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DMF Responsibilities |
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- Head of the Fish Biology Program
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- Analysis and statistical modeling of striped bass and river herring population dynamics
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- Representative of Massachusetts to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)’s striped bass technical, stock assessment and tagging committees
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- Co-chair and member of the ASMFC river herring stock assessment committee
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- Adjunct faculty to the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Other Areas of Expertise |
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Biology of sand eels, little skate, wolffish, spotted seatrout, and pinfish
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Education |
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1993 - Ph.D., Fisheries Biology, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Dissertation: "Potential Impact of skate abundances upon the invertebrate resources and growth of yellowtail flounder (Pleuronectes ferrugineus) on Georges Bank." |
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1990 - M.S., Fisheries Biology, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Thesis: "Population biology and dynamics of northern sand lance (Ammodytes dubius) in the Gulf of Maine to Middle Atlantic Bight region." |
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1986 - B.S., Marine Biology, Department of Biology, Southeastern Massachusetts Univ. North Dartmouth, MA. Senior Research Project: "Recognition of neighboring conspecifics by the convict cichlid (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum)." |
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Research Interests |
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Population biology, ecology and dynamics of teleost and elasmobranch fishes, designing effective surveys for the estimation of animal abundance, and stock assessment modeling
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DMF Technical Reports |
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Nelson, G. A. 2010. 2009 Massachusetts Striped Bass Monitoring Report. Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-41. 25 p.  |
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Nelson, G. A. 2009. 2008 Massachusetts Striped Bass Monitoring Report. Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-36. 23 p. |
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Nelson, G. A. 2008. 2007 Massachusetts Striped Bass Monitoring Report. Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-34. 20 p. |
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Nelson, G. A. 2007. 2006 Massachusetts Striped Bass Monitoring Report. Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-32. 22 p. |
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Nelson, G. A. 2006. 2005 Massachusetts Striped Bass Monitoring Report. Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-28. 22 p. |
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Nelson, G. A. 2006. A Guide to Statistical Sampling for the Estimation of River Herring Run Size Using Visual Counts. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-25. 27 p. |
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Nelson, G. A. 2005. Massachusetts 2004 striped bass monitoring report. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-24. 18 p. |
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Nelson, G. A. 2004. Massachusetts 2003 striped bass monitoring report. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-21. 15 p. |
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Nelson, G. A. 2003. Massachusetts 2002 striped bass monitoring report. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-19. 15 p. |
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Nelson, G. A and T. B. Hoopes. 2002. Massachusetts 2001 striped bass monitoring report. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-11. 14 p. |
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Nelson, G. A., M. P. Armstrong, and T. B. Hoopes. 2001. Massachusetts 2000 striped bass monitoring report. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-4. 13 p. |
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Refereed Publications |
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Nelson, G. A., M. P. Armstrong, J. Stritzel-Thomson, and K. D. Friedland. 2010. Thermal habitat of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in coastal waters of northern Massachusetts, USA, during summer. Fisheries Oceanography 19: 370-381.
[link to abstract - contact Gary Nelson for reprint] |
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Nelson, G. A., B. C. Chase, and J. D. Stockwell. 2006. Population consumption of fish and
invertebrate prey by striped bass ( Morone saxatilis ) from coastal waters of
northern Massachusetts , USA . J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 36: 111-126. |
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Nelson, G.A., B.C. Chase, and J. Stockwell. 2003. Food habits of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in coastal waters of Massachusetts. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 32:1-25. |
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Nelson, G. A. 2002. Age, growth, mortality and distribution of pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) in Tampa Bay and adjacent Gulf of Mexico waters. Fish. Bull 100(3): 582-592. (1,700 Kb) |
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Nelson, G. A. and D. A. Leffler. 2001. Abundance, spatial distribution, and mortality of young-of-the-year spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) along the Gulf coast of Florida. Gulf of Mexico Science 19(1): 30-42. (1,509 Kb) |
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Nelson, G. A. 1998. Abundance, growth, and mortality of young-of-the-year pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) in three estuaries along the Gulf coast of Florida. Fish. Bull. 96(2): 315-328. (1,905 Kb) |
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Nelson, G. A. and M.R. Ross. 1995. Gastric evacuation in little skate (Raja erinacea). J. Fish. Biol. 46: 977-986. |
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Nelson, G. A. and M.R. Ross. 1992. Distribution, growth, and food habits of the Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) from the Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank region. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 13: 53-61. |
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Ross, M. R. and G. A. Nelson. 1992. The influence of stock density and bottom-water temperatures upon growth dynamics of two Georges Bank groundfish species. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 121 (5): 578-587. (1,336 Kb) |
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Nelson, G. A. and M.R. Ross. 1991. Biology and population changes of the northern sand lance (Ammodytes dubius) from the Gulf of Maine to the Middle Atlantic Bight. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 11: 11-27. (1,163 Kb) |
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Other Publications |
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Nelson, G. A., R. H. McMichael, T. C. MacDonald, and J. R. O'Hop. 1997. Fisheries
monitoring and its use in fisheries resources management. In: Treat, S. F. [ed.]
Proceedings of the Tampa Bay Area Scientific Information Symposium 3. Tampa
Bay Regional Planning Council. Pp: 43-56. |
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Hyland, J. L., T. J. Herrlinger, T. R. Snoots, A. H. Ringwood, R. F. Van Dolah, C. T.
Hackney, G. A. Nelson, J. S. Rosen, and S. A. Kokkinakis. 1996. Environmental
quality of estuaries of the Carolinian Province : 1994. Annual statistical summary
for the 1994 EMAP-Estuaries Demonstration Project in the Carolinian Province .
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORCA 97. NOAA/NOS, Office of Ocean
Resources Conservation and Assessment, Silver Springs , MD. 102 p. |
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Nelson, G. A. and M . R. Ross. 1992. Estimates of gastric evacuation and consumption
rates in little skate. ICES C.M. 1992/G:6. |
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Pentilla, J. M., G. A. Nelson, and J. M. Burnett III. 1989. Guideline for estimating lengths
at age for eighteen Northwest Atlantic finfish and shellfish species. NOAA Techn.
Memor. NMFS-F/NEC-66. 39 pp. |
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