Education

• B.S., Marine Biology, Fisheries Biology Track, Summa cum laude, Texas A&M University

• M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University

Research Interests

My research interests include various aspects of community and population ecology for estuarine and marine fishes.  My previous research utilized stable isotopes in otoliths to examine population structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna.  My doctoral work focuses on the temporal and spatial variation in condition of young-of-the-year fishes in Chesapeake Bay.  Using both novel and traditional metrics of assessing condition, I will investigate the effect of individual fish condition on recruitment.

Publications

• Schloesser, R.W., M.C. Fabrizio, R.J. Latour, G.C. Garman, B. Greenlee, M. Groves, and J. Gartland.  2011.   Ecological role of blue catfish in Chesapeake Bay communities and implications for management.  Pages 369-382 in P.H. Michaletz and V.H. Travnichek, editors.  Conservation, ecology, and management of catfish: the second international symposium.  American Fisheries Society, Symposium 77, Bethesda, Maryland.
• Schloesser, R.W., J.D. Neilson, D.H. Secor, and J.R. Rooker.  2010.  Natal origin of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from Canadian waters based on otolith δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 67:563-569.  DOI:10.1139/F10-005.
• Schloesser, R.W., J.R. Rooker, P. Louchuoarn, J.D. Neilson, and D.H. Secor.  2009.  Interdecadal variation in seawater δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O recorded in fish otoliths.  Limnology and Oceanography, 54(5):1665-1668.
• Rooker. J.R., D.H. Secor, G. DeMetrio, R. Schloesser, B.A. Block, and J.D. Neilson.  2008.  Natal Homing and Connectivity in Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Populations.  Science, 322:742-744.  DOI: 10.1126/science.1161473.