Publications

• Rudershausen, P.J., B.J. Runde, and J.A. Buckel. 2019. Effectiveness of Venting and Descender Devices at Increasing Rates of Postrelease Survival of Black Sea Bass.N. Am. J. Fish. Mgmt.
• Rudershausen, P.J., L.M. Lee, S.M. Lombardo, J.H. Merrell, J.A. Buckel. 2019. Survival and Habitat of Yellow-Phase American Eels in North Carolina Tidal Creeks. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 148:978-990.
• Runde, B., P.J. Rudershausen, B. Sauls, C.S. Mikles, and J.A. Buckel. 2019. Low discard survival of gray triggerfish in the southeastern US hook-and-line fishery. Fish. Res. In press.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.E. Hightower, J.A. Buckel, T. Dubreuil, M. O’Donnell, and B.J. Letcher. 2019. Survival and density of a dominant fish species across gradient of urbanization in North Carolina tidal creeks. Estuaries and Coasts.
• Shertzer, K.W., N.M. Bacheler, W.E. Pine III, B.J. Runde, J.A. Buckel, P.J. Rudersausen and J.H. MacMahan. 2019. Estimating population abundance at a site in the open ocean: combining information from conventional and telemetry tags with application to gray triggerfish (Balistes capriscus). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 
• Honeycutt, J.L., C.A. Deck, S.C. Miller, M.E. Severance, E.B. Atkins, J.A. Luckenbach, J.A. Buckel, H.V. Daniels, J.A. Rice, R.J Borski, and J. Godwin. 2019. Warmer waters masculinize wild populations of juvenile southern flounder. Scientific Reports. 9:6527.
• Scheffel, T.K., J.E. Hightower, J.A. Buckel, J.K. Krause, and F.S. Scharf. 2019. Coupling acoustic tracking with conventional tag returns to estimate mortality for a flatfish with high rates of emigration.Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 
• Hoos, E.A., J.A. Buckel, J.B. Boyd, M.S. Loeffler, L.M. Lee. 2019. Fisheries management in the face of uncertainty: Designing time-area closures that are effective under multiple spatial patterns of fishing effort displacement in an estuarine gill net fishery. Plos ONE. 14(1): e0211103.
• Mikles, C.S., C.A. Harms, J.A. Buckel, and P.J. Rudershausen. 2019. Examining the severity of roof-hooking injuries in dolphinfish: a comparison between computed tomography and gross necropsy.  N. Am. J. Fish. Mgmt. 39:36-44.
• Binion-Rock, S.M., B.J. Reich, and J.A. Buckel. 2019. A kernel density approach to account for spatial correlation when estimating the diet composition of fish. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 76:249-267
• Bacheler, N.M., K.W. Shertzer, J.A. Buckel, P.J. Rudershausen, and B.J. Runde. 2018. Behavior of gray triggerfish Balistes capriscus around baited fish traps determined from fine-scale acoustic tracking. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 606:133-150.
• Runde, B.J., J.E. Harris, and J.A. Buckel. 2018. Symposium Review: Using Electronic Tags to Estimate Vital Rates in Fishes. Fisheries 43: 268-270.
• Runde, B.J., and J.A. Buckel. 2018. Descender Devices are Promising Tools for Increasing Survival in Deepwater Groupers. Mar. Coast. Fish. 10:100-117.
• Ellis, T.A., J.E. Hightower, and J.A. Buckel. 2018. Relative importance of fishing and natural mortality for spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) estimated from a tag-return model and corroborated with survey data. Fish. Res. 199:81-93.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.H. Merrell, and J.A. Buckel. 2018. Fragmentation of habitat affects communities and movement of nekton in salt marsh tidal creeks. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 586:57-72.
• Ellis, T.A., J.A. Buckel, J.E. Hightower, and S.J. Poland. 2017. Relating cold tolerance to winterkill for spotted seatrout at its northern latitudinal limits. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 490:42-51.
• Ellis, T.A., J.A. Buckel, and J.E. Hightower. 2017. Winter severity influences spotted seatrout mortality in a southeast US estuarine system. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 564:145-161.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.E. Hightower, and J.A. Buckel. 2016. Can optimal trap mesh size be predicted from body depth in a laterally-compressed fish? Fish. Res. 179:259-270.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.A. Buckel, M.A. Dueker, S.J. Poland, and E. Hain. 2016. Comparison of fish and invertabrate assemblages among cariably altered tidal creeks in a coastal landscape. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 544:15-35.
• Brewer, M.A., P.J. Rudershausen, B.D. Sterba-Boatwright, J.H. Merrell,  and J.A. Buckel. 2016. Survival, tag retention, and growth of spot and mummichog following PIT tag implantation. N. Am. J. Mgmt. 3:639-651.
• Rudershausen, P.J., Price, A.B., and J.A. Buckel. 2015. Can bycatch in a flatfish gillnet fishery be reduced with rectangular mesh? Fish. Manag. and Ecol., 22:419-431.
• Callihan, J., C.H. Godwin, K.J. Dockendorf, J. A. Buckel. 2014. Growth and mortality of hatchery-reared striped bass stocked into nonnatal systems. N. Am. J. Fish. Mgmt. 34:1131-1139. Link to PDF file
• Morley, J.W. and J. A. Buckel. 2014. Effects of temperature and prey size on predator-prey interactions between bluefish and bay anchovy. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 461:449-457.
• Callihan, J., C.H. Godwin, J. A. Buckel. 2014. Effect of demography on spatial distribution: movement patterns of Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River stock of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in relation to their recovery. Fish. Bull. 112:131-143.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.A. Buckel , T. Dubreil, M.J. O’Donell, J.E. Hightower, and B.J. Letcher. 2014. Estimating movement and survival rates of a small saltwater fish using autonomous antenna receiver arrays and passive integrated transponder tags. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 499:177-192.
• Butler, C.M., B. Hanrahan, J.A. Buckel, P.J. Rudershausen, F. Juanes, and J. Smith. 2014. Size-selective feeding in captive and free-ranging Atlantic bluefin tuna. Mar. Coast. Fish. 6:81-88.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.A. Buckel., and J.E. Hightower. 2014. Estimating reef fish discard mortality using surface and bottom tagging: effects of hook injury and barotrauma. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 71:514-520.
• Morley, J.W., J.A. Buckel, and T.E. Lankford, Jr. 2013. Relative contribution of spring- and summer-spawned bluefish to the adult population: effects of size-selective winter mortality, overwinter growth, and sampling bias. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 70:233-244.
• Friedl, S.F., J.A. Buckel, J.E. Hightower, F.S. Scharf, and K. Pollock. 2013. Telemetry-based mortality estimates of juvenile spot in two North Carolina estuarine creeks. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 142:399-415.
• Bacheler, N.M., J.A. Buckel, and L.M. Paramore. 2012. Density-dependent habitat use and growth of an estuarine fish. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 69:1734-1747.
• Adamski, K.M., J.A. Buckel, D. Ahrenholz, G. Bath-Martin, and J.A. Hare. 2012. Fertilization dates, pelagic larval durations, and growth in gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) from North Carolina, USA. Bull. Mar. Sci. 88:971-986.
• Morley, J.W., J.A. Buckel, and T.E. Lankford, Jr. 2012. Comparing multiple predictors of energy content in juvenile bluefish. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 141:1109-1116.
• Wuenschel, M.J., K.W. Able, J.A. Buckel, J.W. Morley, T.E Lankford, A.C. Branson, D.O.Conover, D. Drisco, A. Jordaan, K. Dunton, D.H. Secor, R.J. Woodland, F. Juanes, and D. Stormer. 2012. Recruitment patterns and habitat use of young-of-the-year bluefish along the United States east coast: insights from coordinated coastwide sampling. Reviews in Fisheries Science 20:80-102.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.A. Buckel, G. Bolton, R. Gregory, T. Averett, and P. Conn. 2012. A comparison between circle and J hook performance in the dolphinfish, yellowfin tuna, and wahoo bluewater troll fishery off North Carolina. Fishery Bulletin 110:156-175.
• Hunsicker, M, Ciannelli L, Bailey K, Buckel J, White W., Link J, Essington T, Gaichas S, Anderson T, Brodeur R, Chan, K, Chen K, Englund G, Frank K, Freitas V, Hixon M, Hurst T, Johnson D, Kitchell J, Reese D, Rose G, Sjodin H, Sydeman W, van der Veer H, Vollset K, Zador, S. 2011. Functional responses and scaling in marine predator-prey interactions: contemporary issues and emerging concepts. Ecology Letters 14:1288-1299.
• Adamski, K.M, J.A.Buckel, K. Shertzer, G. Bath-Martin, and J.C.Taylor. 2011 Developing fishery-independent indices of abundance of larval and juvenile gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) in the southeast United States.
• Rudershausen, P.J, J.A. Buckel, J. Edwards, D.P. Gannon, C.M. Butler, and T.W. Averett. 2010. Feeding ecology of blue marlin, dolphinfish, yellowfin tuna and wahoo in the North Atlantic with comparisons to other oceans. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 139:1335-1359.
• Rudershausen, P.J, W.A. Mitchell, J.A. Buckel, E. Williams, and E. Hazen. 2010. Developing a two-step fishery-independent design to estimate the relative abundance of deepwater reef fish: application to a marine protected area off the southeastern United States. Fish. Res. 105:254-260.
• Bacheler, N.M., J.E. Hightower, S.M. Burdick, L.M. Paramore, J.A. Buckel, and K.H. Pollock. 2010. Using generalized linear models to estimate selectivity from short-term recoveries of tagged red drum Sciaenops ocellatus: effects of gear, fate, and regulation period. Fish. Res. 102: 266-275.
• Butler, C.M., P.J. Rudershausen, and J.A. Buckel. 2010. Feeding ecology of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in North Carolina: diet, daily ration, and consumption of Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus). Fish. Bull. 108: 56-69.
• Bacheler, N.M., J.A. Buckel, J.E. Hightower, L.M. Paramore, and K.H. Pollock. 2009. A combined telemetry – tag return approach to estimate fishing and natural mortality rates of an estuarine fish.. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66: 1230-1244. Link to PDF file
• Bacheler, N.M., L.M. Paramore, S.M. Burdick, J.A. Buckel, and J.E. Hightower. 2009. Variation in movement patterns of red drum inferred from conventional tagging and ultrasonic telemetry. Fish. Bull. 107:405-419.
• Scharf, F.S., J.A. Buckel, and F. Juanes. 2009. Contrasting patterns of resource utilization between juvenile estuarine piscivores: the influence of relative prey size and foraging ability on the ontogeny of piscivory. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66:790-801.
• Bacheler, N.M., L.M. Paramore, J.A. Buckel, and J.E. Hightower. 2009. Abiotic and biotic factors influence the habitat use of an estuarine fish. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 377:263-277.
• Taylor, J.C., W.A. Mitchell, J.A. Buckel, H.J. Walsh, K.W. Shertzer, G.B. Martin, and J.A. Hare. 2009. Relationships between larval and juvenile abundance of winter-spawned fishes in North Carolina, USA. Mar. Coast. Fish. 1:11-20.
• Buckel, J.A., Pessutti, J.E., Rosendale, J.R., and J.S. Link. 2009. Interactions between bluefish and striped bass: behavior of bluefish under impaired conditions and overlap in resource use. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 368:129-137.
• Bacheler, N.M., J.E. Hightower, L.M. Paramore, J.A. Buckel, and K.H. Pollock. 2008. Changes in fishing mortality and selectivity of North Carolina red drum due to fishery regulations: estimates from an age-dependent tag return model. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc 137:1422-1432.
• Rudershausen, P.J., E.H. Williams, J.A. Buckel, J.A. Potts, and C.H. Manooch III. 2008. Comparison of reef fish catch-per-unit-effort and total mortality between 1970s and 2005-06 in Onslow Bay, NC. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 137:1389-1405.
• Rudershausen, P.J., M.S. Baker, and J.A. Buckel. 2008. Catch rates and selectivity among three trap types in the South Atlantic Bight black sea bass (Centropristis striata) commercial trap fishery. N. Am. J. Fish. Mgmt. 28:1099-1107.
• Bacheler, N.M., L.M. Paramore, J.A. Buckel, and F.S. Scharf. 2008. Recruitment of juvenile red drum in North Carolina: spatiotemporal patterns of year-class strength and validation of a seine survey. N. Am. J. Fish. Mgmt. 28:1086-1098.
• Tuomikoski, J.E., P.J. Rudershausen, J.A. Buckel, and J.E. Hightower. 2008. Effects of age-1 striped bass predation on juvenile fish in western Albemarle Sound. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 137:324-339.
• Schwenke, K.L., and J.A. Buckel. 2008. Age, growth, and reproduction of dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus caught off the coast of North Carolina. Fishery Bulletin 106:82-92.
• Slater, J.J., T.E. Lankford Jr., and J.A. Buckel. 2007. Overwintering ability of young-of-the-year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix): effects of ration and cohort of origin on survival. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 339:259-269.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.A. Buckel, and E.H. Williams. 2007. Discard composition and release fate in the snapper-grouper commercial hook and line fishery, North Carolina. Fish. Manag. Ecol. 14:103-113.
• Morley, J.W., J.A. Buckel, and T.E. Lankford Jr. 2007. Winter energy storage dynamics and cohort structure of young-of-the-year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) off North Carolina. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 334:273-286.
• Scharf, F.S., J.A. Buckel, K.A. Rose, F. Juanes, and J.H. Cowan. 2006. Effects of variable prey and cohort dynamics on growth of young-of-the-year estuarine bluefish: evidence for interactions between spring- and summer-spawned cohorts. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 135:1266-1289.
• LeBlanc, L.A., J.A. Buckel, D.O. Conover, and B.J. Brownawell. 2006. Tests of bioaccumulation models for polychlorinated biphenyl compounds: a study of young-of-the-year bluefish in the Hudson River estuary, USA. Env. Tox. Chem. 25:2067-2076. Link to PDF file
• Bethea, D.M., J.K. Carlson, J.A. Buckel, and M. Satterwhite. 2006. Ontogenetic and site related trends in the diet of the Atlantic sharpnose shark(Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) from the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. Bull. Mar. Sci. 78:287-307.
• Buckel, J.A., R.J. Hines, and T.C. McArthur, Jr. 2006. Incidental catch and discard of red drum Sciaenops ocellatus in a large mesh Paralichthyidae gillnet fishery: experimental evaluation of a fisher’s experience at limiting bycatch. Fish. Manag. Ecol. 13:113-119.
• Rudershausen, P.J., J.E. Tuomikoski, J.A. Buckel, and J.E. Hightower. 2005. Prey selectivity and diet of striped bass in western Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 134:1059-1074.
• Bacheler, N.M., R.A. Wong, and J.A. Buckel. 2005. Movements and mortality rates of striped mullet in North Carolina. N. Am. J. Fish. Mgmt. 25:361-373. Link to PDF file
• Bacheler, N.M. and J.A. Buckel. 2004. Does hook type influence the catch rate, size, and injury of grouper in a North Carolina commercial fishery? Fish. Res. 69:303-311.
• Buckel, J.A. and A.W. Stoner. 2004. Negative effects of increasing group size on foraging in two estuarine piscivores. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 307:183-196.
• Buckel, J.A., B.L. Sharack and V.S. Zdanowicz. 2004. Effect of diet on otolith composition in Pomatomus saltatrix, an estuarine piscivore. J. Fish. Biol. 64:1469-1484.
• Bethea, D.M., J.A. Buckel, and J.K. Carlson. 2004. Foraging ecology of the early life stages of four sympatric sharks. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 268:245-264.
• Scharf, F.S., J.A. Buckel, P.A. McGinn, and F. Juanes. 2003. Vulnerability of marine forage fishes to piscivory: effects of prey behavior on susceptibility to attack and capture. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 294:41-59.
• Buckel, J.A. and K.A. McKown. 2002. Competition between juvenile striped bass and bluefish: resource partitioning and growth rate. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 234:191-204. Link to PDF file
• Scharf, F.S., J.A. Buckel, and F. Juanes. 2002. Size-dependent vulnerability of juvenile bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli) to bluefish predation: Does large body size always provide a refuge? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 233:241-252.
• Juanes, F., J.A. Buckel, and F.S. Scharf. 2002. Feeding ecology of piscivorous fishes. Chapter 12 in Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries Vol. 1- Fish Biology, edited by P.J.B. Hart and J.D. Reynolds. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 267-283.
• Juanes, F., J.A. Buckel, and F.S. Scharf. 2001. Predatory behaviour and selectivity of a primary piscivore: comparing fish and non-fish prey. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 217:157-165.
• Buckel, J.A. and A.W. Stoner. 2000. Functional response and switching behavior of young-of-the-year piscivorous bluefish. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 245:25-41.
• Bell, G.A., J.A. Buckel, and A.W. Stoner. 1999. Effects of alternative prey on cannibalism in age-1 bluefish. J. Fish. Biol. 55:990-1000. Link to PDF file
• Buckel, J.A., M.J. Fogarty, and D.O. Conover. 1999. Mutual prey of fish and humans: a comparison of biomass consumed by bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, with that harvested by fisheries. Fish. Bull. 97:776-785.
• Buckel, J.A., M.J. Fogarty, and D.O. Conover. 1999. Foraging habits of bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, on the U.S. east coast continental shelf. Fish. Bull. 97:758-775.
• Buckel, J.A., D.O. Conover, N.D. Steinberg, and K.A. McKown. 1999. Impact of age-0 bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) predation on age-0 fishes in the Hudson River estuary: evidence for density-dependent loss of juvenile striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 56:275-287.
• Scharf, F.S., J.A. Buckel, F. Juanes, and D.O. Conover. 1998. Predation by juvenile piscivorous bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix): the influence of prey to predator size ratio and prey type on predator capture success and prey profitability. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55:1695-1703.
• Buckel, J.A., B.H. Letcher, and D.O. Conover. 1998. Effects of a delayed onset of piscivory on the size of age-0 bluefish. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 127:576-587.
• Buckel, J.A. and D.O. Conover. 1997. Movements, feeding periods, and daily ration of piscivorous young-of-the-year bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, in the Hudson River estuary. Fish. Bull. 95:665-679.
• Scharf, F.S., J.A. Buckel, F. Juanes, and D.O. Conover. 1997. Estimating piscine prey sizes from partial remains: testing for shifts in foraging mode by juvenile bluefish. Environ. Biol. Fishes 49:377-388.
• Buckel, J.A. and D.O. Conover. 1996. Gastric evacuation rates of piscivorous young-of-the-year bluefish. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 125:591-599.
• Buckel, J.A., N.D. Steinberg, and D.O. Conover. 1995. Effects of temperature, salinity, and fish size on growth and consumption of juvenile bluefish. J. Fish Biol. 47:696-706.
• Juanes, F., J.A. Buckel, and D.O. Conover. 1994. Accelerating the onset of piscivory: intersection of predator and prey phenologies. J. Fish Biol. 45(A):41-54.