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The Fish Ecology Lab currently focuses on three main areas concerning the ecology of coastal fishes: (1) habitat-dependent recruitment success, (2) interactions between habitat and predators in patterns of mortality, and (3) the role of physiological processes in population demography.  

To learn about several of our projects, click on the links below. . .

Current Projects

Southern California 
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 --     Predation by fishes and trophic ecology in eelgrass beds

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 --     Roles of predators and habitat in patterns of mortality of a temperate reef fish

Hawaii
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 --     Recruitment and habitat associations of reef fishes in the main and northwest Hawaiian Islands

Past Projects

Southern California
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 --     Consequences of habitat disturbance and recovery to recruitment and the abundance of kelp forest fishes

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 --     Ecological implications of physiological condition in temperate fishes

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 --     Effects of habitat fragmentation and patch size on recruitment and the abundance of kelp forest fishes

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 --     Fish-habitat associations and the role of disturbance in surfgrass beds

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 --     Fish production and habitat structure on a large-scale experimental artificial reef 

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 --     Habitat-dependent recruitment of two reef fishes at multiple spatial scales

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 --     Habitat structure and recruitment of temperate reef fishes

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 --     Habitat structure, predation, and the distribution of an intertidal sculpin

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 --     Larval supply, settlement, and recruitment of fishes in eelgrass beds in a southern California embayment

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 --     Linking physiological performance to population demography in a temperate reef fish 

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 --     Positive indirect effects of reef fishes on kelp performance

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 --     Predator-mediated recruitment and size of kelp-associated fishes 

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 --     Relative importance of habitat attributes to predation risk in a temperate reef fish

California
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 --     Genetic structure of leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) populations in California waters

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 --     Trophic ecology of the common thresher (Alopias vulpinus) and shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Hawaii
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 --     Habitat associations and aggregation of recruit fishes on Hawaiian coral reefs


Publications ( * denotes graduate student)

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*Floyd, E.Y., J.P. Geist, and I. Werner. 2008. Acute, sublethal exposure to a pyrethroid insecticide alters behavior, growth, and predation risk in larvae of the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27:1780-1787.
 

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*Galst, C.A., and T.W. Anderson. 2008. Fish-habitat associations and the role of disturbance in surfgrass beds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 365:177-186.
 

Anderson, T.W. 2007. Guide to identification and surveying of near shore fishes. In Sampling biodiversity in coastal communities -- NaGISA protocols for seagrass and macroalgal habitats (P.R. Rigby, K. Iken, and Y. Shirayama, eds.). Kyoto University Press, Kyoto p. 90-92.

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Anderson, T.W., M.H. Carr, and M.A. Hixon. 2007. Patterns and mechanisms of variable settlement and recruitment of a coral reef damselfish, Chromis cyanea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 350:109-116.

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*Davenport, A.C., and T.W. Anderson. 2007. Positive indirect effects of reef fishes on kelp performance: the importance of mesograzers. Ecology 88:1548-1561.

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DeMartini, E.E., and T.W. Anderson. 2007. Habitat associations and aggregation of recruit fishes on Hawaiian coral reefs. Bulletin of Marine Science 81:139-152.

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*Floyd, E.Y., R. Churchwell, and J.J. Cech, Jr. 2007. Effects of water velocity and trash rack architecture on fish passage and interactions: a simulation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1177-1186.

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*Lewallen, E.A., T.W. Anderson, and A.J. Bohonak. 2007. Genetic structure of leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) populations in California waters. Marine Biology 152:599-609.

*Webber, J.D., S.N. Chun, T.R. MacColl, L.T. Mirise, A. Kawabata, E.K. Anderson, T.S. Cheong, L. Kavvas, M.M. Rotondo, K.L. Hochgraf, R. Churchwell, and J.J. Cech, Jr. 2007. Upstream swimming performance of adult white sturgeon: effects of partial baffles and a ramp. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:402-408.

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Reed, D.C., S.C. Schroeter, D. Huang, T.W. Anderson, and R.F. Ambrose. 2006. Quantifying the performance of different artificial reef designs in mitigating losses to kelp bed fishes in southern California. Bulletin of Marine Science 78:133-150.

Steele, M.A., and T.W. Anderson. 2006. Predation. In Ecology of marine fishes: California and adjacent waters (L.G. Allen, M.H. Horn, and D.J. Pondella II, eds.). University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 428-448.

*Andrews, K.S., and T.W. Anderson. 2004. Habitat-dependent recruitment of two temperate reef fishes at multiple spatial scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 277:231-244.

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Anderson, T.W., C.T. Bartels, M.A. Hixon, E. Bartels, M.H. Carr, and J.M. Shenker. 2002. Current velocity and catch efficiency in sampling settlement-stage larvae of coral-reef fishes. Fishery Bulletin 100:404-413.

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Carr, M.H., T.W. Anderson, and M.A. Hixon. 2002. Biodiversity, population regulation, and the stability of coral-reef fish communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99:11241-11245.

Anderson, T.W. 2001. Predator responses, prey refuges, and density-dependent mortality of a marine fish. Ecology 82:245-257.

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