Area(s) of Expertise

• Marine Ecology & Conservation
• Fisheries Science
• Behavioral Ecology
• Habitat Restoration
• Population Dynamics & Modeling
• Marine Science Education

Publications

• Data from: Otter trawl fish and blue crab survey results from the 2022-2023 Beaufort Inlet, NC, USA dredge project , DRYAD (2026)
• Environmental drivers of juvenile Atlantic blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) abundance in Northern Adriatic , Regional Studies in Marine Science (2026)
• Hurricane impacts on oyster reef habitat in a large, wind-driven estuary , Frontiers in Marine Science (2026)
• POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CHANNEL DREDGING ON COMMERCIALLY AND RECREATIONALLY IMPORTANT NEKTON , SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)
• Shell trace elemental data (geochemical fingerprints) from larval samples collected during cruises AT42-24, AT50-04, and TN391 in the Gulf of Mexico and Northwestern Atlantic in 2020, 2021, and 2022 , Open MIND (2026)
• Shell trace elemental fingerprints of the deep-sea methane seep mussel Gigantidas childressi vary by depth, site, and shell growth region , Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers (2026)
• Translating science into evidence-based policy for the protection and restoration of essential fish habitat , ICES Journal of Marine Science (2026)
• A potential bottom-up cascade on the abundance of invasive Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus in northwestern Adriatic lagoons , Marine Environmental Research (2025)
• From ecological to anthropogenic factors: unraveling the drivers of blue crab Callinectes sapidus occurrence along the Mediterranean coasts , Frontiers in Marine Science (2025)
• Impacts of the invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus on small-scale fisheries in a Mediterranean lagoon using fishery landing data , The Science of The Total Environment (2025)