Research and Publications

Current research projects

1. Impacts of salinity regime and predation risk on physiology and development of juvenile eastern oysters

   

2. Life history allocation of predator-exposed oysters across ontogeny

   

3. Abundance of predatory gastropods in Apalachicola Bay, Florida

   

4. Effects of adult oyster harvest on predation of juvenile oysters by predatory gastropods

Publications

Ascher, A., M. Niemisto, D.M. Baughman, G. Andrews, C. Morris, E. Patrick, R. A. Wahle, D. M. Fields. 2024. Climate induced declines in maternal size may come at a cost to embryonic investment and larval performance in the American lobster. Fisheries Research. 276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107059.

Woods, M.N., T.J. Hong, D.M. Baughman, G. Andrews, D. M. Fields, P. A. Matrai. 2020. Accumulation and effects of microplastic fibers in American lobster larvae (Homarus americanus). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 157; 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111280