Mary C. Fabrizio

Associate Professor of Marine Science

Email: [[mfabrizio]]
Phone: (804) 684-7308
Office: Fisheries Science Lab 135
Department: Fisheries Science

Education

• B.S., Biological Sciences, 1978, Fordham University, New York, NY
• Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, 1985, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Research Interests

• Determining population-level changes of Chesapeake Bay fishes of importance to fisheries management using long-term survey data
• Understanding fish distribution, movement, habitat use, and dispersal in terms of individual behavioral responses to environmental and habitat changes
• Estimating survival rates and exploring questions of interest to fishery managers using mark-recapture studies

Current Projects

• Virginia trawl survey for juvenile fishes (with Marcel Montane). Funded by the VMRC and NOAA-Chesapeake Bay Office
• Juvenile striped bass seine survey (with Mandy Hewitt and Julia Ellis). Funded by Wallop-Breaux (USFWS)
• Understanding localized movements and habitat associations of summer flounder in Chesapeake Bay (with Jon Lucy). Funded by Virginia Marine Resources Commission
• Towards validation of juvenile indices of abundance for several fish species in Chesapeake Bay (with Dr. Rob Latour and C. Bonzek). Funded by Virginia Marine Resources Commission
• Habitat affinity of demersal species in disturbed coastal environments (with John Manderson and Jeff Pessutti). Funded by the US Army Corps of Engineers
• Factors affecting catch and release mortality of Atlantic coast bluefish (with Fred Scharf, Gary Shepherd, and John Rosendale). Funded by NOAA-Fisheries Service

Selected Publications

• Hubert, W. and M. C. Fabrizio. In Press. Relative abundance and catch/effort relationships. Chapter 7 in Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data. Edited by M. Brown and C. Guy. American Fisheries Society.
• M. C. Fabrizio and J. P. Pessutti. 2007. Long-term effects and recovery from surgical implantation of dummy transmitters in two marine fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 351:243-254.
• Pollock, K. H., J. Yoshizaki, M. C. Fabrizio, and S. T. Schram. 2007. Factors affecting survival rates of a recovering lake trout population estimated by mark-recapture in Lake Superior, 1969-1996. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:185-194.
• Scharf, F. S., J. P. Manderson and M. C. Fabrizio. 2006. The effects of seafloor habitat complexity on survival of juvenile fishes: species-specific interactions with structural refuge. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 335:167-176.
• Simmonds, R., and M. C. Fabrizio. 2006. Fisheries employment in the US Federal Government. Pages 79-96 in D. A. Hewitt, W. E. Pine III, and A.V. Zale, eds. The AFS Guide to Fisheries Employment, 2nd edition. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
• Scharf, F. S., J. P. Manderson, M. C. Fabrizio, J. P. Pessutti, J. E. Rosendale, A. J. Bejda, and R. J. Chant. 2004. Seasonal and interannual patterns of distribution and diet of bluefish within a Middle Atlantic Bight estuary in relation to abiotic and biotic factors. Estuaries 27:426-436.
• Fabrizio, M. C. 2004. Experimental design and sampling strategies for mixed-stock analysis. Chapter 23 in Stock Identification Methods. Edited by S. Cadrin, K. Friedland, and J. Waldman. Academic Press.
• Fabrizio, M. C., R. M. Dorazio, and S. T. Schram. 2001. Dynamics of individual growth in a recovering population of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 58: 262-272.
• Fabrizio, M. C., J. Raz, and R. Bandekar. 2000. Using linear models with correlated errors to analyze changes in abundance of Lake Michigan fishes: 1973-1992. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 57:775-788.
• Fabrizio, M. C., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, B. L. Swanson, and S. T. Schram. 1999. Modeling data from double-tagging experiments to estimate heterogeneous rates of tag shedding in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 56:1409-1419.
• Savino, J. F., P. L. Hudson, M. C. Fabrizio, C. A. Bowen II. 1999. Predation on lake trout eggs and fry: a modeling approach. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25:36-44.
• Schram, S. T., and M. C. Fabrizio. 1998. Longevity of Lake Superior lake trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 18:700-703.
• Fabrizio, M. C., J. V. Adams, and G. L. Curtis. 1997. Assessing prey fish populations in Lake Michigan: comparison of simultaneous acoustic-midwater trawling with bottom trawling. Fisheries Research 33:37-54. (1997 Moffett Award)
• Fabrizio, M. C., M. E. Holey, P. C. McKee, and M. L. Toneys. 1997. Survival rates of adult lake trout in northwestern Lake Michigan, 1983-1993. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:413-428.
• Waldman, J. R., R. A. Richards, W. B. Schill, I. Wirgin, and M. C. Fabrizio. 1997. An empirical comparison of stock identification techniques applied to striped bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126:369-385. (1997 Best paper in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society)
• Fabrizio, M. C., and R. A. Richards. 1996. Commercial fisheries surveys. Pages 625-650 [Chapter 21] in B. R. Murphy and D. W. Willis, eds., Fisheries Techniques, 2nd edition. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
• Fabrizio, M. C., and S. R. Nelson. 1995. Find the fish: Using PROC SQL to build a relational database for a mark-recapture study. Pages 238-243 in SAS Institute, Client/Server Computing with the SAS System: Tips and Techniques. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC.
• Fabrizio, M. C., A. M. Frank, and J. F. Savino. 1995. Procedures for formation of composite samples from segmented populations. Environmental Science and Technology 29: 1137-1144.

Current Students

• Justine Woodward, M.S. Program.
• Branson Williams, M.S. Program.
• Karen Capossela, M.S. Program.

Courses Taught/Teaching

• MSCI 669 Statistical Analysis of Fisheries Data
• MSCI 698 Fisheries Data Management and Analysis (with C. Bonzek)

Awards

• NOAA Bronze Medal Award, 2006
• Distinguished Service Award, American Fisheries Society 1998
• Most significant paper published in 1997 in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society - August 1998 (Waldman et al. 1997)
• James W. Moffett Award for outstanding scientific paper published in 1997, Great Lakes Science Center - August 1998 (Fabrizio, Adams, and Curtis 1997)

Professional Memberships

• American Association of University Women
• American Fisheries Society (AFS)
  • President Elect
  • Chair, AFS Awards Committee
  • Chair, AFS Membership Committee
  • Member, AFS Meeting Oversight Committee
• American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists - Fellow
• The Biometric Society
• Estuarine Research Federation
• Phi Beta Kappa