Northeast Fisheries Science Center Publications

As the research arm of NOAA Fisheries in the Northeast Region, NEFSC annually produces about 350 scientific and technical publications, reports, and abstracts, and sponsors many other such works.

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Below is a selection of the most recent peer-reviewed publications by Northeast Center staff. Division, branch, or program-specific publications are listed on their corresponding pages.

Recent Publications

Bastille K, Sean Hardison S, Lynn deWitt L, Brown J, Samhouri J, Gaichas S, Lucey S, Kearney K, Best B, Cross S, Large S, Spooner E. 2020. Improving the IEA Approach Using Principles of Open Data Science. Coast Manage, DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2021.1846155

Muffley B, Gaichas S, DePiper G, Seagraves R, Lucey S. 2020. There Is no I in EAFM Adapting Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management. Coast Manage, DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2021.1846156

Clay PM, Howard J, Busch DS, Colburn LL, Himes-Cornell A, Rumrill SS, Zador SG, Griffis RB. 2020. Ocean and coastal indicators: understanding and coping with climate change at the land-sea interface. Clim Change https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02940-x

Legault CM. 2020. Rose v. Rho: A comparison of two approaches to address retrospective patterns in stock assessments. ICES J Mar Sci https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa184

Harvey CJ, Fluharty DL,Fogarty MJ, Levin PS, Murawski SA, Franklin B. Schwing FB, Shuford RL, Kelble CR, Monaco ME. 2020. The Origin of NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Program: A Retrospective and Prospective. Coast Manage. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2021.1846110

Ardini G, Demarest C, McArdle K, 2020, Costs of At-sea Monitoring Under Government and Private Contracts in the Groundfish Fishery of the Northeastern United States, Fish Bull 118(3): 284-296. https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/content/fishery-bulletin/costs-sea-monitoring-under-government-and-private-contracts-groundfish

Sean M. Lucey SM, Aydin KY, Gaichas SK, Cadrin SX, Fay G, Fogarty MJ, Punt A, Accepted, Estimation of Commercial Fishing Trip Costs using Sea Sampling Data, Mar Resour Econ

Olin, JA, Shipley, ON, Cerrato, RM, Nitschke, P, Magen, C, Frisk, MG. Separation of realized ecological niche axes among sympatric tilefishes provides insight into potential drivers of co‐occurrence in the NW Atlantic. Ecol Evol. 2020; 00: 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6745

Saul S, Brooks EN, Die D. 2020. How fisher behavior can bias stock assessment: insights from an agent-based modeling approach. Can J Fish Aquat Sci https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0025

Palka D. 2020. Cetacean abundance in the US Northwestern Atlantic Ocean Summer 2016. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 20-05; 60 p. Available here.

Mercaldo-Allen R, Clark P, Redman D, Liu Y, Meseck S, Milke L, Rose JM, Goldberg R. In press. Temperature-related changes in juvenile finfish species composition on a rock reef in Long Island Sound. Fish Bull.

Ross AC, Stock CA, Dixon KW, Friedrichs MAM, Hood RR, Li M, Pegion K, Saba V, Vecchi GA. 2020. Estuarine forecasts at daily weather to subseasonal time scales earth space sci 7(10) https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001179

Kendall MS, Battista TA, Carson M, Caskey W, Grissom K, Guthrie B, Head M, Jeffrey CFG, Kuzemchak M, Roberson KW, Rowell TJ, B. Shortland B, Stanley JA. 2020. Observations of Visitation to Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 281, 57pp https://doi.org/10.25923/hct8-6y08

Crouch KE, Blanco-Bercial L, Richardson DE, Copley NJ, Wiebe PH, Bucklin A. 2020. Species-specific patterns of distribution and abundance of the cryptic copepods Pseudocalanus moultoni and P. newmani on Georges Bank (NW Atlantic Ocean) during spring 1995–2012. Continent Shelf Res. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2020.104242

Ramirez MD. Avens L, Goshe LR, Melissa L. Snover ML, Cook M, Haas HL, Heppell SS Regional environmental drivers of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle somatic growth variation. Mar Biol 167, 146 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03754-2

Pitchford SC, Smith BE, McBride RS. 2020. A real-time PCR assay to detect predation by Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) on Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua). Ecol Evol 00: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6694

Crouch KE, Blanco-Bercial L, Richardson DE, Copley NJ, Wiebe PH, Buklin A. In press. Species-specific patterns of distribution and abundance of the cryptic copepods Pseudocalanus moultoni and P. newmani on Georges Bank (NW Atlantic Ocean) during spring 1995-2012. Continent Shelf Res

Legault CM. Accepted. Rose v. Rho: A comparison of two approaches to address retrospective patterns in stock assessments. ICES J Mar Sci

Goethel DR, Bosley KM, Langseth BJ, Deroba JJ, Berger AM, Hanselman DH, Schueller AM. 2020. Where do you think you’re going? Accounting for ontogenetic and climate‐induced movement in spatially stratified integrated population assessment models. Fish Fish https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12510

Krause JR, Hightower JE, Buckel JA, Turnure JT, Grothues TM, Manderson JP, Rosendale JE, Pessutti JP. 2020.Using Acoustic Telemetry to Estimate Weakfish Survival Rates along the U.S. East Coast. Mar Coast Fish 12: 241-257 https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10095

Chapman EJ, Byron CJ, Lasley-Rasher R, Lipsky C, Stevens JR, Peters R. In press. Effects of climate change on coastal ecosystem food webs: Implications for aquaculture. Mar Environ Res. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105103

Mizuta DD, Wikfors GH, Meseck SL, Li Y, Dixon MS, Lim HJ, Hwang IJ, Bazzano M, Pitchford S. In press. Use of natural trophic resources by Eastern oysters and Pacific oysters of different ploidy. Aquacult Fish. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2020.03.011

Smith BE, Smith LA. In press. Multispecies functional responses reveal reduced predation at high prey densities and varied responses among and within trophic groups. Fish Fish. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12468

Werner S, DePiper G, Jin D, Kitts A. In press. Estimation of commercial fishing trip costs using sea sampling data. Mar Resour Econ. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1086/710668

Primpke S, Christiansen SH, Cowger W, De Frond H, Deshpande A, Fischer M, Holland E, Meyns M, O'Donnell BA, Ossmann B, Pittroff M, Sarau G, Scholz-Böttcher BM, Wiggin K. Accepted. Critical assessment of analytical methods for the harmonized and cost efficient analysis of microplastics. Appl Spectrosc. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0003702820921465

Kneebone J, Sulikowski J, Knotek R, McElroy WD, Gervelis B, Curtis T, Jurek J, Mandelman J. Accepted. Using conventional and pop-up satellite transmitting tags to assess the horizontal movements and habitat use of thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) in the Gulf of Maine. ICES J Mar Sci.

Conin KE, Walker SE, Mann R, Chute AS, Long MC, Bowser SS. Accepted. Growth and longevity of the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki under annual and multiannual sea ice. Antarc Sci. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102020000322

Speir C, Lee M-Y. Accepted. Geographic distribution of commercial fishing landings and port consolidation following ITQ implementation. J Agr Resour Econ. Online at: https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.303606

Smith SE, Palkovacs EP, Weidel BC, Bunnell DB, Jones AW, Bloom DD. Accepted. A century of intermittent eco‐evolutionary feedbacks resulted in novel trait combinations in invasive Great Lakes alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus). Evol Appl. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13063

Gustafson A, Ballew MT, Goldberg MH, Cutler MJ, Rosenthal SA, Leiserowitz A. 2020. Personal stories can shift climate change beliefs and risk perceptions: The mediating role of emotion. Commun Rep. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2020.1799049

Chen Z, Kwon Y-O, Chen K, Fratantoni P, Gawarkiewicz G, Joyce TM. 2020. Long‐term SST variability on the Northwest Atlantic continental shelf and slope. Geophys Res Lett. 47(1): e2019GL085455. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085455

Apprill A, Miller CA, Van Cise AM, U'Ren JM, Leslie MS, Weber L, Baird RW, Robbins J, Landry S, Bogomolni A, Waring G. 2020. Marine mammal skin microbiotas are influenced by host phylogeny. R Soc Open Sci. 7(5): 192046. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.192046

Crowe LM, Hatch JM, Patel SH, Smolowitz RJ, Haas HL. 2020. Riders on the storm: loggerhead sea turtles detect and respond to a major hurricane in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Movement Ecol. 8: 32. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-020-00218-6

Borsetti S, Munroe D, Rudders D, Chang J-H. 2020. Timing of the reproductive cycle of waved whelk, Buccinum undatum, on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight. Helgol Mar Res. 74(5). Online at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s10152-020-00537-6