Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• 2011 – Allee, R.J., A.W. David, and D.F. Naar. Two shelf edge marine protected areas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. In:Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: Geohab Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats. Elsevier Insights.



• 2009 – Harter, S.L., M.M. Ribera, A.N. Shepard, and J.K. Reed. Assessment of fish populations and habitat on Oculina Bank, a deep-sea coral marine protected area off eastern Florida. Fishery Bulletin. 107:195-206. Click here to download



• 2007 - Whitfield, P.E., J.A. Hare, A.W. David, S.L. Harter, R.C. Muñoz, and C.M. Addison.  Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic.  Biological Invasions.  9(1):53-64.



• 2006 - Harter, S.L and K.L. Heck. Growth rates of juvenile pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides): effects of habitat and predation risk. Estuaries and Coasts 29:318-327.



• 2003 - David, A.W. 2003. Susceptibility of reef fish to fishing in NE Gulf of Mexico marine protected areas. 56th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Tortola, British Virgin Islands. pp 383-394.



• 2002 - Gledhill, C. and A.W. David. 2002. Survey of fish assemblages and habitat within two marine protected areas on the West Florida Shelf. Proc. 55th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Xel Ha, Mexico.  pp 614-625.

Presentations (since 2005)

• 2011 – David, A.W. State of the deep-sea corals; southeastern United States. 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 



• 2010 - Allee, R.J., A.W. David, and D.F. Naar. Two shelf edge marine protected areas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping, Wellington, New Zealand.



• 2008 – Harter, S.L. and A.W. David. South Atlantic proposed MPAs: 3 years of pre-closure data on habitat and fish assemblages. June Meeting, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Orlando, FL.



• 2007 - David, A.W. and C.T. Gledhill. Survey of fish assemblages and habitat within two Marine Protected Areas on the west Florida shelf.  August Meeting, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Biloxi, MS.



• 2006 - David, A.W. and C.T. Gledhill. Survey of fish assemblages and habitat within two Marine Protected Areas on the west Florida shelf.  August Meeting, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Baton Rouge, LA.



• 2005 – Harter, S.L. and A.N. Shepard. ROV surveys of Oculina Banks marine reserve: habitat mapping and fish-habitat associations. 3rd International Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Miami, FL.



• 2005 – Harter, S.L. Temporal and spatial variability of juvenile snapper recruitment in St. Andrew Bay, Florida. Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Pensacola, FL.

Poster Presentations

• 2011 - Bourgoin, S., D. Thistle, C. Koenig, and S. Harter. The gag roller coaster. Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Mobile, AL.



• 2010 - Bourgoin, S., D. Thistle, C. Koenig, and S. Harter. Differences in the timing of settlement of gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, into seagrass meadows at the 100-KM scale in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Mobile, AL .



• 2010 – Hourigan, T.F., J. Tomczuk, A.W. David, M.E. Clarke, D. Dorfman, M. Sullivan, and F. Tsao. The deep sea coral research and technology program: exploration and research to conserve biodiverse deep-sea ecosystems. Ocean Sciences Meeting. Portland, Oregon. Click here to download



• 2009 – Bourgoin, S., D. Thistle, C. Koenig, and S. Harter. Variation in growth rate and diet of early juvenile gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, populations in two regions of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: correlations with weather? Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Mobile, AL .



• 2008 – Harter, S.L., A.W. David, and M.M. Ribera. Pre-closure evaluation of habitat and fish assemblages in five proposed MPAs off the U.S. southeast coast. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Click here to download

• 2007 – Posters for the NOAA Fisheries Laboratory open house
• Areas of study – MPA group Click here to download
• Equipment Used – MPA group Click here to download
• Juvenile Reef Fish Study Click here to download

• 2006 – Ribera, M.M., A.W. David, and S.L. Harter. Efficacy testing of MPAs: the West Florida Shelf and the South Atlantic Bight. GIS conference: GIS and Ocean mapping in support of Fisheries Research and Management. MIT, Cambridge, MA.

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