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Vita of Mark S. Peterson

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CURRICULUM VITAE OF MARK S. PETERSON

Current Address

Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Engineering,

The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564

228-872-4203 (Work), 228-872-9787 (Home), 228-217-8727 (Cell)

e-mail: [email protected]

http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/contacts/view_vitae.php?id=281

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-peterson-97a96a3a

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark_Peterson7

Education

Post-Doctoral

Harbor Brach Oceanographic Institution, Inc.

Division of Marine

Fellow

Ft. Pierce, Florida 33450

Science

1987-89

Ph.D.University of Southern Mississippi

Biological Sciences

1987Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406

Ecological and physiological factors affecting the assembly of littoral fish

communities along an environmental gradient. [Stephen T. Ross, adviser]

M.S.Florida Institute of Technology

Biological Oceanography

1981Melbourne, 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, Jr., adviser]

B.S.Coastal Carolina University

Marine Science

1978Conway, South Carolina 29526

Administrative Experience

The University of Southern Mississippi:

● Interim Department Chair, Department of Coastal Sciences (August 2002-October 2003).

● SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Department of Coastal Sciences Summer Field Program Advisory Committee, member

(2000-02) and Chair (2002-05).

● Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Department of Coastal Sciences (1998-2002).

Professional Experience

EcoFish Consulting, LLC, Ocean Springs, MS (Vice-President, October 2010-present).

Duties include evaluation of environmental-based documents, experimental design and statistical evaluations of research in such documents, and editorial activities as requested.

Professor Emeritus of Coastal Sciences. (August 2016-present). Department of Coastal

Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS.

Professor (August 2002-July 2016). 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 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. (December 1994-July 1998). Gulf Coast Research Laboratory,

Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS.

Associate Professor. (Tenured) (August 1994-December 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. (August 1989-August 1994). Department of Biological Sciences,

Mississippi State University, MSU, MS.

Post-Doctoral Fellow. (September 1987-August 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-August 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). Department of Oceanography

& Ocean Engineering, FIT: Melbourne Beach restoration project (August 1979-July 1980) and

Paradise Beach restoration project (Fall 1979).

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.

(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.

( Editor-in-Chief and Chair of the Advisory Board for Gulf and Caribbean Research (1996-2001;

2003-present; formerly Gulf Research Reports). The journal was converted to a fully-online

format starting in April 2015.

• Consejo Editorial (Editorial Council), CICIMAR Oceánides, Instituto Politécnico Nacional,

LaPaz, B.C.S., México (2010-present).

( Associate Editor, Estuaries and Coasts (April 2017-present).

• Editorial Board, Fishery Bulletin (Nov. 2017-Oct. 2020).

( Associate Editor, Gulf of Mexico Science (2013-15).

( Served as a Guest Editor, Southeastern Naturalist in 2007.

Consultant.

( Environmental Management Services Inc., Hattiesburg, MS; Habitat Restoration and

Conservation in Turkey Creek, Mississippi (24 Oct. 2017-14 Aug. 2018; Jan. 2019).

( Sierra Club, Washington D.C.; Assessment of Plant Crist’s adverse impacts on aquatic

species, including the threatened Gulf Sturgeon (27 Apr.-30 July 2016).

( 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, panel member (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; 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, panel member (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 & manatee survey (Nov. 1979).

Book Editorships

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

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

5720-8.

Publications (* = former or current student)

Lowe, M.R.*, K.S. Dillon, & M.S. Peterson. (In revision). Stable isotope metrics reveal changes in salt marsh trophic structure resulting from coastal urbanization. Estuaries and Coasts.

O'Connell, M.T., M.S. Peterson, S.P. Powers, A.U. O'Connell, E.J. Anderson, & J.R. Hendon.

(In revision). Assessing aquatic community composition, habitat, and environmental conditions in the northern Gulf of Mexico over a three decadal period: 1986-2015. Estuaries and Coasts.

142). Palacios-Salgado, D.S., J. Granados-Amores, L. Campo-Dávila, M.S. Peterson, X.G. Moreno-Sánchez, A. Abitia-Cárdenas, R. Aguilar-Medrano, J.R. Flores-Ortega, & V.H. Cruz-Escalona. (In Press). Functional diversity in fish assemblages of the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean: a review of two decades of progress in the functional diversity approach. Hidrobiológica.

141). Fogg, A.Q.*, J.T. Evans, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, E.R. Hoffmayer & G.W. Ingram Jr. (In Press). Comparison of age and growth parameters of invasive Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) across the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin.

140). Wilber, D., M.S. Peterson, & W.T. Slack. (2019). Cross-site comparisons of Gulf Sturgeon prey assemblages throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico reveal regional differences. Fisheries Research 211:121-130 (Invited Special Issue; doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2018.11.005).

139). Vick, P.E.*, M.S. Peterson, & W.T. Slack. (2018). Seascape connectivity of Gulf sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi population units across the northern Gulf of Mexico. Endangered Species Research 37:195-205 (doi:10.3354/esr00923).

138). Moncrief, T.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, & M.S. Peterson. (2018). Age, growth and reproduction of Vermilion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens) in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 147(5):996-1010 (doi:10.1002/tafs. 10100).

137). Vick, P.E.*, M.S. Peterson, W.T. Slack, & P.O. Grammer. (2018). Occupancy patterns of Gulf Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, associated with Ship Island, Mississippi. Journal of Coastal Research 34(3):640-650 (doi: https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-17-00027.1).

136). Andres, M.J., W.T. Slack, M.S. Peterson, K. Kimmel, B. Lewis, & P.O. Grammer. (2018). Growth estimation of western population segment Gulf Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, using length-at-age and mark-recapture data. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 147(1):139–150 (doi:10.1002/tafs.10007).

135). Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, P.O. Grammer, & J-M. Havrylkoff*. (2018). Use of non-island, shallow nearshore beach environments by Gulf Sturgeon within Mississippi Sound, USA. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 34:3-11 (doi:10.1111/jai.13532).

134). Moncrief, T.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, & M.S. Peterson. (2017). Reproductive biology of Vermilion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens) from the north central Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 69:286-287.

133). Fogg, A.Q.*, G.C. Trier, B.L. Barbara, & M.S. Peterson. (2017). The rise of northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish derbies: How do they compare? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 69:180-182.

132). Andres, M.J., M.S. Peterson, E.J. Anderson, J.R. Hendon*, and J.M. Higgs. (2017). Connecting anchovies to pelagic predators by their parasites. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 69:339-340.

131). Fogg, A.Q.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, & M.S. Peterson. (2017). Reproductive life history characteristics of invasive Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 93(3):791- 813 (doi:10.5343/bms.2016.1095).

130). Corey, M.M.*, R.T. Leaf, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson, S.D. Clardy*, & D.A. Dippold*. (2017). Growth and spawning dynamics of Southern Flounder in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 9:231-243 (doi:10.1080/19425120.2017.1290722).

129). Peterson, M.S., K.S. Dillon, & C.A. May. (2017). Species richness and functional feeding group patterns in small, patchy natural and constructed intertidal fringe oyster reefs, Chapter 19, pp. 383-399. In: Living Shorelines: The Science and Management of Nature-Based Coastal Protection, D.M. Bilkovic, M. Mitchell, M. La Peyre, and J. Toft (eds.), CRC Marine Science Series, Taylor & Francis Group and CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 499p. (Invited Chapter).

128). Fogg, A.Q.*, J. Evans, W. Ingram, M.S. Peterson, & N.J. Brown-Peterson. (2016). Comparing age and growth patterns of invasive lionfish among three ecoregions of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 68:197-198.

127). Dippold, D.A.*, R.T. Leaf, & M.S. Peterson. (2016). Evaluating management regimes using per-recruit models and relative stock density for Mississippi’s Spotted Seatrout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(5):1178-1189. (doi:10.1080/02755947.2016. 1204387).

126). Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack & E.T. Lang*. (2016). Distribution, abundance and habitat characteristics of the Saltmarsh Topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann), in coastal Mississippi watersheds, with comments on range-wide occurrences based on non-vouchered and museum records. Southeastern Naturalist 15(3):415-430 (doi:10.1656/058.015.0304).

125). Andres, M.J., M.S. Peterson, & R.M. Overstreet. (2016). Endohelminth parasites of some midwater and benthopelagic stomiiform fishes from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 27:11-19 (doi:10.18785/gcr.2701.02).

124). Zetina-Rejón, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. del Monte Luna, V.H. Cruz-Escalona, & M.S. Peterson. (2016). Trophic circulation in ecosystems. Ecosistemas Y Recursos Agropecuarios 3(8):279-291.

123). Peterson, M.S., J-M. Havrylkoff*, P.O. Grammer, P.F. Mickle, & W.T. Slack. (2016). Consistent spatio-temporal estuarine habitat use of a western population of the Gulf Sturgeon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145(1):27-43 (doi:10.1080/00028487.2015. 1091382).

122). Grammer, P.O., P.F. Mickle, M.S. Peterson, J-M. Havrylkoff*, W.T. Slack, & 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 24:533-561

(doi:10.1111/eff.12168).

121). Fogg, A.Q.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, & M.S. Peterson. (2015). Northern Gulf of Mexico

lionfish: insights into their reproductive life history. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute 67:194-195.

120). Ennis, B.* & M.S. Peterson. (2015). Nekton and macro-crustacean habitat use of Mississippi micro-tidal saltmarsh landscapes. Estuaries and Coasts 38:1399-1413 (doi: 10.1007/s12237-014-9912-4).

119). Dillon, K.S., M.S. Peterson, & 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 528:187-203 (doi:10.3354/meps11269).

118). Rakocinski, C.F., B.H. Comyns, M.S. Peterson, & 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, & 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.* & 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, & 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, & M.S. Peterson. (2015). Fluctuating asymmetry in Menidia beryllina before and after the 2010 Deep Water 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, & 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*, & 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).

111). Alford, J.B., C.C. Green, & 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. (ISBN 9781466557208; https://www.crcpress.com/Impacts-of-Oil-Spill-Disasters-on-Marine-Habitats-and-Fisheries-in-North/Alford-Peterson-Green/p/book/9781466557208).

110). Biber, P., W. Wu, M.S. Peterson, Z. Liu, & 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. (ISBN 9781466557208; https://www.crcpress.com/Impacts-of-Oil-Spill-Disasters-on-Marine-Habitats-and-Fisheries-in-North/Alford-Peterson-Green/p/book/9781466557208).

109). Lowe, M.R.* & 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, & 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, & 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, & 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, & 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, & 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 (doi:10.3354/esr00546).

103). Wagner, J.P.*, R.B. Blaylock, & 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, & 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, & 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:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045302).

100). Havrylkoff, J-M.*, M.S. Peterson, & 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, & 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, & 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, & 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. & 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, & 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, & 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, & 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. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.07.001).

91). Lang, E.T.*, M.S. Peterson, & 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, & 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 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF10207).

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

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 (doi:1018785/

gcr.2301.01).

88). Lopez, J.D.*, M.S. Peterson, J. Walker, G.L. Grammer, & M.S. Woodrey. (2011). Distribution, abundance, and habitat characterization of the Saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann 1892). Estuaries and Coasts 34(1):148-158. (doi: 10.1007/s12237-010-9266-5).

87). Lang, E.T.*, G.L. Grammer*, S. Manning, & 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*, & 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 (doi: 10.3354/esr00294).

85). Stricklin, A.G.*, M.S. Peterson, J.D. Lopez*, C.A. May, C.F. Mohrman, & 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 (doi:1018785/gcr.2201.03).

84). Grammer, G.L.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson, & 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. (doi: 10.18785/goms.2701.07).

83). Headley, M.D.*, H.A. Oxenford, M.S. Peterson, & 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 (doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009. 01327.x).

82). Peterson, M.S. & 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. & 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 (doi:10.1080/10641260903171803).

80). Comyns, B.H., C.F. Rakocinski, M.S. Peterson, & 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 (doi:10.3354/meps 07604).

79). Partyka, M.L.* & M.S. Peterson. (2008). Habitat quality and salt marsh species assemblages along an anthropogenic estuarine landscape. Journal of Coastal Research 24(6):1570-1581 (doi: 10.2112107-0937.1).

78). Jackson, D.C., M.O’Connell, J. Delabbio, M.S. Peterson, J. Franks, & 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 & T.A. Randall. (2008).

Habitat condition and associated macrofaunal effect differences between protected and exposed

seagrass landscapes. Gulf and Caribbean Research 20:11-19 (doi:1018785/gcr.2001.03).

76). Dawson-Guynn, K.* & M.S. Peterson (2008). Mercury concentration in the Patagonian

toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt 1898, among three distinct stocks. Polar Biology 31(3):269-274 (doi: 10.1007/s00300-007-0354-3).

75). Cházaro-Olvera, S., R. Roman-Contreras, H. Vazquez-Lόpez, M.S. Peterson, & 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 (doi: 10.3923/ijzr.2007.14.23).

74). Peterson, M.S., G.L. Waggy*, & 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, & 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 (doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2007)g[743:FHAMMO]2.0.CO;2).

72). Abarca-Arenas, L.G., J. Franco-Lopez, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson & 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 (doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.06.019).

71). Peterson, M.S., M.R. Weber*, M.L. Partyka*, & 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 (doi:10.1002/aqc.823).

70). McDonald, J.L.*, M.S. Peterson, & 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 (doi:10.1080/02705060.2007. 9664176).

69). Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, & 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 (doi:1018785/gcr.1902.01).

68). Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, M.S. Peterson, P. McConney, & 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, & 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. & M.L. Partyka*. (2006). Baseline mapping of the common reed, Phragmites australis, in three coastal Mississippi estuarine basins. Southeastern Naturalist 5(4):747-756.

65). Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, G.L. Waggy*, J. Finley, C.M. Woodley*, & 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 (doi:10.1007/s10641-006-9033-4 R).

64). Rakocinski, C.F., M.S. Peterson, B.H. Comyns, G.A. Zapfe*, & 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 (doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.06.006).

63). Reed, D.J., M.S. Peterson, & 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 (doi:10.1007/s00267-004-0223-6).

62). Waggy, G.L.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, & 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, & 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 (doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2005.00651.x).

60). Peterson, M.S. & 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 (doi:1018785/gcr.1701.12).

59). Chávez-López, R., M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson, A.A. Morales-Gómez, & 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

(doi:1018785/gcr.1701.13).

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, & 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

(doi:1018785/gcr.1701.14).

57). Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, & 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. (doi:10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0112:TOONNT] 2.0.CO;2).

56). Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, N.J. Brown-Peterson, & 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. (doi:10.1643/CE-04-134R1).

55). Peterson, M.S., B.H. Comyns, C.F. Rakocinski, & 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. (doi:10.1007/s10641-003-0302-1).

54). Cházaro-Olvera, S. & 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. & 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 (doi:1018785/gcr.1601.12).

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

the estuarine system of Tecolutla, Veracruz, México. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:89-93

(doi:1018785/gcr.1601.15).

51). Hérnandez-Saavedra, R., J.A. Martinez-Perez, N.J. Brown-Peterson, & 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

(doi:1018785/gcr.1601.16).

50). Peterson, M.S., G.L. Fulling*, & 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 (doi:1018785/gcr.1501.07).

49). Woodley, C.M.* & 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. (doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1236-1).

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. (doi:10.1080/

10641260390255844).

47). Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, M.D. Murphy, & 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 (doi:10.1023/

A:1014925421111).

46). Pederson, E.J.* & 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 (doi:10.1007/s00227-001-0766-5).

45). Rakocinski, C.F., B.H. Comyns, M.S. Peterson, & 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, & 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 (doi:10.1163/156854008X360860).

43). Hendon, J.R.*, M.S. Peterson, & 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, & M.S. Peterson. (2000). Relating environmental

fluctuation and early growth of estuarine fishes: ontogenetic standardization. Transactions of the

American Fisheries Society 129(1):210-221. (doi:10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<0210:REFATE> 2.0.CO;2).

41). Hendon, J.R.*, M.S. Peterson, & 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*, & 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 (doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2000)143[0414:CPUEEC]2.0.CO:2).

39). Peterson, M.S., C.F. Rakocinski, B.H. Comyns, & 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, & 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 (doi: 10.1023/A:1008452805584).

37). Snyder, D.J.* & 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 (doi:10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0345:LHOAPP]

2.0.CO;2).

36). Peterson, M.S., B.H. Comyns, C.F. Rakocinski, & 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 (doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00173-7).

35). Snyder, D.J.* & 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 (doi: 10.1080/02705060.1999. 9663670).

34). Fulling, G.L.*, M.S. Peterson, & G.J. Crego*. (1999). Comparison of Breder traps and

seines used to sample marsh nekton. Estuaries 22(2A):224-230 (doi:10.2307/1352979).

33). Peterson, M.S., L.C. Nicholson, D.J. Snyder*, & G.L. Fulling*. (1999). Growth, spawning

prepardness and diet of Cycleptus meridionalis (Catostomidae). Transactions of the American

Fisheries Society 128(5):900-908 (doi:10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0900:GSPADO>2.0.CO; 2).

32). VanderKooy, S.J.* & 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 (doi:

10.18785/grr.0904.08).

30). Peterson, M.S. & 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 (doi:10.1080/02705060.

1997.9663518).

29). Rakocinski, C.F., M.S. Peterson, S.J. VanderKooy*, & 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. (doi: 10.18785/goms.1501.02).

28). Crego, G.J.* & 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. (doi:10.18785/goms.1501.07).

27). Susanto, G.N.* & 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. (doi:10.1007/BF00017589).

26). Peterson, M.S. & 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., & S.J. VanderKooy*. (1996). Distribution and habitat

use by dwarf crayfishes (Decapoda:Cambaridae:Cambarellus). Wetlands 16(4):594-598. (doi:

10.1007/BF03161351).

24). Musselman, N.J.*, M.S. Peterson, & 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. & 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. (doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1995.tb00122.x).

22). Peterson, M.S. & 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.

(doi: 10.1080/10641269409388554).

21). Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, D.A. Rydene, & 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, & 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. & B.E. Ardahl. (1992). Automated maintenance of dissolved oxygen

concentrations in flow-through aquaria. Aquaculture 101(3/4):379-384.

16). Peterson, M.S. & N.J. Brown-Peterson. (1992). Growth under stressed conditions in

juvenile channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque as measured by nucleic acids.

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

15). Peterson, M.S. & 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. & 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. & S.T. Ross. (1991). Dynamics of littoral fishes and decapods along a

coastal river-estuarine gradient. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 33(5):467-483. (doi:

10.1016/0272-7714(91)90085-P).

12). Peterson, M.S., R.E. Brockmeyer, & 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, & F. Vose. (1991).

Zooplankton of impounded marshes and shallow areas of a sub-tropical lagoon. Florida Scientist

54(3/4):191-203. (doi: 10.18785/negs.1102.10).

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, & 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. (doi:10.18785/negs.1120.10).

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. (doi:

10.1016/0300-9629(90)90715-5).

7). Brown‑Peterson, N. & 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. (doi: 10.1007/BF00004902).

6). Peterson, M.S. & 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. (doi:

10.1139/cjfas-2012-0295).

4). Peterson, M.S. & 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, & M.S. Peterson. (1987). Sampling

zooplankton in very shallow marsh and estuarine habitats: gear description and field tests.

Estuaries 10(1):61-67.(doi.org/10.2307/1352026).

2). Peterson, M.S., D.E. Gustafson, Jr., & F.R. Moore. (1987). Orientation behavior of Lepomis

macrochirus Rafinesque to salinity fluctuations. Journal of Fish Biology 30(4):451-458. (doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05768.x).

1). Kerschner, B.A., M.S. Peterson, & R.G. Gilmore, Jr. (1985). Ecotopic and ontogenetic trophic variation in the mojarras (Pisces: Gerreidae). Estuaries 8(3):311-322. (doi:10.2307/ 1351492).

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

2019-24. Understanding effects of spatiotemporal trends and drivers on movement patterns of

coastal migratory fish stocks in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. $3,993,742. (PI J.

Franks, with co-PI J. Hendon, M.S. Peterson, E. Saillant, P. Stevens, & S.

Szedlmayer). RESTORE Science Program, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS. (pending)

2020-23 Open Ocean TIG Restoration, “Juvenile Gulf Sturgeon – Gulf-wide Population

dynamics and habitat use.” $1,817,393 across seven PI’s (PI: A. Keiser). $268,356

for USM (co-PI, M. Andres, M.S. Peterson). (approved, pending contracts).

2019-23. Characterizing Gulf Sturgeon spawning habitat, habitat use, and origins of juvenile

sturgeon in the Pearl and Pascagoula River systems. $2,142,954. (overall P.I. A.

Keiser). $950,000 for USM (co-PI, M. Andres, M.S. Peterson, & P. Allen). Open

Ocean TIG Restoration funds. (approved, pending contracts)

2018-21 NOAA, NMFS Protected Species Cooperative Conservation Program, “Estimating

juvenile recruitment and effective number of breeding adults of Pascagoula River Gulf

Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi: vital management and conservation

information.” (PI: M. Roberts, co-PIs M.J. Andres, M.S. Peterson, & B. Kreiser).

$458,696 overall; $324,254 for USM.

2016-22USACE-ERDC, CESU Gulf Coast Program, “Gulf Sturgeon monitoring and habitat

assessment in response to Ship Island restoration efforts by the Mississippi

Coastal Improvements Program.” (PI, w/co-PIs M.J. Andres, & P.O. Grammer;

$721,613.

Previous Funding

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; $80,000 for USM for 2015-16; $80,001 for USM for

2016-17.

2011-16 USACE-ERDC “Habitat utilization of the passes on Ship Island by Gulf sturgeon,

Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi - years 1-5.” $664,489.

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.” $623,857 (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.

2010-14NOAA, NMFS Protected Species Cooperative Conservation Program, “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.” $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.

2013-14U.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).

2012-13U.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).

2011-12Gulf Coast Summer Faculty Developmental Grant “Seasonal morphometric

comparisons of the threatened Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the

Pearl and Pascagoula rivers.” (PI w/co-PIs P. Mickle & J-M Havrylkoff). $1,000.

2010-12Mississippi-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.

2009-12Mississippi 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).

2010-12NOAA – Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Northern Gulf Initiative,

“Ecosystem Approach to Management for the Northern Gulf: year 2.” $80,001,

(w/R.S. Fulford).

2011-12U.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.

2011-12DOI/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.


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

model-based toolset for management planning – yrs 4-5.” $274,467 (co-PI 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.

2011NGI/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).

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).

2010-11BP/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).


“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 top-

minnow, 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:

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.

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

2005United 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.

2004-06Mississippi 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).

2004-06Mississippi-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).

2002-06NOAA 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.

2002-07NOAA 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).

2003-06NOAA - 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).

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.

2004-05PAPCA 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 (co-PI w/R. Chavez-Lopez & A. Rocha-Ramirez).

2004-05National 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).

2001-03Mississippi-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).

2003-04Environmental Defense, “Jump-starting the environmental careers of minority students from the southern Gulf of Mexico.” $3,000 (w/N.J. Brown-Peterson).

2003-04The Harte Research Institute, “English language publication of student research from the southern Gulf of Mexico.” $2,000 (w/N.J. Brown-Peterson).

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

2003-04Mississippi-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.

2001-03Waterways Experiment Station, USACE, “Can gapping material levees improve

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

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).

2000-02U.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).

2000-01A.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).

2000-01U.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 (co-PI w/D.J. Reed & L.P. Rozas).

1999U.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).

1999Mississippi-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).

1999Caribbean 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).

1999MASGC Fellowship Program – “Does interaction between salinity and competition determine coexistence in the genus Fundulus” $3,595 (E/O-16-Crego; w/G.J. Crego).

1999Office of Vice President for Research, The University of Southern Mississippi, “Publication of supplemental issue of Volume 11(S) of Gulf Research Reports.” $2,550.

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

assessment of resources in protected and non-protected seagrass habitats.”

$87,245 (co-PI w/ C.A. Moncreiff, & C.F. Rakocinski).

1996-97U.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).

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

1995-01Mississippi-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).

1995-97Mississippi 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).

1995-96USDA-ARS, Cooperative Research Agreement, "Impacts of MSEA on fisheries characteristics and ecology of Mississippi Delta watersheds and oxbow lakes." $29,916.

1994-95U.S. Forest Service, "A survey of fishes in the Biloxi and Tchoutacabouffa Rivers and Tuxachanie Creek of the Desoto National Forest." $1,500.

1993-95Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Fund, "Distribution and habitat characteristics of the bluespotted sunfish, Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook)." $10,541.

1993-94Mississippi State University, Office of Research, "Support for curation of the Mississippi State Ichthyological Collection." $3,500.

1993-94Mississippi 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.

1992-94U.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.

1990-91Research Initiation Grant, Mississippi State University, "Effects of oxygen concentration on growth of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus." $6,000.

1987-88Florida 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. (co-PI w/R.G. Gilmore, J. Rey, D. Carlson & R. Virnstein).

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).

1982-86Slocum-Lunz Foundation, Inc. Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. $3,800.

1980-81Sebastian Inlet Tax District Grant-in-Aid of Research, "Trophic ecology of gerreid

fishes." $3,000.

1979-80Slocum-Lunz Foundation, Inc. Pre-Masters Fellowship. $3,500.

1978Jack W. Nelson Academic Scholarship in Marine Science. $650.

Technical Reports

O'Connell, M.T., M.S. Peterson, S.P. Powers, A.M. Uzee-O'Connell, J.R. Hendon, & E.J. Anderson.

2018. Abundance and distribution of commercially Important estuarine dependent species

populations within the Gulf of Mexico. July 2018, Prepared under BOEM Award Number M12AC00002.

Peterson, M.S., J-M. Havrylkoff, P.O. Grammer, P. Mickle, & 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 Museum of Natural

Science, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Technical Report No. 189, 77p.



desotoi, in the Pascagoula River estuary, Mississippi. Year 3 annual report to Mississippi Museum

of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Technical Report No. 184,

72p.



desotoi, in the Pascagoula River estuary, Mississippi. Year 2 annual report to Mississippi Museum of

Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Technical Report No. 175,

93p.


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 Museum of

Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Technical Report No. 173,

54p.

Peterson, M.S., E.T. Lang, & 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 Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. Museum Technical Report No. 172,

91p.

Havrylkoff, J-M., M.S. Peterson, W.T. Slack, K.J. Killgore, & J.R. Hendon (editors). 2010. An annotated

bibliography of literature on the Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchusdesotoi, 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, & 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 Museum of Natural Science and the USFWS, Jackson, MS.

Museum Technical Report No. 156. 65p.


Pascagoula drainage, Mississippi: Post-Hurricane Katrina assessment of seasonal migration through

the lower estuary [Year II]. Funded by USFWS Section 6, Segment 23. Museum of Natural Science,

Jackson, MS. Museum Technical Report No. 157. 33p.


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. Museum of Natural

Science, Jackson, MS. Museum Technical Report No. 141. 29p.

Peterson, M.S., G.L. Waggy, & M.S. Woodrey (editors). 2007. Grand Bay National Estuarine Research

Reserve: An Ecological Characterization. Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss

Point, MS. 268p.

Shafer, D.J., T.H. Roberts, M.S. Peterson, & 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,

MS. ERDC/EL TR-07-2. 76p + 6 app. A-F (47p).

Slack, W.T., M.A. Dugo, & 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. & 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, MS. 33p + 4 appendices.

Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, & C.M. Woodley. 2002. The influence of invasive, non-native tilapiine fishes on freshwater recreational fishes in south Mississippi: spatial/temporal distribution, species associations, and trophic interactions. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Museum Technical Report No. 374, Jackson, MS. 96p + 57 figures/maps and 2 appendices.

Reed, D.J., M.S. Peterson, L.P. Rozas, & P. Caldwell. 2001. Projecting the effects of management actions on fisheries species in the Vermillion-Atchafalaya coastal bays. Technical Report, 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

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Publication Committee (2000-present), Student Activities

Committee (travel awards, judging & silent auction; November 2000-present), Strategic

Plan, and Succession Plan committees (member, November 2002-2017), Operations

Manual Committee (Chair, November 2015-present), EXCOM (2016-17), and Liaison to

GCFI from the Gulf and Caribbean Research Partnership (January 2017-present).

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].

American Water Works Association, Standard Methods Committee, Section 10600 (Fishes)

(2008-2011) [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 2008, 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).

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].

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

21st annual Gulf Sturgeon Working Group Meeting, 11-13 April 2018, Ocean Springs, MS (Co-host with

USACE-Mobile District).

15th annual Gulf Sturgeon Working Group Meeting, 13-15 November 2013, Ocean Springs, MS.

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 Working Group 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.

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 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:

Currently maintain website for graduate student degree papers and publications (February 2017-present).

Completed:

Department Tenure and Promotion Mentor Committee for Dr. Hernandez (Chair, August 2012-October 2017).

Department Graduate Student Review Committee, member (April 2013-July 2016).

Department Graduate Student Handbook Revision Committee, member (April-July 2016).

Academic Review Working Group (Chair, July 2015-December 2015).

Inaugural Graduate Assistant of the Year Award Committee, USM Graduate School, February-March

2015, member.

Department Personnel Authority Committee, elected member (2003-2007, 2013 evaluation periods; Chair

2014 evaluation period).

Department of Coastal Sciences, Fall undergraduate Program Committee (October-December 2014).

Appointed to GCRL Director Cabinet (Sept 2012-December 2014).

CoST Awards Committee (2012-13).

Department Tenure and Promotion Mentor Committee for Dr. Wu (Chair, 2008-12).

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; 2004-11).

Department Tenure and Promotion Mentor Committee for Dr. Dillon (Chair, 2007-11).

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 (2004-10).

Department committee to develop an emphasis area in Fisheries (2009-10).

Assisted in design of the Marine Environmental Research Laboratory (MERL) at GCRL which is an 8000ft2

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 (2004-05).

Department Search Committee, Marine Scientist - member (2004-05).

Marine & Estuarine Graduate Student Association Faculty Advisor, elected (1998-00, 2003-04).

Department Bylaws Committe

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