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Vita of Mark S. Peterson

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CURRICULUM VITAE OF MARK S. PETERSON

CURRENT ADDRESS Department of Coastal Sciences The University of Southern Mississippi 703 East Beach Dr. Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564 228-872-4203 (Work), 228-872-4204 (Fax) 228-872-9787 (Home) e-mail: [email protected] http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/contacts/view_vitae.php?id=281 Coastal Ecosystems Group Webpage: http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/ceg

EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Southern Mississippi Biological Sciences 1987 Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406 Ecological and physiological factors affecting the assembly of littoral fish communities along an environmental gradient. [Stephen T. Ross, advisor] M.S. Florida Institute of Technology Biological Oceanography 1981 Melbourne, Florida 32901 Variations in the feeding ecology of the silver jenny, Eucinostomus gula (Quoy and Gaimard) and the spotfin mojarra, E. argenteus Baird. [R. Grant Gilmore, advisor] B.S. Coastal Carolina University Marine Science 1978 Conway, South Carolina 29526

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE The University of Southern Mississippi: ● Editor-in-Chief and Chair of the Advisory & Editorial Boards for Gulf and Caribbean Research

(1996-2001; 2003-2013; 2015-present; formerly Gulf Research Reports). This position involved the overall operation of the journal including appointing Associate Editors and establishment of the advisory board, editing all manuscripts and making final decisions, maintaining communications with authors, reviewers, and Associate Editors, and maintaining the budget. Recently, the journal has been converted to a fully-online format starting in 2015. ● Interim Department Chair, Department of Coastal Sciences (August 2002-October 2003). ● Department of Coastal Sciences Summer Field Program (SFP) Advisory Committee, member

(2000-02) and Chair (2002-05). The SFP served 67 Colleges and Universities across the middle portion of the U.S during that period of time. ● Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Department of Coastal Sciences (1998-2002).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor (August 2002-present). Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS. Duties include development of a research program in fisheries resource ecology and ecological physiology. Teaching responsibilities have included Marine

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Ichthyology, Biology of Fishes, Ecology of Fishes, Coastal Processes II, Historical Ecology, and Topics in Fisheries Ecology.

Associate Professor (Tenured) (July 1998-August 2002). Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS.

Associate Research Scientist. (Dec.1994-July 1998). Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS.

Associate Professor. (Tenured) (Aug. 1994-Dec. 1994). Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, MSU, MS. Teaching duties included Ichthyology, Ecology of Fishes, Ecology, Animal Behavior, and Principles of Zoology. Other duties included curation of fish museum.

Assistant Professor. (Aug. 1989-Aug. 1994). Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, MSU, MS.

Post-Doctoral Fellow. (Sept. 1987-Aug. 1989). Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., Ft. Pierce, FL. Eco-physiology research focused on experimental causes of fish kills of euryhaline, subtropical resident and transient fishes utilizing impounded mangrove habitats.

Instructor. (Spring 1987). Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. Taught, coordinated and graded General Zoology lecture and laboratory.

Teaching Assistant. (Fall 1983-Fall 1986 (@USM); Fall 1980-Spring 1981(@FIT)). Contact teaching and grading of lower and upper levels labs. Lower level labs.: Introductory biology (majors & honors) and General Zoology. Upper level labs: Nearshore benthic ecology, Deepsea benthic ecology, Ichthyology.

Marine Science Research Associate. (April 1981-Aug. 1982). University of Florida-IFAS, Florida Medical Entomology Lab., Wetlands Ecology Section, Vero Beach, FL. Assisted in the design of field research, and collection, identification and enumeration of fishes, zooplankton and benthic organisms in mangrove habitats.

Research Assistantships. (Dept. Biol. Sci., USM: Sowashee creek water quality model verification (Summer 1984); American eel study (Summer 1983). Dept. Oceanogr. & Ocean Eng., FIT: Paradise Beach restoration project (Fall 1979); Melbourne Beach restoration project (August 1979-July 1980).

Graduate Student Assistant. (Summers 1979-1980). Project leader to "Marine Field Projects" at FIT. Duties included assistance in the design of the field activities and the collection and identification of fish, zooplankton and benthic animals.

Adjunct Professorships. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. (Sept.2000-01). Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.


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(Feb.1995-98). Department of Oceanography & Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL. Taught, coordinated and graded Marine & Estuarine Benthic Ecology. (Winter 1989). Journal Editorships. Associate Editor, Gulf of Mexico Science (2013-present). Consejo Editorial (Editorial Council), CICIMAR Oceánides, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, LaPaz, B.C.S., México (2010-present). Served as a Guest Editor for Southeastern Naturalist in 2007.

Consultant.

The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA; Review of Habitat Suitability Indices - Brown shrimp, White shrimp, Gulf Menhaden, Blue crab, Bay Anchovy, and Spotted Seatrout (July-Sept. 2014).

Taylor Engineering, Inc, Jacksonville, FL; Impacts of Channel Deepening on Nekton in the St. Johns River Estuary (Oct. 2012-Dec. 2013).

Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL; Evaluation of Recommended Minimum Flows for the Homosassa River System (Aug.-Oct. 2010).

South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL; Adequacy of Technical Information to Support Minimum Inflow Needs for Biscayne Bay, panel member (Oct.-Nov. 2008).

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; 2004 Research Assessment Review Panel for the Marine and Coastal Research Programs at Texas Universities, panel member (Aug. 2004).

The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. EPA; Evaluation of the final report of the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study, Panel member (Sept.-Nov. 2002).

South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL; Evaluation of the St. Lucie River and Estuary Minimum Flow Plan, Chair of Panel (May-Aug. 2001).

Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL; Evaluation of Hillsborough River Minimum Flow Plan (June-Nov. 1999).

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-WES, Vicksburg, MS; Trophic ecology of freshwater catfishes (Sept. 1982).

Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, San Diego, CA; Bottlenose dolphin and manatee survey (Nov. 1979).

PUBLICATIONS (* = student) Peterson, M.S., K.S. Dillon, and C.A. May. (In prep). Species richness and functional feeding group patterns in small, patchy natural and constructed intertidal fringe oyster reefs, Chapter 22. In: Shorelines: Living, Enhanced, and Restored in the Modern Era, D.M. Bilkovic, M. Mitchell, J. Toft, and M. La Peyre (eds.), Taylor & Francis Group and CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

Peterson, M.S., J-M. Havrylkoff, P.O. Grammer, P.F. Mickle, and W.T. Slack (In review). Consistent spatio-temporal estuarine habitat use of a western population of the Gulf Sturgeon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Lowe, M.R.*, M.S. Peterson, and K.S. Dillon. (In revision). Structural changes in salt marsh food webs resulting from coastal urbanization: inferences based on stable isotope analyses. Marine


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Ecology Progress Series.

122). Fogg, A.Q.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, and M.S. Peterson. (2015). Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish: insights into their reproductive life history. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (Accepted).

121). Dillon, K.S., M.S. Peterson, and C.A. May. (2015). Functional equivalency of constructed and natural intertidal Eastern oyster reef habitats in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series (doi:10.3354/meps11269).

120). Ennis, B.* and M.S. Peterson. (2015). Nekton and macro-crustacean habitat use of Mississippi micro-tidal saltmarsh landscapes. Estuaries and Coasts (doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9912-4).

119). Grammer, P.O., P.F. Mickle, M.S. Peterson, J-M. Havrylkoff, W.T. Slack, and R.T. Leaf. (2015).Activity patterns of Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the staging area of the Pascagoula River during fall outmigration. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. (doi:10.1111/ eff.12168).

118). Rakocinski, C.F., B.H. Comyns, M.S. Peterson, and A.M. Shiller. (2015). Regional patterns in the otolith chemistry of juvenile spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) differ under contrasting hydrological conditions. Open Fish Science Journal 8:1-12.

117). Bohόrquez-Herrera, J.*, V.H. Cruz-Escalona, D.C. Adams, and M.S Peterson. (2015). Feeding ecomorphology of seven demersal marine fish species in the Mexican Pacific Ocean. Environmental Biology of Fishes 98:1459-1473 (doi: 101.9/s10641-014-0373-1).

116). Lowe, M.R.* and M.S. Peterson. (2015). Relative condition and foraging patterns of nekton from salt marsh habitats arrayed along a gradient of urbanization. Estuaries and Coasts 38:800-812. (doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9865-7).

115). Wu, W., K. Yeager, M.S. Peterson, and R. Fulford. (2015). Neutral models as a way to evaluate the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM). Ecological Modeling 303:55-69. (doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.02.008).

114). Michaelsen, S.*, J. Schaefer, and M.S. Peterson. (2015). Fluctuating asymmetry in Menidia beryllina before and after the 2010 DeepWater Horizon oil spill. PLoS ONE 10(2):e0118742 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118742).

113). Needles, L.A., S.E. Lester, R. Ambrose, A. Andren, M. Beyeler, M. Connor, J. Eckman, B. Costa-Pierce, S.D. Gaines, K. Lafferty, H. Lenihan, J. Parrish, M.S. Peterson, A. Scaroni, J. Weis, and D.E. Wendt. (2015). Managing bay and estuarine ecosystems for multiple services.

Estuaries and Coasts 38 (Supplemental 1): S35-S48. (Invited Issue: Human Dimensions of

Our Coasts). (doi:10.1007/s12237-013-9602-7).

112). Mickle, P.F., M.S. Peterson, J-M. Havrylkoff, and P.O. Grammer. (2014). Morphometric comparisons of the Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in western and eastern population extremes. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30(6):1168-1173. (doi:10.1111/jai.12559).


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111). Alford, J.B., C.C. Green, and M.S. Peterson. (2014). Preface, pp. vii-xi. In: Alford, J.B., M.S. Peterson, C.C. Green (eds), Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine Habitats and Fisheries in North America. Taylor & Francis Group and CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

110). Biber, P., W. Wu, M.S. Peterson, Z. Liu, and L. Pham*. (2014). Chapter 7: Oil contamination in Mississippi saltmarsh habitats and the impacts to Spartina alterniflora photosynthesis, pp. 133-171. In: Alford, J.B., M.S. Peterson, C.C. Green (eds), Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine Habitats and Fisheries in North America. Taylor & Francis Group and CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

109). Lowe, M.R.* and M.S. Peterson. (2014). Effects of coastal urbanization on salt marsh faunal assemblages in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Coastal Fisheries Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science [online serial] 6(1):89-107. (doi:10.1080/ 19425120.2014.893467).

108). Ennis, B.*, M.S. Peterson, and T.P. Strange. (2014). Modeling of inundation characteristics of a microtidal salt marsh, Grand Bay National Research Reserve, Mississippi. Journal of Coastal Research 30(3):635-646. (doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00041.1).

107). Clardy, S.D.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson, and R.T. Leaf. (2014). Age, growth, and reproduction of Southern Kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus: a multivariate comparison of life history in other sciaenids. Fishery Bulletin 112(2-3):178-197. (doi:10.7755/FB.112.2-3.6).

106). Fulford, R.S., M.S. Peterson, W. Wu, and P.O. Grammer. (2014). An ecological model of the habitat mosaic in estuarine nursery areas: Part II - Projecting effects of sea-level rise on fish production. Ecological Modeling 273:96-108. (doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.10.032).

105). Fogg, A.*, M.S. Peterson, and N.J. Brown-Peterson. (2014). Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish: distribution and reproductive life history trajectories. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 66:206-207.

104). Peterson, M.S., J-M. Havrylkoff, P.O. Grammer, P.F. Mickle, W.T. Slack, and K.M. Yeager. (2013). Macrobenthic prey and physical habitat characteristics in a western Gulf sturgeon population: differential estuarine habitat use patterns. Endangered Species Research 22(2):159-174. plus 8 p online. (doi:10.3354/esr00546).

103). Wagner, J.P.*, R.B. Blaylock, and M.S. Peterson. (2013). Evaluation of internal tag performance in hatchery-reared juvenile spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 33(4):783-789. (doi:10.1080/02755947.2013.808292).

102). Diana, J.S., H.S. Egna, T. Chopin, M.S. Peterson, L. Cao, R. Pomeroy, M. Verdegem, W.T. Slack, M.G. Reantaso, and K. Dabrowski. (2013). Responsible aquaculture by 2050: Valuing local conditions and human innovations will be the key to success. BioScience 63(4):255-262. (doi:10.1525/bio.2013.63.4.5).

101). Wu, W., P. Biber, M.S. Peterson, and C. Gong*. (2012). Photosynthesis of Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using Bayesian inference. Environmental Research Letters 7 (2012) 045302.(doi:10.1088/1748-

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100). Havrylkoff, J-M.*, M.S. Peterson, and W.T. Slack. (2012). Assessment of the seasonal use of the lower Pascagoula river estuary by Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28(5):681-686. (doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.02056.x).

99). Lang, E.T.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson, and W.T. Slack. (2012). Seasonal and tidally driven reproductive patterns in the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann 1892). Copeia 2012(3):451-459. (doi:10.1643/CP-10-187).

98). Lowe, M.R.*, W. Wu, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.T. Slack, and P.J. Schofield. (2012). Survival, growth and reproduction of non-native Nile tilapia II. Fundamental niche projections and invasion potential in the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE 7(7):e41580. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041580).

97). Battaglia, L.L., M.S. Woodrey, M.S. Peterson, K.S. Dillon, and M. Visser. (2012). Wetlands of the northern Gulf coast, Chapter 6, 75-88. In: D. Batzer and A. Baldwin, (eds.), Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

96). Grammer, G.L.*, W.T. Slack, M.S. Peterson, and M.A. Dugo. (2012). Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) establishment in temperate Mississippi, USA: multi-year survival confirmed by otolith ages. Aquatic Invasions 7(3):367-376. doi:10.3391/ai.2012.7.3.008). 95). Jordan, S.J. and M.S. Peterson. (2012). Contributions of estuarine habitat to major fisheries, Chapter 5, pp. 75-92. In: Jordan, S.J. (ed), Estuaries: Classification, Ecology, and Human Impacts, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY.

94). Vivian, D.N.*, C.F. Rakocinski, and M.S. Peterson. (2012). Habitat function of a restored salt marsh: post-larval Gulf killifish as a sentinel, Chapter 4, pp. 57-74. In: Jordan, S.J. (ed), Estuaries: Classification, Ecology, and Human Impacts, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY.

93). Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., F. Galván-Magaña, V.H. Cruz-Escalona, M.S. Peterson, and J.Rodríguez-Romero. (2011). Daily food intake of Kajikia audax (Philippi, 1887) off Cabo San Lucas,Gulf of California, Mexico. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 39(3):449-460.

92). Fulford, R.S., M.S. Peterson, and P. O. Grammer. (2011). An ecological model of the habitat mosaic in estuarine nursery areas: Part 1 - interaction of dispersal theory and habitat variability in describing juvenile fish distributions. Ecological Modeling 222:3203-3215. 91). Lang, E.T.*, M.S. Peterson, and W.T. Slack. (2011). Comparative development of five sympatric coastal fundulids from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 2901:1-18.

90). Schofield, P.J., M.S. Peterson, M.R. Lowe*, N. Brown-Peterson, and W.T. Slack. (2011). Survival, growth and reproduction of nonindigenous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758). I. Physiological capabilities to various temperatures and salinities. Marine and Freshwater Research 62:439-449.

89). Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, S.E. LeCroy, J.M. Shaw, J.S. Franks, and R.W.


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Heard. (2011). A 50 year accomplishment in marine science: a history of the journal published by the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. Gulf and Caribbean Research 23:1-12.

88). Lopez, J.D.*, M.S. Peterson, J. Walker, G.L. Grammer, and M.S. Woodrey. (2011). Distribution, abundance, and habitat characterization of the Saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann 1892). Estuaries and Coasts 34(1):148-158.

87). Lang, E.T.*, G.L. Grammer*, S. Manning, and M.S. Peterson. (2010). Spawning and maintaining the Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) and the Saltmarsh topminnow (Fundulus jenkinsi) in the laboratory. Belgische Killifish Vereniging, Killi Kontakt 38(4):61-68.

86). Lopez, J.D.*, M.S. Peterson, E.T. Lang*, and A.M. Charbonnet. (2010). Linking habitat and life history for conservation of the rare saltmarsh topminnow (Fundulus jenkinsi): morphometrics, reproduction, and trophic ecology. Endangered Species Research 12(2):141-155.

85). Stricklin, A.G.*, M.S. Peterson, J.D. Lopez*, C.A. May, C.F. Mohrman, and M.S. Woodrey. (2010). Do small, patchy constructed intertidal oyster reefs reduce salt marsh erosion as well as natural reefs? Gulf and Caribbean Research 22:21-27.

84). Grammer, G.L.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson, and B.H. Comyns. (2009). Life history of silver perch (Bairdiella chrysoura, Lacepède 1803) in north-central Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Gulf of Mexico Science 27(1):62-73.

83). Headley, M.D.*, H.A. Oxenford, M.S. Peterson, and P. Fanning. (2009). Size-related variability in summer diet of blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus Lesson, 1831), in Tobago, the Lesser Antilles. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 25:669-675.

82). Peterson, M.S. and M.R. Lowe.* (2009) Alterations to estuarine and marine habitat quality and fish and invertebrate resources: what have we wrought and where do we go? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 61:256-262.

81). Peterson, M.S. and M.R. Lowe.* (2009). Implications of cumulative impacts to estuarine and marine habitat quality for fish and invertebrate resources. Reviews in Fisheries Science 17(4): 505-523.

80). Comyns, B.H., C.F. Rakocinski, M.S. Peterson and A.M. Shiller. (2008). Otolith microchemistry of juvenile spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, reflects local natal regions across coastal Mississippi. Marine Ecology Progress Series 371:243-252.

79). Partyka, M.L.* and M.S. Peterson. (2008). Habitat quality and salt marsh species assemblages along an anthropogenic estuarine landscape. Journal of Coastal Research 24(6):1570-1581.

78). Jackson, D.C., M.O’Connell, J. Delabbio, M.S. Peterson, J. Franks, and H.M. Perry. (2008). After the storm: Post-Katrina reflections from AFS members in Louisiana and Mississippi. Fisheries 33(4):186-191.

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


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Habitat condition and associated macrofaunal effect differences between protected and exposed seagrass landscapes. Gulf and Caribbean Research 20:11-19.

76). Dawson-Guynn, K.* and M.S. Peterson (2008). Mercury concentration in the Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt 1898, among three distinct stocks. Polar Biology 31(3):269-274.

75). Cházaro-Olvera, S., R. Roman-Contreras, H. Vazquez-Lόpez, M.S. Peterson and A. Rocha-Ramirez. (2007). Salinity tolerance and oxygen uptake in initial developmental stages of Callinectes rathbunae Contreras and Callinectes sapidus Rathbun (Decapoda:Portunidae). International Journal of Zoological Research 3(1):14-23.

74). Peterson, M.S., G.L. Waggy*, and S. LeCroy. (2007). Nekton. Pages 197-212 in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: An Ecological Characterization (Peterson, M.S., G.L. Waggy, and M.S. Woodrey, editors). Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Point, Mississippi. 268p.

73). Waggy, G.L.*, M.S. Peterson, and B.H. Comyns. (2007). Feeding habits and mouth morphology of young silver perch, Bairdiella chrysoura, from the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Southeastern Naturalist 6(4):743-751.

72). Abarca-Arenas, L.G., J. Franco-Lopez, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson and E. Valero- Pacheco. (2007). Sociometric analysis of the role of penaeids in the continental shelf food web off Alvarado coast, Veracruz, Mexico based on by-catch. Fisheries Research 87:46-57.

71). Peterson, M.S., M.R. Weber*, M.L. Partyka*, and S.T. Ross. (2007). Integrating in situ quantitative geographic information tools and size-specific laboratory-based growth zones in a dynamic river-mouth estuary. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 17(6):602-618.

70). McDonald, J.L.*, M.S. Peterson, and W.T. Slack. (2007). Morphology, density, and spatial patterning of reproductive bowers in an established alien population of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22(3):461-468.

69). Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, and J.S. Franks. (2007). Editorial Comments - Large Pelagic Fishes in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: Current Status and Integrated Management. Gulf and Caribbean Research 19(2):1-3.

68). Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, M.S. Peterson, P. McConney, and B.E. Luckhurst. (2007). Where do we go from here? A summary of issues of concern and recommendations developed during the panel discussion of the Large Pelagic Fishes Symposium. Gulf and Caribbean Research 19(2):161-162.

67). Schofield, P.J., W.T. Slack, M.S. Peterson, and D.R. Gregoire. (2007). Assessment and control of an invasive aquaculture species: an update on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in coastal Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Southeastern Fishes Council, Proceedings 49:9-15.

66). Peterson, M.S. and M.L. Partyka*. (2006). Baseline mapping of the common reed, Phragmites australis, in three coastal Mississippi estuarine basins. Southeastern Naturalist


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5(4):747-756.

65). Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, G.L. Waggy*, J. Finley, C.M. Woodley*, and M.L. Partyka*. (2006). Foraging in non-native environments: comparison of Nile tilapia and three co-occurring native centrarchids in invaded coastal Mississippi watersheds. Environmental Biology of Fishes 76: 283-301.

64). Rakocinski, C.F., M.S. Peterson, B.H. Comyns, G.A. Zapfe*, and G.L. Fulling*. (2006). Do abiotic factors drive fluctuation in the early growth of juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus)? Fisheries Research 82(1-3):186-193.

63). Reed, D.J., M.S. Peterson and B.J. Lezina*. (2006). Reducing the effects of dredged material levees on coastal marsh function: sediment deposition and nekton utilization. Environmental Management 37(5):671-685.

62). Waggy, G.L.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, and M.S. Peterson. (2006). Evaluation of the reproductive life history of the Sciaenidae in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: “greater” versus “lesser” strategies? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 57:263-281.

61). Cruz-Escalona, V.H., M.S. Peterson, L. Campos-Dávila, and M. Zetina-Rejón. (2005). Feeding habits and trophic morphology of Inshore Lizardfish (Synodus foetens) on the central continental shelf off Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 21:525-530.

60). Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. (2005). Special section on research activities at the Iztacala campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17(1):121.

59). Chávez-López, R., M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson, A.A. Morales-Gómez, and J. Franco- López, (2005). Ecology of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlosoma urophthalmus Günther, in the Alvarado lagoonal system, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17(1):123-132.

58). Morán Silva,A., L. Antonio Martínez Franco, R. Chávez López, J. Franco López, C. Manuel Bedia Sánchez, F. Contreras Espinosa, F. Gutiérrez Mendieta, N.J.Brown-Peterson, and M.S. Peterson. (2005). Seasonal and spatial patterns in salinity, nutrients and chlorophyll a in the Alvarado lagoonal system, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17(1):133-144.

57). Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, and C.M. Woodley.* (2005). The occurrence of non-indigenous Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus) in coastal Mississippi: ties to aquaculture and thermal effluent. Wetlands 25(1):112-121.

56). Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, N.J. Brown-Peterson, and J.L. McDonald.* (2004). Reproduction in non-native environments: establishment of the Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in coastal Mississippi watersheds. Copeia 2004(4):842-849.

55). Peterson, M.S., B.H. Comyns, C.F. Rakocinski, and G.L. Fulling.* (2004). Defining the fundamental physiological niche of young estuarine fishes and its relationship to understanding distribution, vital metrics, and optimal nursery conditions. Environmental Biology of Fishes 71(2): 143-149.


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54). Cházaro-Olvera, S. and M.S. Peterson. (2004). Effects of salinity on growth and molting of sympatric Callinectes spp. from Camaronera Lagoon, Veracruz, México. Bulletin of Marine Science 74(1):115-127.

53). Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. (2004). Introduction to special section on research activities at the Iztacala campus of the Universidad Nácional Autónoma de México, México. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:77-78.

52). Mata-Cortes, S., J.A. Martinez-Perez, and M.S. Peterson. (2004). Feeding habits and sexual dimorphism of the Violet Goby, Gobioides broussoneti Lacepede (Pisces: Gobiidae), in theestuarine system of Tecolutla, Veracruz, México. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:89-93.

51). Hérnandez-Saavedra, R., J.A. Martinez-Perez, N.J. Brown-Peterson, and M.S. Peterson (2004). Gonadal development and sexual dimorphism of Gobiomorus dormitor from the estuarine system of Tecolutla, Veracruz, México. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:95-100.

50). Peterson, M.S., G.L. Fulling*, and C.M. Woodley.* (2003). Status and habitat characteristics of the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann), in eastern Mississippi and western Alabama coastal bayou’s. Gulf and Caribbean Research 15:51-59.

49). Woodley, C.M.* and M.S. Peterson (2003). Measuring responses to simulated predation threat using behavioral and physiological metrics: the role of aquatic vegetation. Oecologia 136(1):155-160.

48). Peterson, M.S. (2003). A conceptual view of environment-habitat-production linkages in tidal-river estuaries. Reviews in Fisheries Science 11(4):291-313. 47). Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, M.D. Murphy, and J.R. Warren (2002). Reproductive biology of female spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in the northern Gulf of Mexico: differences among estuaries?. Environmental Biology of Fishes 63:405-415. 46). Pederson, E.J.* and M.S. Peterson (2002). Bryozoa as an ephemeral estuarine habitat and a larval transport mechanism for mobile benthos and young fishes in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 140(5):935-947.

45). 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.

44). Woodley, C.M.*, W.T. Slack, M.S. Peterson, and W.C. Vervaeke*. (2002). Occurrence of the non-indigenous prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (deMan 1879) in Simmons Bayou, Mississippi, U.S.A. Crustaceana 75(8):1025-1031.

43). Hendon, J.R.*, M.S. Peterson, and B.H. Comyns. (2001). Seasonal distribution of gobiids in waters adjacent to estuarine marsh-edge habitats: assessing the effects of habitat alteration. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 52:428-441.

42). Rakocinski, C.F., B.H. Comyns, and M.S. Peterson. (2000). Relating environmental fluctuation and early growth of estuarine fishes: ontogenetic standardization. Transactions of the


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American Fisheries Society 129(1):210-221.

41). Hendon, J.R.*, M.S. Peterson, and B.H. Comyns. (2000). Spatio-temporal distribution of larval Gobiosoma bosc adjacent to natural and altered marsh-edge habitats of Mississippi coastal waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 66(1):143-156.

40). Peterson, M.S., L.C. Nicholson, G.L. Fulling*, and D.J. Snyder*. (2000). Catch-per-unit- effort, environmental conditions and spawning migration of Cycleptus meridionalis Burr and Mayden in coastal rivers of the northern Gulf of Mexico. The American Midland Naturalist 143(2):414-421.

39). 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.

38). Peterson, M.S., B.H. Comyns, J.R. Hendon*, P.A. Bond, and G.A. Duff. (2000). Habitat use by early life-history stages of fishes and crustaceans along a changing estuarine landscape: differences between natural and altered shoreline sites. Wetlands Ecology and Management 8(2/3):209-219.

37). Snyder, D.J.* and M.S. Peterson. (1999). Life history of a peripheral population of bluespotted sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus, with comments on geographic variation. The American Midland Naturalist 141(2):345-357.

36). Peterson, M.S., B.H. Comyns, C.F. Rakocinski, and G.L. Fulling*. (1999). Does salinity affect growth in juvenile Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus)? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 238:199-207.

35). Snyder, D.J.* and M.S. Peterson. (1999). Foraging and prey selection by bluespotted sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook) in backwater, vegetated ponds in coastal Mississippi. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 14(2):187-196.

34). Fulling, G.L.*, M.S. Peterson, and G.J. Crego*. (1999). Comparison of Breder traps and seines used to sample marsh nekton. Estuaries 22(2A):224-230.

33). Peterson, M.S., L.C. Nicholson, D.J. Snyder*, and G.L. Fulling*. (1999). Growth, spawning prepardness and diet of Cycleptus meridionalis (Catostomidae). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 128(5):900-908.

32). VanderKooy, S.J.* and M.S. Peterson. (1998). Critical current speeds for young Gulf Coast walleyes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127:137-140.

31). Peterson, M.S. (1997). Spatial and temporal changes in subtidal benthic crustaceans along a coastal river-estuarine gradient in Mississippi. Gulf Research Reports 9(4):321-326.

30). Peterson, M.S. and S.J. VanderKooy*. (1997). Distribution, habitat characterization and aspects of reproduction of a peripheral population of bluespotted sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 12(1):151-161.


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29). 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, USA. Gulf of Mexico Science 15(1):2-16.

28). Crego, G.J.* and M.S. Peterson. (1997). Salinity tolerance of four ecologically distinct species of Fundulus (Pisces:Fundulidae) from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science 5(1):45-49.

27). Susanto, G.N.* and M.S. Peterson. (1996). Survival, osmoregulation and oxygen consumption of YOY coastal largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) exposed to saline media. Hydrobiologia 323(2):119-127.

26). Peterson, M.S. and S.J. VanderKooy*. (1996). Preservation-induced changes in morphology of fishes: influence on prey size-choice in juvenile walleye, Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 5:133-139.

25). Peterson, M.S., J.F. Fitzpatrick Jr., and S.J. VanderKooy*. (1996). Distribution and habitat use by dwarf crayfishes (Decapoda:Cambaridae:Cambarellus). Wetlands 16(4):594-598.

24). Musselman, N.J.*, M.S. Peterson, and W.J. Diehl. (1995). Interaction of salinity and prey salt content on intestinal Na+/K+-ATPase activity and growth of juvenile bluegill Lepomis macrochirus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 42:303-311.

23). Peterson, M.S. and S.J. VanderKooy. (1995). Phenology and spatial and temporal distribution of larval fishes in a partially channelized warmwater stream. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 4:93-105.

22). Peterson, M.S. and M.R. Meador. (1994). Effects of salinity on freshwater fishes in coastal plain drainages in the southeastern United States. Reviews in Fisheries Science 2(2):95-121.

21). Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, D.A. Rydene, and R.W. Eames. (1993). Fish assemblages in natural and well-established recolonized seagrass meadows. Estuaries 16(2):177-189.

20). Peterson, M.S. (1993). Thermal tolerance of Iowa and Mississippi populations of juvenile walleye, Stizostedion vitreum. Copeia 1993(3):890-894.

19). Peterson, M.S., N.J. Musselman, J. Francis, G. Habron and K. Dierlof. (1993). Lack of salinity selection by freshwater and brackish populations of juvenile bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque. Wetlands 13(3):194-199.

18). Peterson, M.S. (1993). Notes on the habitat characteristics of the backwater darter, Etheostoma zonifer (Hubbs and Cannon). Southeastern Fishes Council, Proceedings 28:1-7.

17). Peterson, M.S. and B.E. Ardahl. (1992). Automated maintenance of dissolved oxygen concentrations in flow-through aquaria. Aquaculture 101(3/4):379-384.

16). Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. (1992). Growth under stressed conditions in juvenile channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque as measured by nucleic acids.


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Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 103A(2):323-327.

15). Peterson, M.S. and J.P. Key. (1992). Evaluation of hand-tagging juvenile walleye with binary-coded wire microtags. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 12(4):814-818.

14). Peterson, M.S. and R.G. Gilmore, Jr. (1991). Eco-physiology of juvenile snook, Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch): life-history implications. Bulletin of Marine Science 48(1):46-57.

13). Peterson, M.S. and S.T. Ross. (1991). Dynamics of littoral fishes and decapods along a coastal river-estuarine gradient. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 33(5):467-483.

12). Peterson, M.S., R.E. Brockmeyer, and D.M. Scheidt. (1991). Hypoxia-induced changes in vertical position and activity in juvenile snook, Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch): its potential role in survival. Florida Scientist 54(3/4):173-178.

11). Rey, J.R., T. Kain, R.A. Crossman, M.S. Peterson, J. Shaffer, and F. Vose. (1991). Zooplankton of impounded marshes and shallow areas of a sub-tropical lagoon. Florida Scientist 54(3/4):191-203.

10). Peterson, M.S. (1991). Differential length-weight relations among centrarchids (Pisces: Centrarchidae) from tidal freshwater and oligohaline wetland habitats. Wetlands 11(2):325-332.

9). Rey, J.R., M.S. Peterson, T.R. Kain, F.E. Vose, and R.A. Crossman. (1990). Fish populations and physical conditions in ditched and impounded marshes in east-central Florida. Northeast Gulf Science 11(2):163-170.

8). Peterson, M.S. (1990). Hypoxia-induced physiological changes in two mangrove swamp fishes: sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepede and sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 97A(1):17-21.

7). Brown-Peterson, N. and M.S. Peterson. (1990). Comparative life history of female mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats. Environmental Biology of Fishes 27(1):33-41.

6). Peterson, M.S. and R.G. Gilmore, Jr. (1988). Hematocrit, osmolality and ion concentration in fishes: consideration of circadian patterns in the experimental design. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 121(1):73-78.

5). Peterson, M.S. (1988). Comparative physiological ecology of centrarchids in hyposaline environments. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45(5):827-833.

4). Peterson, M.S. and S.T. Ross. (1987). Morphometric and meristic characteristics of a peripheral population of Enneacanthus. Southeastern Fishes Council, Proceedings 17:1-4.

3). Rey, J.R., R. Crossman, T.R. Kain, F.E. Vose, and M.S. Peterson. (1987). Sampling zooplankton in very shallow marsh and estuarine habitats: gear description and field tests. Estuaries 10(1): 61-67.


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2). Peterson, M.S., D.E. Gustafson, Jr., and F.R. Moore. (1987). Orientation behavior of Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque to salinity fluctuations. Journal of Fish Biology 30(4):451-458.

1). Kerschner, B.A., M.S. Peterson, and R.G. Gilmore, Jr. (1985). Ecotopic and ontogenetic trophic variation in the mojarras (Pisces: Gerreidae). Estuaries 8(3):311-322.

BOOK EDITORSHIPS Alford, J.B., M.S. Peterson and C. Green (eds.). 2014. Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine

Habitats and Fisheries in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 320p. ISBN-978-1-4665-5720-8.

BOOK REVIEWS Estuarine Research, Monitoring, and Resource Protection. M.J. Kennish (ed), CRC Press. Copeia 2004(4):957-958. Stemming the Tide: Controlling Introductions of Nonindigenous Species in Ships’ Ballast water.

National Research Council. 1997. Estuaries 20(4):819-820.

CURRENT FUNDING RECEIVED OR PENDING 2015-19 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF) Project Pre-proposal, "Comprehensive assessment of the western populations of the threatened Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi: long-term movements and occupancy patterns, short-term residency patterns, environmental correlates of estuarine/marine movement, and trophic ecology using stable isotopes." $4.23 million direct costs over 4 yrs. (PI, with co-PIs W.T. Slack, K. Dillon and S.D. Howden) (Pending). 2012-17 Bureau of Ocean & Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program" Abundance and distribution of commercially important estuarine dependent species populations within the Gulf of Mexico" $1,216,330 over 5 yrs (co-PI w/R. Hendon, M. O'Connell, S. Powers). $80,000 for USM for 2012-13; $98,402 for USM in 2013-14; $79,999 for USM for 2014-15. 2014-15 USACE-ERDC “Habitat utilization of the passes on Ship Island by Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi - year 4.” $194,915.

PREVIOUS FUNDING 2010-15 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources – Coastal Impacts Assessment Program (MS.R.727), “Colonization and succession of new habitats: Implications for the success of artificial reefs.” $850,000 (Co-PI w/P. Biber, K. Dillon, & C. Rakocinski). $113,303 to Peterson.

2012-14 HUD/Atkins Global, Inc., "Gulf sturgeon monitoring - Amendment 4," $294,633.

2013-14 USACE-ERDC “Habitat utilization of the passes on Ship Island by Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi - year 3.” $115,642.

2010-14 NOAA, NMFS Protected Species Cooperative Conservation Program, “Identifying feeding habitat for and movement of the juvenile/sub-adult cohort of the Gulf


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Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula River estuary, Mississippi.” $726,389 (Co-PI w/ M. Roberts, A. Rohnke), reduced to $525,297 (severe budget cuts (27.7%) by NOAA due to federal budget problems). $494,399 to Peterson. 2010-14 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources – Coastal Impacts Assessment Program (MS.R. 749), “Striped bass restoration for the Mississippi Gulf Coast.” $300,000 (Co-PI w/L. Nicholson). $175,004 to Peterson.

2013-14 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, ”Restoration and monitoring of striped bass in the tributaries and coastal water of Mississippi”, $49,842 (Co-PI w/L. Nicholson & P. Mickle). 2012-13 USACE-ERDC “Habitat utilization of the passes on Ship Island by Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi year 2.” $109,935. 2012-13 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, ”Restoration and monitoring of striped bass in the tributaries and coastal water of Mississippi”, $49,842 (Co-PI w/L. Nicholson & P. Mickle). 2011-12 Gulf Coast Summer Faculty Developmental Grant “Seasonal morphometric comparisons of the threatened Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the Pearl and Pascagoula rivers.” (PI w/P. Mickle & J-M Havrylkoff). $1,000. 2010-12 Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, “Fish & invertebrate community structure & food-web dynamics in tidal creeks in an anthropogenically fragmented, coastal landscape.”, R/CEH-33-PD. $10,000. 2009-12 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Tidelands Trust Fund, “Ecosystem- based management: assessing ecosystem services of oyster reefs using stable isotope signatures.” $50,000 (w/K.S. Dillon & R. Fulford). 2011-12 USACE-ERDC “Habitat utilization of the passes on Ship Island by Gulf sturgeon,

Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi.” $94,498.

2010-12 NOAA – Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Northern Gulf Initiative, “Ecosystem Approach to Management for the Northern Gulf: year 2.” $80,001,

(w/R.S. Fulford). 2011-12 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, ”Restoration and monitoring of striped bass in the tributaries and coastal water of Mississippi”, $49,501 (w/L. Nicholson), $21,697 to Peterson.

2011-12 DOI/USFWS, “Collecting potential post-exposure information on the physical condition, movement, and habitat use of Gulf sturgeon related to the Deepwater Horizon (MC 252) oil spill.” $61,984. 2010-12 NOAA – Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Northern Gulf Initiative,

“Assessment of ecosystem services of selected coastal habitat types: Towards a


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model-based toolset for management planning – yrs 4-5.” $274,467 (w/R.S. Fulford & W. Wu).

2010-12 NOAA – Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Northern Gulf Institute, “Assessment of ecosystem services of selected coastal habitat types: Towards a model-based toolset for management planning – Oyster reefs” $61,953 (Co-PI w/R. Fulford & H. Perry). $19,177 to Peterson. 2011 NGI/MSU - NOAA – Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Northern Gulf Institute “Participation in the development of the Sulis decision support system.” $10,000 (Co-PI w/R. Fulford). $10,000 to Peterson. 2010 NGI/MSU - NOAA – Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Northern Gulf

Institute, “Participation in the development of the Community Earth Ecosystem Model (CEEM).” $20,000 (Co-PI w/R. Fulford). $20,000 to Peterson.

2010-11 BP/NRDA/NOAA “Collecting baseline and potential post-exposure information on the physical condition, movement, and habitat use of Gulf sturgeon related to the Deepwater Horizon (MC 252) oil spill.” $106,986. 2006-11 NOAA Office of Protected Fisheries, Proactive Species Conservation Grant Program,

”Fundulus jenkinsi, Saltmarsh Topminnow: Conservation Planning & implementation” $436,511, Co-PI w/D. Ruple, R. Calderon, M. Woodrey, & G. Grammer).

2007-10 NOAA – Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Northern Gulf Initiative, “Quantifying and assessment of ecosystem services of selected coastal habitat types: Towards a model-based toolset for management planning - years1 – 3.” $318,000 (Co-PI w/R.S. Fulford).

2010 BP/NGI/NOAA, “Saltmarsh habitat sampling to delineate potential oil impacts from BP Deepwater Horizon spill” ($65,927, Co-PI w/Biber & Wu) Part of “A Comprehensive Assessment of Oil Distribution, Transport, Fate, and Impacts on Ecosystems and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Release” total $493,701. 2008-10 State Wildlife Grant Program, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, “Habitat characteristics and aspects of the reproductive life history of the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi, in coastal Mississippi watersheds, with the production of a comparative diagnostic key for young stages of select members of the genus Fundulus.” $172,321 (w/W.T. Slack). 2009-10 NOAA – Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, NGI initiative, “Participation in the NGI prototype Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for the northern Gulf of Mexico.” $65,000 (w/R. Fulford & S. Lohrenz).

2010 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, “Gulf Sturgeon Research and

Study Protocol -Task Order 4”, $34,289 (w/JR Hendon). 2007-09 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Katrina funds and USFWS Section 6 Funds, “Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula drainage, Mississippi:


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post-Hurricane Katrina assessment of habitat and movement of the juvenile cohort.” $178,000 (w/WT Slack). 2008 Grand Bay NERR / MS Department of Marine Resources, “Stable isotope analysis of constructed and natural oyster reefs in the Grand Bay NERR.” $5,000. 2006-08 NOAA - Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology

Program Scholars Program, “Faunal composition and food web dynamics in natural versus constructed intertidal oyster reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico: a partnership approach to sustainable restoration.” $10,000 (w/A.G. Stricklin). 2006-08 NOAA/Nature Conservancy, $34,165 and NOAA/National Estuarine Research

Reserve Program, $13,750, “Grand Bay intertidal oyster restoration project and study.”

2006-07 USGS, “Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in southern Mississippi: current status and potential effects of hurricanes on dispersal.” $2,277.

2006 Grand Bay NERR / MS Department of Marine Resources, “Fish survey of Grand Bay NERR.” $10,000.

2005 United States Forest Service, “Water quality measurements in selected sites of the DeSoto National Forest.” $18,170. (June-September 2005). 2005-06 Harte Research Institute, “Development of a searchable CD of all issues of Gulf and Caribbean Research (formerly Gulf Research Reports).” $1,500. 2004-06 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Tidelands Trust Fund, “A pilot study to develop quantitative marsh function assessment measures in various restoration projects being planned along the Mississippi Gulf coast.” $73,433 (w/ J. Campbell, B.H. Comyns, & C.F. Rakocinski). 2004-06 Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, “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.” $205,483 (R/CEH-14; w/B.H. Comyns, C.F. Rakocinski, & A. Shiller).

2002-06 NOAA Coastal Impact Assistance Program, MS-DEQ, “Present and future coastal

wetlands and sustainable diversity: coast-wide mapping of the highly invasive common reed, Phragmites australis.” $86,843.

2002-07 NOAA Coastal Impact Assistance Program, MS-DEQ, “Maintaining responsible coastal and estuarine waterfront development in Mississippi: mapping and quantifying shoreline habitat types.” $86,050 (w/B.H. Comyns).

2003-06 NOAA - Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology Program (CREST), “Does habitat fragmentation and shoreline hardening alter

density, growth and mortality patterns of fishes in an estuarine landscape?” $9,809 (w/M.L. Partyka).


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2003-06 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Tidelands Trust Fund, “Use of otolith (earbone) microchemistry to determine the importance of specific habitats and regions for juvenile red drum.” $49,000 (w/B.H. Comyns & C.F. Rakocinski). 2004-05 NOAA, National Estuarine Research Reserve Program, “Development of the Site Profile for the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.” $17,205. 2003-05 Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, “Observations following surgical implantation

of acoustic transmitters in non-indigenous Nile tilapia (Cichlidae: Oreochromis niloticus).” $8,294.

2004-05 PAPCA program of the Faciltidad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, “Calidad ecologica de los habitat de pastos sumergidos (Ruppia maritima) para los peces del sistema langunar de Alvarado, Veracruz.” $3,900 (w/R. Chavez-Lopez & A. Rocha-Ramirez).

2004-05 National Science Foundation, FSML Program, “Developing a strategic plan for

expansion and renovation of education and research facilities at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.” $24,970 (DBI 0330298; w/J.L. Williams).

2001-03 Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, “Fisheries recruitment in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico: can important geographic sources of juvenile nursery habitat be determined using otolith microchemistry?” $106,037 (R/SP-4; w/B.H. Comyns, C.F. Rakocinski, & A. Shiller).

2003-04 Environmental Defense, “Jump-starting the environmental careers of minority

students from the southern Gulf of Mexico.” $3,000 (w/N.J. Brown-Peterson).

2003-04 The Harte Research Institute, “English language publication of student research from

the southern Gulf of Mexico.” $2,000 (w/N.J. Brown-Peterson). 2003-04 USM College of Science and Technology, “Development of an international

education and research program with Mexico.” $2,000 (w/N.J. Brown-Peterson). 2003-04 Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, “A field guide to aquatic habitats and

common fauna of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana to St. Joseph’s Bay, Florida.” $10,000 (ED-11-PD; w/K. Heck, Jr.).

2002-04 NOAA Coastal Impact Assistance Program, MS-DEQ, “Mapping coastal habitat parameters in the Pascagoula River estuary: tools to protect and preserve coastal habitat diversity and sustainability.” $150,116 (w/S.T. Ross). 2002-03 Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Special Symposium Issue of Gulf and Caribbean Research entitled “Caribbean Marine Protected Areas.” $10,041. 2001-03 Waterways Experiment Station, USACE, “Can gapping material levees improve

sustainability and nekton utilization in Louisiana coastal salt marshes?.” $87,034 (w/D.J. Reed).


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2001-02 NOAA, National Estuarine Research Reserve Program, “The Grand Bay National Research Reserve: initial habitat-specific essential fish habitat study and establishment of the SWMP I program.” $86,007 (w/C.F. Rakocinski).

2000-02 U.S. Department of the Interior, Sport Fish Aid Restoration Funds, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks, “The influence of invasive, non-native tilapiine fishes on freshwater recreational fishes in south Mississippi: spatial/temporal distribution, species associations, and trophic interactions.” $108,770 (w/W.T. Slack).

2000-01 A.K. and E.G. Lucas Endowment for Faculty Excellence Award, USM, “Validation

of the use of fluctuating asymmetry in fish otoliths as an environmental indicator of habitat quality.” $4,895 (w/M. Brouwer).

2000-01 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, New Orleans District, “Projecting the effects of management actions on fisheries species in the Vermillion-Atchafalaya coastal bays.” $52,000 (w/D.J. Reed & L.P. Rozas).

1999 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Section 6 Program, "Distribution and habitat

characteristics of the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann) in eastern Mississippi bayous.” $5,000 (w/G.L. Fulling).

1999 The Alabama Nature Conservancy, "Distribution and habitat characteristics of the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann) in western Alabama bayous.” $3,000 (GB1999-01, w/G.L. Fulling). 1999 Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, "Nekton densities in the Pascagoula

River estuary: anthropogenic effects on essential fish habitat.” $10,355 (R/ER-45-PD; w/C.F. Rakocinski & B.H. Comyns).

1999 Caribbean Marine Research Center/National Undersea Research Program (NOAA), $3,600 (CMRC-99-7301) and College of Marine Sciences, USM ($2,450), “Habitat-specific early recruitment of snappers in Exuma Sound.” (w/C.F. Rakocinski & B.H. Comyns).

1999 MASGC Fellowship Program – “Does interaction between salinity and competition

determine coexistence in the genus Fundulus” $3,595 (E/O-16-Crego; w/G.J. Crego). 1999 Office of Vice President for Research, The University of Southern Mississippi,

“Publication of supplemental issue of Volume 11(S) of Gulf Research Reports.” $2,550.

1997-98 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Tidelands Funds, "Quantitative

assessment of resources in protected and non-protected seagrass habitats.” $87,245 (w/ C.A. Moncreiff, & C.F. Rakocinski).

1996-97 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Section 6 Program, "Relative abundance, life history and habitat characteristics of the blue sucker Cyclepterus elongatus (Lesueur) in the lower Pascagoula and Pearl River systems in Mississippi." $25,600 (w/L.C. Nicholson).


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1996 Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Program, "Distribution and habitat characteristics of the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann)." $3,150.

1995-01 Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, "Recruitment dynamics and the effects

of environmental variation on early growth and survival of important estuarine fishes." $259,957 (R/ER-30-PD, R/ER-34, R/ER-39; w/C.F. Rakocinski & B.H. Comyns).

1995-97 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Tidelands Funds, "Use of Mississippi

marsh-edge habitats as a nursery for young fishes and invertebrates." $80,074 (w/B.H. Comyns).

1995-96 USDA-ARS, Cooperative Research Agreement, "Impacts of MSEA on fisheries

characteristics and ecology of Mississippi Delta watersheds and oxbow lakes." $29,916.

1994-95 U.S. Forest Service, "A survey of fishes in the Biloxi and Tchoutacabouffa Rivers and

Tuxachanie Creek of the Desoto National Forest." $1,500. 1993-95 Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Fund, "Distribution and habitat characteristics of the

bluespotted sunfish, Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook)." $10,541. 1993-94 Mississippi State University, Office of Research, "Support for curation of the

Mississippi State Ichthyological Collection." $3,500. 1993-94 Mississippi State University, Office of Research, "Preliminary evaluation of a highly

sensitive nucleic acid protocol for evaluation of short term environmental stressors in fish (w/M.L. Salin)." $7,000.

1992-94 U.S. Department of the Interior, Sport Fish Aid Restoration Funds, Mississippi

Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks, "Investigation of the role and timing of prey availability on the walleye stocking program in the Luxapalila Creek." $74,858.

1990-92 Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Program, "Distribution and habitat association of the backwater darter, Etheostoma zonifer in northeast Mississippi drainages." $4,988. 1990-91 U.S. Department of the Interior, Sport Fish Aid Restoration Funds, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks, "Evaluation of three marking techniques on juvenile walleye, Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill): duration of marks and mortality due to the technique." (w/D.C. Jackson). $28,555. 1990-91 Research Initiation Grant, Mississippi State University, "Effects of oxygen

concentration on growth of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus." $6,000. 1987-88 Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, CZM-194(I), "Fish adaptations to

metabolic stress," CZM-194(II), “Effects of water quality, hydrology and syntopic sulfide conditions on fishes indigenous to impounded, semi-impounded and natural salt marsh/mangrove swamp habitats” and CZM-194(III), “High marsh fish community dynamics in association with natural and managed hydroperiods.” $70,000. (w/R.G. Gilmore, J. Rey, D. Carlson & R. Virnstein).


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1986-87 Association of Southeastern Biologists, Student Travel Award. $208. 1985-87 Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Fellowship "Assembly and persistence of fish communities along an environmental gradient: ecological and physiological factors." $16,181 (E/0-16-Peterson).

1982-86 Slocum-Lunz Foundation, Inc. Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. $3,800. 1980-81 Sebastian Inlet Tax District Grant-in-Aid of Research, "Trophic ecology of Gerreid fishes." $3,000. 1979-80 Slocum-Lunz Foundation, Inc. Pre-Masters Fellowship. $3,500. 1978 Jack W. Nelson Academic Scholarship in Marine Science. $650.

TECHNICAL REPORTS Peterson, M.S., J-M. Havrylkoff, P.O. Grammer, P. Mickle, and W.T. Slack. 2014. Identifying feeding habitat for and movement of the juvenile/sub-adult cohort of the Gulf Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula River estuary, Mississippi. Final Report to Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Technical Report No. 189, 77p. Peterson, M.S., J-M. Havrylkoff, P.O. Grammer, P. Mickle, and W.T. Slack. 2013. Identifying feeding habitat for and movement of the juvenile/sub-adult cohort of the Gulf Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula River estuary, Mississippi. Year 3 annual report to Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Technical Report No. 184, 72p. Peterson, M.S., J-M. Havrylkoff, P.O. Grammer, P. Mickle, and W.T. Slack. 2012. Identifying feeding habitat for and movement of the juvenile/sub-adult cohort of the Gulf Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula River estuary, Mississippi. Year 2 annual report to Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Technical Report No. 175, 93p. Peterson, M.S., J-M. Havrylkoff, P.O. Grammer, P. Mickle, and W.T. Slack. 2011. Identifying feeding habitat for and movement of the juvenile/sub-adult cohort of the Gulf Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula River estuary, Mississippi. Year 1 annual report to Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Technical Report No. 173, 54p. Peterson, M.S., E.T. Lang, and W.T. Slack. 2011. Habitat characteristics and aspects of the reproductive life history of the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi, in coastal Mississippi watersheds, with the production of a comparative diagnostic key for young stages of select members of the genus Fundulus. Report to Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and


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Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Museum Technical Report No. 172, 91p. Havrylkoff, Jeanne-Marie, Mark S. Peterson, William T. Slack, K. Jack Killgore and J. Read Hendon (editors). 2010. An annotated bibliography of literature on the Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, and its critical habitat relative to the Port of Gulfport restoration program, Mississippi. Final report prepared by Volkert and Associates, Inc., the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory—University of Southern Mississippi and U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center-Vicksburg and submitted to CH2M Hill, Gulfport, MS and the Mississippi State Port Authority Gulfport, MS, March 2010. 57p. [CD w/linked PDFs]. Peterson, M.S., J. Havrylkoff and W.T. Slack. 2010. Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula drainage, Mississippi: Post-Hurricane Katrina assessment of seasonal migration through the lower estuary. Final report to Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Museum of Natural Science and the USFWS, Jackson, MS. Museum Technical Report No. 156. 65p. Peterson, M.S., J. Havrylkoff and W.T. Slack. 2010. Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula drainage, Mississippi: Post-Hurricane Katrina assessment of seasonal migration through the lower estuary [Year II]. Funded by USFWS Section 6, Segment 23. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Museum Technical Report No. 157. 33p. Peterson, M.S., J. Havrylkoff and W.T. Slack. 2008. Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Pascagoula drainage, Mississippi: Post-Hurricane Katrina assessment of habitat and movement of the juvenile cohort [Year I]. Funded by USFWS, Project No, E-1, Segment 23. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Museum Technical Report No. 141. 29p. Peterson, M.S., G.L. Waggy, and M.S. Woodrey (editors). 2007. Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: An Ecological Characterization. Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Point, Mississippi. 268p. Shafer, D.J., T.H. Roberts, M.S. Peterson and K. Schmidt. 2007. A regional guidebook for applying the hydrogeographic approach to assessing the functions of tidal fringe wetlands

along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf coast. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi. ERDC/EL TR-07-2. 76p + 6 app. A-F (47p).

Slack, W.T., M.A. Dugo, and M.S. Peterson. 2006. Habitat association and dispersion of non-indigenous Nile tilapia (Cichlidae: Oreochromis niloticus) in southern Mississippi waterbodies through the use of telemetry. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Museum Technical Report No. 125. 72p, 20 Figures and 26 Tables.

Peterson, M.S. and G.L. Waggy. 2004. A field guide to aquatic habitats and common fauna of

the northern Gulf of Mexico: Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana to Perdido Key, Florida. MASGC-04-051, MS/AL Sea Grant Consortium, Ocean Springs. 33p + 4 appendices.

Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack and C.M. Woodley. 2002. The influence of invasive, non-native tilapiine fishes on freshwater recreational fishes in south Mississippi: spatial/temporal


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distribution, species associations, and trophic interactions. MDWFP Number 374, Jackson, MS. 96p + 57 figures/maps and 2 appendices.

Reed, D.J., M.S. Peterson, L.P. Rozas and P. Caldwell. 2001. Projecting the effects of

management actions on fisheries species in the Vermillion-Atchafalaya coastal bays. Tech. Rpt., U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, New Orleans District, New Orleans, LA. 17p + 35 GIS maps and 34 appendices.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1) National/International Service Co-chair of national AFS Symposium entitled “Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on the Biology of

Marine Fisheries: From Exxon Valdez to Deepwater Horizon”, 141st Annual AFS Meeting, 4-8 Sept. 2011, Seattle, WA. [w/ B. Alford, A. Rutherford, & R. Hendon].

University of California Santa Barbara, sponsored by the National Sea Grant College Program, “Managing Bay and Estuarine Ecosystems for Multiple Services Working Group”, 1-5 March

& 19-21 July 2011, Santa Barbara, CA. [Invited working group member].

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Publication and Student Awards (judging & silent

auction) committees, member (November 2002-present). American Water Works Association, Standard Methods Committee, Section 10600 (Fishes)

(2008-present) [Invited member].

St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study, Review Panel committee member, The National

Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board,

October 2008/October 2011 [Invited member]. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Internship Program committee (GCFI and Université

Antilles et Guayane, Guadeloupe, French West Indies)(2009-2011).

National Fish Habitat Initiative, National Science & Data Committee member (2005-2010)

[Invited member].

Co-organizer/moderator of an Invited Symposium entitled “Coastal Resources versus Habitat

Degradation” at the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 10-14 November, Gosier, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. External reviewer of the ‘Tampa Bay Tributaries Habitat Assessment Project’ QAPP document

and Final Report, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, November 2005 - 2008. Scientific Editor for Gulf and Caribbean Research (2006-07). Special Symposium Issue

entitled “Large Pelagic Fishes in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Current

Status and Integrated Management”, Publication in August 2007.

Gulf of Mexico Coastal Wetlands Survey Design and Indicator Development Workshop, October 31- November 2, 2006, US EPA Office of Research and Development, Gulf Ecology

Division, Gulf Breeze, FL (Invited participant).


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Co-organizer/moderator of an Invited Symposium entitled “Large Pelagic Fishes in the

Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Current Status and Integrated Management”, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 5-10 November 2006, Belize City, Belize (w/J. Franks, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Sheridan, B. Luckhurst, H. Oxenford & P. McConney).

Co-organizer/moderator of an Invited Symposium entitled “Estuary-Dependent Fishes:

Patterns and Processes of Environmental Influences on Nursery Quality”, American Fisheries Society Meeting, 10-14 September 2006, Lake Placid, NY (w/T. Targett & J. Rice).

Co-organizer/moderator of an Invited Symposium entitled “Coastal Invasive Species: Impacts,

Management, and the Role of Modified Habitats” at the Estuarine Research Federation Meeting, 16-20 October 2005, Norfolk, VA (w/F. Dobbs, M.T. O’Connell, A.J. Adams, W.T. Slack).

Scientific Editor for Gulf and Caribbean Research (2002-2003). Special Symposium Issue

entitled “Caribbean Marine Protected Areas: practical approaches to achieve economic

and conservation goals”, Publication in March 2003. National Sea Grant Program Assessment Team, 21 May 2003, Dauphin Island, AL. MASGC

Impacts - Coastal Ecosystems and Habitats; Sustainable Fisheries. [Invited Speaker].

National Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Workshop and Presentation, 13 May 2003, New

Orleans, LA. Persistence of non-indigenous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in coastal

watersheds of southern Mississippi and their influence on native ichthyofauna [Invited

Speaker]. Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study (FKCCS) Model Review Panel committee member, The

National Academies, National Research Council, Ocean Studies Board, January 2001/ January 2002 (Published 2002: A Review of the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 166p).

Co-organizer/moderator of an Invited Symposium entitled “Estuaries and Fish Habitat:

Linkages for Sustainability” at the Joint Estuarine Research Federation and the European Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association Meeting, 4-8 November 2001, St. Petersburg, FL. (w/D. Brown and G. Thayer).

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Coastal Ecosystems/Federal Activities Technical Training

Symposium, 20-22 August, 2001, Gulf Shores, AL. Scale, Essential Fish Habitat and

Watershed Management of Gulf Fisheries: a Conceptual View [Invited Speaker and

Panelist].

Co-chair of the Steering and Fund-Raising Committees for the 53rd annual Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute, 5-10 November, 2000, Biloxi, MS. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Services Center and Louisiana Sea

Grant College Program, HabTech 2000 Conference, 27-29 June 2000, Baton Rouge, LA.

[Invited Co-Chair of Monitoring, Data Management and Analysis Session].


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Organizer/moderator of a 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.

Steering Committee member for the Estuarine Research Federation 15th Biennial International

Conference, 25-30 September 1999, New Orleans, LA.

Mesoamerican Coral Reef Congress, October 1997, Belize City, Belize [Invited participant].

2) Regional/State Service Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Beneficial Use Committee (member, January 2012-present). General Meeting Chair, Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, 26-29 January 2012, Biloxi, MS. State of Florida. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Biological Status Review of saltmarsh topminnow and Atlantic sturgeon, 5-6 December 2010, Tallahassee, FL. MRGO Ecosystem Restoration Plan Feasibility Study, Salinity Working Group, USACE New

Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program (MSCIP) Oyster Advisory Panel, March 2007 – 2010).

11th annual Gulf Sturgeon Meeting, 23-25 September 2008, Ocean Springs, MS (Co-host with MMNS & USM-Biology department). Environmental Cooperative Science Center/Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Conceptual Modeling Revisit and Revisions Workshop. 17-18 December 2007, Mississippi

State University Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, MS [invited Participant]. Living Shorelines: Shoreline Protection Alternatives, 29 November 2007, 5-Rivers Conference

Center, Spanish Fort, AL [invited Speaker: Mississippi Living Shorelines].

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, NOAA 312 Review, 28 November 2007,

Biloxi, MS [invited Participant]. Florida Sea Grant College Program, Pre-proposal Review Panel member – 2007 (16 lead and 14 read pre-proposals; 88 total). Grand Bay and Weeks Bay NERR, “Cumulative impacts on coastal resource sustainability: the

organism to the landscape” at a workshop entitled Managing the impacts of residential docks

and piers in Mississippi and Alabama’. 15 February 2006. Gautier, MS. [Invited speaker].

Audubon Mississippi, ‘Strategic Planning Meeting’, 9 August 2005, Moss Point, MS. [Invited

participant].

Member of the organization and fund raising Committee for the 2005 joint meeting of the Gulf

Estuarine Research Society and the South-Atlantic and South-Central Chapters of the Society of Wetlands Society, 30 March-3 April 2005, Pensacola Beach, FL.


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The Nature Conservancy, ‘Mississippi Sound Conservation Planning Workshop’, 8-9 March

2005, Moss Point, MS. [Invited participant].

EPA, Gulf of Mexico Program, Pre-Proposal Review, 29 July 2004, Biloxi, MS. Member,

Mississippi Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy - Advisory Committee (October 2004-2006).

Member of the Pascagoula River Basin Team, MS Department of Environmental Quality

(September 2004-2006). Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology Program (CREST) Pre-proposal Review Panel, November 2003-January 2004, 39 pre-proposals (8-12 pages

each). “Coastal Plain Headwater Riverine Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Model”, MS-DMR, 28-29 May,

2003, Biloxi, MS. [Invited Panel Member]. “HGM Saltmarsh Wetland Development Model Panel”, USACE, Waterways Experiment Station,

3 December 2002 - present, Biloxi. MS. [Invited Panel Member].

“Singing River Symposium: a Focus on the Conservation of the Pascagoula River Ecosystem”,

21-22 September 2001, Moss Point, MS. Essential Fish Habitat and Watershed

Management: protection at a large scale? [Invited Speaker and Panel Member].

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GB-NERR) Advisory Committee Workshop,

28th September 2000, Moss Point, MS. [Invited Participant]. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium’s Strategic Planning Meeting-Research Scientists,

10 November 1999, Ocean Springs, MS. [Invited Participant].

Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium’s “Sea Grant All Scientists” meeting, 22 September

1999, Ocean Springs, MS. [Invited Chair of Sea Grant Research for the 21st Century

session].

Southeast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service/Sea Grant Program Development Meeting:

Essential Fish Habitat Collaboration Workshop, 26-27 July 1999, Atlanta, GA [Invited

moderator of the Research Component of Workshop].

Organizer/moderator of a symposium entitled "Habitat as a Template for Fisheries" at the Joint Annual meetings of the MS/LA Chapters AFS, held 4-6 Feb. 1998, Bay St. Louis, MS.

Organizer of a symposium entitled "Marine Fisheries of the Northern Gulf of Mexico" at the

Joint Annual meetings of the MS/TN Chapters AFS, 31 January 1995-2 Feb. 1996, Pickwick Lake, TN.

Gulf of Mexico Program Freshwater Inflow Action Agenda Workshop, 15-16 April 1993, New

Orleans, LA. [Invited participant]. Organizer/moderator of a symposium entitled "Fish-Habitat Relationships" at the Annual


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meeting of the MS Chapter AFS, 23-24 Feb. 1993, Ocean Springs, MS. 3) University/Department Service

Mississippi State University: Graduate Committee (1990-92, 1993-94) Library Committee (1992-93) Department Search Committee, Plant Ecologist (1992-93) Anna McLean Undergraduate Research Awards Committee (Spring & Fall 1994) Ecology and Evolution Discussion Group (1989-94)

The University of Southern Mississippi:

Current: Department Graduate Student Review Committee (April 2013-present). Department Tenure and Promotion Mentor Committee for Dr. Hernandez (Chair, 2012-present).

Completed: Department of Coastal Sciences, Fall undergraduate Program Committee (October-December 2014). Department Personnel Authority Committee, elected member (2003-2007; 2013 evaluation periods; Chair 2014 evaluation period). Inaugural Graduate Assistant of the Year Award Committee, USM Graduate School, February-

March 2015, member. Appointed to GCRL Director Cabinet (Sept 2012-December 2014). CoST Awards Committee (2012-2013). Department Tenure and Promotion Mentor Committee for Dr. Wu (Chair, 2008-2012) Department Search Super Committee, three Fisheries and one Molecular Physiologist Assistant

Professor positions - member (2011-12) MEGSA student awards committee - member (2012) College of Science and Technology College Advisory Committee (1998-99; 2004-2011) Department Tenure and Promotion Mentor Committee for Dr. Dillon (Chair, 2007-2011) USM Graduate Council, member (2005-11) USM Policy and Procedures subcommittee to Graduate Council (2005-10) NSF Funded "Science of the Spill" panel member for Mississippi Public Broadcast Television (2010) Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center, GCRL panel member speaking on "Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill" (2010). Department Tenure and Promotion Mentor Committee for Dr. Campbell (2004-2010) Department committee to develop an emphasis area in Fisheries (2009-2010) Assisted in design of the Marine Environmental Research Laboratory (MERL) at GCRL which is an 8000 ft2 laboratory used by CEG for cooperative ecosystems research. USM Bylaws subcommittee to Graduate Council (2007-08) USM Sabbatical Review Committee (2007) Department Search Committee, Landscape Scientist - Chair (2006-07) Coordinator of the COA/GCRL Seminar Series (1995-97; 2006) College of Science and Technology Faculty Council, COA co-representative (2004-2005) Department Search Committee, Marine Scientist - member (2004-05) Marine & Estuarine Graduate Student Association Faculty Advisor, elected (1998-00, 2003-04) Department Bylaws Committee, member (1999-05) Department “Statistics” Curriculum Subcommittee, member (2002-2003)


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Department “ad-hoc” committee on College of Science & Technology Awards, member (2004) Department Search Committee, Marine Molecular Biologist - member (2003-04) Department Search Committee, Marine Botanist - Chair (2003-04) Department Tenure and Promotion Committee, Chair (2002) Department “Research Tools” Curriculum Subcommittee, member (2000) USM Human Subjects Protection Review Committee (1999-2002) GCRL Diving Safety Board, member (1998-2002) Department Graduate Student Assistantship Committee, Chair (1998-00) Graduate Student Marine Ecology Discussion Group (1995-1998) Planning Committee for formation of joint Marine Biology Department, member (1997-98) Planning Committee for formation of M.S. and Ph.D. Department in IMS, member (1997-98) Interim IMS Curriculum Committee, member (1997-1998) Aquatic Environmental Health Laboratory Committee, member (1997-1998) IMS Graduate Student Assistantship Committee, member (1997-1998) Department of Marine Science Curriculum Committee, member (1997) Faculty Status and Tenure Committee for the USM-IMS, member (1996-97)

4) Meeting session chair GERS/SWS Joint Spring meeting – 2005 (chaired 2 sessions) Gulf Estuarine Research Society (GERS) - 1985, 1990, 1997, 2003 MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society - 1992, 1998 National American Fisheries Society - 2006 American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - 1993, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014 Estuarine Research Federation - 1999, 2001, 2005 Basics of the Basin/GERS – 2002 Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute – 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society - 2011

5) Student paper judge MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (20 total, 13 as Chair) Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society (2) National American Fisheries Society (3) American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists:

Stoye Award- Physiol. & Physiol. Ecology (1) Stoye Award- Ecology and Ethology (2, 1 as Chair) Stoye Award- General Ichthyology (1) Storer Award- Ichthyology (1)

Southeastern American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (4) Estuarine Research Federation/CERF (4). Gulf Estuarine Research Society (4) GERS/SWS Joint Spring meeting (1) Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (13 as Co-chair) Environmental State of the State (Louisiana) (1)

6) Tenure and Promotion Evaluator Indiana University of Pennsylvania - 1990 Auburn University - 2004 Texas Tech University - 2005


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Pennsylvania State University Worthington Scranton – 2006 Louisiana State University – 2007 (Graduate Faculty Status Review) University of Hawaii-Hilo – 2009 University of New Orleans - 2011 University of New England - 2013

7) Manuscript referee Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (7) Florida Scientist (2) Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences (6) Wetlands (12) North American Journal of Fisheries Management (2) Copeia (7) Environmental Biology of Fishes (8) Gulf & Caribbean Research (27) Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (2) Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science (9) NOAA Technical Series (1) Progressive Fish-Culturist (3) Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology (2) Bulletin of Marine Science (3) Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (1) U.S. Fishery Bulletin (4) Marine Ecology Progress Series (20) Estuaries / Estuaries & Coasts (15) Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries (1) Marine Biology (2) Journal of Applied Ichthyology (1) Journal of Great Lakes Research (1) Journal of Fish Biology (6) Gulf of Mexico Science (3) Contributions in Marine Science (Special Issue) (1) Conservation Biology (1) Hydrobiologia (1) Ecology of Freshwater Fish (6) American Midland Naturalist (1) Wetlands Ecology & Management (2) Marine & Freshwater Research (1) Journal of Marine Biology (1) Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish & North American Journal of Aquaculture Wildlife Agencies (2) (4) Aquaculture (1) Ichthyological Research (1) New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (1) African Journal of Aquatic Science (6) Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia (1) Fisheries Management & Ecology (4) United States Geological Survey (1) San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Environmental Monitoring & Assessment (1) Science (2) Italian Journal of Zoology (1) Endangered Species Research (2) Journal of Coastal Research (3) Journal of Ethology (3) Journal of Shellfish Research (2) The Open Fish Science Journal (2) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology (11) PLoS ONE (2) Biological Invasions (1) Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries (1) Southeastern Naturalist (2) Marine & Coastal Fisheries (2) Environmental Protection Agency (2) Biological Journal of the Linnaeus BioInvasions Records (1) Society (1) Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1)

8) Book Chapter referee Tilapias in aquaculture: The need for better informed decision-making to protect and sustain biodiversity. In: Taylor, W.W., A.J. Lynch, and M.G. Schechter, editors. Sustainable Fisheries: Multi-Level Approaches to a Global Problem. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. (2010).

9) Proposal referee University of North Carolina Sea Grant College Program NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, MARFIN Program Florida Sea Grant College Program (4x) U.S. Department of Agriculture (SBIR) NOAA, National Undersea Research Center, UNCW Delaware Sea Grant College Program Marsh Ecology Research Program (The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia) The Cooperative Institute of Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET)


Page 30 National Sea Grant College Program via Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium National Sea Grant College Program via Oregon Sea Grant College Program Texas Sea Grant College Program (9x) New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium - MERP Program Bluefish/Striped Bass Dynamics Research Program-Inst. Marine & Coastal Science, Rutgers University National Sea Grant College via Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Research Initiative Program National Fish and Wildlife Foundation New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Washington Sea Grant Program National Science Foundation (RUI Program) National Estuarine Research Reserve, Graduate Student Fellowship (5x) National Fish Habitat Action Plan (5x) Hudson River Foundation (3x) Louisiana Sea Grant Program U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust – BTT Keys Program Maryland Sea Grant Program (2x) National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

10) Invited seminars Florida Marine Research Institute University of Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (2) Mississippi State University Nova University and Oceanographic Center Clemson University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Texas A&M University @ Galveston (2) University of New Orleans Texas A&M University @ College Station (2) University of Memphis William Carey College University of West Florida Auburn University (2) Pensacola Junior College Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-FES Iztacala Dauphin Island Sea Lab Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Pine Burr Audubon Chapter Tulane University University of Delaware U.S. EPA - Gulf Breeze (3) 11) Elected & non-elected professional positions 2005-17 Board of Directors, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. 2010-15 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, Niering Award Committee, member. 2011-13 MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, student sub-unit elected advisor. 2005-10 Board of Governors, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 2004-09 Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology Program

(CREST) Technical Advisory Board, alternate member. 2001-07 Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GB-NERR) Research Advisory Committee, Elected Vice-Chair. 1998-00; Estuarine Research Federation, Education Committee, member. 2003-05 2000-05 President-Elect/President/Past President, Gulf Estuarine Research Society.


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2002-04 C.A. Schultz Conservation Award Committee member, MS Chapter of the American

Fisheries Society.

1999-02 Secretary-Treasurer/President-Elect/President, Southeastern Division-American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 1999-01 Annual program Chair, Gulf Estuarine Research Society.

1998-01 Chairperson of the Graduate Student Travel Committee, MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. 1998-99 Member-at-Large, Gulf Estuarine Research Society.

1997-98 Member, Graduate Student Travel Committee, MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. 1996 Organizer/leader of a field trip for 1996 American Society of Ichthyologists and

Herpetologists annual meeting participants. 1993-94 Program chairperson, 1994 Mid-year Meeting of the Southern Division of the

American Fisheries Society, 26 February - 1 March 1994, Little Rock, Arkansas. 1992-94 President-Elect/President, Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Program chairperson for annual meeting. 1993-94 Chairperson, Activities Committee [committee to determine the "support of research

award" and the "student research aw

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