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Field of Specialization
Marine Fish Ecology





  • Professional Affiliations
  • Research
  • Publications
  • Alabama Fisheries Association Steering committee
  • American Fisheries Society
  • Marine fisheries section
  • Early life history section
  • Alabama Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 1996 President
  • American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
  • Estuarine Research Federation
  • Gulf Estuarine Research Society
Marine fish ecology
Title Journal Year
Home range and movement patterns of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) on artificial reefs Fisheries Research 2011
Recruitment of Age-0 Gray Triggerfish to Benthic Structured Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2011
The use of otolith shape analysis for ageing juvenile red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus Environmental Biology of Fishes 2010
A Life History Review for Red
Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico with
an Evaluation of the Importance
of Offshore Petroleum Platforms
and Other Artificial Reefs		 Reviews in Fisheries Science 2009
Survival and movement of hatchery-reared red snapper on artificial habitats in the northern Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management and Ecology 2009
The effects of epibenthic communities on reef fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management and Ecology 2009
Survival and movement of hatchery-reared red
snapper on artificial habitats in the northern
Gulf of Mexico		 Fisheries Management and Ecology 2009
Reproductive Behavior of the Gray Triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, in the Northeastern
Gulf of Mexico		 Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 2007
Effects of habitat complexity and predator exclusion on the abundance of juvenile red snapper Journal of Fish Biology 2007
An Evaluation of the Benefits of Artificial Habitats for Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 2007
ESTIMATES OF RESIDENCE AND SITE FIDELITY FOR RED SNAPPER, LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS, ON ARTIFICIAL REEFS IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
 Bulletin of Marine Science 2006
The influence of habitat complexity on reef fish communities in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico Environmental Biology of Fishes 2006
Long-Term Residence of Red Snapper on Artificial Reefs in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2005
Short-term survival and movements of Atlantic sharpnose sharks captured by hook-and-line in the north-east Gulf of Mexico
 Journal of Fish Biology 2004
Diet shifts of juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) with changes in habitat and fish size
 Fisheries Bulletin 2004
Vertical distribution, size structure, and habitat associations of four Blenniidae species on gas platforms in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico
 Environmental Biology of Fishes 2004
Diel Feeding Patterns of Red Snapper on Artificial Reefs in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2003
Artificial Reefs: Design, Placement, And Permitting ANR 2000 reprinted
Fisheries Management For Fisherman: A manual for helping fisherman understand the federal management process Auburn University Marine Extension & Research Center Sea Grant Extension 2000
Nursery habitats, growth rates, and seasonality of age-0 red snapper,Lutjanus campechanus, in the northeast Gulf of Mexico
 Fishery Bulletin 1999
Comparison of growth rate and formation of otolith increments in age-0 red snapper
 Journal of Fish Biology 1998
Life history of the gray triggerfish ANR 1997
Ultrasonic Telemetry of Red Snapper, Lutjanus.campechanus, at Artificial Reef Sites in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico
 Copeia 1997
Substrate preference in age-0 red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus
 Environmental Biology of Fishes 1997
Patterns of Seasonal Availability and Habitat Use by Fishes and Decapod Crustaceans in a Southern New Jersey Estuary
 Estuaries 1996
Density, temporal spawning patterns and growth of age-o and age-1 largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides ) in vegetated and unvegetated areas of Lake Guntersville, Alabama (Book chapt.) Recent Developments in Fish Otolith Research 1995
An evaluation if six marking methods for age-0 red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus Fishery Bulletin 1995
MOVEMENT AND GROWTH OF RED SNAPPER, LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS, FROM AN ARTIFICIAL REEF AREA IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
 Bulletin of Marine Science 1994
Ultrasonic Telemetry of Age-0 Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, Movements in a Southern New Jersey Estuary Copeia 1993
Validation Studies of Daily Increment Formation for Larval and Juvenile Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 1992
Growth and Temperature-Induced Mortality of Young-of-the-Year Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in Southern New Jersey Copeia 1992
Are scale circuli deposited daily in juvenile weakfish, Cynoscion regalis? Environmental Biology of Fishes 1991
Automated Enumeration by Computer Digitization of Age-0 Weakfish Cynoscion regalis Scale Circuli Fishery Bulletin 1991
Differential Growth Among Cohorts of Age-0 Weakfish Cynoscion in Chesapeake Bay Fishery Bulletin 1990
Hormone-Induces Spawning of Weakfish The Progressive Fish-Culturist 1987
Population Dynamics of Spot, Leiostomus xanthurus, in Polyhaline Tidal Creeks of the York River Estuary, Virginia Estuaries 1984