MRG in the News

Recent Publications:

• Niche structure and habitat shifts for coastal sharks of the US Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
• The reproductive biology and fecundity of female Atlantic Menhaden 
• Design and redesign of a bottom trawl survey in Chesapeake Bay, USA
• Spatiotemporal patterns in the ecological community of the nearshore Mid-Atlantic Bight
• Nonlinearity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Species Distribution Modeling:  An Example Based on Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
• Dynamics of the shark community in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
  • Using a novel analytical approach, Dr. Cassidy Peterson and colleagues have shown that some shark populations along the US Southeast Coast are showing signs of recovery. Preliminary recovery of coastal sharks in the south-east United States now published in Fish and Fisheries online.

News Articles: 

• Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Shark Spotting Inside The Bay
• New Research Addresses Need for Bottom Trawl Survey Gear Standardization
• F/V Darana R Hosts NOAA Fisheries Scientists During Fall Survey

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