• Manager of the Fisheries Biology Section (Recreational and Diadromous Fisheries Program, Fish Biology Program, Assessment and Survey Program)

• Managing Editor, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report Series

• Laboratory Chief – Annisquam River Marine Fisheries Station

• Representative to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Management and Science Committee, Waquoit Bay Research Steering Committee, New England Fisheries Management Council Research Steering Committee, Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund Research Working Group, Massachusetts Aquatic Habitat Restoration Task Force, Atlantic Herring Plan Development Team

• Adjunct Faculty to the Department of Resources Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Fish biology, population dynamics, estuarine ecology

1995 - Ph.D., Zoology, Zoology Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.           Dissertation: “A comparative study of the ecology of smooth flounder,           Pleuronectes putnami, and winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, from Great           Bay Estuary, New Hampshire."

Life history, stock assessment and population biology of fishes, estuarine fish ecology, anadromous fish population biology, Atlantic cod spawning biology

TR-4 Nelson, G.A, M.P. Armstrong, and T.B. Hoopes. 2001. Massachusetts 2000 striped bass monitoring report. (100 kb)

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]

Armstrong, M. P., and S. X. Cadrin. 2002. Morphometric variation among Atlantic herring           spawning groups of the U.S. coastal stock complex. In: Herring. Expectations for           a New Millenium. LowellWakefield Fish Symp. Ser. 18, pp. 575-590.

Stockwell, J. D, P. J. Diodati, and M. P. Armstrong. 2002. A bioenergetic evaluation of the           chronic stress hypothesis: can catch-and-release fishing constrain striped bass           growth? Amer. Fish Soc. Symp. 30: 144-147. (146 Kb)

Clark, S. H, S. X. Cadrin, D. F. Schick, P. J. Diodati, M. P. Armstrong and D. McCarron.           (2002). The Gulf of Maine northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery – a review           of the record. J. N. W. Atl. Fish. Sci. 27: 193-226. (843 Kb)

Cadrin, S. X., S. H. Clark, D. F. Schick, M. P. Armstrong et al. 1999. Application of           Catch-Survey Models to the Northern Shrimp Fishery in the Gulf of Maine. N.           Amer. J. Fish. Manage. 19:551-568. (1,262 Kb)

Stevenson, D. K., K. Friedland, and M. P. Armstrong. 1997. Managing the U.S. Atlantic           herring coastal stock complex for long-term sustainable yield. ICES C.M.           1997/DD:02

Armstrong, M. P. 1997. Seasonal and ontogenetic changes in distribution and abundance           of smooth and winter flounder along estuarine salinity and depth gradients. Fish.           Bull. U.S. 95(3):402-417. (973 Kb)

Armstrong, M. P., J. A. Musick, and J. A. Colvocorresses. 1996. Food habits and           ontogenetic shifts in feeding of the goosefish, Lophius americanus. J. N. W. Atl.           Fish. Sci. 48:27-32. (689 Kb)

Armstrong, M. P. and B. Starr. 1994. Reproductive biology of smooth flounder in           GreatBay estuary, NH. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 123:112-114. (220 Kb)

Armstrong, M. P., J. A. Musick, and J. A. Colvocoresses. 1992. Age, growth and           reproduction of the goosefish, Lophius americanus. Fish. Bull. U.S. 90(2):217-230. (1,711 Kb)

Armstrong. M. P. et al. 2000. Assessment Report for Gulf of Maine Northern Shrimp.           Report of the Northern Shrimp Technical Committee to Atlantic States Marine           Fisheries Commission.

Armstrong. M. P. et al. 1999. Assessment Report for Gulf of Maine Northern Shrimp.           Report of the Northern Shrimp Technical Committee to Atlantic States Marine           Fisheries Commission.

Armstrong. M. P. et al. 1998. Assessment Report for Gulf of Maine Northern Shrimp.           Report of the Northern Shrimp Technical Committee to Atlantic States Marine           Fisheries Commission.

Muller, R. G, M. D. Murphy, and M. P. Armstrong. 1996. Status and trends of Florida's           inshore fish stocks. Report to the Florida Marine Fisheries Commission, Florida           Department of Environmental Protection - Florida Marine Research Institute.

Armstrong, M. P., M. D. Murphy, D. Harshany, and R. G. Muller. 1996. A stock           assessment of hardhead catfish, Arius felis, and gafftopsail catfish, Bagre           marinus, in Florida waters. Report to the Florida Marine Fisheries Commission,           Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Florida Marine Research           Institute. (2,979 Kb)

Armstrong, M. P., M. D. Murphy, and R. G. Muller. 1996. A stock assessment of weakfish,           Cynoscion regalis, in Florida waters. Report to the Florida Marine Fisheries           Commission, Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Florida Marine           Research Institute.

Armstrong, M. P., M. D. Murphy, and R. G. Muller. 1996. A stock assessment of bluefish,           Pomatomus saltatrix, in Florida waters. Report to the Florida Marine Fisheries           Commission, Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Florida Marine           Research Institute.

Armstrong, M. P., P. Hood, M. D. Murphy, and R. G. Muller. 1996. A stock assessment of           permit, Trachinotus falcatus , in Florida waters. Report to the Florida Marine           Fisheries Commission, Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Florida           Marine Research Institute. (1,644 Kb)

Armstrong, M. P., R. E. Crabtree, and R. G. Muller. 1996. A stock assessment of tripletail,           Lobotes surinamensis, in Florida waters. Report to the Florida Marine Fisheries           Commission, Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Florida Marine           Research Institute. (1,054 Kb)

Armstrong, M. P.. 1996. A summary of life history and landings data for kingfish,           Menticirrhus spp., in Florida waters. Report to the Florida Marine Fisheries           Commission, Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Florida Marine           Research Institute. (1,049 Kb)

Estrella, B. T. and M. P. Armstrong. 1995. Massachusetts coastal commercial lobster trap           sampling program May-November, 1994. Mass. Div. Mar. Fish. Publ.

Estrella, B. T. and M. P. Armstrong. 1994. Massachusetts coastal commercial lobster trap           sampling program May-November, 1993. Mass. Div. Mar. Fish. Publ.

Armstrong, M. P., H. Mulligan and P. McManus. 1987. Analysis of fishcommunity in           Salem-Beverly harbor, MA. In: Application for 401(h) waiver of secondary           sewerage treatment. Camp, Dresser, and McKee, Boston, MA.

Armstrong, M. P., H. Mulligan and P. McManus. 1987. Analysis of fish community in           Nahant Sound, MA. In: Application for 401(h) waiver of secondary sewage           treatment. Camp, Dresser, and McKee, Boston, MA.