graves@vims.edu
Office
Chesapeake Bay Hall
N207, N228
Phone
(804) 684-7352, 7358
John E. Graves
- Professor of Marine Science
- B.A., University of California, San Diego
- Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
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graves@vims.edu Office Chesapeake Bay Hall N207, N228 Phone (804) 684-7352, 7358 |
John E. Graves
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My research interests are broadly focused on the processes of molecular evolution in the marine environment. In particular, my research program is directed toward 1) the use of molecular techniques to elucidate the population structure of marine organisms, with an emphasis on pelagic fishes; 2) the application of techniques in molecular genetics to help resolve problems in fishery science; and 3) the use of molecular genetic data to infer the evolutionary relationships. In addition, we have recently focused our research efforts to estimate the survival of billfish released from recreational and commercial fishing gear, and to devise means of reducing incidental bycatch in the pelagic longline fishery.
[top]Graves, J.E., and *A.Z. Horodysky. Does Hook Choice Matter? The effects of three circle hook models on post-release survival of white marlin. N. Am. J. Fish. Management, in press.
McDowell, J.R., and J.E. Graves. Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses of striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) population structure in the Pacific Ocean. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., in press.
*Paine, M.A., J.R. McDowell, and J.E. Graves. Specific identification using CO1 sequences analysis of scombrid larvae collected off the Kona coast of Hawaii. Ichthyological Research, in press.
*Paine, M.A., J.R. McDowell, and J.E. Graves. 2007. Specific identification of western Atlantic Ocean scombrids using mitochondrial DNA cyytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene region sequences. Bull. Mar. Sci., 80:353-367.
McDowell, J.R., J.E.L. Carlsson, and J.E. Graves. 2007. Genetic analysis of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) stock structure in the Atlantic Ocean. Gulf and Caribbean Research 19(2): 75-82.
*Horodysky, A.Z., *D.W. Kerstetter, R.J. Latour, and J.E. Graves. 2007. Habitat utilization and vertical movements of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) released from commercial and recreational fishing gears in the western North Atlantic Ocean: inferences from short-duration pop-up archival satellite tags (PSATS). Fisheries Oceanography 16: 240-256.
Carlsson, J., J.R. McDowell, J.E.L. Carlsson, and J.E. Graves. 2007. Genetic identity of YOY bluefin tuna from the eastern and western Atlantic spawning areas. J. Heredity 98:23-28.
*Portnoy, D.S., A.N. Piercy, J.A. Musick, G.H. Burgess, and J.E. Graves. 2007. Genetic polyandry and sexual conflict in the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in the western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Molecular Ecology 16:187-197.
Graves, J.E., and J.R. McDowell. 2006. Genetic analysis of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) stock structure. Bull. Mar. Sci. 79:469-482.
Collette, B.B., J.R. McDowell, and J.E. Graves. 2006. Phylogeny of Recent billfishes (Xiphioidei). Bull. Mar. Sci. 79:455-468.
Carlsson, J., J.R. McDowell, J.E.L. Carlsson, D. Olafsdottir, and J.E. Graves. 2006. Genetic heterogeneity of Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 63:1111-1117.
*Portnoy, D.S., J.R. McDowell, **K. Thompson, J.A. Musick and J.E. Graves. 2006. Isolation and characterization of five dinucleotide microsatellite loci in the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6:431-433.
*Kerstetter, D.W., and J.E. Graves. 2006. Survival of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) released from commercial pelagic longline gear in the western North Atlantic. Fishery Bulletin, 104:434-444.
*Kerstetter, D.W., and J.E. Graves. 2006. Effects of size 16/0 circle versus size 9/0 J-style hooks on target and non-target species in a pelagic longline fishery. Fisheries Research, 80:239-250.
*Horodysky, A.Z., and J.E. Graves. 2005. Application of pop-up satellite archival tag technology to estimate postrelease survival of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) caught on circle and straight-shank ("J") hooks in the western North Atlantic recreational fishery. Fishery Bulletin, 103:84-96.
Carlsson, J., J.R. McDowell, P. Diaz-Jaimes, J.E.L. Carlsson, S.B. Boles, J.R. Gold, and J.E. Graves. 2004. Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) population structure in the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology 13:3345-3356.
*Kerstetter, D.W., J.J. Polovina, and J.E. Graves. 2004. Evidence of shark predation and scavenging of fishes equipped with pop-up satellite archival tags. Fish. Bull. 102:750-756.
*Kerstetter, D.W., B.E. Luckhurst, E.D. Prince, and J.E. Graves. 2003. Use of pop-up satellite archival tags to demonstrate survival of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) released from pelagic longline gear. Fish. Bull. 101:939-948
Graves, J.E., and J.R. McDowell. 2003. Stock structure of the world's istiophorid billfishes: a genetic perspective. Marine and Freshwater Res. 54:287-298.
*Cordes, J.F., and J.E. Graves. 2003. Investigation of congeneric hybribization in and stock structure of weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) inferred from analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA loci. Fish. Bull. 101:443-450.
*Bostrom, M.A., B.B. Collette, B.E. Luckhurst, K.S. Reece, and J.E. Graves. 2002. Hybridization between two serranids, the coney (Cephalopholis fulva) and the creole fish (Paranthias furcifer), at Bermuda. Fishery Bulletin 100:651-661
*McDowell, J.R., P. Diaz-Jaimes, and J.E. Graves. 2002. Isolation and characterization of seven tetra-nucleotide microsatellite loci from Atlantic northern bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus thynnus. Molecular Ecology Notes 2:214-216.
*Orrell, T., K Carpenter, J. Musick, and J.E. Graves. 2002. Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the Sparidae (Perciformes: Percoidei) from cytochrome b sequences. Copeia 2002:618-631.
*McDowell, J.R., and J.E. Graves. 2002. Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers for specific identification of istiophorid and xiphiid billfishes. Fishery Bulletin 100:537-544.
*Falterman, B., and J.E. Graves. 2002. A comparison of the relative mortality and hooking efficiency of circle and straight shank ("J") hooks used in the pelagic longline industry. Amer. Fish. Soc. Symp. 30:80-87.
Graves, J.E., B.E. Luckhurst, and E.D. Prince. 2002. An evaluation of pop-up satellite tags for estimating postrelease survival of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) from a recreational fishery. Fish. Bull. 100:134-142.
Reece, K.S., D. Bushek, K.L. Hudson, and J.E. Graves. 2001. Geographic distribution of Perkinsus marinus strains along the US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Marine Biology 139:1047-1055.
*Cordes, J.F., S.L.Armknecht, **E.A. Starkey, and J.E. Graves. 2001. Forensic identification of sixteen species of Chesapeake Bay sportfishes using mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Estuaries 24:49-58.
*Buonnacorsi, V.P., *J.R. McDowell, and J.E. Graves. 2001. Reconciling patterns of inter-ocean molecular variance from four classes of molecular markers in blue marlin (Makaira nigricans). Molecular Ecology 10:1179-1196.
*Buonaccorsi, V.P., **E.A. Starkey, and J.E. Graves. 2001. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analysis of population subdivision among young-of-the-year Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) from the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 138: 37-45.
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