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Robert J. Latour
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FSL 129
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(804) 684-7312
Robert J. Latour
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
B.A., Mathematics, Western New England College
M.BMA, Biomathematics, North Carolina State University
Ph.D., Biomathematics, North Carolina State University
Quantitative fisheries ecology with particular emphasis on predataor-prey interactions and ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management. Population dynamics modeling and stock assessment of exploited marine resources. Theory and application of tagging models.
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Modeling Atlantic menhaden in support of nutrient and multispecies management. Funded by US Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay Program.
Data collection and analysis in support of multispecies stock assessments in the mid-Atlantic: Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program Nearshore Trawl Program. Funded by Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Visual function in Chesapeake Bay sport and prey fishes. Funded by the Recreational Fishing and Advisory Board, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Design and implementation of ChesMMAP - Chesapeake Bay Multispecies Monitoring and Assessment Program, funded by the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office and US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Stock assessment and population monitoring of American
shad in Chesapeake Bay, funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
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[top]Horodysky, A.Z., R.W. Brill, M.L. Fine, J.A. Musick, and R.J. Latour. In review. Acoustic pressure and acceleration thresholds in six sciaenid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology.
Garrison, L.P., J.S. Link, D.P. Kilduff, M.D. Cieri, B. Muffley, D. Vaughan, A. Sharov, B. Mahmoudi, and R.J. Latour. In review. An expansion of the MSVPA approach for quantifying predator-prey interactions in exploited fish communities. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Gauthier, D.T., R.J. Latour, D.M. Heisey, C.F. Bonzek, J. Gartland, E.J. Burge, W.K. Vogelbein. In review. Mycobacteriosis is associated with mortality in wild striped bass (Morone saxatilis) from Chesapeake Bay, USA. Ecological Applications.
Brush, M.J., D.K. Steinberg, R.J. Latour, and R.L. Wetzel. In review. Analysis of a 17 year database for nutrients and plankton in Chesapeake Bay. I. Average annual cycles. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science.
Hoenig, J.M., R.J. Latour, and J.E. Olney. In press. Estimating offshore stock composition of American shad (Alosa sapidissima) using mark-recovery data. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.
Latour, R.J., J. Gartland, C.F. Bonzek, and R.A. Johnson. 2008. The trophic dynamics of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in Chesapeake Bay. Fishery Bulletin 106:47-57.
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.
Jiang, H., K.H. Pollock, C. Brownie, J.M. Hoenig, R.J. Latour, B.K. Wells, and J.E. Hightower. 2007. Tag return models allowing for harvest and catch and release: evidence of environmental and management impacts on striped bass fishing and natural mortality rates. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:387-396.
Olney, J.E., R.J. Latour, B.E. Watkins, and D.G. Clarke. 2006. Migratory behavior of American shad (Alosa sapidissima) in the York River, Virginia with implications for estimating in-river exploitation from tag-recovery data. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135:889-896.
Gartland, J., R.J. Latour, A.D. Halvorson, and H.M. Austin. 2006. Diet composition of young-of-the-year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) in the lower Chesapeake Bay and the coastal ocean of Virginia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135:371-378.
Lipcius, R.M. and R.J. Latour. 2006. Food web interactions and modeling. In Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Advisory Panel (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Office). Fisheries ecosystem planning for Chesapeake Bay. American Fisheries Society, Trends in Fisheries Science and Management 3, Bethesda, Maryland.
Goldman, K.J., S.D. Anderson, R.J. Latour, and J.A. Musick. 2004. Homeothermy in adult salmon sharks, Lamna ditropis. Environmental Biology of Fishes 71:403-411.
Simpfendorfer, C.A., R. Bonfil, and R.J. Latour. 2004. Mortality estimation. In Elasmobranch Fisheries Management Techniques. J.A. Musick and R. Bonfil (eds.). Joint publication between the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUCN), and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS).
Latour, R.J. 2004. Tagging methods and associated data analysis. In Elasmobranch Fisheries Management Techniques. J.A. Musick and R. Bonfil (eds.). Joint publication between the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUCN), and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS).
Latour, R.J., J.M. Hoenig, D.A. Hepworth, and S.D. Frusher. 2003. A novel tag-recovery model with two size classes for estimating fishing and natural mortality, with implications for the southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Tasmania. ICES Journal of Marine Science 60:1075-1085.
Latour, R.J., M.J. Brush, and C.F. Bonzek. 2003. Toward ecosystem-based fisheries management: strategies for multispecies modeling and associated data requirements. Fisheries 28:10-22.
Welsh, S.A., A. Kahnle, B. Versak, and, R.J. Latour. 2003. Use of tag data to compare growth rates of Atlantic Coast striped bass. Fisheries Management and Ecology 10:289-294.
Latour, R.J., J.M. Hoenig, and K.H. Pollock. 2002. Properties of the residuals from two tag-recovery models. Fishery Bulletin 100:856-860.
Latour, R.J., K.H. Pollock, C.A. Wenner, and J.M. Hoenig. 2001. Estimates of fishing and natural mortality for subadult red drum in South Carolina waters. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:733-744.
Latour, R.J., J.M. Hoenig, J.E. Olney, and K.H. Pollock. 2001. Diagnostics for multiyear tagging models with application to Atlantic striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:1716-1726.
Latour, R.J., J.M. Hoenig, J.E. Olney, and K.H. Pollock. 2001. A simple test for nonmixing in multiyear tagging studies: application to striped bass tagged in the Rappahannock River, Virginia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130:848-856.
[top]Andrij Horodysky (Ph.D) co-advisor
Patrick Lynch (Ph.D)
Andre Buchheister (M.S.)
Justine Woodward (M.S.) co-advisor
[top]Patrick Lynch, M.S., 2007.
Thesis: The feeding ecology of Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) in Chesapeake Bay.Kathleen McNamee, M.S., 2007.
Thesis: Trophic ecology and growth of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay, with reference to mycobacteriosis.
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