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BOOKS

Ault, J.S. (Editor). 2007. Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Series in Marine Science. Oxford , UK . ISBN 084932792X. 550 p., in press.

JURIED OR REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Ault, J.S. , S.G. Smith, J.A. Bohnsack, J. Luo, D.E. Harper, and D.B. McClellan. (2006). Building sustainable fisheries in Florida 's coral reef ecosystem: positive signs in the Dry Tortugas . Bulletin of Marine Science 78(3): 633-654.

Bartholomew, A., J.A. Bohnsack, S.G. Smith, J.S. Ault, D.E. Harper, and D.B. McClellan. 2006. Influence of marine reserve size and boundary length on the initial response of exploited reef fishes in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, USA . Landscape Ecology

Ault, J.S., S.G. Smith, and J.A. Bohnsack. (2005). Evaluation of average length as an estimator of exploitation status for the Florida coral reef fish community. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62: 417-423.

Ault, J.S., J.A. Bohnsack, S.G. Smith, and J. Luo. (2005). Towards sustainable multispecies fisheries in the Florida USA coral reef ecosystem. Bulletin of Marine Science 76(2): 595-622.

Humston, R., Ault, J.S., Larkin, M.F., and J. Luo. (2005). Movements and site fidelity of bonefish (Albula vulpes) in the northern Florida Keys determined by acoustic telemetry. Marine Ecology Progress Series 291:237-248.

Humston, R., Olson, D.B., and J.S. Ault. (2004). Behavioral assumptions in models of fish movement and their influence on population dynamics. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:1304-1328.

Meester, G.A., Mehrotra, A., Ault, J.S., and E.K. Baker. (2004). Designing marine reserves for fishery management. Management Science 50(8):1031-1043.

Bohnsack, J.A., Ault, J.S., and B. Causey. (2004). Why have no-take marine protected areas? American Fisheries Society Symposium 42:185-193.

Wang, J.D., Luo, J., and J.S. Ault. (2003). Flows, salinity, and some implications for larval transport in south Biscayne Bay, Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 72(3):695-723.

Ault, J.S., Luo, J., and J.D. Wang. (2003). A spatial ecosystem model to assess spotted seatrout population risks from exploitation and environmental changes. Chapter 15, Pages 267-296 in Biology of Spotted Seatrout. S.A. Bortone (ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

Franklin, E.C., Ault, J.S., Smith, S.G., Luo, J., Meester, G.A., Diaz, G.A., Chiappone, M., Swanson, D.W., Miller, S.L., and J.A. Bohnsack. (2003). Benthic habitat mapping in the Tortugas region, Florida. Marine Geodesy 26(1-2):19-34.

Meester, G.A., Ault, J.S., Smith, S.G., and A. Mehrotra. (2001). An integrated simulation modeling and operations research approach to spatial management decision making. Sarsia 86:543-558.

Lindeman, K.C., Kramer, P.A., and J.S. Ault. (2001). Comparative approaches to reef monitoring and assessment: an overview. Bulletin of Marine Science 69(2):335-338.

Miller, S.L., Chiappone, M., Swanson, D.W., Ault, J.S., Smith, S.G., Meester, G.A., Luo, J., Franklin, E.C., Bohnsack, J.A., Harper, D.E., and D.B. McCllelan. (2001). An extensive deep reef terrace on the Tortugas Bank, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Coral Reefs 20(3):299-300.

Chiappone, M., Miller, S.L., Swanson, D.W., Ault, J.S., and S.G. Smith. (2001). Comparatively high densities of long-spined sea urchins in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. Coral Reefs 20(2):137-138.

Rubec, P.J., Smith, S.G., Coyne, M.S., White, M., Wilder, D., Sullivan, A., Ruiz-Cruz, R., MacDonald, T., McMichael, R.H., Henderson, G.E., Monaco, M.E., and J.S. Ault. (2001). Spatial modeling of fish habitat in Florida. Pages 1-18 in Spatial Processes and Management of Fish Populations. Alaska Sea Grant College Press. Fairbanks, AK. 750 p.

Diaz, G.A., Smith, S.G., Serafy, J.E. and J.S. Ault. (2001). Allometry of the growth of pink shrimp Farfantepenaeus duorarum in a subtropical bay. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130(2):328-335.

Lindeman, K.C., Lee, T.N., Wilson, W.D., Claro, R., and J.S. Ault. (2001). Transport of larvae originating in southwest Cuba and the Dry Tortugas: evidence for partial retention in grunts and snappers. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 52:732-747.

Ault, J.S., Crosby, M.P., Davis, G., and E. Reese. (2000). Ecological assessments. Chapter 4, Pages 45-48 in Alternative Access Management Strategies for Marine and Coastal Protected Areas. U.S. Man and the Biosphere, Washington, DC. 168 p.

Lindeman, K.C., Pugliese, R., Waugh, G.T. and J.S. Ault. (2000). Developmental pathways within a multispecies reef fishery: management applications for essential fish habitats and protected areas. Bulletin of Marine Science 66(3):929-956.

Humston, R., Ault, J.S., Lutcavage, M. and D.B. Olson. (2000). Schooling and migration of large pelagic fishes relative to environmental cues. Fisheries Oceanography 9(2):136-146.

Glynn, P.W. and J.S. Ault. (2000). A biogeographic analysis and review of the far eastern Pacific coral reef region. Coral Reefs 19(1):1-19.

Meester, G.A., Ault, J.S., and J.A, Bohnsack. (1999). Visual censusing and the extraction of average length as a biological indicator of stock health. Naturalista Sicilia 23:205-222.

Serafy, J.E., Ault, J.S., Capo, T.R. and D.R. Schultz. (1999). Red drum stock enhancement in Biscayne Bay, Florida USA: assessment of rearing and releasing unmarked early juveniles. Aquaculture Research 30:737-750.

Lindeman, K.C., Diaz, G.A., Serafy, J.E. and J.S. Ault. (1999). A spatial framework for assessing cross-shelf habitat use among newly settled grunts and snappers. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 50:385-416.

Ault, J.S., Luo, J., Smith, S.G., Serafy, J.E., Wang, J.D., Humston, R. and G.A. Diaz. (1999). A spatial dynamic multistock production model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56(S1):4-25.

Ault, J.S., Diaz, G.A., Smith, S.G., Luo, J. and J.E. Serafy. (1999). An efficient sampling survey design to estimate pink shrimp population abundance in Biscayne Bay, Florida. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19(3):696-712.

Cosner, G.C., DeAngelis, D.L., Ault, J.S., and D.B. Olson. (1999). Effects of spatial grouping on the functional response of predators. Theoretical Population Biol. 56(1):65-75.

Rubec, P.J., Bexley, J.C.W., Coyne, M.S., Monaco, M., Smith, S.G., and J.S. Ault. (1999). Suitability modeling to delineate habitat essential to sustainable fisheries. American Fisheries Society Symposium 22:108-133.

Ault, J.S., Bohnsack, J.A., and G.A. Meester. (1998). A retrospective (1979-1996) multispecies assessment of coral reef fish stocks in the Florida Keys. Fishery Bulletin 96(3):395-414.

Serafy, J.E., Lindeman, K.C., Hopkins, T.E., and J.S. Ault. (1997). Effects of freshwater canal discharge on fish assemblages in a subtropical bay: field and laboratory observations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 160:161-171.

Ault, J.S., Bohnsack, J.A., and G.A. Meester. (1997). Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: retrospective (1979-1995) assessment of reef fish and the case for protected marine areas. Pages 415-425 in Developing and Sustaining World Fisheries Resources: The State of Science and Management, Hancock, D.A., Smith, D.C., Grant, A., and Beumer, J.P. (eds.). 2nd World Fisheries Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 797 p.

Post, J.T., Serafy, J.E., Ault, J.S., Capo, T.R., and D.P. de Sylva. (1997). Field and laboratory observations of larval Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius). Bulletin of Marine Science 60(3):1026-1034.

Rothschild, B.J., Ault, J.S., and S.G. Smith. (1996). A systems science approach to fisheries stock assessment and management. Pages 473-492 in Stock Assessment: Quantitative Methods and Applications for Small Scale Fisheries, Gallucci, V.F., Saila, S., Gustafson, D., and B.J. Rothschild (eds.). Lewis Publishers (Div. of CRC Press). Chelsea, Michigan, 527 p.

Ault, J.S., McGarvey, R.N., Rothschild, B.J., and J. Chavarria. (1996). Stock assessment computer algorithms. Pages 501-515 in Stock Assessment: Quantitative Methods and Applications for Small Scale Fisheries, Gallucci, V.F., Saila, S., Gustafson, D., and B.J. Rothschild (eds.). Lewis Publishers (Division of CRC Press). Chelsea, Michigan, 527 p.

Ault, J.S., and D.B. Olson. (1996). A multicohort stock production model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125(3):343-363.

Rothschild, B.J., and J.S. Ault. (1996). Population-dynamic instability as a cause of patch structure. Ecological Modelling 93(1-3):237-249.

Bohnsack, J.A., and J.S. Ault. (1996). Management strategies to conserve marine biodiversity. Oceanography 9(1):73-82.

Ault, J.S. (1996). A fishery management system approach for Gulf of Mexico living resources. In GIS Applications for Fisheries and Coastal Resources Management, Rubec, P.J., and O'Hop, J. (eds.). Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission 43:106-111.

Serafy, J.E., Schmitz, C.M., Capo, T.R., Clarke, M.E., and J.S. Ault. (1996). Total length estimation from head dimensions of red drum. Progressive Fish-Culturist 58:289-290.

Zhang, C.I., and J.S. Ault. (1995). Abundance estimation of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Bulletin of the Korean Fisheries Society 28(6):708-719.

Rothschild, B.J., Ault, J.S., Goulletquer, P., and M. Heral. (1994). Decline of the Chesapeake Bay oyster population: a century of habitat destruction and overfishing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 111(2&3):29-39.

Zhang, C.I., Ault, J.S., and S. Endo. (1993). Estimation of dredge sampling efficiency for blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay. Bulletin of the Korean Fisheries Society 26(4):369-379.

Ault, J.S. (1992). Age-structured abundance and density equations for tropical multicohort populations. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 41:245-273.

Rothschild, B.J., and J.S. Ault. (1992). Linkages in ecosystem models. South African Journal of Marine Science 12:1101-1108.

Ehrhardt, N.M., and J.S. Ault. (1992). Analysis of two length-based mortality models applied to bounded catch length frequencies. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 121(1):115-122.

Ault, J.S., and N.M. Ehrhardt. (1991). Correction to the Beverton and Holt Z-estimator for truncated catch length-frequency distributions. ICLARM Fishbyte 9(1):37-39.

Ault, J.S., and W.W. Fox. (1990). Simulation of the effects of spawning and recruitment patterns in tropical and subtropical fish stocks on traditional management assessments. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 39:341-353.

Ault, J.S., and W.W. Fox. (1989). FINMAN: simulated fishery management decision analysis with multiple objectives. American Fisheries Society Symposium 6:166-179.

Ault, J.S., and W.W. Fox. (1987). A fishery institution management computer model for simulating the decision making environment in tropical and subtropical regions. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 38:361-388.

Ault, J.S., and J.D. DeMartini. (1987). Movement and dispersion of red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, in northern California. California Fish and Game 73(4):196-213.

Ault, J.S. (1985). Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Pacific Southwest): black, green, and red abalones. U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Biological Report 82(11.32), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers TR EL-82-4.19 p.

Ault, J.S. (1985). Some quantitative aspects of reproduction and growth of the red abalone, Haliotis rufescens Swainson. Journal of the World Mariculture Society 16:398-425.

BOOK REVIEWS

Ault, J.S. (2004). Population genetics: principles and applications for fisheries scientists. Quarterly Review of Biology 79(1): 95-96.

Ault, J.S. (2000). Quantitative fish dynamics. The Quarterly Review of Biology 75(3) : 336.

Ault, J.S. (1997). Applied population ecology: a supply-demand approach. The Quarterly Review of Biology 44(4) : 494.

Ault, J.S. (1995). Predictions under uncertainty: fish assemblages and food webs on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Fisheries Review 40(4) : 537.

TECHNICAL MEMORANDA & COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Menza, C.W., J.S. Ault, J. Beets, J.A. Bohnsack, C. Caldow, J. Christensen, A. Friedlander, C. Jeffrey, M. Kendall, J. Luo, M. Monaco, S.G. Smith and K. Woody. (2006). A Guide to Monitoring Reef Fish in the National Park Service's South Florida / Caribbean Network. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 39. 169 p.

Ault, J.S. (2005). Contributor to NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 11 ‘ The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005.

Ault, J.S., and N.M. Ehrhardt. (2003). Ault and Ehrhardt method to estimate total mortality in fish stocks. FiSAT II Software FAO-ICLARM Stock Assessment tools VER 1.00 from 1 June 2003 . http://www.fao.org/fi/statist/fisoft/fisat/index.htm .

Ault, J.S., S.G. Smith, J. Luo, G.A. Meester, J.A. Bohnsack, and S.L. Miller. (2002). Baseline multispecies coral reef fish stock assessment for the Dry Tortugas . NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC- 487 . 117 p.

Ault, J.S., S.G. Smith, G.A. Meester, J. Luo, and J.A. Bohnsack. (2001). Site characterization for Biscayne National Park : assessment of fisheries resources and habitats. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC- 468 . 185 p.

Ault, J.S., G.A. Meester, K.C. Lindeman, J. Luo, and D.G. Clarke. (2000). FISHFATE user's guide: spatial-temporal population simulation model. DOER Technical Notes Collection (ERDC TN DOER-E11), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center , Vicksburg , MS. www.wes.army.mil/el/dots/doer

Ault, J.S., G.A. Meester, J. Luo, S.G. Smith, and K.C. Lindeman. (2000). Dry Tortugas National Park natural resources affected environment. General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. National Park Service. Denver, CO. 250 p.

Bohnsack, J.A., D.B. McClellan, D.E. Harper, G.S. Davenport, G.J. Konoval, A.M. Eklund, J.P. Contillo, S.K. Bolden, P.C. Fischel, G.S. Sandorff, J.C. Javech, M.W. White, M.H. Pickett, M.W. Hulsbeck, J.L. Tobias, J.S. Ault , G.A. Meester, S.G. Smith, and J. Luo. (1999). Baseline data for evaluating reef fish populations in the Florida Keys, 1979-1998. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC- 427. Miami , Florida . 61 p.

Schmidt, T.W., J.S. Ault, and J.A. Bohnsack, J. Luo, S. G. Smith, D. E. Harper, G. A. Meester, and N. Zurcher. (1999). Site characterization for the Dry Tortugas region: fisheries and essential habitats. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and National Park Service. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC- 000 . 117p.

Ault, J.S., and J. Luo. (1998). Coastal bays to coral reefs: systems use of scientific data visualization in reef fishery management. International Council for the Exploration of the Seas. ICES C.M. Statistics 1998/S:3

Ault, J.S. , K.C. Lindeman, and D.G. Clarke. (1998). FISHFATE: Population dynamics models to assess risks of hydraulic entrainment by dredges. DOER Technical Notes Collection (TN DOER-E4), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center , Vicksburg , MS. www.wes.army.mil/el/dots/doer

Palmer, S., J.S. Ault, and M. Luther. (1997). Mathematical modeling in marine resource protection. Pages 147-154 in Tampa Bay Area Scientific Inform. Symp. , BASIS 3, 290 p.

Smith, S.G., and J.S. Ault. (1993). Statistical sampling design analysis of the 1991-1992 Puerto Rico shallow-water reef fish monitoring survey. N. Thompson (ed.), NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS/SEFSC 331.

TECHNICAL REPORTS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Ault, J.S., L. Jiangang, M.F. Larkin, N. Zurcher, and S.G. Smith. (2007). Bonefish and Tarpon Conservation Research Program. Final Report to the Friends of the Sanctuary 2006. 136 p.

Ault, J.S., S.G. Smith, and T. Schmidt. (2006). Assessment of coral reef fishery resources in Dry Tortugas National Park : 1999-2004. Final Report to the National Park Service 2005. 80 p.

Luo, J., J.S. Ault , D.B. Olson, K. Hartman, A. McCrea, L. Kline, G. White, and P. Kilduff. (2005). A spatial ecosystem model for Atlantic coast multispecies fisheries assessments of menhaden and bluefish. Final Report to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 81 p.

Ault, J.S., M.F. Larkin, J. Luo, N. Zurcher, and D. Debrot. (2005). Bonefish-tarpon conservation research program. Final Report to the Friends of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. 91 p.

Ault, J.S. , S.G. Smith, and W.B. Perry. (2005). Fishery resource habitat use modeling in Florida Bay : Development and Application to Everglades Restoration Implementation (Phase 1). Final Report to the National Park Service on Cooperative Agreement No. H500000B494-J5280040007. 80 p.

Ault, J.S. , Smith, S.G., Bohnsack, J.A., Luo, J., Harper, D.E., and D.B. McClellan. (2005). Fishery-independent monitoring of coral reef fishes and macroinvertebrates in the Dry Tortugas . Final Report to the National Park Service, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and NOAA Fisheries. 59 p.

Ault, J.S., N. Zurcher, E.C. Franklin, S.G, Smith, and J. Luo. (2004). A strategy for managing marine ecological resources in Dry Tortugas National Park . Final Report to National Park Service. 75 p.

Ault, J.S., S.G. Smith, D.B. McClellan, N. Zurcher, E.C. Franklin, and J.A. Bohnsack. (2004). An aerial survey method for estimation of boater use in Biscayne National Park during 2003-2004. Final Report to the National Park Service. 44 p.

Ault, J.S. , S.G. Smith, E.C. Franklin, J. Luo and J.A. Bohnsack. (2003). Sampling design analysis for coral reef fish stock assessment in Dry Tortugas National Park. Final Report, National Park Service Contract No. H5000000494-0012.

DRAFTS:

Cooperative Reef Fish Sampling Protocol, version 04-07-08

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