “Headwaters to the Sea: Evolution and Conservation of

Fish Assemblages in Large Rivers”, 25-26 September 2003, Hattiesburg, MS. Effects of environmental variation

on the growth of juvenile spot: implications for the recruitment of estuarine dependent fishes. (Co-authors, G.A.

Zapfe, M.S. Peterson, and B.H. Comyns).

Invited Speaker, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation - Workshop on Estuarine Indicators., 29-31

October 2003, Sanibel Island, FL. Macrobenthic Process Indicators of Estuarine Condition. (Co-author, G.A.

Zapfe).

Invited Speaker, 2004 GCRL Summer Seminar Series., 25 July 2004, Ocean Springs, MS. Factors Affecting the

Early Recruitment of Estuarine-Dependent Fishes.

Invited Speaker, NOAA Bi-annual Education and Science Forum, October 30 – November 1 2006,

NOAA Environmental Cooperative Science Center (ECSC) at FAMU, Tallahassee, Florida.

Member, Pascagoula River Basin Team, Aquatic Life and Habitat Protection Work Group, Mississippi

Department of Environmental Quality, June 2001 - Present.

Invited Participant, NOAA Gulf of Mexico Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment Regional Workshop, July 11-

12, 1996, New Orleans, LA.

Invited Participant, Nature Conservancy Collaborative Symposium, “Saving our Coast”, April 1999, Long

Island, New York.

Participant, Mesoamerican Coral Reef Congress, October 1997, Belize City, Belize.


Participant – “Amphipod biodiversity survey of the Great Barrier Reef at Lizard Island” - hosted by Dr. Jim

Lowry of the Australian Museum.

Host co-coordinator, Gulf Estuarine Research Society Annual Meetings, 1997, 1999.

Organizer of symposium entitled “Fisheries Recruitment Research in Coastal Mississippi” at the annual meeting

of the MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 16-18 Feb. 2000, Biloxi, MS.

Co-Chair of Special Session entitled “Estuarine Ecoindicators” at the 18th International Estuarine Research

Federation Biennial Conference, 17-21 October 2005, Norfolk, VA.

Co-Chair of Special Session entitled “Land Use Linkages to Estuarine Conditions” at the Estuarine Research

Federation Biennial Meeting, 14-19 September 2003, Seattle, WA.

Co-Chair of Special Session entitled “Estuarine Habitats and Population Processes of Invertebrates and Fishes:

What are the Links? at the Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, 25-30 September 1999, New Orleans,

LA.

Co-Chair of session entitled “Feeding Ecology” at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

annual meeting, June 1996, New Orleans, LA.

Service to K-12 Community - Teacher (one of three) for Coastal Sciences Investigation (CSI) CAMP for High

School students hosted by the USM Marine Education Center (coordinated by Michael Carley)

1) CSI CAMP 2-6 June 2008 (my part – Quantitative Faunal Sampling taught 2-3 June 2008)

2) CSI CAMP 28 July – 1 August 2008 (my part – Quantitative Faunal Sampling taught 28-29 July 2008)

Best Student Paper Judge: Benthic Ecology Meetings; Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation; Estuarine

Research Federation; Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Gulf Estuarine Research Society;

Mississippi Chapter American Fisheries Society; Mississippi Academy of Sciences; Marine and Estuarine Graduate

Student Association; Graduate Student Symposium; NOAA Bi-annual Education and Science Forum.


INVITED SEMINARS PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Auburn University American Association for the Advancement of Science Clemson University American Fisheries Society Eckerd College Ecological Society of America USM Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Estuarine Research Federation Louisiana State University Gulf Estuarine Research Society Mississippi Museum of Natural Science International Congress of Ecology

South Carolina Marine Resources Research Institute Mississippi Academy of Sciences University of Mississippi Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society University of Tampa Sigma Xi Research Society USEPA Gulf Ecology Division USM Dept Mar Sci Guest Lecturer – 2 PEER REVIEWER - 108 manuscripts in 55 outlets

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INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE AFS Impacts of Natural Hazards on Fishery Ecosystems 1 Graduate Faculty, USM American Malacological Bulletin 1 Adjunct Faculty, USM Dept Biol Sci and Mar Sci American Midland Naturalist 1 Adjunct Faculty, Biology Dep, Univ. Miss., UM Aquatic Biology 1 Chair, Marine Botanist Search Committee, GCRL Bulletin of Marine Science 6 Curriculum Planning – GCRL 1997, 1998 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2 Special Problems Director, Graduate Students, GCRL Caribbean Journal of Science 1 Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, GCRL, USM Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecol. 1 Statistical Consulting for Grad. Students, GCRL Copeia 9 Marine Microbiologist Search Committee – USM COA Ecology of California Marine Fishes 1 COA Statistics Core Subcommittee – USM COA Ecological Applications 2 COA PhD Qualifying Committee Ecological Indicators 1 COA CoST Awards Nomination Committee – 2004; 2008 Ecology of Freshwater Fish 1 Faculty Senate, USM – 2004 - 2011 Ecography 1 USM Faculty Senate/Provost Awards Committee – 2005 -11

11112011 Environmental Biology of Fishes 2 USM Faculty Welfare Committee – 2008 - 2009 Environmental Management 1 USM Faculty Academic and Governance Comm – 2009-10 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 1 USM HEADWAE Awards Committee – 2005 - 2009 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2 USM Grand Marshall Awards Committee – 2005 - 2009

Env Fate and Eff of Pulp and Paper Mill Effl 2 COA Personnel Committee – 2005/2006; 2007/2008 Environmental Science & Tech 1

School of Ocean and Earth Sci Planning Committee – 2006 Estuaries 8 Chair, P.A. Biber T&P Committee – 2007 - 2009 Estuaries and Coasts 2 COA Awards Committtee Chair – 2008 - 2013

Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 6 USM Sabbatical Review Committee – 2011

Fishery Bulletin 2 USM Provost Awards Review Committee – 2011

Florida Scientist 1 Chair, Quantitative Fisheries Search Committee, 2012 Functional Ecology 1 Member, Invertebrate Fisheries Search Committee, 2012 Gulf and Caribbean Research 4 Member, Offshore Fisheries Search Committee, 2012 Gulf of Mexico Science 1 Member, Molecular Physiologist Search Committee, 2012 Gulf Research Reports 5 Search Committee for the Director of USM GCRL, 2012

Hydrobiologia 1 Chair, Robert Leaf T&P Committee – USM COA, 2012 - Revista Interciencias 1 Israel Journal of Zoology 1 J. Crustacean Biology 1 J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 1 J. Fish Biology 1 J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 1 J. North American Benthological Society 1 Marine and Freshwater Research 1 Marine Biology 1 Marine Ecology 1 Marine Ecology Progress Series 11 Marine Environmental Research 1 New Zealand Jour of Marine and Freshw Research 1

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North American Journal of Aquaculture 1 PLOS One 1 Progressive Fish Culturist 1 Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia 1 Science of the Total Environment 1 SARSIA 1 Texas Journal of Science 1 Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 4 Trans of the Miss. Chap Amer Fisheries Society 1 US EPA 1 Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 1

Wetlands 2


REFERENCES

Dr. Richard W. Heard

Professor

Department of Coastal Sciences

USM Gulf Coast Research Laboratory


Ocean Springs, MS 39564-7000

228-872-4217

Dr. Joanne S. Lyczkowski-Shultz

Research Fishery Biologist

National Marine Fisheries Service

Southeast Fisheries Science Center

P.O. Drawer 1207

Pascagoula, MS 39568

601-762-4591

Dr. Donald M. Baltz

Professor

Department of Oceanography and Coastal

Sciences

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7503

504-388-6512

Dr. Stephen T. Ross

Curator Emeritus of Fishes

Museum of Southwestern Biology

Department of Biology

MSC 03-2020

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131

970-264-0158

Dr. Mark S. Peterson

Professor

Department of Coastal Sciences

USM Gulf Coast Research Laboratory


Ocean Springs, MS 39564-7000

228-872-4203

Dr. Gary R. Gaston

Professor of Biology


University of Mississippi

University, MS 38677

601-232-7162

Dr. Glenn R. Parsons

Professor of Biology


University of Mississippi

University, MS 38677

601-232-7479

Dr. David W. Greenfield

Retired Professor of Zoology

759 Jewell Ave.

Pacific Grove, CA 93950

808-956-8618

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