Selected Publications

Special Reports

1. Raschi, W. G., and J. A. Musick. 1984. Hydrodynamic aspects of shark scales. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, 272, Gloucester Pt. VA.
2. Colvocoresses, J. A., and J. A. Musick. 1980. A preliminary evaluation of the potential for a shark fishery in Virginia. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 234, Gloucester Point.

Theses & Dissertations

1. Gedamke, T. 2006. Developing a stock assessment for the barndoor skate (Dipturus laevis) in the Northeast United States. Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt. VA.
2. Ha, D. S. 2006. Ecology and conservation of Virginia shark species: Analysis of thirty years of Virginia long-line shark census data, 1974--2004. Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt. VA.
3. Conrath, C. L. 2005. Nursery delineation, movement patterns, and migration of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in the eastern shore of Virginia coastal bays and lagoons. Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt. VA.
4. Kerstetter, D. W. 2005. Description and evaluation of the United States coastal pelagic longline fishery interactions with target and non-target species in the western North Atlantic. Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt. VA.

Journal Articles

1. Romine, J. G., J. A. Musick, and G. H. Burgess. 2009. Demographic analyses of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, in the Northwest Atlantic incorporating hooking mortality estimates and revised reproductive parameters. Environmental Biology of Fishes 84(3):277-289.
2. Romine, J. G. 2008. Age, growth, and demography of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, over temporal and spatial scales. Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt. VA.
3. Portnoy, D. S. 2008. Understanding the reproductive behavior and population condition of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in the Western North Atlantic: a molecular approach to conservation and management Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt. VA.
4. Dulvy, N. K., and coauthors. 2008. You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18(5):459-482.
5. Conrath, C. L., and J. A. Musick. 2008. Investigations into depth and temperature habitat utilization and overwintering grounds of juvenile sandbar sharks, Carcharhinus plumbeus: the importance of near shore North Carolina waters. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82(2):123-131.
6. Brill, R., P. Bushnell, S. Schroff, R. Seifert, and M. Galvin. 2008. Effects of anaerobic exercise accompanying catch-and-release fishing on blood-oxygen affinity of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus, Nardo). Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 354(1):132-143.
7. 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(1):187-197.
8. Gedamke, T., J. M. Hoenig, J. A. Musick, W. D. DuPaul, and S. H. Gruber. 2007. Using demographic models to determine intrinsic rate of increase and sustainable fishing for elasmobranchs: Pitfalls, advances, and applications. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27(2):605-618.
9. Ellis, J. K., and J. A. Musick. 2007. Ontogenetic changes in the diet of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in lower Chesapeake Bay and Virginia (USA) coastal waters. Environmental Biology of Fishes 80(1):51-67.
10. Conrath, C. L., and J. A. Musick. 2007. The sandbar shark summer nursery within bays and lagoons of the eastern shore of Virginia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(4):999-1007.
11. Romine, J. G., R. D. Grubbs, and J. A. Musick. 2006. Age and growth of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Hawaiian waters through vertebral analysis. Environmental Biology of Fishes 77(3-4):229-239.
12. 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(2):431-433.
13. Pace, L., R. Brill, P. Bushnell, and J. Musick. 2006. Salinity Tolerance of the Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, and their use of the Chesapeake Bay for Predator Avoidance. Pages [np]. suppl in AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. American Geophysical Union, Honolulu, HI (USA).
14. Pace, L. 2006. Habitat utilization and salinity tolerance of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Virginia. Master's Thesis. College of William and Mary. School of Marine Science.
15. Moyes, C. D., N. Fragoso, M. K. Musyl, and R. W. Brill. 2006. Predicting postrelease survival in large pelagic fish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135(5):1389-1397.
16. Hueter, R. E., C. A. Manire, J. P. Tyminski, J. M. Hoenig, and D. A. Hepworth. 2006. Assessing mortality of released or discarded fish using a logistic model of relative survival derived from tagging data. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135(2):500-508.
17. Haines, A. N., M. F. Flajnik, and J. P. Wourms. 2006. Histology and immunology of the placenta in the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Placenta 27(11-12):1114-1123.
18. Goldman, K. J., and J. A. Musick. 2006. Growth and maturity of salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) in the eastern and western North Pacific, and comments on back-calculation methods. Fishery Bulletin 104(2):278-292.
19. Goldman, K. J., S. Branstetter, and J. A. Musick. 2006. A re-examination of the age and growth of sand tiger sharks, Carcharias taurus, in the western North Atlantic: the importance of ageing protocols and use of multiple back-calculation techniques. Environmental Biology of Fishes 77(3-4):241-252.
20. Dowd, W. W., R. W. Brill, P. G. Bushnell, and J. A. Musick. 2006. Estimating consumption rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, using a bioenergetics model. Fishery Bulletin 104(3):332-342.
21. Dowd, W. W., R. W. Brill, P. G. Bushnell, and J. A. Musick. 2006. Standard and routine metabolic rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus), including the effects of body mass and acute temperature change. Fishery Bulletin 104(3):323-331.
22. Williams, J., and E. Burreson. 2005. Revision of the genus Bdellamaris (Hirudinea : Piscicolidae) including a new combination, Bdellamaris manteri. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39(6):1331-1337.
23. 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(1):84-96.
24. Burgess, G. H., and coauthors. 2005. Is the collapse of shark populations in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico real? Fisheries 30(10):19-26.
25. Kerstetter, D. W., J. J. Polovina, and J. E. Graves. 2004. Evidence of shark predation and scavenging on fishes equipped with pop-up satellite archival tags. Fishery Bulletin 102(4):750-756.
26. 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(4):403-411.
27. Hamlett, W. C., J. A. Musick, C. K. Hysell, and D. M. Sever. 2002. Uterine epithelial-sperm interaction, endometrial cycle and sperm storage in the terminal zone of the oviducal gland in the placental smoothhound, Mustelus canis. Journal of Experimental Zoology 292(2):129-144.
28. Conrath, C. L., and J. A. Musick. 2002. Reproductive biology of the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis, in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Biology of Fishes 64(4):367-377.
29. Conrath, C. L., J. Gelsleichter, and J. A. Musick. 2002. Age and growth of the smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis) in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Fishery Bulletin 100(4):674-682.
30. Lowe, C. G., and K. J. Goldman. 2001. Thermal and bioenergetics of elasmobranchs: bridging the gap. Environmental Biology of Fishes 60(1-3):251-266.
31. Gruber, S. H., J. R. C. de Marignac, and J. M. Hoenig. 2001. Survival of juvenile lemon sharks at Bimini, Bahamas, estimated by mark-depletion experiments. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130(3):376-384.
32. Anderson, S. D., and K. J. Goldman. 2001. Temperature measurements from salmon sharks, Lamna ditropis, in Alaskan waters. Copeia (3):794-796.
33. Yano, K., and J. A. Musick. 2000. The effect of the mesoparasitic barnacle Anelasma on the development of reproductive organs of deep-sea squaloid sharks, Centroscyllium and Etmopterus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 59(3):329-339.
34. Musick, J. A., G. Burgess, G. Cailliet, M. Camhi, and S. Fordham. 2000. Management of sharks and their relatives (Elasmobranchii). Fisheries 25(3):9-13.
35. Goldman, K. J., and S. D. Anderson. 1999. Space utilization and swimming depth of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, at the South Farallon Islands, central California. Environmental Biology of Fishes 56(4):351-364.
36. Gelsleichter, J., J. A. Musick, and S. Nichols. 1999. Food habits of the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis, dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, and the sand tiger, Carcharias taurus, from the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Biology of Fishes 54(2):205-217.
37. Gelsleichter, J., and J. A. Musick. 1999. Effects of insulin-like growth factor-I, corticosterone, and 3,3 ',5-tri-iodo-L-thyronine on glycosaminoglycan synthesis in vertebral cartilage of the clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria. Journal of Experimental Zoology 284(5):549-556.
38. Gelsleichter, J., A. Piercy, and J. A. Musick. 1998. Evaluation of copper, iron and lead substitution techniques in elasmobranch age determination. Journal of Fish Biology 53(3):465-470.
39. Gelsleichter, J., E. Cortes, C. A. Manire, R. E. Hueter, and J. A. Musick. 1998. Evaluation of toxicity of oxytetracycline on growth of captive nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Fishery Bulletin 96(3):624-627.
40. Gelsleichter, J., E. Cortes, C. A. Manire, R. E. Hueter, and J. A. Musick. 1997. Use of calcein as a fluorescent marker for elasmobranch vertebral cartilage. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126(5):862-865.
41. Sminkey, T. R., and J. A. Musick. 1996. Demographic analysis of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus in the western North Atlantic. Fishery Bulletin 94(2):341-347.
42. Heist, E. J., J. A. Musick, and J. E. Graves. 1996. Genetic population structure of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) inferred from restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of mitochondrial DMA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53(3):583-588.
43. Heist, E. J., J. A. Musick, and J. E. Graves. 1996. Mitochondrial DNA diversity and divergence among sharpnose sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, from the Gulf of Mexico and Mid-Atlantic bight. Fishery Bulletin 94(4):664-668.
44. Hamlett, W. C., J. A. Musick, A. M. Eulitt, R. L. Jarrell, and M. A. Kelly. 1996. Ultrastructure of uterine trophonemata, accommodation for uterolactation, and gas exchange in the southern stingray, Dasyatis americana. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 74(8):1417-1430.
45. Sminkey, T. R., and J. A. Musick. 1995. Age and growth of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, before and after population depletion. Copeia (4):871-883.
46. Heist, E. J., J. E. Graves, and J. A. Musick. 1995. Population genetics of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in the gulf of Mexico and mid-Atlantic Bight. Copeia (3):555-562.
47. Branstetter, S., and J. A. Musick. 1994. Age and Growth-Estimates for the Sand Tiger in the Northwestern Atlantic-Ocean. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 123(2):242-254.
48. Keinath, J. A., and J. A. Musick. 1993. Movements and Diving Behavior of a Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. Copeia (4):1010-1017.
49. Yano, K., and J. A. Musick. 1992. Comparison of Morphometrics of Atlantic and Pacific Specimens of the False Catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon, with Notes on Stomach Contents. Copeia (3):877-886.
50. Raschi, W., and C. Tabit. 1992. Functional-Aspects of Placoid Scales - a Review and Update. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43(1):123-147.
51. Eggleston, D. B., and R. N. Lipcius. 1992. Shelter Selection by Spiny Lobster under Variable Predation Risk, Social Conditions, and Shelter Size. Ecology 73(3):992-1011.
52. Musick, J. A., C. R. Tabit, and D. A. Evans. 1990. Body-Surface Area in Galeoid Sharks. Copeia (4):1130-1133.
53. Dailey, M. D., and W. Vogelbein. 1990. Clistobothrium-Carcharodoni Gen Et Sp-N (Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea) from the Spiral Valve of the Great White Shark (Carcharodon-Carcharias). Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 57(2):108-112.
54. Branstetter, S., J. A. Musick, and J. A. Colvocoresses. 1987. A Comparison of the Age and Growth of the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo-Cuvieri, from Off Virginia and from the Northwestern Gulf-of-Mexico. Fishery Bulletin 85(2):269-279.