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Marine Fisheries Contributions

The contributions are articles written by or co-written by Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) staff and published in scholarly journals.

All DMF past and present contributing staff are in bold.

Contributions list

  • Marjadi, M.N., Batchelder, S., Govostes, R., Roy, A.H., Sheppard, J.J., Slocombe, M.-G. and Llopiz, J.K. (2024). A video monitoring and computational system for estimating migratory juvenile fish abundance in river systems. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10607. DMF Contribution No. 187.
  • Seto, I.Frew, K., Rousseau, M., and F.R. Schenck. 2024. Recovery of Eelgrass Zostera marina Following Conversion of Conventional Chain Moorings to Conservation Mooring Systems in Massachusetts: Context-Dependence, Challenges, and Management. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01322-7. DMF Contribution No. 186.
  • Paxton, A.B., Steward, D.N., Mille, K.J. et al. 2024. Artificial reef footprint in the United States ocean. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01258-7. DMF Contribution No. 185.
  • Rothermel, E.R., M.H.P. O'Brien, J.E. Best, D.A. Fox, B.I. Gahagan, A.L. Higgs, I.A. Park, G. Wippelhauser, and D.H. Secor. 2024. An Eulerian perspective on habitat models of striped bass occurrence in an offshore wind development area. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad212. DMF Contribution No. 184.
  • Hirzel, A.J., P. Alatalo, H. Oliver, C.M. Petitpas, J.T. Turner, W. Zhang, and D.J. McGillicuddy. 2023. High resolution analysis of plankton distributions at the Middle Atlantic Bight shelf-break front. Continental Shelf Research, 267. doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.105113. DMF Contribution No. 183.
  • Pugh, T.L., R.P. Glenn, and W.H. Watson III. 2023. Spatial differences in female lobster mating success and population characteristics in southern Massachusetts. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 718: 69-84. doi.org/10.3354/meps14394. DMF Contribution No. 182.
  • Van Hoeck, R.V., Rowell, T.J., Dean, M.J., Rice, A.N. and Van Parijs, S.M. 2023. Comparing Atlantic Cod Temporal Spawning Dynamics across a Biogeographic Boundary: Insights from Passive Acoustic Monitoring. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 15: e10226. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10226. DMF Contribution No. 181.
  • Casey, E.F., J. Churchill, G. Cowles, T.L. Pugh, R.A. Wahle, K. Stokesbury, and R.P. Glenn. 2023. The impact of ocean warming on juvenile American lobster recruitment off southeastern Massachusetts. Fisheries Oceanography, 32(2), 229–244. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12625. DMF Contribution No. 180.
  • Chosid, D.M. and M. Pol. 2023. Testing of a helix twine off-bottom trawl on Georges Bank. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10:1118645. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1118645. DMF Contribution No. 179.
  • Winton M.V., Fay G., Skomal G.B. 2023. An open spatial capture-recapture framework for estimating the abundance and seasonal dynamics of white sharks at aggregation sites. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 715:1-25. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14371. DMF Contribution No. 178. 
  • Briones-Hernández, S.A., Ulianov, J.C, Elorriaga-Verplancken, F.R., Galván-Magaña, F., Logan, J.M., Carvajal, J.M., Elias, E., Shigueto, J.A., and S. Ortega-García. 2023. Movement and population dispersal of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) across the Eastern Tropical Pacific inferred from carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses. Journal of Fish Biology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15456. DMF Contribution No.177.
  • Briones-Hernández, S.A., Galván Piña, V.H., Palomino, B.A., Elorriaga-Verplancken, F.R., Calderón, V.B., Huertas, A.D., Graham, B.S., Logan, J.M., and F. Galván-Magaña. 2023. Movements and trophic ecology of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the Mexican Central Pacific inferred from stomach content, bulk, and compound-specific stable isotope analyses. Marine Biology, 170:88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04217-0. DMF Contribution No. 176.
  • Logan, J.M., Wozniak, A.S., Varela, J.L., and A. Robertson. 2023. Pre-spawning habitat use of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) inferred from stable isotope analysis. Marine Biology, 170: 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04210-7. DMF Contribution No. 175.
  • Dolan, T.E., E.P. Palkovacs, T.L. Rogers, and S.B. Munch. 2023. Age structure augments the predictive power of time series for fisheries and conservation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 80(5): 795-807. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0219. DMF Contribution No. 174.
  • McManus, M.C., D.C. Brady, C. Brown, J.T. Carloni, M. Giffin, A.G. Goode, K. Kleman, P. Lawton, A. Le Bris, S. Olszewski, D.N. Perry, R. Rochette, B.V. Shank, C.M. Wilson, and R.A. Wahle. 2023. The American Lobster Settlement Index: History, lessons, and future of a long-term, transboundary monitoring collaborative. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9:1055557. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1055557. DMF Contribution No. 173.
  • Mazur, M.D., J. Jesse, S.X. Cadrin, S.B. Truesdell, and L. Kerr. 2023. Consequences of ignoring climate impacts on New England groundfish stock assessment and management. Fisheries Research, 262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106652. DMF Contribution No. 172.
  • Koob, E. R., L. A. Kerr, J. W. Mandelman, and M.P. Armstrong. 2023. Using otolith microchemistry to determine natal origin of Black Sea Bass off the coast of Maine. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10927. DMF Contribution No. 146.
  • Zhang, W., P. Alatalo, T. Crockford, A.J. Hirzel, M.G. Meyer, H. Oliver, E. Peacock, C. M. Petitpas, Z. Sandwith, W.O. Smith, H.M. Sosik, R.H.R. Stanley, B.L.F. Stevens, J.T. Turner, D.J. McGillicuddy. 2023. Cross-shelf exchange associated with a shelf-water streamer at the Mid-Atlantic Bight shelf edge, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 210, p. 102931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102931. DMF Contribution No. 144.
  • Scully, M.E., W.R. Geyer, D. Borkman, T.L. Pugh, A. Costa, and O.C Nichols. 2022. Unprecedented summer hypoxia in southern Cape Cod Bay: an ecological response to regional climate change? Biogeosciences, 19, 3523–3536. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3523-2022. DMF Contribution No. 171.
  • Dean, M.J., W.S. Hoffman, N.C. Buchan, S.B. Scyphers, and J. H. Grabowski. 2022. Lost in translation: understanding divergent perspectives on a depleted fish stock. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 80(3): 593-613. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0090. DMF Contribution No. 170.
  • Marjadi, M.N., A.H. Roy, M.T. Devine, B.I. Gahagan, A. Jordaan, A.R. Whiteley, J. Rosset. 2022. Effects of freshwater residence time on reproductive success in anadromous alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus): climate change implications. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 80. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0086. DMF Contribution No. 169. 
  • Reid, K., J.A. Hoey, B.I. Gahagan, B.P. Schondelmeier, D.J. Hasselman, A.A. Bowden, M.P. Armstrong, J. Garza, and E. P. Palkovacs. 2022. Spatial and temporal genetic stock composition of river herring bycatch in southern New England Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 80(2): 360-374. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0144. DMF Contribution No. 168. 
  • Plaisted, H.K., Shields, E.C., Novak, A.B., Peck, C.P., Schenck, F., Carr, J., Duffy, P.A., Evans, N.T., Fox, S.E., Heck, S.M. and Hudson, R. 2022. Influence of Rising Water Temperature on the Temperate Seagrass Species Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in the Northeast USA. Front. Ecophysiology and Biogeochemistry of Marine Plants in the Anthropocene, 9, p.920699. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.920699. DMF Contribution No. 167.
  • Gutzler, B.C., T.L. Pugh, K. Benhalima, W.H. Watson III. 2022. Does female shell disease status influence mating success in American lobsters? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 548. Article. DMF Contribution No. 145.
  • Bowlby, H. D., W. N. Joyce, M. V. Winton, P. J. Coates, and G. B. Skomal. 2022. Conservation implications of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) behavior at the northern extent of their range in the Northwest Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 79:1843-1859. Article. DMF Contribution No. 143.
  • McBride, R.S., E.A. Fairchild, Y.K. Press, S.P. Elzey, C.F. Adams, and P. Bentzen. 2022. A Life History Study of Atlantic Wolffish Resolves Bias and Imprecision in Length- and Age-at-Maturity Schedules by Recognizing Abortive Maturation. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10222. Article. DMF Contribution No. 142.
  • McBride, R. S., Maynard G. A., Elzey S. P., Hennen D. R., Tholke E. K., Runnebaum J. M., McGuire C. H. 2022. Evaluating growth dimorphism, maturation, and skip spawning of Atlantic halibut in the Gulf of Maine using a collaborative research approach. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 53: 57-77. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v53.m736. Article.  DMF Contribution No. 141.
  • Murphy Jr., R.D., G. Nelson, and J. Grabowski. 2022. The Feeding Ecology of Striped Bass and the Role of Ontogeny. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 53: 35-45. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v53m737 Article. DMF Contribution No. 140.
  • Ellertson, A.A., J.D. Waller, T.L. Pugh, N.D. Bethoney. 2022. Differences in the size at maturity of female American lobsters (Homarus americanus) from offshore Southern New England and eastern Georges Bank, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 250. doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106276. DMF Contribution No. 135.
  • Goldstein, J.S., K.A. Zarrella-Smith, and T.L. Pugh. 2022. Recent Declines in American Lobster Fecundity in Southern New England: Drivers and Implications. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac083. Article. DMF Contribution No. 134.
  • Dalton, R. M., J. J. Sheppard, J. Y. Finn, A. Jordaan, M. D. Staudinger. 2022. Phenological Variation in Spring Migration Timing of Adult Alewife in Coastal Massachusetts. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 14:e10198. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10198. DMF Contribution No. 123.
  • Logan, J.M., A. Boeri, J. Carr, T. Evans, E. Feeney, K. Frew, F. Schenck, and K. Ford. 2022. Review of Habitat Impacts from Residential Docks and Recommended Best Management Practices with an Emphasis on the Northeastern United States. Estuaries and Coasts, 45(5): 1189-1216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01006-0. Article. DMF Contribution No. 136.
  • Dean, M.J., Hoffman, W.S., Buchan, N.C., Cadrin, S.X., and Grabowski, J.H. 2021. The influence of trawl efficiency assumptions on survey-based population metrics. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78, 2858–2874. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab164. DMF Contribution No. 166.
  • Logan, J.M., Golet, W., Smith, S.C., Neilson, J., and L. Van Guelpen. 2021. Broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladius) foraging and vertical movements in the north-west Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology, 99(2): 557-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14744. DMF Contribution No. 165.
  • Bodin, N., Pethybridge, H., Duffy, L.M., Lorrain, A., Allain, V., Logan, J.M., Ménard, F., Graham, B., Choy, C.A., Somes, C.J., Olson, R.J., and J.W. Young. 2021. Global data set for nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes of tunas. Ecology, 102(3): e03265. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3265. DMF Contribution No. 164.
  • Pol, M. and S. Eayrs. 2021. Behaviour in a Bottom Trawl: Moving Forward to Limit Catches of Atlantic Cod. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78(7): 2317–2324. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab106. Article. DMF Contribution No. 139.
  • Anstead, K.A., K. Drew, D. Chagaris, M. Cieri, A.M. Schueller, J.E. McNamee, A. Buchheister, G. Nesslage, J.H. Uphoff Jr, M.J. Wilberg, A. Sharov, M.J. Dean, J. Brust, M. Celestino, S. Madsen, S. Murray, M. Appelman, J.C. Ballenger, J. Brito, E. Cosby, C. Craig, C. Flora, K. Gottschall, R.J. Latour, E. Leonard, R. Mroch, J. Newhard, D. Orner, C. Swanson, J. Tinsman, E.D. Houde, T.J. Miller and H. Townsend. 2021. The Path to an Ecosystem Approach for Forage Fish Management: A Case Study of Atlantic Menhaden. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:607657. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.607657. Article. DMF Contribution No. 138.
  • Capizzano, C.W., D.R. Zemeckis, E.A. Jones, W.S. Hoffman, M.J. Dean, M.H. Ayer, N. Ribblett, and J.W. Mandelman. 2021. Reducing Bycatch Impacts in Recreational Fisheries: Case Study Examining Terminal Tackle in the Multispecies Gulf of Maine Groundfish Fishery. Fisheries Management and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12480. Article. DMF Contribution No. 137.
  • Dean, M.J., Hoffman, W.S., Buchan, N.C., Cadrin, S.X., and Grabowski, J.H. 2021. Deconstructing Size Selectivity to Evaluate the Influence of Fishery Management. Fisheries Research, 234: 105782. Article. DMF Contribution No. 133.
  • McManus, M.C., J. Kipp, B. Shank, K. Reardon, T.L. Pugh, J. Carloni, K. McKown. 2021. A Model-Based Approach to Standardizing American Lobster (Homarus americanus) Ventless Trap Abundance Indices. Fisheries Research, 238: doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105899. Article. DMF Contribution No. 132.
  • Koob, E. R., S. P. Elzey, J. W. Mandelman, M. P. Armstrong. 2021. Age Validation for the Northern Stock of Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) in the Atlantic Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, 119(4):261-273 DOI: 10.7755/FB.119.4.6. Article. DMF Contribution No. 131.
  • Wilcox, S.,T. Pugh, R. Glenn and K. Oliveira. 2021. Spatial Variation in Size and Age at Maturation and Growth of Channeled Whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus) in Southern Massachusetts. Fisheries Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105926. DMF Contribution No. 121.
  • Winton, M., J. Sulikowski and G. Skomal. 2021. Fine-Scale Vertical Habitat use of White Sharks at an Emerging Aggregation Site and Implications for Public Safety. Wildlife Research. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR20029. DMF Contribution No. 120.
  • Legett, H., A. Jordaan, A. Roy, J. Sheppard, M. Somos-Valenzuela, and M. Staudinger. Daily Patterns of River Herring (Alosa spp.) 2021. Spawning Migrations: Environmental Drivers and Variation among Coastal Streams in Massachusetts. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. DOI: 10.1002/tafs.10301. Article. DMF Contribution No. 119.
  • Skomal, G., H. Marshall, B. Galuardi, L. Natanson, C. Braun and D. Bernal. 2021. Horizontal and Vertical Movement Patterns and Habitat use of Juvenile Porbeagles (Lamna nasus) in the Western North Atlantic. Frontiers Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.624158. Article. DMF Contribution No. 118.
  • Dean, M.J., W.S. Hoffman, N.C. Buchan, S. Cadrin and J. Grabowski. 2021. The influence of trawl efficiency assumptions on survey-based population metrics. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78: 2858-2874. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab164. DMF Contribution No. 122.
  • Secor DH, O’Brien MHP, Gahagan BI, Fox DA, Higgs AL, Best JE. 2020. Multiple spawning run contingents and population consequences in migratory striped bass Morone saxatilis. PLoS ONE, 15(11): e0242797. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242797. DMF Contribution No. 163. 
  • Gahagan, B.I. and Bailey, M.M. 2020. Surgical Implantation of Acoustic Tags in American Shad to Resolve Riverine and Marine Restoration Challenges. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 12: 272-289. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10108. DMF Contribution No. 162. 
  • LeBlanc, NM, Gahagan, BI, Andrews, SN, et al. 2020. Genomic population structure of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Fear River. Evolutionary Applications, 13: 1468–1486. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12990. DMF Contribution No. 161. 
  • Rothermel ER, Balazik MT, Best JE, Breece MW, Fox DA, Gahagan BI, et al. 2020. Comparative migration ecology of striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon in the US Southern mid-Atlantic bight flyway. PLoS ONE, 15(6): e0234442. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234442. DMF Contribution No. 160. 
  • Secor DH, O’Brien MHP, Gahagan BI, Watterson JC, Fox DA. 2020. Differential migration in Chesapeake Bay striped bass. PLoS ONE, 15(5): e0233103. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233103. DMF Contribution No. 159.
  • Logan, J.M., Pethybridge, H., Lorrain, A., Somes, C., Allain, V., Bodin, N., Choy, C.A., Duffy, L., Goñi, N., Graham, B., Langlais, C., Ménard, F., Olson, R., and J. Young. 2020. Global patterns and drivers of tuna movements and trophodynamics. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 175: 104775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104775. DMF Contribution No. 158.
  • Lorrain, A., Pethybridge, H., Cassar, N., Receveur, A., Allain, V., Bodin, N., Bopp, L., Choy, A., Duffy, L., Fry, B., Goñi, N., Graham, B., Hobday, A., Logan, J., Ménard, F., Menkes, C., Olson, R., Pagendam, D., Point, D., Revill, A., Somes, C., and J. Young. 2020. Trends in tuna carbon isotopes suggest global changes in pelagic phytoplankton communities. Global Change Biology, 26(2):  458-470. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14858. DMF Contribution No. 157.
  • Bank, C. M., K. Oliviera, S. J. Sutherland, M. P. Armstrong, J. Landa, S. X. Cadrin. 2020. Age Validation for Goosefish (Lophius americanus) in the Northeastern United States. Fishery Bulletin, 118(1), p.8-20. Article. DMF Contribution No. 130.
  • Devine, M. T., J. Rosset, A. Roy, B. Gahagan, M. P. Armstrong, and A. Whiteley. 2020. Feeling the Squeeze: Adult Run Size and Habitat Availability Limit Juvenile River Herring Densities in Lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, DOI: 10.1002/tafs.10282. Article. DMF Contribution No. 129.
  • Gutzler, B. C., T. L. Pugh, and W. H. Watson III. 2020. A Novel Method of Quantifying Sperm to Determine the Potential for Sperm Depletion in Male American Lobsters Homarus americanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda: Astacidea: Nephropidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 40: 471–478. doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa03b0. Article. DMF Contribution No. 128.
  • VanderKooy, S., J. Carroll, S. Elzey, J. Gilmore, and J. Kipp (eds). 2020. A Practical Handbook for Determining the Ages of Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coast Fishes - Third Edition. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Article. DMF Contribution No. 127.
  • Sweezey, B.B., Capizzano, C.W., Langan, J.A., Benoît, H.P., Hutchins, E.W., Mandelman, J.W., Koh, W.Y., Dean, M.J., Anderson, B.N. and Sulikowski, J.A. 2020. Estimating the Discard Mortality of Atlantic Cod in the Southern Gulf of Maine Commercial Lobster Fishery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 40, 1252-1262. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10493. DMF Contribution No. 126.
  • Kneebone, J., H. Bowlby, J. J. Mello, C. T. McCandless, L. J Natanson, B. Gervelis, G. B. Skomal, and D. Bernal. 2020. Seasonal Distribution and Habitat Use of the Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean Inferred from Fishery-Dependent Data. Fishery Bulletin, 118:399–412, doi: 10.7755/FB.118.4.8. Article. DMF Contribution No. 117.
  • Legare, B., B. DeAngelis, and G. Skomal. 2020. After the nursery: Regional and broad-scale movements of sharks tagged in the Caribbean. Marine Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12608. Article. DMF Contribution No. 116.
  • DeCelles, G. R. and T. Vidal. 2020. Long-term changes in the maturation and growth of Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine yellowtail flounder Limanda ferruginea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13175. Article. DMF Contribution No. 110.
  • Harrison, S., and M. Rousseau. 2020. Comparison of Artificial and Natural Reef Productivity in Nantucket Sound, MA, USA. Estuaries and Coasts, 43:2092–2105; DOI 10.1007/s12237-020-00749-6. DMF Contribution No. 114.
  • Nelson, Gary A., Benjamin I. Gahagan, Michael P. Armstrong, Adrian Jordaan, Alison Bowden. 2020. A life cycle simulation model for exploring causes of population change in Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus). Ecological Modelling, 422 (2020) 109004. (contact Gary Nelson for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 113.
  • Caiger, P. E., M. Dean, A. DeAngelis, A. Hatch, L. Rice A. Stanley, J. Tholke, D. Zemeckis and S. Van Parijs. 2020. A decade of monitoring Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) spawning aggregations in Massachusetts Bay using passive acoustics. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 635: 89-103. Article. DMF Contribution No. 112.
  • Bean, S.B. and J.M. Logan. 2019. Stable isotope analyses of cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles at the northern extent of their coastal range. Marine Biology, 166:  64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3516-2. DMF Contribution No. 156.
  • Cheney, D., Logan, J.M., Gardner, K., Sly, E., Wysor, B., and S. Greenwood. 2019. Bioaccumulation of PCBs by a seaweed bloom (Ulva rigida) and transfer to higher trophic levels in an estuarine food web. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 611:  75-93. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12840. DMF Contribution No. 155.
  • Dean, M. J., S. P. Elzey, W. S. Hoffman, N. C. Buchan, and J. H. Grabowski. 2019. The Relative Importance of Sub-Populations to the Gulf of Maine Stock of Atlantic cod. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz083. DMF Contribution No. 124.
  • Ford, K. H., S. Voss, N. T. Evans. 2019. Reproducibility, Precision, and Accuracy of a Hydroacoustic Method to Estimate Seagrass Canopy Height and Percent Cover in Massachusetts. Estuaries and Coasts, 45:1045–1057, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00618-x. Article. DMF Contribution No. 115.
  • Capizzano, C.W, D. Zemeckis, W. Hoffman, H. Benoit, E. Jones, M. Dean, N. Ribblett and J. Mandelman. 2019. Fishery-Scale Discard Mortality Rate Estimate for Haddock in the Gulf of Maine Recreational Fishery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 39:964-979. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10328. DMF Contribution No. 111.
  • Jury, S.H., T. L. Pugh, H. Henninger, J. T. Carloni, and W. H. Watson. 2019. Patterns and possible causes of skewed sex ratios in American Lobster (Homarus americanus) populations. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. doi: 10.1080/07924259.2019.1595184l. Article. DMF Contribution No. 109.
  • Chase, B., Elzey, S., Turner, S., Ayer, M. 2019. Fecundity and reproductive life history of anadromous rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in coastal waters of Massachusetts. Fisheries Bulletin. Article. DMF Contribution No. 108.
  • Nelson, G. A. 2019. Bias in common catch-curve methods applied to age frequency data from fish surveys. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz085. Article. DMF Contribution No. 107.
  • Zemeckis, D. R., M. J. Dean, A. I. DeAngelis, S. M. Van Parijs, W. S. Hoffman, M. F. Baumgartner, L. T. Hatch, S. X. Cadrin, and C. H. McGuire. 2019. Identifying the distribution of Atlantic cod spawning using multiple fixed and glider-mounted acoustic technologies. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz064. Article. DMF Contribution No. 106.
  • Barris, B.N., J. D. Shields, H. J. Small, J. P. Huchin-Mian, P. O’Leary, J. V. Shawver, R. P. Glenn, T. L. Pugh. 2018. Laboratory Studies on the Effect of Temperature on Epizootic Shell Disease in the American Lobster Homarus americanus. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94: 887-902. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2017.1148. DMF Contribution No. 125.
  • Vidal, T., R. Glenn, B. Reilly, M. Bednarski, and G. R. DeCelles. 2018. Between a Rock and Soft Bottom: Evaluating the Use of Rod and Reel to Monitor Tautog in Southern Massachusetts. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 10:550-562. Article. DMF Contribution No. 105.
  • Eayrs, S. and M. Pol. 2018. The myth of voluntary uptake of proven fishing gear: investigations into the challenges inspiring changes in fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsy178. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy178. DMF Contribution No. 104.
  • Marjadi, M. N., A. Roy, A. Jordaan, B. Gahagan, M. P. Armstrong, A. Whiteley. 2018. Larger Body Size and Earlier Run Timing Increase Alewife Success in a Whole Lake Experiment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 76(7). Article. DMF Contribution No. 103.
  • Devine, M. T., A. Roy, A. Whiteley, B. Gahagan, M. P. Armstrong, A. Jordaan. 2018. Precision and Relative Effectiveness of a Purse Seine for Sampling Age-0 River Herring in Lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 38(3):650-662. Article. DMF Contribution No. 102.
  • Shepherd, G. R., G. A. Nelson, P. J. Rago, R. Anne Richards, J. Boreman, and C. P. Goodyear. 2018. A chronicle of striped bass population restoration and conservation in the Northwest Atlantic, 1979-2016. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-246, 51 p. https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm246/. DMF Contribution No. 100. 
  • Kneebone, J., M. Winton, A. Danylchuk, J. Chisholm, G. Skomal. 2018. An assessment of juvenile sand tiger (Carcharias taurus) activity patterns in a seasonal nursery using accelerometer transmitters. Environmental Biology of Fishes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-018-0821-4. Article. DMF Contribution No. 99.
  • Logan, J. M. 2018. Salt marsh aboveground production in New England estuaries in relation to nitrogen loading and environmental factors. Wetlands, 38(6): 1327-1340. Article. DMF Contribution No. 98.
  • Natanson, Lisa, G. Skomal, S. Hoffman, M. Porter, K. Goldman and D. Serra. 2018. Age and Growth of Sharks: Do Vertebral Band Pairs Record Age? Marine and Freshwater Research, 69:1440-1452. Article. DMF Contribution No. 97.
  • Legare, B., G. Skomal, and B. DeAngelis. 2018. Diel Movements of the Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) in a Caribbean Nursery. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101:1011-1023. Article. DMF Contribution No. 96.
  • Nelson, G. A. 2018. Historical Review of Commercial Fishery Regulations for Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis Walbaum) in Massachusetts. Northeastern Naturalist, 25(1): 143-160. Article. DMF Contribution No. 95.
  • Turner, S. M. B. C. Chase, M. S. Bednarski. 2018. Evaluating the Effect of Dam Removals on Yellow-Phase American Eel Abundance in a Northeast US Watershed. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 38(2):424-431. Article. DMF Contribution No. 94.
  • Logan, J.M., Davis, A., Markos, C., and K.H. Ford. 2018. Effects of docks on salt marsh vegetation: an evaluation of ecological impacts and the efficacy of current design standards. Estuaries and Coasts, 41(3): 661-675. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0323-1. DMF Contribution No. 92.
  • Logan, J. M., S. Voss, A. Davis, and K. Ford. 2018. An experimental evaluation of dock shading impacts on salt marsh vegetation in a New England estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 41(1): 13-24. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0268-4. DMF Contribution No. 86.
  • Reid, K., E.P. Palkovacs, D.J. Hasselman, D. Baetscher, J. Kibele, B.I. Gahagan, P. Bentzen, M.C. Mcbride, J. Garza. 2018. Comprehensive evaluation of genetic population structure for anadromous river herring with single nucleotide polymorphism data. Fisheries Research, 206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.04.014. DMF Contribution No. 154. 
  • Leblanc, N.M., Andrews, S.N., Avery, T.S., Puncher, G.N., Gahagan, B.I., Whiteley, A.R., Curry, R.A. and Pavey, S.A. 2018. Evidence of a genetically distinct population of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) within the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 38: 1339-1349. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10242. DMF Contribution No. 153. 
  • Pethybridge, H., Choy, C.A., Logan, J.M., Allain, V., Lorrain, A., Bodin, N., Young, J., Ménard, F., Olson, R., Somes, C.J., Langlais, C., Duffy, L., Hobday, A.J., Kuhnert, P., Menkes, C., and B. Fry. 2018. A global meta-analysis of marine predator nitrogen stable isotopes: understanding relationships between ecosystem structure and environmental conditions. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(9):  1043-1055. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12763. DMF Contribution No. 152.
  • Duffy, L.M., Kuhnert, P., Pethybridge, H.R., Young, J.W., Olson, R.J., Logan, J.M., Goñi, N., Romanov, E., Allain, V., Staudinger, M., Abecassis, M., Choy, C.A., Hobday, A.J., Simier, M., Galván-Magaña, F., Potier, M., and F. Ménard. 2017. Global trophic ecology of yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore tunas: understanding predation on micronekton communities at ocean-basin scales. Deep Sea Research Part II:  Topical Studies in Oceanography, 140:  55-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.03.003. DMF Contribution No. 151.
  • Winton, M., C. Huntsberger, D. Rudders, G. DeCelles, K. Thompson, K. Goetting, and R. Smolowitz. 2017. Spatiotemporal patterns of flatfish bycatch in two scallop access areas on Georges Bank. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Science, 49: 23-37. DOI: 10.2960/J.v49.m710. DMF Contribution No. 93.
  • Rosset, J., A. H. Roy, B. I. Gahagan, A. R. Whiteley, M. P. Armstrong, J. J. Sheppard, and A. Jordaan. 2017. Temporal patterns of migration and spawning of river herring in coastal Massachusetts. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 146: 1101-1114. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2017.1341851. DMF Contribution No. 91.
  • Skomal, G. B., C. D. Braun, J. H. Chisholm, and S. R. Thorrold. 2017. Movements of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in the North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series (link to abstract). DMF Contribution No. 90.
  • Stokesbury, K. D. E., S. X. Cadrin, N. Calabrese, E. Keiley, T. M. Lowery, B. J. Rothschild and G. R. DeCelles. 2017. Towards an Improved System for Sampling New England Groundfish Using Video Technology. Fisheries, 42(8): 432-439. DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2017.1342630. DMF Contribution No. 89.
  • Bethoney, N. D., B. P. Schondelmeier, J. Kneebone, and W. S. Hoffman. 2017. Bridges to best management: Effects of a voluntary bycatch avoidance program in a mid-water trawl fishery. Marine Policy, 83: 172-178. Article. DMF Contribution No. 88.
  • Watson, W. H. III, J. S. Goldstein, E.M. Morrissey, H. A. Cole, and T. L. Pugh. 2017. Evidence of mating by sexually immature female American lobsters Homarus americanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda: Nephropidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 37: 2 – 6. DOI:10.1093/jcbiol/ruw010 (link to abstract - contact Tracy Pugh for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 85.
  • Bayse, S. M., M. V. Pol, M. Walsh, A. Walsh, T. Bendiksen, and P. He. 2017. Design and test of a grid to reduce bycatch in the longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) trawl fishery. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 1-9. Article. DMF Contribution No. 84.
  • Decelles, G.R., D. Martins, D.R. Zemeckis, and S. X. Cadrin. 2017. Using Fishermen's Ecological Knowledge to map Atlantic cod spawning grounds on Georges Bank. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 1-15. Article. DMF Contribution No. 83.
  • DeCelles, G. R., E. F. Keiley, T. M. Lowery, N. M. Calabrese, and K. D. E. Stokesbury. 2017. Development of a Video Trawl Survey System for New England Groundfish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 146:3, 462-477. Article. DMF Contribution No. 82.
  • LeBris, A., A. J. Pershing, J. Gaudette, T. L. Pugh, and K. M. Reardon. 2017. Multi-scale quantification of the effects of temperature on size at maturity in the American lobster (Homarus americanus). Fisheries Research, 186: 397-406. (link to abstract - Contact Tracy Pugh for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 81.
  • Zemeckis, D., C. Liu, G. Cowles, M. Dean, W. Hoffman, D. Martins, and S. Cadrin. 2017. Seasonal movements and connectivity of an Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) spawning component in the western Gulf of Maine. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74: 1780-1796. (link to abstract). DMF Contribution No. 76.
  • Liu, C., G. W. Cowles, D. Zemeckis, S. Cadrin, and M. Dean. 2017. Validation of a hidden Markov model for the geolocation of Atlantic cod. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Published on the web 12 January 2017. (link to abstract). DMF Contribution No. 75.
  • Hollema, H. M., J. Kneebone, S. D. McCormick, G. B. Skomal, and A. J. Danylchuk. 2017. Movement patterns of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in a tidal coastal embayment in New England. Fisheries Research, 187: 168-177. DOI: 10.1016/fishres.2016.11.006. DMF Contribution No. 73.
  • Eayrs, S., M. Pol, S. Tallack Caporossi, and C. Bouchard. 2017. Avoidance of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) with a topless trawl in the New England groundfish fishery. Fisheries Research, 185: 145–152. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.9.014. DMF Contribution No. 68.
  • Olson, R.J., Young, J.W., Ménard, F., Potier, M., Allain, V., Goñi, N., Logan, J.M., and F. Galván-Magaña. 2016. Bioenergetics, trophic ecology, and niche separation of tunas.  Advances in Marine Biology, 74:  199-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2016.06.002. DMF Contribution No. 150.
  • Marcella, R., M. Pol, and M. Szymanski. 2016. Seasonal Catchability of Static and Floating Atlantic Cod Pots. The Journal of Ocean Technology, 11(4): 34-47. Article. DMF Contribution No. 72.
  • Churchill, J. H., J. P. Kritzer, M. J. Dean, J. H. Grabowski, and G. D. Sherwood. 2016. Patterns of larval-stage connectivity of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) within the Gulf of Maine in relation to current structure and a proposed fisheries closure. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74: 20-30. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw139. DMF Contribution No. 71.
  • Winger, P., S. Lokkeborg, and M. Pol. 2016. Fish Capture by Baited Pots: A Review of Fish Behaviour. The Journal of Ocean Technology, 11(4): 1-12. Article. DMF Contribution No. 70.
  • Lowerre-Barbieri, S., G. DeCelles, P. Pepin, I. A. Catalán, B. Muhling, B. Erisman, et al. 2016. Reproductive resilience: a paradigm shift in understanding spawner-recruit systems in exploited marine fish. Fish and Fisheries. DOI: 10.1111/faf/12180. DMF Contribution No. 69.
  • Pol, M., B. Herrmann, and P. He. 2016. Impact of codend mesh sizes on selectivity and retention of Acadian redfish Sebastes fasciatus in the Gulf of Maine trawl fishery. Fisheries Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.06/013. DMF Contribution No. 67.
  • Elzey, S. P., and K. J. Trull. 2016. Identification of a nonlethal method for aging tautog (Tautoga onitis). Fishery Bulletin, 114(4): 377-385. DOI: 10.7755/FB.114.4.1. DMF Contribution No. 66.
  • W. Hoffman, M. Dean, D. Zemeckis, H. Benoit, J. Kneebone, E. Jones, M. J. Stettner, N. Buchan, J. Langan, and J. Silukowski. 2016. Estimating and mitigating the discard mortality of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Gulf of Maine recreational rod-and-reel fishery. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw058. DMF Contribution No. 64.
  • Breen, M., N. Graham, M. Pol, P. He, D. Reid, and P. Suuronen. 2016. Selective fishing and balanced harvesting. Fisheries Research, 184: 2-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.03.014. DMF Contribution No. 63.
  • O'Boyle, R., M. Dean, and C. M. Legault. 2016. The influence of seasonal migration on fishery selectivity. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw048. DMF Contribution No. 62.
  • Bayse, S. M., M. V. Pol, and P. He. 2016. Fish and squid behaviour at the mouth of a drop-chain trawl: factors contributing to capture or escape. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw007. DMF Contribution No. 61.
  • Pol, M. V., B. Herrmann, C. Rillahan, and P. He. 2016. Selectivity and retention of pollock Pollachius virens in a Gulf of Maine trawl Fishery. Fisheries Research, 184: 47-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.fisheries.2015.07.029. DMF Contribution No. 58.
  • Gahagan, B.I., Fox, D.A., and D.H. Secor. 2015. Partial migration of Striped Bass: revisiting the contingent hypothesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 525: 185-197. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11152. DMF Contribution No. 149. 
  • Secor, D.H., Rooker, J.R., Gahagan, B.I., Siskey, M.R., and R.W. Wingate. 2015. Depressed resilience of bluefin tuna in the western Atlantic Ocean associated with age truncation. Conservation Biology, 29: 400-408. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12392. DMF Contribution No. 148.
  • Young, J.W., Olson, R.J., Ménard, F., Kuhnert, P.M., Duffy, L.M., Allain, V., Logan, J.M., Lorrain, A., Somes, C.J., Graham, B., Goñi, N., Pethybridge, H., Simier, M., Potier, M., Romanov, E., Pagendam, D., Hannides, C., and C.A. Choy.  2015. Setting the stage for a global-scale trophic analysis of marine top predators: a multi-workshop review. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 25(1):  261-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-014-9368-4. DMF Contribution No. 147.
  • Hasselman, D. J., E. C. Anderson, E. E. Argo, N. D. Bethoney, S. R. Gephard, D. M. Post, B. P. Schondelmeier, T. F. Schultz, T. V. Willis, and E. P. Palkovacs. 2015. Genetic stock composition of marine bycatch reveals disproportional impacts on depleted river herring genetic stocks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 73(6): DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0402. DMF Contribution No. 87.
  • Hasselman, D. J., E. C. Anderson, E. E. Argo, N. D. Bethoney, S. R. Gephard, D. M. Post, B. P. Schondelmeier, T. F. Schultz, T. V. Willis, and E. P. Palkovacs. 2015. Genetic stock composition of marine bycatch reveals disproportional impacts on depleted river herring genetic stocks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 73(6): DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0402. DMF Contribution No. 87.
  • Fairchild, E. A., S. Tallack, S. Elzey, and M. P. Armstrong. 2015. Spring Feeding of Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) on Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts. Fisheries Bulletin, 113(2): 191-201. Article. DMF Contribution No. 101.
  • Skomal, G. B., E. M. Hoyos-Padilla, A. Kukulya, and R. Stokey. 2015. Subsurface observations of white shark Carcharodon carcharias predatory behaviour using an autonomous underwater vehicle. Journal of Fish Biology, 87: 1293-1312. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12828. DMF Contribution No. 60.
  • Marshall, H., G. Skomal, P. G. Ross, and D. Bernal. 2015. At-vessel and post-release mortality of the dusky (Carcharhinus obscurus) and sandbar (C. plumbeus) shark after longline capture. Fisheries Research, 172: 373-384. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.011. DMF Contribution No. 59.
  • Sheppard, J. J. and M. S. Bednarski. 2015. Utility of single-channel electronic resistivity counters for monitoring river herring populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 35(6): 1144-1151. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2015.1084407. DMF Contribution No. 57.
  • Thunberg, E. M. and S. J. Correia. 2015. Measures of fishing fleet diversity in the New England groundfish fishery. Marine Policy, 58: 6-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpool.2015.04.005. DMF Contribution No. 55.
  • Legare, B., J. Kneebone, B. DeAngelis and G. Skomal. 2015. The spatiotemporal dynamics of habitat use by blacktip (Carcharhinus limbatus) and lemon (Negaprion brevirostris) sharks in nurseries of St. John, United States Virgin Islands. Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-015-2616-x. DMF Contribution No. 54.
  • Elzey, S. P., K. A. Rogers, and K. J. Trull. 2015. Comparison of 4 aging structures in the American shad (Alosa sapidissima). Fisheries Bulletin, 113: 47-54. DOI: 10.7755/FB.113.1.5. DMF Contribution No. 53.
  • Pugh, T. L., M. Comeau, K. Benhalima, W.H. Watson, III. 2015. Variation in the size and composition of ejaculates produced by male American lobsters Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Decapoda: Nephropidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology. DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002365. (link to abstract - contact Tracy Pugh for reprint), DMF Contribution No. 52.
  • Kneebone, J., W. Hoffman, M. Dean, D. Fox, and M. Armstrong. 2015. Movement Patterns and Stock Composition of Adult Striped Bass Tagged in Massachusetts Coastal Waters. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 143(5). (link to abstract - contact Bill Hoffman for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 45.
  • Benoit, H. P., C. W. Capizzano, R. J. Knotek, D. B. Rudders, J. A. Sulikowski, M. J. Dean, W. Hoffman, D. R. Zemeckis, and J. W. Mandelman. 2015. A generalized model for longitudinal short- and long-term mortality data for commercial fishery discards and recreational fishery catch-and-releases. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72: 1834-1847. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv039. DMF Contribution No. 77.
  • Zemeckis, D. R., W. S. Hoffman, M. J. Dean, M. P. Armstrong, and S. X. Cadrin. 2014. Spawning site fidelity by Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Gulf of Maine: implications for population structure and rebuilding. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71: 1356-1365. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu117. DMF Contribution No. 79.
  • Zemeckis, D. R., M. J. Dean, and S. X. Cadrin. 2014. Spawning dynamics and associated management implications for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 34: 424-442. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2014.882456. DMF Contribution No. 78.
  • Grabowski, J. H., M. Bachman, C. Demarest, S. Eayrs, B. P. Harris, V. Malkoski, D. Packer and D. Stevenson. 2014. Assessing the Vulnerability of Marine Benthos to Fishing Gear Impacts. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 22(2): 142-155. DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2013.846292. DMF Contribution No. 74.
  • Goldstein, J. S., T. L. Pugh, W. H. Watson III, E. A. Dubofsky, K. L. Lavalli, and M. Clancy. 2014. A Non-Invasive Method for In situ Determination of Mating Success in Female American Lobster (Homarus americanus). Journal of Visualized Experiments, 84, e50498, doi:10.3791/50498. DMF Contribution No. 65.
  • Bethoney, N. D., K. D. E. Stokesbury, B. P. Schondelmeier, W. S. Hoffman, and M. P. Armstrong. 2014. Characterization of river herring bycatch in the Northwest Atlantic midwater trawl fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 34(4): 828-838. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2014.920736. DMF Contribution No. 56.
  • Natanson, L. J. and G. B. Skomal. 2014. Age and growth of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Marine and Freshwater Research. DOI: 10.1071/MF14127 (Supplementary Material). DMF Contribution No. 51.
  • Curtis, T. H., S. I. Zeeman, E. L. Summers, S. X. Cadrin, and G. B. Skomal. 2014. Eyes in the sky: linking satellite oceanography and biotelemetry to explore habitat selection by basking sharks. Animal Biotelemetry. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-2-12. DMF Contribution No. 50.
  • Curtis, T. H., C. T. McCandless, J. K. Carlson, G. B. Skomal, N. E. Kohler, L. J. Natanson, G. H. Burgess, J. J. Hoey, and H. L. Pratt Jr. 2014. Seasonal Distribution and Historic Trends in Abundance of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. PLOS ONE, 9(6): 1-12. DOI: 10.137/journal.pone.0099240. DMF Contribution No. 49.
  • Dean, M. J., W. S. Hoffman, D. R. Zemeckis, and M. P. Armstrong. 2014. Fine-scale diel and gender-based patterns in behaviour of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on a spawning ground in the Western Gulf of Maine. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fsu040. DMF Contribution No. 48.
  • Kneebone, J., J. Chisholm, and G. Skomal. 2014. Movement patterns of juvenile sand tigers (Carcharias taurus) along the east coast of the USA. Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-014-2407-9. DMF Contribution No. 47. 
  • Kneebone, J., W. Hoffman, M. Dean, and M. Armstrong. 2014. Movements of striped bass between the exclusive economic zone and Massachusetts state waters. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 34: 524-534 DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2014.892550 (link to abstract - contact Bill Hoffman for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 46.
  • Nelson, G. A. 2014. Cluster sampling: a pervasive, yet little recognized survey design in fisheries research. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 143: 926-938 (link to abstract – contact Gary Nelson for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 44.
  • Hernandez, K. M., D. Risch, D. M. Cholewiak, M. J. Dean, L. T. Hatch, W. S. Hoffman, A. N. Rice, D. Zemeckis, and S. M. Van Parijs. 2013. Acoustic monitoring of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in Massachusetts Bay: implications for management and conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 628-635. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fts003. DMF Contribution No. 80.
  • Pugh, T. L., J. S. Goldstein, K. L. Lavalli, M. Clancy, and W. H. Watson III. 2013. At-sea determination of female American lobster Homarus americanus mating activity: Patterns vs. expectations. Fisheries Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2013.07.008. (link to abstract - contact Tracy Pugh for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 43.
  • Kneebone, J., J. Chisholm, D. Bernal, and G. Skomal. 2013. The physiological effects of capture stress, recovery, and post-release survivorship of juvenile sand tigers (Carcharias taurus) caught on rod and reel. Fisheries Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2013.04.009. (link to abstract - contact Greg Skomal for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 42.
  • Sheppard, J., and S. Block. 2013. Monitoring response of diadromous populations to fish passage improvements on a Massachusetts coastal stream. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering A, 2: 71-79. Article. DMF Contribution No. 41.
  • Cournane, J. M., J. P. Kritzer, and S. J. Correia. 2013. Spatial and temporal patterns of anadromous alosine bycatch in the US Atlantic herring fishery. Fisheries Research, 141: 88-94. Abstract. DMF Contribution No. 39.
  • Amstrong, M. P. et al. 2013. Application of small-scale fishery closures to protect Atlantic cod spawning aggregations in the inshore Gulf of Maine. Fisheries Research, 141: 62-69. DOI: 10.1016/jfishres.2012.09.009. DMF Contribution No. 37.
  • Kneebone, J., J. Chisholm, and G. B. Skomal. 2012. Seasonal residency, habitat use, and site fidelity of juvenile sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) in a Massachusetts estuary. Inter-Research Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI:10.3354/meps09989. DMF Contribution No. 40.
  • Skomal, G. B. and J. W. Mandelman. 2012. The physiological response to anthropogenic stressors in marine elasmobranch fishes: A review with a focus on the secondary response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.10.002. (link to abstract - contact Greg Skomal for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 38.
  • Skomal, G. B. and J. Chisholm, S. T. Correia. 2012. Implications of Increasing Pinniped Populations on the Diet and Abundance of White Sharks off the Coast of Massachusetts. In: Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark. CRC Press. pp. 405-417. Article. DMF Contribution No. 36.
  • Dean, M. J., W. S. Hoffman, and M. P. Armstrong. 2012. Disruption of an Atlantic cod spawning aggregation resulting from the opening of a directed gill-net fishery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 32: 124-134. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2012.663457. DMF Contribution No. 34.
  • Chosid, D.M., M. Pol, M. Szymanski, F. Mirarchi, and A. Mirarchi. 2011. Development and Observations of a spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias reduction device in a raised footrope silver hake Merluccius bilinearis trawl. Fisheries Research, DOI 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.03.007. DMF Contribution No. 35. 
  • Pol, Michael V., Szymanski, Mark, Chosid, David M., and Salerno, Daniel J. 2011. Fork Length-Total Length Conversions for Haddock and Pollock. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 31(3): 427-430. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2011.590115. Article. DMF Contribution No. 32.
  • He, P. and M. Pol. 2010. Fish Behavior near Gillnets: Capture Processes and Influencing Factors. In: He, P. (ed.), Behavior of Marine Fish: Capture Processes and Conservation Challenges. Wiley-Blackwell, Ames, Iowa. pp.183-198. Article. DMF Contribution No. 31.
  • Leschen, A. S., and S. J. Correia. 2010. Mortality in female horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) from biomedical bleeding and handling: implications for fisheries management. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 43(2): 135-147. Abstract. DMF Contribution No. 30.
  • 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(5): 370-381. (link to abstract - contact Gary Nelson for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 29.
  • Leschen, A.S., K.H. Ford, and N.T. Evans. 2010. Successful Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Restoration in a Formerly Eutrophic Estuary (Boston Harbor) Supports the Use of a Multifaceted Watershed Approach to Mitigating Eelgrass Loss. Estuaries and Coasts. DOI 10.1007/s12237-010-9272-7. Article. DMF Contribution No. 28.
  • Skomal, G. B. and D. Bernal. 2010. Physiological responses to stress in sharks. In: The Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Vol. 2, J.C. Carrier, J.A. Musick, M.R. Heithaus (eds.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. (contact Greg Skomal for reprint). DMF Contribution No. 25.
  • Chase, B.C., M.H Ayer, and S.P. Elzey. 2009. Rainbow Smelt Population Monitoring and Restoration on the Gulf of Maine Coast of Massachusetts. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 69: 899-901. Article. DMF Contribution No. 27.
  • Chase, B.C. 2009. The spawning habitat of anadromous rainbow smelt: trouble at the tidal interface. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 69: 859-862. Article. DMF Contribution No. 26.
  • Skomal, G., et al. 2009. Transequatorial Migrations by Basking Sharks in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Current Biology. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.019. Article. DMF Contribution No. 24.
  • Barber, J. S., D. M. Chosid, R. P. Glenn, and K. A. Whitmore. 2009. A systematic model for artificial reef site selection. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 43: 283-297. Article. DMF Contribution No. 22.
  • Mandelman, J. W. and G. B. Skomal. 2008. Differential sensitivity to capture stress assessed by blood acid-base status in five carcharhinid sharks. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. DOI:10.1007/s00360-008-0306-4. Article. DMF Contribution No. 23.
  • Chosid, D.M., M. Pol, M. Szymanski, L. Ribas, and T. Moth Poulsen. 2008. Diel variation within the species selective topless trawl net. Journal of Ocean Technology, 31-58. Article. DMF Contribution No. 21.
  • Pol, M.V., S. J. Correia, R. MacKinnon, and J. Carver. 2008. Longlining haddock with manufactured bait to reduce catch of Atlantic cod in a conservation zone. Fisheries Research, 94(2): 199-205. DOI:10.1016/j.fishres.2008.08.015. Article. DMF Contribution No. 20.
  • Skomal, G., P. S. Lobel, and G. Marshall. 2007. The use of animal-borne imaging to assess post-release behavior as it relates to capture stress in grey reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos. Marine Technology Society Journal, 41(4): 44-48. Article. DMF Contribution No. 19. 
  • Reid, D. G., J. Annala, S. Rosen, M. Pol, S. X. Cadrin and S. J. Walsh. 2007. Current status of mobile and static sampling gears used in resource surveys. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64(8): 1607-1609. DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fsm141. Article. DMF Contribution No. 18.
  • Skomal, G. B. 2007. Evaluating the physiological and physical consequences of capture on post-release survivorship in large pelagic fishes. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 14: 81-89. Article. DMF Contribution No. 15.
  • Skomal, G. B. 2007. Shark nursery areas in the coastal waters of Massachusetts. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 50: 17-33. Article. DMF Contribution No. 13.
  • Glenn, R. P. and T. L. Pugh. 2006. Epizootic shell disease in American lobster (Homarus americanus) in Massachusetts coastal waters: Interactions of temperature, maturity, and intermolt duration. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26(4): 639-645. Article. DMF Contribution No. 17.
  • 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. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 36: 111-126. DOI: 10.2960/J.v36.m576. Article. DMF Contribution No. 16.
  • Estrada, J. A., A. N. Rice, L. J. Natanson, and G. B. Skomal. 2006. Use of isotopic analysis of vertebrae in reconstructing ontogenetic feeding ecology in white sharks. Ecology, 87(4): 829-834. Article. DMF Contribution No. 14.
  • Skomal, G., E. A. Babcock, and E. K. Pikitch. 2005. Indices of blue and mako shark abundance derived from U.S. Atlantic recreational fishery data. Col. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT, 58(3): 1034-1043. Article. DMF Contribution No. 12.
  • Skomal, G.B., Wood, G., & N. Caloyianis. 2004. Archival tagging of a basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, in the western North Atlantic shark. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84: 795-799. Article. DMF Contribution No. 11.
  • Skomal, G.B. and G.W. Benz. 2004. Ultrasonic tracking of Greenland sharks, Somniosus microcephalus, under Arctic ice. Marine Biology, 145: 489-498. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1332-8. Article. DMF Contribution No. 10.
  • Estrada, J.A., A.N. Rice, M. Lutcavage, G.B. Skomal. 2003. Predicting trophic position in sharks of the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean using stable isotope analysis. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83: 1347-1350. Article. DMF Contribution No. 9.
  • Skomal, G.B., and L.J. Natanson. 2003. Age and Growth of the blue shark, Prionace glauca, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Fisheries Bulletin, 101:627-639. Article. DMF Contribution No. 8.
  • Nelson, G.A., Chase, B.C., and J. Stockwell. 2003. Food habits of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in coastal waters of Massachusetts. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 32: 1-25. Article. DMF Contribution No. 7.
  • Skomal, G. B., and B. C. Chase. 2002. The physiological effects of angling on post-release survivorship in tunas, sharks, and marlin. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 30: 135-138. Article. DMF Contribution No. 5.
  • Skomal, G. B., B. C. Chase, and E. D. Prince. 2002. A comparison of circle hook and straight hook performance in recreational fisheries for juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 30: 57-65. Article. DMF Contribution No. 4.
  • Chase, B. C. 2002. Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, diet differences at seasonal feeding grounds on the New England continental shelf. Fisheries Bulletin, 100(2): 168-180. Article. DMF Contribution No. 3.
  • Stockwell, J.S., 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? American Fisheries Society Symposium, 30: 144-147. Article. DMF Contribution No. 2.
  • Armstrong, M.P. and S.X. Cadrin. 2001. Morphometric variation among spawning groups of the Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank herring complex. Expectations for a New Millennium, Alaska Sea Grant Program, AK-SG-01-04. pp. 575-590. Article. DMF Contribution No. 1.
  • Michael Pol and H. Arnold Carr. 2000. Overview of Gear Developments and Trends in the New England Commercial Fishing Industry. Northeastern Naturalist, 7(4): 329-336. Article. DMF Contribution No. 6.

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