CURRICULUM VITAE June 2016
Brad Edward Erisman
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS Fisheries ecology and management Mating systems, reproduction, and development of fishes Ecology, behavior, evolution, and life history of fishes Fish population dynamics Conservation biology
Citizenship: USA
ADDRESS & TELEPHONE
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Marine Science Marine Science Institute 750 Channel View Drive Port Aransas, TX 78373-5015 (361) 749-6833 (Phone) (361) 749-6777 (Fax) E-mail: [email protected] Faculty site: www.utmsi.utexas.edu/staff/erisman Lab website: sites.utexas.edu/fisheries/ International Research Program site: http://gulfprogram.ucsd.edu/
EDUCATION 2008-2012 - Postdoctoral Scholar, Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2008 - Ph.D., Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2003 - M.S., Marine Biology, California State University Northridge 1998 - B.S., Aquatic Biology, University of California Santa Barbara
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (RECENT)
UT Summer Statistics Institute Course – Power Analysis for Grant Writing (May 2016)
UT Summer Statistics Institute Course – Introduction to Bayesian Analyses (May 2016)
Teledyne Seabotix Technical Training requirements for operating Remotely operated vehicles (June 2015) NOAA Fisheries Training Workshop, Introduction to R with Dr. Eric Archer (October 2013)
Center for the Advancement of Population Assessment Methodology (CAPAM) Workshop on “Selectivity: theory, estimation, and application in fishery stock assessment models” (March 2013)
NOAA Fisheries Training Course, Principles of Modeling with Dr. Anthony Starfield (2011)
ICES Training Course, Introduction to Fisheries Stock Assessments (2011)
AWARDS AND HONORS
National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship, 2016- 2018
Blue on Tour “Blue Gulf” Film Festival 2016, First Place - Viewers Choice Award: “Illusions of Plenty: Spawning Aggregations”, 2016
CINEFISH Film Festival 2015, First Place for New Media: “Illusions of Plenty: Spawning Aggregations”, 2015
Reef Renaissance Film Festival 2014, First Place Dotcomentary: “Snapper Spawn”, 2014
University of Texas at Austin STARS Faculty Award, 2014-2016
David and Lucile Packard Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010
Western Society of Naturalists, Student Travel Award, 2007
SIO Graduate Department Student Travel Award: Annually, 2003-2007
Richard H. Rosenblatt Ichthyology Fellowship, 2005-2007
Best Student Presentation: Ecology and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes Meeting 2006
Maxwell Fenmore Fellowship, 2005-2007
Carl Hubbs Memorial Fellowship, 2004-2007
National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrated Graduate Education Research Training (IGERT) Associate Fellowship, SIO, 2004-2007
Graduated with High Honors, CSUN (3.93 GPA)
California State University Northridge, Biology Graduate Student of the Year Award, 2003
Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies Summer Graduate Fellowship, 2001, 2002
California State University, Northridge, Graduate Student Scholarship, 2000
Graduated with High Honors, UCSB (3.7 GPA)
Educational Opportunity Program Honors, UCSB: All semesters 1994-1998
Dean’s Honors, UCSB: Multiple Semesters 1994-1998
University of California Santa Barbara, University Honors program, 1994-1998
Daniel J. Frawley Memorial Scholarship (2yr scholarship), 1994-1995
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Academy of Underwater Sciences
American Elasmobranch Society
American Fisheries Society
American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Society of Naturalists
Coastal Conservation Association
Ecological Society of America
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
North American Native Fishes Association
PADI Project AWARE
Saltwater-Fisheries Enhancement Association
Science and Conservation of Fish Aggregations
Sigma Xi
Southern California Academy of Sciences
Western Society of Naturalists
Journal Reviews:
Biological Conservation
BioScience
Bulletin of Marine Science
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Ciencias Marinas
Conservation Biology
Conservation Letters
Copeia
Coral Reefs
Current Zoology
Ecology
Endangered Species Research
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Fish and Fisheries
Fisheries Research
Fishery Bulletin
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
ICES Journal of Marine Science
Ichthyological Research
International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Journal of Fish Biology
Journal of Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Marine and Freshwater Research
Marine Biology
Marine Biology Research
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Nature Scientific Reports
Peer J
Physical Geography
PLoS One
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Revista de Biologia Tropical
Scientia Marina
University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Research Journal
Zootaxa
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
At University of Texas at Austin, 2014-present
Assistant Professor of Marine Science, 2014- present
At Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2003-present
Visiting Assistant Research Scientist, 2014-present
Lecturer Appointment, 2013-2014
Assistant Research Scientist, Marine Biology, 2012 – present
Postdoctoral Researcher with P. Hastings, 2008- 2012
Co-founder and Director of Scientific Research, Gulf of California Marine
Program, 2008-present
Research Staff: SIO Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, 2008-present
Research Associate: Marine Vertebrates Collection, 2008-present
Student Representative: SIO Collections, 2004-2008
Student Representative: Aquarium Museum Panel, 2004-2008
Student Representative: Diving Control Board, 2004-2007
Graduate Trainee: California Seagrant, 2003-2007
Graduate Research Assistant: Marine Vertebrates Collection, 2003-2008
At Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Coastal Resources Advisory Council, 2015-present
At American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists (AIFRB), 2015-present
Director, Texas Chapter, 2015-present
At International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2008-present
Species Survival Commission, Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group, 2008-present
At Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations (SCRFA), 2010-present
Board of Directors, 2010-present
Treasurer, 2011-2014
At California State University Northridge from 1999-present
Research Associate: Nearshore Marine Fish Research Program, 2001-present
Graduate Research Assistant: Nearshore Marine Fish Research Program, 1999-2003
At Occidental College from 2001-2006
Research Associate: Vantuna Research group, 2001-2006
At Bimini Biological Research Station from 1998-1999
Research Assistant, 1998-1999
At University of California, Santa Barbara from 1994-1998
Undergraduate volunteer: Ichthyology Laboratory of Dr. Milton Love, 1996-1997
Undergraduate volunteer: Invertebrate Laboratory of Dr. Steve Gaines, 1997-1998
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute (UTMSI)
Ad-hoc Faculty Search Committee: 2016
Graduate Studies Committee: 2014-present
Diving Control Board: 2014-present
Marine Operations Committee: 2014-present
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
SIO Dive Control Board: 2004-2008
Birch Aquarium Panel: 2004-2008
Committee Chair, Knowlton-Jackson Annual Lecture in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation: 2012-2014
Steering Committee, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation: 2012-2014
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (BAS)
Volunteer Scientist: 2003-2014
Exhibit Tours: 2005-2014
National Ocean Science Bowl (SIO/BAS)
Science Judge: 2004-2007
Question Writer: 2005-2008
Marine Vertebrate Collection, SIO
Collections Tours: 2005-2014
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND SERVICE
Moderator, Fish and Fisheries Session, Texas Bays and Estuaries Annual Meeting, April 2016
Host Committee, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Austin Meeting 2017 (planned)
Raney Award Committee, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2016-2018
Technical Reviewer: NOAA Review of status of Gulf Grouper for designation on U.S. Endangered Species list, 2015
Coastal Resources Advisory Committee, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 2014 – present
Student Presentation Award, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Annual Meeting, 2014
GCFI/SCRFA Student Travel Award Committee, Society for the Conservation of Fish Aggregations, 2014-present
Scientific Advisory Committee (Grupo Tecnico) – Gulf Corvina Fishery, SEMARNAT, Mexico, 2011-present
Scientific Advisory Committee, Vaquita Conservation Plan (PACE Vaquita), SEMARNAT, Mexico, 2013-2014
Symposium Organizer, Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fish Spawning Aggregations in Mexico: Sociedad Ictiologica Mexicana XI, 2008
COURSES TAUGHT
University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute
Research Advisor: UT Summer REU Program: Summer 2016
Lecturer: UT Summer Science Program, Summer 2016
Research Advisor: UT Semester by the Sea Program, Spring 2015, 2016
Lecturer: Introduction to Marine Science (BIO 101C)
Instructor: Marine Fisheries Ecology, Spring 2015 (MNS 353)
Instructor: Scientific Communications, Spring 2016 (MNS 191C)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
Lecturer: Benthic Ecology, Winter 2014
Lecturer: Fish Ecology, Winter 2014
Instructor: Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Summer 2013
Lecturer: Ichthyology, Winter 2012 & 2013
Instructor: Marine Protected Areas, Winter 2013 & 2014
Teaching Assistant: Ichthyology, 2008
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Marine Biology, 2005-2007
California State University, Northridge
Teaching Assistant: Ecology of Pelagic Organisms, 2003
Instructor: Advanced Ichthyology, 2003
Teaching Assistant: Fish Ecology, 2002
Teaching Assistant: Animal Behavior Field Studies, 2001
Teaching Assistant: Behavioral Ecology, 2001
Teaching Assistant: Ichthyology, 2001
Instructor: Introduction to Biology Lab (non-majors), 2000- 2003
GRADUATE STUDENT & POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW SUPERVISION
Current Students Degree working towards Erin Reed M.S. Chris Biggs PhD Derek Bolser M.S.
Past Students Degree Awarded Yr Graduated N/A
Graduate Student Committees Degree Graduated Major Corinne Burns M.S. 2017 Marine Science
Graduate Student Committees From Other Universities Brian Clark, California State University at Northridge (M.S.2014-present) Calvin Won, California State University at Northridge (M.S. 2014-present) Timothy Rowell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD (PhD; 2013-2015) Brett Garner, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD (M.A.S.; 2013-2014) Jeremiah Bautista, California State University at Northridge (M.S. 2013 – 2014) Corinne Paterson, California State University at Northridge (M.S.; 2012-2014) Sierra Stevens-McGeever, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, UCSD (M.S.; 2011-2013) Tom Tinhan, California State University Long Beach (M.S.; 2010-2013) Alejandra Meza, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD (M.A.S.; 2011-2012) Katie Gherard, California State University Northridge (M.S.; 2008-2010) Dalia Hernandez, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (B.S.; 2009-2012) Juan Cota-Nieto, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (B.S.; 2008-2010) Thomas Plomozo, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (B.S.; 2008-2010) David Wang, California State University Northridge (M.S.; 2008-2010)
Undergraduate Student Supervision (UT-Austin unless noted) Christina Clemens, Trinity (UT Summer REU), 2016 Martha Romero, University of Texas at Austin, 2016 Mark Lopez, University of Texas at Austin, 2015 Tammy Wilson, University of California San Diego, 2013-2014 Dereka Chargualaf, University of California San Diego, 2013-2014 Astrid Hsu, University of California San Diego, 2013-2014 Amanda Loeper, University of California San Diego, 2013-2014 Sierra Stevens-McGeever, University of California Santa Barbara, 2011-2012 Mary Corcoran, University of California San Diego, 2007-2008 Hannah Bassett, University of California San Diego, 2007-2008 Brant Chlebowski, University of California San Diego, 2007-2008 Kate Doctor, University of California Santa Cruz, 2002 Evan Bing-Sawyer, University of California at Berkeley, 2001
Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scientists* Rebecca Asch – Visiting Scientist (Sep-Dec 2016)
GRANTS & CONTRACTS
National Academy of Sciences, Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship, $75,000, 2016-2018
Walton Family Foundation (Co-PI; PI O. Aburto-Oropeza), “Novel Integration of Advanced Technologies for the Monitoring and Management of Sustainable Fisheries in Mexico”, $525,841 (w/ $100,019 subaward to UT Austin), 2016-2018
Texas State Aquarium Wildlife Car, Conservation, and Research Fund (Principal Investigator), “Cooperative Research with Recreational Anglers to Map Spawning Habitat of Spotted Seatrout in the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve”, $14,606, 2015- 2016
NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program (Lead PI; Co-PIs W. Heyman and S. Kobara), “Cooperative Monitoring Program for Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of Mexico: An Assessment of Existing Information, Data Gaps, and Research Priorities” $391,021, 2015-2017
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (Principal Investigator), “Combining passive- and active-acoustic sampling to assess the effects of boat noise and fishing activities on the distribution, abundance, and behavior of spawning croakers”, $73,000, 2015-2016
Walton Family Foundation (Lead PI; Co-PI O. Aburto-Oropeza), “Increasing Regional and Global Perspectives on the Importance of Conserving and Managing Fish Spawning Aggregations”, $40,000, 2014-2015
Waitt Foundation (Principal Investigator), “Kia Over There”, $8,150, 2014
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (key personnel; PI Y. Sadovy), “Advancing reef fishery monitoring and management in the Western Pacific with special emphasis on preserving aggregating species”, $100,000, 2013-2015
Walton Family Foundation (Co-PI; PI O. Aburto-Oropeza), “Sustainable management of fisheries and spawning aggregations in the Gulf of California”, $465,000, 2013-2015
Science and Conservation of Fish Aggregations (Principal Investigator), “Spawning aggregations of red spot snapper Lutjanus bohar and bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum in Palau”, $16,000, 2013
UC MEXUS (Lead PI; Co-PI M. Moreno Baez, G. Hinojosa), “Collaborative Research as a Key First Step in Establishing Sustainable Fisheries and Healthy Ecosystems in the Upper Gulf of California”, $25,000, 2013-2015
WWW Foundation (Co-PI; PI O. Aburto-Oropeza), “Coastal and Marine Environments Monitoring Program”, $37,500, 2013
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Co-PI; PI O. Aburto), “Mangroves and Reefs: the base of Mexican Coastal Economies”, $220,000, 2013-2015
Marisla Foundation (co-PI; PI O. Aburto), “Gulf of California Long-term Underwater Monitoring Program”, $100,000, 2013-2015
International Community Foundation (Co-PI; PI O. Aburto), “Towards Sustainable Fisheries and Healthy Marine Ecosystems in High Productivity Areas of the Southern Gulf of California”, $455,000, 2013-2015
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Lead PI; Co-PIs J. Hyde and D. Demer), “Combining passive and active acoustic sampling to assess the abundances of spawning croakers and the potential impacts of boat noise on their behaviors”, $53,500, 2013-2014
Marisla Foundation (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings), “Gulf of California Long-term Underwater Monitoring Program”, $50,000, 2012
California Sea Grant (Lead PI; Co-PI LG Allen), “A Fisheries Independent Assessment of Spawning Biomass of Barred Sand Bass (Paralabrax nebulifer) on the Major Spawning Aggregation off Southern California”, $10,000, 2012
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Co-PI; PI O. Aburto), “Cost-Benefit Analysis of Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of California”, $75,000, 2012-2013
Environmental Defense Fund Mexico (Lead PI; Co-PIs O. Aburto and G. Hinojosa), “Maintaining collaborations to establish a sustainable fishery for the Gulf corvina”, $70,664, 2012
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (subaward from Univ. of Arizona; Co-PI; PI P. Hastings) “Ecological Monitoring and Marine Connectivity in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico”, $25,000, 2011
World Wildlife Fund (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings), “Spatial and temporal relationship between coastal fisheries and vaquita habitat in the Upper Gulf of California”, $137,000, 2011-2012
Marisla Foundation (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings), “Gulf of California Long-term Underwater Monitoring Program”, $50,000, 2011-2012
Environmental Defense Fund (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings), “Maintaining Collaborations to Establish a Sustainable Fishery for the Gulf Corvina”, $70,000, 2011-2012
Walton Family Foundation (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings). “Science, Management, and Conservation of Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of California”, $506,133, 2011-2013
Marisla Foundation (with Octavio Aburto and Philip Hastings), “Annual Monitoring surveys of fishes and Invertebrates in the Gulf of California”, $50,000, 2010-2011
Fundo Mexicano Para La Conservacion (with Octavio Aburto and Exequiel Ezcurra), “Assessment of marine fish and invertebrate community structure of Islas Marias, Mexico”, $120,000, 2010-2012
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (with P. Hastings and O. Aburto), “Understanding spatial and temporal connections between human use activities and marine ecosystems within priority areas in the Gulf of California”, $75,000, 2010-2011
Environmental Defense Fund (with P. Hastings and O. Aburto), “Creating a permanent scientific working relationship with fishing communities of the Upper Gulf of California”, $40,000, 2010-2011
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings), “Conservation and Management of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of California”, $72,000, 2009-2011
Noroeste Sustentable via Walton Family Foundation (Co-PI; PI O. Aburto), “Creating a sustainable fishery for the Gulf Corvina in the Alto Golfo California”, $40,000, 2009- 2011
Walton Family Foundation (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings), “Conservation and Management of Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of California”, $456,000, 2009-2011
Multiple Funders (PEW, Packard Foundation, Private donations) (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings), “Assessing the Health of the Gulf of California”, $90,000, 2009-2010
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Co-PI; PI P. Hastings),“Conservation and Management of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of California”, $116,000, 2008-2009
Walton Family Foundation (Co-PI; PI. E. Ezcurra), “Conservation and Management of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of California”, $80,000, 2008-2009
Multiple Funders (International Community Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Fundo Mexicano para La Conservacion, Packard Foundation) (Co-PI; PI E. Ezcurra), “Deep-sea biodiversity of the Gulf of California”, $180,000, 2008-2009
SIO Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (via PADI/NSF), (Graduate Fellowship Award), “Mating patterns of two small groupers from the Gulf of California, Mexico”, $3,500, 2006
SIO Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, IGERT mini grant, “Reproductive Biology of the Leopard Grouper, Mycteroperca rosacea, in the Gulf of California: Implications for Management and Conservation”, $4,000,
Maxwell Fenmore Fellowship, “Population Dynamics and Behavior of Nearshore Reef Fishes From Southern and Baja California”, $3,000, 2005
PADI Foundation Marine Research Grant, “Reproductive Behavior of the Leopard Grouper”, $3,000.00, 2004
Carl Hubbs Memorial Fellowship, “Evolution of Life History Patterns in Epinepheline Serranid Fishes”, $5,500, 2004
UC Mexus Small Grant, “The Reproductive Biology of Groupers from the Gulf of California: Implications for Management and Conservation”, $1,500, 2004
California State University, Northridge, Student Projects Committee Grant, “Reproductive Biology and Behavior of the Kelp Bass, $2,000, 2001
PADI Foundation Marine Research Grant, “Field and Laboratory Investigations on the Behavior of Kelp Bass”, $3,600, 2001
California State University, Northridge Graduate Equity Fellowship, “Reproductive Biology of the Kelp Bass”, $4,500, 2001
PUBLICATIONS IN PRESS OR SUBMITTED
Aburto-Oropeza O, Lopez-Sagastegui C, Moreno-Baez M, Mascarenas-Osorio I, Jimenez- Esquivel V, Johnson AF, Erisman B. Endangered species, ecosystem integrity, and human livelihoods. Conservation Letters.
Rowell TJ, Demer DA, Aburto-Oropeza O, Cota Nieto JJ, Hyde JR, Erisman BE. Quantitative relationships between sound levels and fish abundance at spawning aggregations. Ecological Applications.
Lowerre-Barbieri S, DeCelles G, Pepin P, Catalan IA, Karnauskas M, Muhling B, Erisman B, Cadrin S, Alós J, Ospina-Alvarez A, Stachura MM, Tringali M, Walters Burnsed S, and Paris C. Reproductive resilience: a paradigm shift in understanding spawner and recruit processes in exploited marine fishes. Fish and Fisheries.
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Erisman B, Heyman W, Aburto-Oropeza O, Ezer T, Nemeth R, Pittman S, Kobara S. 2015. Fish spawning aggregations: where well-placed management actions can yield big benefits for fisheries and conservation. Fish and Fisheries. DOI:10.1111/faf/12132.
Erisman B, Mascareñas I, Lopez-Sagastegui C, Moreno-Baez M, Jimenez-Esquivel V, Aburto- Oropeza O. 2015. A comparison of fishing activities between two coastal communities
within a biosphere reserve in the Upper Gulf of California. Fisheries Research 164:254- 265.
Erisman BE, Asch R. 2015. Spatio-temporal interactions between fish spawning aggregations, fisheries, and climate change. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 67.
Paterson CN, Chabot CL, Robertson JM, Erisman BE, Cota-Nieto JJ, Allen LG. 2015. The genetic diversity and population structure of barred sand bass, Paralabrax nebulifer: a historically important fisheries species off southern and Baja California. California Cooperative Oceanic and Fisheries Investigations Reports 56:97-109.
Leslie HM, Nenadovic M, Basurto X, Sievanen L, Aburto-Oropeza O, Cota Nieto JJ, Erisman BE, Finkbeiner E, Hinojosa-Arango G, Moreno-Baez M, Nagavarapu S, Walsh Reddy S, Sanchez A, Siegel K, Ulibarria-Valenzuela JJ, Hudson Weaver A. 2015. Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112:5979-84.
Aburto-Oropeza O, Ezcurra E, Moxley J, Sanchez-Rodriguez A, Mascarenas-Osorio I, Sanchez- Ortiz C, Erisman B, Ricketts T. 2015. A framework to assess the health of rocky reefs linking geomorphology, community assemblage, and fish biomass. Ecological Indicators 52:353-361.
Hastings PA, Craig MT, Erisman BE, Hyde JR, Walker HJ. 2015. Fishes of marine protected areas near La Jolla, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 113:200-213.
Jackson AM, Munguia-Vega A, Beldade R, Erisman BE, Bernardi G. 2015. Incorporating historical and ecological genetic data for leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea) into marine reserve design in the Gulf of California. Conservation Genetics 16:811-822.
Erisman BE, McKinney-Lambert C, Sadovy de Mitcheson Y. 2014. Sad farewell to C. Lavett- Smith’s iconic Nassau spawning aggregation site. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 66:421-422.
Erisman BE, Apel A, MacCall A, Roman-Rodriguez M, Fujita R. 2014. The influence of gear selectivity and spawning behavior on a data-poor assessment of a spawning aggregation fishery. Fisheries Research 159:75-87.
Munguia-Vega A, Jackson A, Guido Marinone S, Erisman B, Moreno-Baez M, Giron-Nava A, Pfister A, Aburto-Oropeza O, Torre J. 2014. Asymmetric connectivity of spawning aggregations of a commercially important marine fish using a multidisciplinary approach. PEER J 2:e511 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.511.
TinHan T, Erisman B, Aburto-Oropeza O, Weaver A, Vazquez-Arce D, Lowe C. 2014. Long- term movement patterns of yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris) and leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea) at a small marine reserve in the Gulf of California. Marine Ecology Progress Series 501:191–206.
Miller E, Erisman BE. 2014. Long-term trends of southern California’s kelp and barred sand bass populations: a fishery-independent assessment. California Cooperative Oceanic and Fisheries Investigations Reports 55:119-127.
Erisman BE, Petersen CW, Hastings PA, Warner RR. 2013. Phylogenetic perspectives on the evolution of functional hermaphroditism in teleost fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2013:1-19.
Rife A, Aburto-Oropeza O, Hastings PA, Erisman B, Ballantyne F, Gerber L, and Sala E. 2013. Effects of a multi-use marine protected area on the reef fish assemblage and fisheries landings in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Environmental Management 117:276-283.
Gherard K, Erisman BE, Rowell K, and Allen LG. 2013. Fisheries dependent estimates of growth, development, and reproduction of Gulf corvina Cynoscion othonopterus. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 112:1-18.
Rife A, Erisman B, Sanchez A, and Aburto-Oropeza O. 2012. When good intentions aren’t enough: insights on networks of “paper park” marine protected areas. Conservation Letters 6:200-212.
Erisman BE, Aburto-Oropeza O, Gonzalez-Abraham C, Mascareñas-Osorio I, Moreno-Báez M, and Hastings PA. 2012. Spatio-temporal dynamics of a fish spawning aggregation and its fishery in the Gulf of California. Nature Scientific Reports 2:284.
Erisman BE, Allen LG, Pondella DJ II, Claisse J, Miller E, and Murray J. 2011. Illusions of Plenty: hyperstability masks collapses in two recreational fisheries that target fish spawning aggregations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68:1705- 1716.
Erisman BE, and Hastings PA. 2011. Evolutionary Transitions in the Sexual Patterns of Fishes: Insights from a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Seabasses (Teleostei:Serranidae). Copeia 2011 (3):357-364.
Aburto-Oropeza O, Erisman BE, Galland GR, Mascarenas-Osorio I, Sala E, and Ezcurra E. 2011. Large recovery of fish biomass in a no-take marine reserve. PLoS One 6 (8):e23601.
Erisman BE, Galland G, Mascareñas I, Moxley J, Aburto-Oropeza O, Walker HJ, Hastings PA, and Ezcurra E. 2011. Coastal fishes of Islas Marías Archipelago, Mexico. Zootaxa 2985:26-40.
Erisman BE, Paredes GA, Plomozo-Lugo T, Cota-Nieto J, Hastings PA, and Aburto-Oropeza O. 2011. Spatial structure of commercial marine fisheries in Northwest Mexico. ICES Journal of Marine Science 68:564-571.
Mascareñas-Osorio I, Erisman B, Moxley J, Balart E, and Aburto-Oropeza O. 2011. Checklist of conspicuous reef fishes of Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, Mexico, with comments on their ecological biogeography. Zootaxa 2922:60-68.
Erisman BE, Mascareñas I, Paredes G, Aburto-Oropeza, O, and Hastings, PA. 2010. Seasonal, annual, and long-term trends for commercial fisheries of aggregating reef fishes in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Fisheries Research 106:279-288.
Erisman BE, Paredes G, Mascareñas-Osorio I, and Aburto-Oropeza O. 2010. Interactions between small-scale fisheries and fish spawning aggregations: a case study of the Gulf corvina. Proceedings of the World Small Scale Fisheries Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.
Craig MT, and Erisman BE. 2010. A competitive following association between two reef fishes and the Jewelled Moray in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Coral Reefs 29 (3):813.
Erisman BE, Craig MT, and Hastings PA. 2009. Reproductive biology of the Panama Graysby, Cephalopholis panamensis (Teleostei:Epinephelidae), from the Gulf of California. Journal of Fish Biology 76:1312-1328.
Erisman BE, Craig MT, and Hastings PA. 2009. A phylogenetic test of the size-advantage model: evolutionary changes in mating behavior influence the loss of sex change in a fish lineage. American Naturalist 174 (3):1-12.
Erisman BE, Konotchick T, and Blum S. 2009. Observations of spawning in the leather bass, Dermatolepis dermatolepis, at Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Environmental Biology of Fishes 85:15-20.
Aburto-Oropeza, O, Erisman B, Valdez-Ornelas V, and Danemann G. 2008. Commercially Important Serranid Fishes from the Gulf of California: Ecology, Fisheries, and Conservation. Ciencia y Conservacíon 2008 (1):1-23.
Erisman BE, Rosales-Casian J, and Hastings PA. 2008. Evidence of gonochorism in a grouper, Mycteroperca rosacea, from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82:23–33.
Erisman BE, Buckhorn ML, and Hastings PA. 2007. Spawning patterns in the leopard grouper, Mycteroperca rosacea, in comparison with other aggregating groupers. Marine Biology 151:1849–1861.
Erisman BE, and Allen LG. 2006. Reproductive behavior of a temperate serranid fish, Paralabrax clathratus (Girard), from Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.A. Journal of Fish Biology 68:157-184.
Erisman BE, and Allen LG. 2005. Color Patterns and Associated Behaviors in the Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus (Teleostei: Serranidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 104:45-62.
Adreani MS, Erisman BE, and Warner RR. 2004. Observations of courtship and spawning behavior in the California sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher (Pisces: Labridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 71:13-19.
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS (peer-reviewed)
Sánchez-Rodríguez A, Aburto-Oropeza O, Erisman B, Jiménez-Esquivel VM, Hinojosa-Arango G. 2015. Rocky Reefs: Preserving Biodiversity for the Benefit of the Communities in the Aquarium of the World. Pp. 117-208 in Eds. N.E. Narchi and L.L. Price, Ethnobiology of Corals and Coral Reefs. Springer, New York.
Sadovy de Mitcheson Y, and Erisman BE. 2012. The social and economic importance of aggregating species and the biological implications of fishing on spawning aggregations. Pp. 225-284 in Eds. Y. J. Sadovy de Mitcheson and P. L. Colin, Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: Biology, Research and Management. Springer, New York.
Aburto-Oropeza O, Erisman BE, Caso M, and Ezcurra E (Eds.). 2010. LOG OF THE DEEP SEA: AN EXPEDITION TO THE SEAMOUNTS OF THE SEA OF CORTES. Instituto Nacional de Ecología, Mexico City. 199 p.
NOTABLE TECHNICAL REPORTS
Russell, M.W., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y., Erisman, B.E., Hamilton, R.J., Luckhurst, B.E., Nemeth, R.S. 2014. Status Report – World’s Fish Aggregations 2014. Science and Conservation of Fish Aggregations, California, USA. International Coral Reef Initiative.
Sánchez-Rodríguez A., Moreno-Báez M., Aburto-Oropeza O., Hinojosa-Arango G., Mascareñas- Osorio I., Erisman B. 2014. Protocolo de Monitoreo para los Ambientes Marinos y Costeros. Published by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Centro para la Biodiversidad Marina y la Conservación, A.C. Julio, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4951-2223-1
Erisman B, Hyde J, Demer D, Rowell T. 2014. Combining passive- and active-acoustic sampling to assess the abundances of spawning croakers and the potential impacts of boat noise on their behaviors. Technical Report NOAA Ocean Acoustics Program. 10pp.
Cota Nieto JJ, Erisman B, Moreno Baez M, Jimenez V, Hinojosa Arango G. 2014. Reporte preliminar de las características biológicas del Verdillo (Paralabrax nebulifer) en la pesquería de Punta Abreojos, B.C.S. México. CBMC-SIO. 15pp.
Mascareñas I., G. Hinojosa, B. Erisman, O. Aburto-Oropeza. 2013. Guía de identificación de curvinas en la región del Alto Golfo de California. CBMC-SIO. 12pp.
Mascareñas I., G. Hinojosa, B. Erisman, O. Aburto-Oropeza. 2013. Manual de Monitoreo biológico-pesquero de curvina golfina (Cynoscion othonopterus). CBMC-SIO. 28 pp.
Erisman BE, Apel A, Fujita R. 2013. The influence of variations in life history parameters on a virtual population analysis of the Gulf Corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus). Technical Report to the Environmental Defense Fund. 15 pp.
Wielgus J, Erisman BE. 2012. Demographic analyses of the Gulf corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus). Technical Report to the Environmental Defense Fund. 9pp.
Gedamke T, Erisman BE. 2012. Evaluation of available data, preliminary data-poor assessment and recommendations for the Gulf corvina fishery in the Gulf of California. Technical Report to the Environmental Defense Fund. 39pp.
Erisman BE, Aburto-Oropeza O, Apel A, Fujita R. 2012. An assessment of risks to the Gulf corvina fishery. Technical Report to the Grupo Technico Corvina (GTC). 19 pp.
Apel A, Erisman BE. 2012. Productivity and Susceptibility Analysis of the Gulf corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus). Technical Report to the Environmental Defense Fund. 10 pp.
MacCall A, Erisman BE, Apel A, Fujita R. 2011. Data-poor models for assessing the fishery for the Gulf curvina and evaluating management alternatives. Technical Report to the Grupo Technico Corvina. 11 pp.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Contributed)
Effects of climate change on the distribution and phenology of Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) spawning aggregations; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Annual Meeting, July 2016
Projected changes in the distribution and phenology of Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) spawning aggregations; Ecology and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes Conference, June 2016
Quantitative relationships between sound production and abundance in fish spawning aggregations that form in coastal estuaries (T. Rowell speaker); Ecology and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes Conference, June 2016
Quantitative relationships between sound production and abundance in fish spawning aggregations; Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, May 2016
Seasonal sucession of zooplankton taxonomic groups at Cabo Pulmo Natural Reserve, Mexico, through a weekly times series (2014-2015) (speaker J. Gomez-Gutierrez); ICES/PICES 6th Zooplankton Production Symposium “New Challenges in a Changing Ocean”, May 2016
Quantitative relationships between sound production and abundance in estuarine spawning aggregations; Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, April 2016 (Moderator of Fish and Fisheries session)
Projecting the effects of 21st century climate change on the distribution and phenology of reef fish spawning aggregations (speaker R. Asch); Ocean Sciences Meeting (ASLO, AGU, TOS), February 2016
A spatial method to calculate small-scale fisheries extent (speaker A. Johnson); Ocean Sciences Meeting (ASLO, AGU, TOS), February 2016
Cabo Pulmo National Park: a refuge and spawning site for Gulf Grouper Mycteroperca jordani (speaker T. Rowell); Symposium – 20 Years of Research and Management for the Conservation of Cabo Pulmo National Park, November 2015
Sucesión estacional de los grupos taxonómicos del zooplancton de Cabo Pulmo mediante serie de timpo semanal (2014-2015) (speaker J. Gomez-Guitierrez); Symposium – 20 Years of Research and Management for the Conservation of Cabo Pulmo National Park, November 2015
Location, Location, Aggregation: Where Small Management Actions Can Yield Big Wins for Fisheries and Conservation; American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Portland, August 2015
Spatio-temporal interactions between fish spawning aggregations, fisheries, and climate change; Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Annual Meeting, Barbados, November 2014
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Spatio-temporal interactions between fish spawning aggregations, fisheries, and climate change; Special Symposium - Reproductive Behavior and Recruitment in Marine Fishes: Emerging Understanding and Future Needs; American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Quebec, August 2014
Seasonal, Annual, and Long-term Trends in Commercial Fisheries for Aggregating Reef Fishes in the Gulf of California; Western Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Mazatlan, Mexico, April 2014
The influence of gear selectivity and spawning behavior on a data-poor assessment of a spawning aggregation fishery; Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Oxnard, California, November 2013
Sad farewell to C. Lavett-Smith’s iconic Nassau spawning aggregation site; Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, November 2013
Phylogenetic insights on the evolution of hermaphroditism in teleost fishes; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 2013
Evolution of hermaphroditism in fishes; Special Symposium on “Phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of gender roles”; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, January 2013
PLENARY SPEAKER - Same story, different fish: a brief history of Totoaba and Gulf Corvina fisheries in the Gulf of California; American Fisheries Society Conference, March 2012
Spatio-temporal interactions between fisheries and fish spawning aggregations; Symposium - Human Impacts on Coral Reefs; International Coral Reef Symposium, July 2012
Spatial and temporal depletion of southern California Paralabrax fisheries; Western Society of Naturalists, November 2012
Spatio-temporal heterogeneity and interactions of fishes, fisheries, and coastal ecosystems in the Gulf of California region; Invited Symposium, Ecological Society of America, August 2012
Spawning Aggregations and Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of California (speaker O. Aburto): American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012
Commercial Fisheries Trends for Aggregating Fishes in the Gulf of California, Mexico: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2011
Age, growth, and batch fecundity of the Gulf Corvina (speaker - K Gherard), Cynoscion othonopterus American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2011
Interactions Between Artisanal Fisheries and Fish Spawning Aggregations: A Case Study of the Corvina Fishery in Mexico; World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress, 2010
Spatial structure of commercial marine fisheries in Northwest Mexico: Western Society of Naturalists, 2010
Contribution of fish spawning aggregations to commercial and recreational fisheries of California (speaker - LG Allen): Western Society of Naturalists, 2010
Contribution of fish spawning aggregations to commercial and recreational fisheries of California: Southern California Academy of Sciences, 2010
Age, growth, and batch fecundity of the Gulf Corvina, Cynoscion othonopterus (speaker - K Gherard): Western Society of Naturalists, 2009
Age, growth, and batch fecundity of the Gulf Corvina (speaker - K Gherard), Cynoscion othonopterus American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2009
KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZER: Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fish Spawning Aggregations in Mexico: Sociedad Ictiologica Mexicana XI, 2008 (ORGANIZED A 2-DAY SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOP)
Breakdown of the Size-Advantage: Evolutionary changes in mating behavior influence the loss of sex change in groupers; Western Society of Naturalists, 2008
Breakdown of the Size-Advantage: Evolutionary changes in mating behavior influence the loss of sex change in groupers: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2008
Breakdown of the Size-Advantage: Evolutionary changes in mating behavior influence the loss of sex change in groupers; Western Society of Naturalists, 2007
Reproductive Biology and Behavior of the Panama Graysby, Cephalopholis panamensis, from the Gulf of California; Western Society of Naturalists (Poster), 2006
Unusual Sexual and Spawning Patterns in the Leopard Grouper from the Gulf of California: Western Society of Naturalists, 2006
Unusual Sexual and Spawning Patterns in the Leopard Grouper from the Gulf of California: Ecology and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes Conference, 2006
Unusual Sexual and Spawning Patterns in the Leopard Grouper from the Gulf of California: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2005
Spawning Behavior of the kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Santa Catalina Island, California: Southern California Academy of Sciences, 2003
Spawning Behavior of the kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Santa Catalina Island, California: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2003
Spawning Behavior of the kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Santa Catalina Island, California: Western Society of Naturalists, 2003
Mating System Dynamics of the Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Southern California; Southern California Academy of Sciences, 2002
Mating System Dynamics of the Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Southern California; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2002
Mating System Dynamics of the Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Southern California; Western Society of Naturalists, 2001
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Academic - Invited)
Fish spawning aggregations: where small management actions can yield big benefits for fisheries and conservation. Introduction to Marine Science (BIO 101C), UT Austin, September 2015
Fish spawning aggregations: where small management actions can yield big benefits for fisheries and conservation. University of Texas Marine Science Institute Advisory Council Meeting, August 2015
The March of Insanity of Coastal Fisheries in the Gulf of California, University of Texas Marine Science Institute Summer Lecture Series, July 2015
Improving the Science and Management of Fish Spawning Aggregations, Harte Research Institute Seminar Series, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, April 2015. Link: http://livestream.com/accounts/283407/events/3978188
Improving the Science and Management of Fish Spawning Aggregations, Texas A&M University Galveston, February 2015
The “March of Folly” of Coastal Fisheries in the Gulf of California, University of Texas Marine Science Institute Public Lecture Series, January 2015
The “March of Folly” of Coastal Fisheries in the Gulf of California, Bay Talks Public Lecture Series hosted by the Mission Aransas Reserve, January 2015
Folly in Fisheries: A Brief History of Fisheries in the Gulf of California, Port Aransas Rotary Club, December 2014
The Science and Management of Fish Spawning Aggregations, Introduction to Marine Science (BIO 101C), UT Austin, October 2014
Empirical, theoretical, and practical approaches for improving the science and management of fish spawning aggregations. California State University Northridge, May 2014
Empirical, theoretical, and practical approaches for improving the science and management of fish spawning aggregations. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, March 2014
Empirical, theoretical, and practical approaches for improving the science and management of fish spawning aggregations. University of Texas at Austin, Department Marine Science, January 2014
Empirical, theoretical, and practical approaches for improving the science and management of fish spawning aggregations. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, December 2013
Get to the point(s): redefining the marine hotspots concept with fish spawning aggregations. SIO Institutional Seminar Series, November 2013
The influence of gear regulations and spawning behavior on estimates of sustainability in a spawning aggregation fishery. National Fisheries Institute of Mexico (INAPESCA), Ensenada, Mexico, June 2013
Balancing productivity and vulnerability: the science, management, and conservation of fish spawning aggregations. Marine Science Seminar Series, Universidad Autonoma Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico, May 2013
Sex Allocation Patterns in Fishes: Fish Ecology Course, SIO, March 2013
Empirical, theoretical, and practical approaches for improving the science and management of fish spawning aggregations. SIO seminar, May 2012
Risk Assessment of the Gulf Corvina fishery in the Upper Gulf of California – invitation by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Mexican Fisheries Commission (CONAPESCA) and Mexican National Fisheries Institute (INAPESCA) – Sustainable and Responsible Management for Fishing Operations in the Upper Gulf of California, 2012
Spatio-temporal Interactions of Fishes, Fisheries, Ecosystems, and Managed Areas in the Upper Gulf of California – invited by the National Institute of Ecology, Mexico (INE) - Annual Meeting of the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA), 2012
Illusions of Plenty: Science and Management of Fish Spawning Aggregations: SIO Marine Biology Seminar Series, 2011
Interactions Between Artisanal Fisheries and Fish Spawning Aggregations: A Case Study of the Gulf Corvina -- invitation by the Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Sonora, Mexico -- diagnosis and estimation of the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the fishery of Curvina Golfina, 2011
Alternative Stock Assessments for the Gulf Corvina – invitation by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Mexican Fisheries Commission (CONAPESCA) and Mexican National Fisheries Institute (INAPESCA), 2011
Illusions of Plenty: Hyperstability Masks Collapses in Fisheries that Target Fish Spawning Aggregations: SIO 90 – Perspectives in Ocean Sciences, Nov. 2011
Science and Management of Fish Spawning Aggregations in Southern and Baja California: California State University Long Beach, Biology Seminar Series, 2010
Fisheries and Population Trends for Barred Sand Bass and Kelp Bass in Southern California: 1963-2008: California Fish and Game Commission Marine Sub-Committee Meeting, 2010
Science, Management, and Conservation of Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of California: David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 2009
Science, Management, and Conservation of Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of California: Walton Family Foundation Grantee Symposium, 2009
Protocol for collecting life history and fisheries data on reef fishes: University of Arizona, PANGAS Project, Annual Training workshop, 2009
Gulf of California Deep-Sea Secrets: SIO Perspectives in Ocean Sciences Lecture Series (co- speaker w/ O. Aburto) http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=16076, 2009
Conservation and Management of Fish Spawning Aggregations of Southern and Baja California: San Diego Oceans Foundation, 2009
Movement Patterns and Conservation of Giant Sea Bass in the La Jolla Ecological Reserve: Bottom Scratchers Dive Club San Diego, 2008
Spawning Behavior and Conservation of Leopard Groupers in Bahia De Los Angeles Biosphere Reserve: Aquatic Adventures Summer Course, 2008
Adventures of a Fish Biology Graduate Student: Reality Changers High School Program, San Diego, CA, 2008
Influence of Mating Pattern on the Loss of Sex Change in Groupers: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Student Symposium, 2007
Conservation and management of grouper spawning aggregations in the Gulf of California: Marine Connectivity in the Gulf of California Workshop, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund, Tucson AZ, 2007
Fishes of the SIO Marine Vertebrates Collections: Explorations in Marine and Ocean Sciences, Science and Technology Series of the Johns Hopkins University for Talented Youth Family Academic Programs, 2005
Spooky, Scary Fishes of the Sea: Guest presentation, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Family Days Program, 2005
Aspects of the Reproductive Biology of Three Sympatric Groupers (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Gulf of California: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Student Symposium, 2005
Mating System Dynamics of the Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Southern California: Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, 2003
Spawning Behavior of the Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Southern California: Birch Aquarium at Scripps, 2003
Behavior and Ecology of Nearshore Fishes of Santa Catalina Island, California: Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, 2003
Love in the Sea: Birch Aquarium at Scripps Family Days Program, 2003
Observations of Courtship and Spawning Behavior in several reef fishes of Southern California; Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, 2002
Mating System Dynamics of the Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, from Southern California: Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, 2001