REGINALD BRENT BLAYLOCK Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 703 East Beach Dr
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REGINALD BRENT BLAYLOCK Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 703 East Beach Dr. Ocean Springs, MS 39564 228-818-8003 FAX 228-872-4566 E-Mail: [email protected] EDUCATION: B.S., Biology. 1986. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Research - Population dynamics of the fish tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi M.S., Biology. 1989. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX Research - Parasites of killdeer, Charadrius vociferus Ph.D., Biological Sciences. 1996. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Research - Ecology and zoogeography of parasites in Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis PDF, Parasitology. 1996 - 1999. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS. Research - Fish health management in stock enhancement RESEARCH INTERESTS: Development of aquaculture technology and stock enhancement Health management in aquaculture Epidemiology of fish diseases and parasites Ecological patterns in parasite communities and their use in the study and management of fisheries WORK EXPERIENCE: 2017 (application pending). Research Professor. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Develop and manage research grants, oversee personnel, supervise graduate students, participate in graduate and undergraduate teaching, carry out independent research program. July 2008 – present. Assistant Director. Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Administer budgets, personnel and operations. January 2004 - present. Research Associate Professor. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Develop and manage research grants, oversee personnel, supervise graduate students, participate in graduate and undergraduate teaching, carry out independent research program. July 1999 - December 2003. Assistant Research Scientist. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Develop and coordinate research grants, oversee personnel, participate in graduate and undergraduate teaching, carry out independent research program. September 1995 - April 1996. Teaching Assistant. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Taught labs, which included scientific writing, for Introductory Biology. June 1991 - August 1995. Ph.D. student at the Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC. Employed by International Pacific Halibut Commission, Seattle, WA. Experience with international fisheries issues and resource management. September 1990 - April 1991. Teaching Assistant. Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Taught labs for Introductory Zoology and Principles of Parasitism. Experience with laboratory animals and computer modelling. January 1990 - May 1990. Part-time Instructor. Department of Biology, El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX. Prepared lectures and labs for Anatomy and Physiology using departmental guidelines. Experience with design and implementation of an entire course. August 1987 - December 1989. Teaching Assistant. Department of Biology, University of Texas at El Paso. Taught labs for Introductory Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Field Biology. Designed, prepared, and taught labs for Medical Parasitology and Molecular Cell Biology. Experience with experimental techniques in diagnostics and molecular biology. January 1987 - May 1987. Student/Substitute Teacher. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Winston-Salem, NC. Taught Honors Biology and Human Anatomy and Physiology to grades 10-12. Substitute taught in absence of supervising teacher. July 1986 - December 1986. Laboratory Technician. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston- Salem, NC. Conducted quality control experiments using physical and chemical parameters. Experience with distillation and gas chromatography. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Blaylock.../3 Primary Publications: Grimes, D. J., Shen, S., Flowers, A. R., Bardon-Albaret, A., Blaylock, R. B., and J. M. Lotz. In preparation. Vibriosis in aquacultured marine fish. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. Blaylock, R. B., Cuevas, K. J., Rakocinski, C. F., and E. A. Saillant. In preparation. The effect of preconditioning to habitat and predators on post-release success of hatchery-reared spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Sarkisian, B. L., Lemus, J. T., Lee, P., and R. B. Blaylock. In preparation. Design of a large- scale indoor, biosecure production system for the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. Sarkisian, B. L., Lee, P., Saillant, E., and R. B. Blaylock. In preparation. Evaluation of fecundity for captive Acartia tonsa broodstock used for rearing red snapper larvae. Aquaculture. Guest, T. W., Rakocinski, C. F., Evans, A. N., and R. B. Blaylock. Accepted. Effects of pre- release physical stressors on the stress response and post-release success of hatchery-reared Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Journal of Fish Biology. Joesting, H, Blaylock, R., Biber, P. and A. Ray. 2016. The use of marine aquaculture solid waste for nursery production of the salt marsh plants Spartina alterniflora and Juncus roemerianus. Aquaculture Reports 3:108-114. Guest, T. W., Blaylock, R. B., and A. N. Evans. 2015. Development of a modified cortisol extraction procedure for intermediately-sized fish not amenable to whole-body or plasma extraction methods. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. DOI 10.1007/s10695-015-0111-4. Published online 6 Aug 2015. Manley, C. B., Rakocinski, C. F., Lee, P. G., and R. B. Blaylock. 2015. Feeding frequency mediates aggression and cannibalism in larval hatchery-reared spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Aquaculture 437:155-160. Blaylock, R. B., and S. A. Bullard. 2014. Counter-insurgents of the blue revolution? Parasites and diseases affecting aquaculture and science. Journal of Parasitology 100:743-755. Jackson, L. A., C. F. Rakocinski, and R. B. Blaylock. 2014. Previous exposure to novel prey improves the feeding success of hatchery-reared spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier, 1830) within habitat structure. Aquaculture Research DOI: 10.1111/are.12438. Blaylock.../4 Manley, C. B., Rakocinski, C. F., Lee, P. G., and R. B. Blaylock. 2014. Stocking density effects on aggressive and cannibalistic behaviors in larval hatchery-reared spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Aquaculture 420-421:89-94. Masson, I., Lotz, J. M., and R. B. Blaylock. 2013. Population model for Amyloodinium ocellatum infecting the spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus and the red snapper Lutjanus campechanus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 106:139-148. Picón-Camacho, S. M., Thompson, W. P., Blaylock, R. B., and J. M. Lotz. 2013. Development of a rapid assay to detect the dinoflagellate Amyloodinium ocellatum using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). Veterinary Parasitology 196:265-271. Wagner, J. P., Blaylock, R. B., and M. S. Peterson. 2013. Evaluation of internal tag performance in hatchery-reared juvenile spotted seatrout, North American Journal of Fisheries Management 33:783-789. Jackson. L., C. F. Rakocinski, and R. B. Blaylock. 2013. Feeding performance of juvenile hatchery-reared spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier, 1830). Journal of Fish Biology 82:1032-1036. Masson, I., Blaylock, R. B., and J. M. Lotz. 2011. Susceptibility and tolerance of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, and red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, to experimental infections with Amyloodinium ocellatum. Journal of Parasitology 97:577-585. Lemus, J. T., Blaylock, R. B., Apeitos, A., and J. M. Lotz. 2010. Short-term effects of first- prey type and number on survival and growth of intensively cultured spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Sciaenidae) larvae. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 41:455-463. Blaylock, R. B., R. M. Overstreet, and A. Morton. 2005. The pathogenic copepod Phrixocephalus cincinnatus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) in the eye of arrowtooth flounder, Atherestes stomias, and rex sole, Glyptocephalus zachirus, from British Columbia. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 25:73-80. Blaylock, Reginald B., Stephen A. Bullard, Christopher M. Whipps. 2004. Kudoa hypoepicardialis n. sp. (Myxozoa: Kudoidae) and associated lesions from the heart of seven perciform fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology 90:584-593. Blaylock, R. B., L. Margolis, and J. C. Holmes. 2003. The use of parasites in discriminating stocks of Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, in the northeast Blaylock.../5 Pacific. Fishery Bulletin 101:1-9. Blaylock, R. B., and R. M. Overstreet. 2003. Diseases and parasites of the spotted seatrout. In Biology of the spotted seatrout, S. A. Bortone (ed). CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 197-225. Blaylock, Reginald B., Robin M. Overstreet, and Maren A. Klich. 2001. Mycoses in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) caused by two deuteromycete fungi (Penicillium corylophilum and Cladosporium sphaerospermum). Hydrobiologia 460:221-228. Blaylock, R. B., and R. M. Overstreet. 1999. Margolisianum bulbosum n. gen. n. sp. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma (Teleostei: Bothidae) from Mississippi Sound, USA. Journal of Parasitology 85:306-312. Blaylock, R. B., L. Margolis, and J. C. Holmes. 1998. Zoogeography of the parasites of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) in the northeast Pacific. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:2262-2273.