Global synthesis of effects and feedbacks from artificial reefs on socioecological systems in recreational fisheries

L Chong, ZA Siders, K Lorenzen… - Fish and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial reefs have been widely deployed with the intention of increasing fish habitat,
enhancing recreational fishery opportunities and providing socio‐economic benefits to …

Assisting ecosystem‐based fisheries management efforts using a comprehensive survey database, a large environmental database, and generalized additive models

A Grüss, DD Chagaris, EA Babcock… - Marine and Coastal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Statistical habitat models, such as generalized additive models (GAM s), are key tools for
assisting ecosystem‐based fisheries management (EBFM) efforts. Predictions from GAM s …

Developing spatio-temporal models using multiple data types for evaluating population trends and habitat usage

A Grüss, JT Thorson - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Spatio-temporal models have become key tools for evaluating population trends and habitat
usage. We developed a spatio-temporal modelling framework employing a combination of …

Feeding ecology of fishes associated with artificial reefs in the northwest Gulf of Mexico

KM Dance, JR Rooker, JB Shipley, MA Dance… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The feeding ecology of two reef fishes associated with artificial reefs in the northwest Gulf of
Mexico (GoM) was examined using gut contents and natural stable isotopes. Reefs were …

Precipitous declines in northern Gulf of Mexico invasive lionfish populations following the emergence of an ulcerative skin disease

HE Harris, AQ Fogg, MS Allen, RNM Ahrens… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles have become well-established
in many western Atlantic marine habitats and regions. However, high densities and low …

Cross-shelf habitat shifts by red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the Gulf of Mexico

MA Dance, JR Rooker - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Habitat shifts that occur during the life cycles of marine fishes influence population
connectivity and structure. A generalized additive modeling approach was used to …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing likelihoods for fitting composition data within stock assessments, with emphasis on different degrees of process and observation error

N Fisch, E Camp, K Shertzer, R Ahrens - Fisheries Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Fisheries stock assessments have traditionally modeled age and size composition data
using the multinomial likelihood, however the multinomial cannot appropriately account for …

Source–sink recruitment of red snapper: Connectivity between the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean

M Karnauskas, KW Shertzer, CB Paris… - Fisheries …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Geopolitical fishery management boundaries are often misaligned with the ecological
population structure of marine species, which presents challenges for assessment and …

Detection and removal efficiency of invasive lionfish in the northern Gulf of Mexico

HE Harris, WF Patterson III, RNM Ahrens, MS Allen - Fisheries Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Mitigating the negative impacts of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) is a top
priority for marine reef fisheries management, with human removals considered the most …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial dynamics of the quantity and diversity of natural and artificial hard bottom habitats in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

SF Keenan, TS Switzer, A Knapp, EJ Weather… - Continental Shelf …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The eastern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf (approximately 144,000 km 2), while
dominated by unconsolidated sediments, contains diverse hard bottom habitats critical to …