Doran Mason

Current Research Projects:
(See also All Research Projects for Mason)

• Habitat-Mediated Predator-Prey Interactions in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Research Project

Recent GLERL Publications:
(See also All GLERL Publications for Mason, Pre-GLERL Publications)

• BELETSKY, D., D. M. MASON, D. J. SCHWAB, E. S. Rutherford, J. J. Janssen, D. F. Clapp, and J. M. Dettmers. Biophysical model of larval yellow perch advection and settlement in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:842-866 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070041.pdf
• Godby, N.A. Jr., E.S. Rutherford, and D. M. MASON. Diet, feeding rate, growth, mortality, and production of juvenile steelhead in a Lake Michigan tributary. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:578-592 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070009.pdf
• HÖÖK, T.O., E.S. Rutherford, D.M. MASON, and G.S. Carter. Hatch dates, growth rates, and over-winter mortality of age-0 alewives in Lake Michigan: Implications for habitat-specific recruitment success. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1298-1312 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070028.pdf
• POTHOVEN, S.A., H.A. VANDERPLEOG, J.F. CAVALETTO, D.M. KRUEGER, D.M. MASON, and S.B. BRANDT. Alewife planktivory controls the abundance of two invasive predatory cladocerans in Lake Michigan. Freshwater Biology 52 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01728.x):561-573 (2007).
• DeMaster, D., M. Fogarty, D.M. MASON, G. Matlock, and A. Hollowed. Management of living marine resources in an ecosystem context. White paper #2. In Ecosystem Science Capabilities Required to Support NOAA’s Mission in the Year 2020. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-74. S.A. Murawski and G.C. Matlock (Eds.). NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD, pp. 15-28 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/2006tm74.pdf
• Höök, T.O., M.J. McCORMICK, E.S. Rutherford, D.M. MASON, and G. S. Carter. Short-term water mass movements in Lake Michigan: Implications for larval fish transport. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:728-737 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060044.pdf
• DeMaster, D., M. Fogarty, D.M. MASON, G. Matlock, and A. Hollowed. Management of living marine resources in an ecosystem context. White paper #2. In Ecosystem Science Capabilities Required to Support NOAA's Mission in the Year 2020. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-74. NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD, pp. 15-28 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/2006tm74.pdf
• Lindberg, W. J., T. K. Frazer, K. P. Portier, F. Vose, J. Loftin, D. J. Murie, D. M. MASON, B. Nagy, and M. K. Hart. Density-dependent habitat selection and performance by a large mobile reef fish. Ecological Applications 16(2):731-746 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060009.pdf
• Plattner, S., D. M. MASON, G. A. LESHKEVICH, D. J. SCHWAB, and E. S. Rutherford. Classifying and forecasting coastal upwellings in Lake Michigan using satellite derived temperature images and buoy data. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:63-76 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060008.pdf
• MASON, D. M., T. B. Johnson, C. J. Harvey, J. F. Kitchell, S. T. Schram, C. R. Bronte, M. H. Hoff, S. J. LOZANO, A. S. Trebitz, D. R. Schreiner, E. C. Lamon, and T. Hrabik. Hydroacoustic estimates of abundance and spatial distribution of pelagic fishes in western Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31:426-438 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050026.pdf
• Madenjian, C. P., T. O. Hook, E. S. Rutherford, D. M. MASON, T. E. CROLEY II, E. B. Szalai, and J. R. Bence. Recruitment variability of alewives in Lake Michigan. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:218-230 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050002.pdf
• Johnson, T. B., M. H. Hoff, A. S. Trebitz, C. R. Bronte, W. P. Brown, T. D. Corry, J. F. Kitchell, S. J. LOZANO, D. M. MASON, J. V. Scharold, S. T. Schram, and D. R. Schreiner. Spatial patterns in assemblage structures of pelagic forage fish and zooplankton in western Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30(Supplement 1):395-406 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040033.pdf
• BELETSKY, D., D. J. SCHWAB, D. M. MASON, E. S. Rutherford, M. J. McCORMICK, H. A. VANDERPLOEG, and J. J. Janssen. Modeling the transport of larval yellow perch in Lake Michigan. Proceedings of the Estuarine and Coastal Modeling 8th International Conference, Monterey, CA, November 3-5, 2003. American Society of Civil Engineers, 439-454 pp. (2004).
• Hook, T. O., E. S. Rutherford, S. J. Brines, C. A. Geddes, D. M. MASON, D. J. SCHWAB, and G. W. Fleischer. Landscape scale measures of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) bioenergetic growth rate potential in Lake Michigan and comparison with angler catch rates. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30(4):545-556 (2004).

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *BELETSKY, D., D.M. MASON, D.J. SCHWAB, E. Rutherford, J. Janssen, D. Clapp, and J. Dettmers. Biophysical model of larval yellow perch advection and settlement in Lake Michigan. The 30th Congress of the International Associatiaon of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 12-18, 2007. (2007).
• *BRANDT, S.B., M. Costantini, S.A. LUDSIN, D.M. MASON, and W.C. Boicourt. Influence of hypoxia on fish growth rate potential in Chesapeake Bay. Symposium - Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources, Bay St. Louis, MS, March 26-27, 2007. (2007).
• *BRANDT, S.B., M. Costantini, S.A. LUDSIN, D.M. MASON, and W.C. Boicourt. Influence of hypoxia on fish growth rate potential in Chesapeake Bay. Workshop on Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia Living Resources, Bay St. Louis, MS, March 26-29, 2007. (2007).
• *BRANDT, S.B., D.M. MASON, S.A. RUBERG, and S.A. LUDSIN. Integrating Fisheries Acoustics with New Observation Platforms, Environmental Sensors and Models: Future Research Opportunities and Challenges. AIFRB 50th Anniversary Symposium, "Future of Fishery Science in North America", Seattle, WA, February 13-15, 2007. (2007).
• *LUDSIN, S.A., W.C. Boicourt, S.B. BRANDT, K. HOZYASH, D.G. Kimmel, D.M. MASON, C. Rae, M. R. Roman, H. Zhang, and X. Zhang. Indirect effects of coastal hypoxia on planktivore habitat: Implications for pelagic food webs and fisheries. Symposium - Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources, Bay St. Louis, MS, March 26-27, 2007. (2007).
• *LUDSIN, S.A., S.B. BRANDT, D.M. MASON, M.R. Roman, D.G. Kimmel, W.C. Boicourt, X. ZHANG, and C. Rae. Effects of hypoxia on the distribution and behavior of fish in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) 2007 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, February 4-9, 2007. (2007).
• *LUDSIN, S.A., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, D.M. MASON, T.O. HÖÖK, and S.A. RUBERG. Hypoxia effects on habitat and prey availability for rainbow smelt in central Lake Erie. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, D.M. MASON, D.M. KRUEGER, J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, G.A. LANG, K.L. PANGLE, S D. PEACOR, S.B. BRANDT, S.A. LUDSIN, ROBERTS, T.O. HÖÖK, and R. PICHLOVA. Diel vertical migration and predatory interactions among zooplankton, the predatory invasive zooplankter Bythotrephes longimanus, and fish in large lakes: Observations with multiple technologies. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *JAEGAR, A. L., D. M. MASON, A. E. Krause, W. W. Taylor, and K. A. Frank. Invasive species impacts on ecosystem structure and function: A comparison of Oneida Lake and the Bay of Quinte before and after zebra mussel invasion. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).
• *Kimura, M., S. A. LUDSIN, E. Rutherford, J. Tyson, T. Johnson, and D. M. MASON. Estimating habitat quality and recruitment potential of yellow perch larvae in Lake Erie. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).
• *Kimura, M., S. A. LUDSIN, E. Rutherford, J. Tyson, T. Johnson, D. M. MASON, E. Roseman, and J. Mion. Estimating habitat quality and recruitment potential of yellow perch larvae in Lake Erie (poster presentation). 135th Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, Lake Placid, NY, September 10-14, 2006. (2006).
• *BELETSKY, D., D. J. SCHWAB, D. M. MASON, E. Rutherford, M. J. McCORMICK, and J. Janssen. Modeling the transport, growth, and settlement of larval yellow perch in Lake Michigan. 48th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, May 23-27, 2005. (2005).
• *HOOK, T. O., D. BELETSKY, E. S. Rutherford, and D. M. MASON. A linked hydrodynamic and individual-based model of early-life alewife dynamics in Lake Michigan. 48th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, May 23-27, 2005. (2005).