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Fishery Ecology Branch

Publications

Reprints for these publications may be obtained as PDF files by clicking on the link listed with the publication in the table below. Limited print copies can be obtained by contacting:

Branch Chief, Fishery Ecology
NMFS Galveston Laboratory
4700 Avenue U
Galveston, Texas  77551-5997

(Note: Publications listed on this page are a subset of those listed on our main publications page.)

Author Year Citation PDF
Adamack  2012  Adamack, A. T., C. A. Stow, D. M. Mason, L. P. Rozas, and T. J. Minello. 2012. Predicting the effects of freshwater diversions on juvenile brown shrimp growth and production: a Bayesian-based approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series 444:155-173. 
Minello  2012  Minello, T.J., L.P. Rozas and R. Baker. 2012. Geographic Variability in Salt Marsh Flooding Patterns may Affect Nursery Value for Fishery Species. Estuaries and Coasts 35:501-514 
Rozas  2012  Rozas, L.P., T.J. Minello and D.D. Dantin. 2012. Use of Shallow Lagoon Habitats by Nekton of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts 35:572-586 
Baker  2011  Baker, R. and T. J. Minello. 2011. Trade-offs between gear selectivity and logistics when sampling nekton from shallow open water habitats: a gear comparison study. Gulf and Caribbean Research, 23:37-48. 
Ditty  2011  Ditty, J. G., and J. R. Alvarado Bremer. 2011. Species Discrimination of Postlarvae and Early Juvenile Brown Shrimp (/Farfantepenaeus aztecus/) and Pink Shrimp (/F. duorarum/) (Decapoda: Penaeidae): Coupling Molecular Genetics and Comparative Morphology to Identify Early Life Stages. Journal of Crustacean Biology 31(1): 126-137. 
Merino  2011  Merino, J., C. Aust, and R. Caffey, 2011. Cost-efficacy in Wetland Restoration Projects in Coastal Louisiana. Wetlands. 31(2):367-375. 
Rozas  2011  Rozas, L.P. and T.J. Minello. 2011. Variation in penaeid shrimp growth rates along an estuarine salinity gradient: implications for managing river diversions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 397(2):196-207. 
Baker  2010  Baker, R., and T. J. Minello. 2010. Growth and mortality of juvenile white shrimp /Litopenaeus setiferus/ in a marsh pond. Marine Ecology Progress Series 413:95-104. 
Kimball  2010  Kimball, M. E., L. P. Rozas, K. M. Boswell, and J. H. Cowan, Jr. 2010. Evaluating the effect of slot size and environmental variables on the passage of estuarine nekton through a water control structure. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. (in press). 
Merino  2010  Merino, J. H., L. P. Rozas, T. J. Minello, and P. F. Sheridan. 2010. Effects of marsh terracing on nekton abundance at two locations in Galveston Bay, Texas. Wetlands 30:693-704. 
Neahr  2010  Neahr, T., G. Stunz, and T. Minello. 2010. Habitat use patterns of newly settled spotted seatrout in estuaries of the north-western Gulf of Mexico. Fisheries Manag Ecol 17. 
Rooker  2010  Rooker, J. R., G. W. Stunz, S. A. Holt, and T. J. Minello. 2010. Population connectivity of red drum in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series 407:187-196. 
Rozas  2010  Rozas, L., and T. Minello. 2010. Nekton density patterns in tidal ponds and adjacent wetlands related to pond size and salinity. Estuaries and Coasts 33:652-667. 
Stunz  2010  Stunz, G., T Minello, and L. Rozas. 2010. Relative value of oyster reef as habitat for estuarine nekton in Galveston Bay, Texas. Marine Ecology Progress Series 406:147-159. 
Tobias  2010  Tobias, V. D., J. A. Nyman, R. D. DeLaune, and J. D. Foret. 2010. Improving marsh restoration: leaf tissue chemistry identifies factors limiting production in Spartina patens. Plant Ecol 207:141-148. 
Appeldoorn  2009  Appeldoorn, R.S., A. Aguilar-Perera, B. L. K. Bouwmeester, G. D. Dennis, R. L. Hill, W. Merten, C. W. Recksiek, and S. J. Williams. 2009. Movement of fishes (Grunts: Haemulidae) across the coral reef seascape: A review of scales, patterns and processes. Caribbean Journal of Science 45(2-3): 304-316 
Buckner  2009  Buckner, A.W. and R.L. Hill. 2009. Ten years of change to coral communities off Mona and Desecheo Islands, Puerto Rico, from disease and bleaching. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 87:19-31. 
Carter  2009  Carter, J. J. Merino , and S. Merino. 2009. Mesohaline submersed aquatic vegetation survey of the Gulf coast: a stratified random approach. Gulf of Mexico Science. 27(1):1-8 
Day  2009  Day, J. W., J. E. Cable, J. H. Cowan, Jr., R. DeLaune, K. de Mutsert, B. Fry, H. Mashriqui, D. Justic, P. Kemp, R. Lane, J. Rick, S. Rick, L. P. Rozas, G. Snedden, E. Swenson, R. R. Twilley, and B. Wissel. 2009. The impacts of pulsed reintroduction of river water on a Mississippi Delta coastal basin. Journal of Coastal Research SI 54:225-243 
Guénette  2009  Guénette, Sylvie, and Ronald L. Hill. 2009. A trophic model of the coral reef ecosystem of La Parguera, Puerto Rico: synthesizing fisheries and ecological data. Caribbean Journal of Science 45(2-3): 317-337 
Merino  2009  Merino J., J. Carter, and S. Merino. 2009. Mesohaline submersed aquatic vegetation survey of the Gulf coast: a salinity gradient approach. Gulf of Mexico Science. 27(1):9-20 
Rozas  2009  Rozas, L. P., and T. J. Minello. 2009. Using nekton growth as a metric for assessing habitat restoration by marsh terracing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 394:179-193. 
Baker  2008  Baker, R., P.S. Levin and T.J. Minello. 2008. Assessing the link between coastal wetlands and white shrimp fishery production in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Annual Science Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Sept. 2008. ICES CM 2008/M:11, 5p. 
Matthews  2008  Matthews, Geoffrey A. 2008. Variability in estimating abundance of postlarval brown shrimp, Farfantepenaeus aztecus (Ives), migrating into Galveston Bay, Texas. Gulf and Caribbean Research Vol 20, 29-39. 
Merino  2008  Merino, J. D. Huval, and J. Nyman. 2008 Implications of nutrient and salinity interaction on the productivity of Spartina patens. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 18(2):111. DOI 10.1007/s11273-008-9124-4 
Minello  2008  Minello, T.J., G.A. Matthews, P.A. Caldwell and L.P. Rozas. 2008. Population and production estimates for decapod crustaceans in wetlands of Galveston Bay, Texas. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:129-146. 
Roth  2008  Roth, B.M., K.A. Rose, L.P. Rozas and T.J. Minello. 2008. Relative influence of habitat fragmentation and inundation on brown shrimp /Farfantepenaeus aztecus/ production in northern Gulf of Mexico salt marshes. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 359:185-202. 
Rozas  2007  Rozas, L.P., T.J. Minello, R.J. Zimmerman, P. Caldwell. 2007. Nekton populations, long-term wetland loss, and the effect of recent habitat restoration in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. Mar. Ecol.Progr.Ser. 344: 119-130. 
Rozas  2007  Rozas, L.P. and T.J. Minello. 2007. Restoring coastal habitat using marsh terracing: the effect of cell size on nekton use. Wetlands 27(3): 595-609. 
King  2006  King, S.P. and P. Sheridan. 2006. Nekton of new seagrass habitats colonizing a subsided salt marsh in Galveston Bay, Texas. Estuaries 29(2): 286-296. 
Minello  2006  Minello, T.J. and P.A. Caldwell. 2006. An analysis of the potential fishery value of the "Demonstration Marsh" on Atkinson Island in Galveston Bay, Texas. NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-SEFSC-540, 24 p. 
Rozas  2006  Rozas, L. P. and T. J. Minello. 2006. Nekton use of Vallisneria americana Michx. (wild celery) beds and adjacent habitats in coastal Louisiana. Estuaries and Coasts 29:297-310. 
Sheridan  2006  Sheridan, P., R. Hill and B. Kojis. 2006. Trap fishing in the U.S. Virgin Islands: how and where effort is exerted. Proc. Gulf and Carib. Fisheries Instit., 57: 175-188. 
Sullivan  2006  Sullivan, P. J., J. M. Acheson, P. L. Angermeier, T. Faast, J. Flemma, C. M. Jones, E. E. Knudsen, T. J. Minello, D. H. Secor, R. Wunderlich, and B. A. Zanetell. 2006. Defining and implementing best available science for fisheries and environmental science, policy, and management. Fisheries 31:460-465. 
Sullivan  2006  Sullivan, P. J., J. M. Acheson, P. L. Angermeier, T. Faast, J. Flemma, C. M. Jones, E. E. Knudsen, T. J. Minello, D. H. Secor, R. Wunderlich, and B. A. Zanetell. 2006. Defining and implementing best available science for fisheries and environmental science, policy, and management. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland, and Estuarine Research Federation, Port Republic, Maryland. 30 p. 
Ditty  2005  Ditty, J.G., R.F. Shaw and L.A. Fuiman. 2005. Larval development of five species of blenny (Teleostei: Blenniidae) from the western central North Atlantic, with a synopsis of blennioid family characters. J. Fish Biol. 66:1261-1284 
Ditty  2005  Ditty, J. G., et.al. 2005. Chapter #’s In: W. J. Richards (Ed.), Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 
Merino  2005  Merino, J.H., J.A. Nyman and T. Michot. 2005. Effects of season and marsh management on submerged aquatic vegetation in coastal Louisiana brackish marsh ponds. Ecol. Restoration 23(4):235-243. 
Rozas  2005  Rozas, L.P., P. Caldwell, and T. J. Minello. 2005. The fishery value of salt marsh restoration projects. Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 40:37-50. 
Rozas  2005  Rozas, L. P., T. J. Minello, I. Munyera-Fernandez, B. Fry, and B. Wissel. 2005. Macrofaunal distributions and habitat change following winter-spring releases of freshwater into the Breton Sound Estuary, Louisiana (USA). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 65:319-336. 
Sheridan  2005  Sheridan, P. and J. Doerr. 2005. Short-term effects of the cessation of shrimp trawling on Texas benthic habitats. Amer. Fish. Soc. Symposium 41:571-578. 
Sheridan  2005  Sheridan, P., R. Hill, G. Matthews, R. Appeldoorn, B. Kojis, and T. Matthews. 2005. Does Trap Fishing Impact Coral Reef Ecosystems? An Update. /Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute /56:511-519 
Clark  2004  Clark, R.D., J.D. Christensen, M.E. Monaco, P.A. Caldwell, G.A. Matthews, and Minello, T. J 2004. A habitat-use model to determine essential fish habitat for juvenile brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus) in Galveston Bay, Texas. Fish. Bull., U.S. 102:264-277. 
Ditty  2004  Ditty, J.G., R.F. Shaw, and J.S. Cope. 2004. Distribution of carangid larvae (Teleostei: Carangidae) and concentrations of zooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with illustrations of early Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus and Caranx spp. larvae. Mar. Biol. 145: 1001-1014. 
Ditty  2004  Ditty, J., L.A. Fuiman and R.F. Shaw. 2004. Characterizing natural intervals of development in the early life of fishes: an example using blennies (Teleostei: Blenniidae). p 405-418. In: The Big Fish Bang. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 2003. Edited by: H.I. Browman and A.B. Skiftesvik. Institute of Marine Research: Bergen, Norway. 
Haas  2004  Haas, H. L., K. A. Rose, B. Fry, T. J. Minello and L. P. Rozas 2004. Brown shrimp on the edge: linking habitat to survival using an individual-based simulation model. Ecological Applications 14: 1232-1247. 
Sheridan  2004  Sheridan, P. 2004. Recovery of floral and faunal communities after placement of dredged material on seagrasses in Laguna Madre, Texas. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 59 (2004) 441-458 
Beck  2003  Beck, M. W., K. L. Heck, K. W. Able, D. L. Childers, D. B. Eggleston, B. M. Gillanders, B. S. Halpern, C. G. Hays, K. Hoshino, T. J. Minello, R. J. Orth, P. F. Sheridan and M. R. Weinstein 2003 (in press). The role of nearshore ecosystems as fish and shellfish nurseries. Issues in Ecology , No. 11, The Ecological Society of America, 12p. 
Ditty  2003  Ditty, James G. 2003. Preliminary guide to the identification of the early life stages of Argentinoidei fish families Argentinidae, Microstomatidae, and Opisthoproctidae of the western central North Atlantic. NOAA-Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-511, pp. 1-18. 
Ditty  2003  Ditty, James G. 2003. Preliminary guide to the identification of the early life stages of Zeiform fish of the western central North Atlantic. NOAA-Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-518, pp. 1-16. 
Gillanders  2003  Gillanders, B. M., K. W. Able, J. A. Brown, D. B. Eggleston, and P. F. Sheridan. 2003. Evidence of connectivity between juvenile and adult habitats for mobile marine fauna: an important component of nurseries, Marine Ecology Progress Series 247: 281-295. 
Hoskins  2003  Hoskins, D. L., S. E. Stancyk, A. W. Decho. 2003. Utilization of algal and bacterial extracellular polymeric secretions (EPS) by the deposit-feeding brittlestar Amphipholis gracillima (Echinodermata), Marine Ecology Progress Series 247: 93-101. 
Minello  2003  Minello, T. J., K. W. Able, M. P. Weinstein, and C. G. Hayes. 2003. Salt marshes as nurseries for nekton: testing hypotheses on density, growth and survival through meta-analysis, Marine Ecology Progress Series 246: 39-59. 
Sheridan  2003  Sheridan, P., C. Henderson, and G. McMahan. 2003. Fauna of natural seagrass and transplanted Halodule wrightii (Shoalgrass) beds in Galveston Bay, Texas. Restoration Ecology 11(2):139-154. 
Sheridan  2003  Sheridan, P., R. Hill, G. Matthews, R. Appeldoorn. 2003. The effects of trap fishing in coralline habitats: What do we know? How do we learn more? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 54:1-12. 
Sheridan  2003  Sheridan, P. and T. J. Minello. 2003. Nekton use of different habitat types in seagrass beds of Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Bulletin of Marine Science 72:37-61. 
Sheridan  2003  Sheridan, P., and C. Hays. 2003. Are mangroves nursery habitat for transient fishes and decapods? Wetlands 23:449-458. 
Minello  2002  Minello, T. J. and L. P. Rozas. 2002. Nekton in gulf coast wetlands: fine-scale distributions, landscape patterns, and restoration implications. Ecological Applications 12(2): 441-455. 
Scharer  2002  Scharer, M.T., M.C. Prada, R.S. Appeldoorn, R. Hill, P. Sheridan, and M. Valdez-Pizzini. 2002. The use of fish traps in Puerto Rico: Current practice, long-term changes, and fishers" perceptions. Proc. Gulf and Carib. Fisheries Instit. 55: 744-756. 
Sheridan  2002  Sheridan, P. and P. Caldwell, 2002. Compilation of data sets relevant to the identification of Essential Fish Habitat on the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf and for the estimation of the effects of shrimp trawling gear on habitat. NOAA Tech. Memo.NMFS-SEFSC-483, 60pp. 
Stunz  2002  Stunz, G. W., T. J. Minello, and P. S. Levin. 2002. Growth of newly settled red drum Sciaenops ocellatus in different estuarine habitat types. Marine Ecology Progress Series 238: 227-236. 
Stunz  2002  Stunz, G. W., T. J. Minello, and P. S. Levin. 2002. A comparison of early juvenile red drum densities among various habitat types in Galveston Bay, Texas. Estuaries 25(1):76- 85. 
Whaley  2002  Whaley, Shannon D. and T. J. Minello. 2002. The distribution of benthic infauna of a Texas salt marsh in relation to the marsh edge. Wetlands 22(4):753-766. 
Beck  2001  Beck, M. W., K. L. Heck, Jr. , K. Able, D. Childers, D. Eggleston, B. M. Gillanders, B. Halpern, C. Hays, K. Hoshino, T. Minello, R. Orth, P. Sheridan, and M. Weinstein. 2001. The identification, conservation, and management of estuarine and marine nurseries for fish and invertebrates. Bioscience 51:633-641. 
Hernandez  2001  Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.F. Shaw, J.C. Cope, J.G. Ditty, M.C. Benfield and T. Farooqi. 2001. Across-shelf larval, postlarval, and juvenile fish communities collected at offshore oil and gas platforms and a coastal rock jetty west of the Mississippi River Delta. OCS Study MMS 2001-077. Prepared by the Coastal Fisheries Institute, Louisiana State University. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. 144 pp. 
Hernandez  2001  Hernandez, F. J., Jr., R. F. Shaw, J. S. Cope, J. G. Ditty, and T. Farooqi. 2001. Do low-salinity, rock jetty habitats serve as nursery areas for presettlement larval and juvenile reef fish? p. 442-454. In: R. L. Creswell (Eds.), Proceedings of the Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Vol. 52, 766 total p. 
Rozas  2001  Rozas, Lawrence P. and Thomas J. Minello. 2001. Marsh terracing as a wetland restoration tool for creating fishery habitat. Wetlands 21(3):327-341. 
Stunz  2001  Stunz, Gregory W. and Thomas J. Minello. 2001. Habitat-related predation on juvenile wild-caught and hatchery-reared red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus). J. of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 260: 13-25. 
Stunz  2001  Stunz, Gregory W., Phillip S. Levin and Thomas J. Minello. 2001. Selection of estuarine nursery habitats by wild-caught and hatchery-reared juvenile red drum in laboratory mesocosms. Environmental Biology of Fishes 61: 305-313. 
Wardle  2001  Wardle, W. J., T. J. Minello, J. W. Webb, T. H. Wu, and J. Jewett-Smith. 2001. Algal pigments, meiofauna, and macrofauna from two edaphic salt marsh microhabitats in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. Wetlands 21:474-483. 
Delaney  2000  Delaney, Tim P., James W. Webb and Thomas J. Minello. 2000. Comparison of physical characteristics between created and natural estuarine marshes in Galveston Bay, Texas. Wetlands Ecology and Management 8: 343- 352. 
Minello  2000  Minello, Thomas J. 2000. Temporal development of salt marsh value for nekton and epifaunal: utilization of dredged material marshes in Galveston Bay, Texas USA. Wetlands Ecology and Management 8: 327- 341. 
Rozas  2000  Rozas, Lawrence P., Thomas J. Minello, and Charles B. Henry. 2000. An assessment of potential oil spill damage to salt marsh habitats and fishery resources in Galveston Bay, Texas. Marine Pollution Bulletin 40(12): 1148-1160. 
Rozas  2000  Rozas, L. and R. Zimmerman. 2000. Small- scale patterns of nekton use among marsh and adjacent shallow nonvegetated areas of the Galveston Bay Estuary, Texas (USA). Marine Ecology Progress Series 193:217-239. 
Zimmerman  2000  Zimmerman, R.J., T.J. Minello and L.P. Rozas. 2000. Salt marsh linkages to productivity of penaeid shrimps and blue crabs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. p. 293-314. In: Weinstein, M. P. and D. A. Kreeger (ed.). Concepts and controversies in tidal marsh ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 
Clark  1999  Clark, R. D., J. D. Christensen, M. E. Monaco, T. J. Minello, P. A. Caldwell and G. A. Matthews. 1999. Modeling nekton habitat use in Galveston Bay, Texas: An approach to define essential fish habitat (EFH). DOC- NOAA-NOS Biogeography Program Technical Report 17, 79 pp. 
Minello  1999  Minello, T. J., E. X. Martinez and R. J. Zimmerman. 1999. Environmental factors affecting burrowing of brown shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus and white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus. Proceedings of the 1st Latin American Shrimp Culture Congress, Panama, Oct. 6-10, 1998, 4 pp. 
Minello  1999  Minello, T. J. 1999. Nekton densities in shallow estuarine habitats of Texas and Louisiana and the identification of Essential Fish Habitat. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 22:43-75. 
Rozas  1999  Rozas, L. P., and T. Minello. 1999. Effects of structural marsh Management on fishery species and other nekton before and during spring drawdown. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 7:121-139 
Thayer  1999  Thayer, G.W. R.R. Twilley, S.C. Snedaker and P.F. Sheridan. 1999. Research information dnnes on U.S. mangroves: Recommendations to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration+s Coastal Ocean Program from an estuarine habitat program- funded workshop, p. 255-262. In: A. Yanez- Arancibia y A.L. Lara-Dominguez (eds.) Ecosistemas de Manglar en America Tropical. Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. Mexico, UICN/ ORMA, Costa Rica, NOAA/NMFS Silver Spring MD USA. 380p. 
Thayer  1999  Thayer, G.W. and P.F. Sheridan. 1999. Fish and aquatic invertebrate use of the mangrove prop-root habitat in Florida: a review, p 167- 174. In: A. Yanez-Arancibia y A.L. Lara- Dominguez (eds.) Ecosistemas de Manglar en America Tropical. Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. Mexico, UICN/ORMA, Costa Rica, NOAA/NMFS Silver Spring MD USA. 380p. 
Hammerstrom  1998  Hammerstrom, K., P. Sheridan and G. McMahan. 1998. Potential for seagrass restoration in Galveston Bay, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 50(1):35-50. 
McTigue  1998  McTigue, T. A., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1998. The use of infauna by juvenile Penaeus aztecus (Ives) and Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus). Estuaries 21:160-175 
Rozas  1998  Rozas, L. P. and T. J. Minello. 1998. Nekton use of salt marsh, seagrass, and nonvegetated habitats in a south Texas (USA) estuary. Bulletin of Marine Science 63(3):481-501. 
Sheridan  1998  Sheridan, P., G. McMahan, K. Hammerstrom and W. Pulich, Jr. 1998. Factors affecting restoration of Halodule wrightii to Galveston Bay, Texas. Restoration Ecology 6(2):144- 158. 
Minello  1997  Minello, T. J., and J. W. Webb, Jr. 1997. Use of natural and created Spartina alterniflora salt marshes by fishery species and other aquatic fauna in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 151:165-179. 
Rozas  1997  Rozas, L. P., and T. J. Minello. 1997. Estimating densities of small fishes and decapod crustaceans in shallow estuarine habitats: a review of sampling design with focus on gear selection. Estuaries 20:199- 213. 
Sheridan  1997  Sheridan, P. F. 1997. Benthos of adjacent mangrove, seagrass, and non-vegetated habitats in Rookery Bay, Florida, U.S.A. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 44:455- 469. 
Sheridan  1997  Sheridan, P., G. McMahan, G. Conley, A. Williams and G. Thayer. 1997. Nekton use of macrophyte patches following mortality of turtlegrass, Thalassia testudinum, in shallow waters of Florida Bay (Florida, USA). Bulletin of Marine Science 61(3):801-820. 
Benfield  1996  Benfield, M. C., and T. J. Minello. 1996. Relative effects of turbidity and light intensity on reactive distance and feeding of an estuarine fish. Environmental Biology of Fishes 46:211-216. 
Ditty  1996  Ditty, James G. and Richard F. Shaw. 1996. Spatial and temporal distribution of larval striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) and white mullet (M. curema, Family: Mugilidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with notes on mountain mullet, Agonostromus monticola. Bulletin of Marine Science 59(2):271-288. 
McIvor  1996  McIvor, C. C., and L. P. Rozas. 1996. Direct nekton use of intertidal saltmarsh habitat and linkage with adjacent habitats: a review from the southeastern United States., pp. 331- 334. In Estuarine shores: Evolution, environments and human alterations., edited by K. F. Nordstrom and C. T. Roman. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 
Sheridan  1996  Sheridan, P. F. 1996. Forecasting the fishery for pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum, on the Tortugas Grounds, Florida. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 94:743-755. 
Ditty  1995  Ditty, James G. and Richard F. Shaw. 1995. Seasonal occurrence, distribution, and abundance of larval bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Family: Pomatomidae), in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 56(2):592-601. 
Rozas  1995  Rozas, L. P. 1995. Hydroperiod and its influence on nekton use of the salt marsh: a pulsing ecosystem. Estuaries 18:579-590. 
Ditty  1994  Ditty, James G., Richard F. Shaw and Joseph S. Cope. 1994. A re-description of Atlantic spadefish larvae, Chaetodipterus faber (family: Ephippidae), and their distribution, abundance, and seasonal occurrence in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin 92:262-274. 
Ditty  1994  Ditty, James G., Edward D. Houde and Richard F. Shaw. 1994. Egg and larval development of spanish sardine, Sardinella aurita (Family Clupeidae), with a synopsis of characters to identify cludpeid larvae from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 54(2):367-380. 
Ditty  1994  Ditty, James G. and Richard F. Shaw. 1994. Larval development of tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis (Pisces: Lobotidae), and their spatial and temporal distribution in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin 92:33-45. 
Ditty  1994  Ditty, James G., Richard F. Shaw, Churchill B. Grimes and Joseph S. Cope. 1994. Larval development, distribution, and abundance of common dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus, and pompano dolphin, C. eguiselis (family: Coryphaenidae), in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin 92:275-291. 
Matthews  1994  Matthews, G. A., and T. J. Minello. 1994. Technology and success in restoration, creation, and enhancement of /Spartina alterniflora/ marshes in the United States. Volume 1. - Executive Summary and Annotated Bibliography. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. 2. NOAA Coastal Ocean Office, Silver Spring, MD, 71 p. 
Matthews  1994  Matthews, G. A., and T. J. Minello. 1994. Technology and success in restoration, creation, and enhancement of Spartina alterniflora marshes in the United States. Volume 2. - Inventory and human resources directory. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. 2. NOAA Coastal Ocean Office, Silver Spring, MD, 306 p. 
Minello  1994  Minello, T. J., R. J. Zimmerman, and R. Medina. 1994. The importance of edge in the use of a created salt marsh by natant macrofauna. Wetlands 14:184-198. 
Rozas  1994  Rozas, L. P., and D. J. Reed. 1994. Comparing nekton assemblages of subtidal habitats in pipeline canals traversing brackish and saline marshes in coastal Louisiana, USA. Wetlands 14:262-275. 
Rozas  1994  Rozas, L. P., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1994. Developing design parameters for constructing ecologically functional marshes using dredged material in Galveston Bay, Texas, pp. 810-822. In Dredging "94 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers. 
Sheridan  1994  Sheridan, P. 1994. Do environmental conditions drive the Tortugas pink shrimp fishery? U.S. Dept. Commerce, NOAA National Environmental Watch 1994 (CD- ROM), 5 p. (Available from National Climatic Data Center, Asheville NC 28801) 
McTigue  1993  McTigue, T. A. 1993. Trophic roles of juvenile Penaeus aztecus Ives and Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus) in a Texas salt Marsh. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. 102 p. 
Minello  1993  Minello, T. J., and R. Wooten. 1993. Effects of Caging Juvenile Predators on Benthic Infaunal Populations at Experimental Open Bay Disposal Areas in Galveston Bay, Texas. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Galveston District 73 p. 
Minello  1993  Minello, T. J., and J. W. Webb, Jr. 1993. The development of fishery habitat value in created salt marshes, pp. 1-3. In Proceedings of the 8th symposium on coastal and Ocean Management, Vol. 2, edited by O. Magoon, W. S. Wilson, H. Converse and L. T. Tobin. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers. 
Minello  1993  Minello, T. J. 1993. Chronographic tethering: a technique for measuring prey survival time and testing predation pressure in aquatic habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 101:99-104. 
Rozas  1993  Rozas, L.P. 1993. Nekton use of salt marshes of the southeast region of the United States. In Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, edited by O. T. Magoon, W. S. Wilson, H. Converse and L. T. Tobin. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers. 
Rozas  1993  Rozas, L. P., and D. J. Reed. 1993. Nekton use of marsh-surface habitats in Louisiana (USA) deltaic salt marshes undergoing submergence. Marine Ecology Progress Series 96:147-157. 
Zimmerman  1993  Zimmerman, R. J., and T. J. Minello. 1993. Watershed effects on the value of marshes to fisheries, pp. 538-547. In: Magoon, O. (Editor). Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. Coastal Zone "93 Volume 1. 
Ditty  1992  Ditty, James G. and Richard F. Shaw. 1992. Larval development, distribution, and ecology of cobia Rachycentron canadum (Family: Rachycentridae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin 90:668-677. 
Minello  1992  Minello, T. J., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1992. Utilization of natural and transplanted Texas salt marshes by fish and decapod crustaceans. Marine Ecology Progress Series 90:273-285. 
Sheridan  1992  Sheridan, P. F. 1992. Comparative habitat utilization by estuarine macrofauna within the mangrove ecosystem of Rookery Bay, Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 50:21-39. 
Ditty  1991  Ditty, James G., Marty Bourgeois, Rick Kasprzak, Mark Konikoff. 1991. Life history and ecology of sand seatrout Cynoscion arenarius Ginsburg, in the northern Gulf of Mexico: A review. Northeast Gulf Science 12(1):35-47. 
Harper  1991  Harper, D. E., L. D. McKinney, J. M. Nance, and R. R. Salzer. 1991. Recovery responses of two benthic assemblages following an acute hypoxic event on the Texas continental shelf, northwestern Gulf of Mexico, pp. 49-64. In Modern and Ancient Continental Shelf Anoxia, Geological Society Special Publication #53, edited by R. V. Tyson and T. H. Pearson. 
McTigue  1991  McTigue, T. A., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1991. Carnivory versus herbivory in juvenile Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus) and Penaeus aztecus (Ives). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 151:1-16. 
Minello  1991  Minello, T. J., R. J. Zimmerman, and E. X. Martinez. 1991. Fish predation on juvenile brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus: effects of turbidity and substratum on predation rates. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 85:59-70. 
Minello  1991  Minello, T. J., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1991. The role of estuarine habitats in regulating growth and survival of juvenile penaeid shrimp, pp. 1-16. In Frontiers in shrimp research, edited by P. DeLoach, W. J. Dougherty and M. A. Davidson. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publications. 
Minello  1991  Minello, T. J., J. W. Webb, R. J. Zimmerman, R. B. Wooten, J. L. Martinez, T. J. Baumer, and M. C. Pattillo. 1991. Habitat availability and utilization by benthos and nekton in Hall"s Lake and West Galveston Bay. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC-275, 37 p. 
Nance  1991  Nance, J. M. 1991. Effects of oil/gas field produced water on macrobenthic communities in a small gradient estuary. Hydrobiologica 220:189-204. 
Zimmerman  1991  Zimmerman, R. J., T. J. Minello, E. F. Klima, and J. M. Nance. 1991. Effects of accelerated sea-level rise on coastal secondary production, pp. 110-124. In: Bolton, H. S. and O. T. Magoon (Editors). Coastal Wetlands, Coastal Zone "91 Conference, July 1991, Long Beach, CA. 
Minello  1990  Minello, T. J., R. J. Zimmerman, and P. Barrick. 1990. Experimental studies on selection for vegetative structure by penaeid shrimp. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC-237, 30 p. 
Sheridan  1990  Sheridan, P. F., and R. G. Castro, M. 1990. Determining movement patterns in marine organisms: Comparison of methods tested on penaeid shrimp. American Fisheries Society Symposium 7:604-612. 
Zimmerman  1990  Zimmerman, R. J., T. J. Minello, D. Smith, and J. Kostera. 1990. The use of Juncus and Spartina marshes by fishery species in Lavaca Bay, Texas, with reference to the effects of floods. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS- SEFC-251, 40 p. 
Zimmerman  1990  Zimmerman, R. J., T. J. Minello, M. C. Castiglione, and D. L. Smith. 1990. Utilization of marsh and associated habitats along a salinity gradient in Galveston Bay. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC-250, 68 p. 
Ditty  1989  Ditty, James G. 1989. Separating early larvae of sciaenids from the western North Atlantic: A review and comparison of larvae off Louisiana and Atlantic coast of the U.S. Bulletin of Marine Science 44(3):1083-1105. 
McTigue  1989  McTigue, T. A., and R. J. Feller. 1989. Feeding of juvenile white shrimp Penaeus setiferus: Periodic or continuous? Marine Ecology Progress Series 52:227-233. 
Minello  1989  Minello, T. J., R. J. Zimmerman, and T. C. Czapla. 1989. Habitat-related differences in diets of small fishes in Lavaca Bay, Texas, 1985-1986. NOAA Technical Memorandum, SEFC-NMFS-236, 16 p. 
Minello  1989  Minello, T. J., R. J. Zimmerman, and E. X. Martinez. 1989. Mortality of young brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus in estuarine nurseries. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 118:693-708. 
Sheridan  1989  Sheridan, P. F., R. D. Slack, S. M. Ray, L. W. McKinney, E. F. Klima, and T. R. Calnan. 1989. Biological components of Galveston Bay, pp. 23-51. In: Whitledge, T. E. and S. M. Ray (Editors). Galveston Bay: Issues, Resources, Status, and Management. U. S. Department of commerce, NOAA Estuary-of- the-Month Seminar, Series No. 13 and Texas A&M Sea Grant Publication TAMU-SG-88-115, 114 p. 
Sheridan  1989  Sheridan, P. F., R. G. Castro M., F. J. Patella, and G. Zamora. 1989. Factors influencing recapture patterns of tagged penaeid shrimp in the western Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 87:295-311. 
Zimmerman  1989  Zimmerman, R. J., and T. J. Minello. 1989. Recruitment and distribution of postlarval and early juvenile penaeid shrimp in a large mangrove estuary in the Gulf of Guayaquil during 1985, pp. 233-243. In: Olsen, S. and L. Arriaga (Editors). Establishing a Sustainable Shrimp Mariculture Industry in Ecuador. International Coastal Resources Management Project, Technical Report Series TR-E-6. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. 
Zimmerman  1989  Zimmerman, R. J., T. J. Minello, T. Baumer, and M. Castiglione. 1989. Oyster reef as habitat for estuarine macrofauna. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC-249, 16 p. 
Ditty  1988  Ditty, James G., Glen G. Zieske and Richard F. Shaw. 1988. Seasonality and depth distribution of larval fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico above latitude 26º00'N. Fishery Bulletin 86(4):811-823. 
Matthews  1987  Matthews, G.A. and A.J. Mueller. 1987. Freshwater Inflow Requirements of a Texas Estuary. In: Coastal Zone "87, WW Div. of ASCE, Seattle, WA / May 26-29, 1987, pp: 852-866. 
Minello  1987  Minello, T. J., R. J. Zimmerman, and E. F. Klima. 1987. Creation of fishery habitat in estuaries, pp. 106-117. In Beneficial uses of dredged material; proceedings of the first interagency workshop, 7-9 October 1986, Pensacola, Florida, edited by M. C. Landin and H. K. Smith. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station. 
Mueller  1987  Mueller, A. J., and G. A. Matthews. 1987. Freshwater inflow needs of the Matagorda Bay system with focus on penaeid shrimp. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC- 189, 97 p. 
Sheridan  1987  Sheridan, P. F., F. J. Patella, N. Baxter, and D. A. Emiliani. 1987. Movements of brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, and pink shrimp, P. duorarum, relative to the U.S. - Mexico border in the western Gulf of Mexico. Marine Fisheries Review 49 (1):14-19. 
Ditty  1986  Ditty, James G. 1986. Ichthyoplankton in neritic waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana: Composition, relative abundance, and seasonality. Fishery Bulletin 84(4):935-946. 
Renaud  1986  Renaud, M. L. 1986. Hypoxia in Louisiana coastal waters during 1983: Implications for fisheries. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 84 (1):19-26. 
Renaud  1986  Renaud, M. L. 1986. Detecting and avoiding oxygen deficient sea water by brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus (Ives), and white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 98:283-292. 
Zein-Eldin  1986  Zein-Eldin, Z. P., and M. L. Renaud. 1986. Inshore environmental effects on brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, and white shrimp, P. setiferus, populations in coastal waters particularly of Texas. Marine Fisheries Review 48:9-19. 
Zimmerman  1986  Zimmerman, R. J., T. J. Minello, G. Zamora, and E. Martinez. 1986. Measurements of estuarine shrimp densities applied to catch predictions, pp. 37-55. In: Landry, A. M., Jr. and E. F. Klima (Editors). Proceedings of the Shrimp Yield Prediction Workshop. Texas A&M Sea Grant Publication TAMU-SG-86-110, College Station, TX. 
Matthews  1985  Matthews, G. A. 1985. Three paired-tow studies testing for equivalence in shrimp sampling. Proceedings of the SEAMAP Shrimp and Bottomfish Sampling Gear Workshop. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Publication No. 12, pp. 63-69. 
Minello  1985  Minello, T. J., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1985. Differential selection for vegetative structure between juvenile brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) and white shrimp (P. setiferus), and implications in predator-prey relationships. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 20:707- 716. 
Renaud  1985  Renaud, M. L. 1985. Annotated bibliography of hypoxia and its effects on marine life, with emphasis on the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 21, 9 p. 
Gleason  1984  Gleason, D. F., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1984. Herbivory potential of postlarval brown shrimp associated with salt marshes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 84:235-246. 
Gleason  1984  Gleason, D.F. 1984. Resource utilization in postlarval brown shrimp: the potential importance of herbivory. Masters Thesis, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. 78 p. 
Matthews  1984  Matthews, G. A., D. B. Koi, and R. L. Benfield. 1984. A users guide to the inshore shrimp and hydrographic data collected by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department from 1963 through 1980. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC-140, 74 p. 
Matthews  1984  Matthews, G. A. 1984. Relative abundance and size distributions of Penaeus shrimps based on samples collected during the 1983 SEAMAP - Texas Closure survey in the north and northwestern Gulf of Mexico. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC-149, 42 p. 
Minello  1984  Minello, T. J., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1984. Selection for brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, as prey by the spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Contributions in Marine Science 27:159-167. 
Sheridan  1984  Sheridan, P. F., D. L. Trimm, and B. M. Baker. 1984. Reproduction and food habits of seven species of northern Gulf of Mexico fishes. Contributions in Marine Science 27:175-204. 
Sheridan  1984  Sheridan, P. F., J. A. Browder, and J. E. Powers. 1984. Ecological interactions between penaeid shrimp and bottomfish assemblages, pp, 235-254. In Penaeid shrimps: their biology and management, edited by J. A. Gulland and B. J. Rothschild. Great Britain: Fishing News Books, Ltd. 
Zimmerman  1984  Zimmerman, R. J., and T. J. Minello. 1984. Densities of Penaeus aztecus, Penaeus setiferus and other natant macrofauna in a Texas salt marsh. Estuaries 7 (4A):421-433. 
Zimmerman  1984  Zimmerman, R. J., T. J. Minello, and G. Zamora Jr. 1984. Selection of vegetated habitat by brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, in a Galveston Bay salt marsh. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 82 (2):325-336. 
Ditty  1983  Ditty, James G. and Frank M. Truesdale. 1983. Comparative larval development of Peprilus burti, P. triacanthus and P. paru (Pisces: Stromateidae) from the western North Atlantic. Copeia 1983(2):397-406. 
Divita  1983  Divita, R., M. Creel, and P. F. Sheridan. 1983. Foods of coastal fishes during brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, migration from Texas estuaries (June-July 1981). Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 81 (2):396-404. 
Minello  1983  Minello, T. J., and R. J. Zimmerman. 1983. Fish predation on juvenile brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus Ives: the effect of simulated Spartina structure on predation rates. Journal of Marine Biology and Ecology 72:211-231. 
Sheridan  1983  Sheridan, P. F. 1983. The abundance and distribution of fishes in the Galveston Bay system, 1963-1964. Contributions in Marine Science 26:143-163. 
Sheridan  1983  Sheridan, P. F., and D. L. Trimm. 1983. Summer foods of Texas coastal fishes relative to age and habitat. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 81 (3):643-647. 
Sheridan  1983  Sheridan, P. F., and R. J. Livingston. 1983. Abundance and seasonality of infauna and epifauna inhabiting a Halodule wrightii meadow in Apalachicola Bay, Florida. Estuaries 6:407-419. 
Matthews  1982  Matthews, G. A. 1982. Abundance and size distributions of Penaeus spp. shrimps in the northern and northwestern Gulf of Mexico during the 1982 Closure period. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC-109, 58 p. 
Matthews  1982  Matthews, G. A. 1982. Relative abundance and size distributions of commercially important shrimp during the 1981 Texas Closure. Marine Fisheries Review 44 (9- 10):5-15. 
Matthews  1981  Matthews, G.A. 1981. The Effects of Floods on the Zooplankton Assemblage of San Antonio Bay, Texas during 1972 and 1973. In: Proc. of the National Symposium on Freshwater Inflow to Estuaries, Vol.1, pp: 509-525. San Antonio, TX, Sept. 9-11, 1980; Ralph D. Cross and Donald L. Williams (Eds.) 
Minello  1981  Minello, T. J., and G. A. Matthews. 1981. Variability of zooplankton tows in a shallow estuary. Contributions in Marine Science 24:81-92. 
Sheridan  1981  Sheridan, P. F., and S. M. Ray. 1981. Report of the workshop on the ecological interactions between shrimp and bottomfishes, April 1980. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS- SEFC-63, 132 p.