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Jim Gartland

Senior Research Scientist

Email: [[jgartlan]]
Phone: (804) 684-7546
Office: Nunnally Hall 120
Section: Natural Resources
Lab: : Multispecies Research Group

Education

B.S., University of Miami, 1999
M.S., William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 2002
Ph.D., William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 2024

About

Quantitative fisheries ecology in support of Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management (EAFM). Specifically, my research focuses on the influence of biophysical forcing and harvest on community structure and function, development of ecosystem indicators to inform holistic management approaches, and novel uses of data on trophic interactions to support stock assessment. Effective development and implementation of a myriad new fisheries-independent monitoring survey programs has served as the foundation of much of this research.

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