Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling and Assesment Research
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Dr. Jerald Ault
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
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BOOKS
JURIED OR REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Bohnsack, J.A., Ault, J.S., and B. Causey. (2004). Why have no-take marine protected areas? American Fisheries Society Symposium 42:185-193.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. (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.
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.
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 CHAPTERS (Peer reviewed)
Jaap, W.C, A. Szmant, K. Jaap, J. Dupont, R. Clarke, P. Somerfield, J.S. Ault , J.A. Bohnsack, S.G. Smith and G.T. Kellison. (2008) . A perspective on the biology of Florida Keys coral reefs. Chapter 3 in Coral Reefs of the USA , B. Riegl and R.E. Dodge (eds.). Springer-Verlag. 806 p.
Ault, J.S. (2008). Biology and management of the world tarpon and bonefish fisheries. Introduction in Ault, J.S. (ed.) Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. Taylor and Francis Group. CRC Series on Marine Biology, Volume 9. Boca Raton , Florida . 441 p.
Ault, J.S. , R. Humston, M.F. Larkin, E. Perusquia, N.A. Farmer, J. Luo, N. Zurcher, S.G. Smith, L. Barbieri, and J. Posada. (2008). Population dynamics and resource ecology of Atlantic tarpon and bonefish. Chapter 16 in Ault, J.S. (ed.) Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. Taylor and Francis Group. CRC Series on Marine Biology, Volume 9. Boca Raton , Florida . 441 p.
Luo, J., J.S. Ault , M.F. Larkin, R. Humston, and D.B. Olson. (2008). Seasonal migratory patterns and vertical habitat utilization of Atlantic tarpon ( Megalops atlanticus ) from satellite PAT tags. Chapter 18 in Ault, J.S. (ed.) Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. CRC Series on Marine Biology, Volume 9. Boca Raton , Florida . 441 p.
Larkin, M.F., Ault, J.S. , R. Humston, and J. Luo. (2008). Tagging of bonefish in south Florida to study population movements and stock dynamics. Chapter 19 in Ault, J.S. (ed.) Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. Taylor and Francis Group. CRC Series on Marine Biology, Volume 9. Boca Raton , Florida . 441 p.
Ault, J.S. , S. Moret, J. Luo, M.F. Larkin, N. Zurcher, and S.G. Smith. (2008). Florida Keys bonefish population census. Chapter 26 in Ault, J.S. (ed.) Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. Taylor and Francis Group. CRC Series on Marine Biology, Volume 9. Boca Raton , Florida . 441 p.
Barbieri, L.R., J.S. Ault , and R.E. Crabtree. (2008). Science in support of m anagement decision-making for bonefish and tarpon conservation in Florida . Chapter 27 in Ault, J.S. (ed.) Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. Taylor and Francis Group. CRC Series on Marine Biology, Volume 9. Boca Raton , Florida . 441 p.
Humston, R. J.S. Ault , J. Schratwieser, M.F. Larkin, and J. Luo. (2008). Incorporating user-group expertise in bonefish and tarpon fishery research to support science-based management decision making. Chapter 30 in Ault, J.S. (ed.) Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. Taylor and Francis Group. CRC Series on Marine Biology, Volume 9. Boca Raton , Florida . 441 p.
Bohnsack, J.A., D.B. McClellan, D.E. Harper, J.S. Ault , S.G. Smith, G. Meester, and J. Luo. (2006). Preliminary analysis of FKNMS reef fish monitoring through 2002. Pp 119-124 in Keller, B.D. and S. Donahue (eds). 2002-03 sanctuary science report: an ecosystem report card after five years of marine zoning. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Marathon , FL. 378 p.Ault, J.S. , J. Luo, 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., J.S. Ault , S.G. Smith, and J. Luo. (2002). Utilization of GIS in a fisheries assessment and management system. Chapter 5 pages 49-54 in Marine Geography: GIS for the Oceans and Seas (J. Breman, ed.). ESRI Press. Redlands , CA. 204 p.
Ault, J.S ., M.P. Crosby, G. Davis, 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.
Rubec, P.J., S.G. Smith, M.S. Coyne, M. White, D. Wilder, A. Sullivan, R. Ruiz-Cruz, T. MacDonald, R.H. McMichael, G.E. Henderson, M.E. Monaco, 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.
Ault, J.S ., J.A. Bohnsack, 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.). 2 nd World Fisheries Congress, Brisbane , Australia , 797 p.
Rothschild, B.J., J.S. Ault , 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 ., R.N. McGarvey, B.J. Rothschild, 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. (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.
BOOK REVIEWS
Ault, J.S. (2007). The ecology of marine fishes: California and adjacent waters. The Quarterly Review of Biology 82(3): 293-294.
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
Ault, J.S . 2008. Connectivity between People and Marine Fishery Resources. Pages 71-90 in Connectivity: Science, People and Policy in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary . B.D. Keller and F.C. Wilmot (eds.). Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-08-02.
Ault, J.S. 2008. Fish and fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico . In ‘ A Scientific Forum on the Gulf of Mexico The Islands in the Stream Concept ', K.B. Ritchie and B.D. Keller (eds.).. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series NMSP-08-04 .
Ault, J.S. , Smith, S.G., Bohnsack, J.A., Luo, J., Kellison, G.T., Harper, D.E., and D.B. McClellan. 2008. Coral reef fish populations in Dry Tortugas National Park, 1999-2006: baseline assessment prior to implementation of the Research Natural Area. National Park Service and NOAA Fisheries. 43 p.
Ault, J.S. 2008. Contributor to ‘ The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008 '. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 73. 567 p.
Trice, J., and J.S. Ault . (2006). Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited teaming up with University of Miami and Redbone. Redbone Journal Fall 2006: 77-87.
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., 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.
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. , S.G. Smith, and W.B. Perry. (2008). Fishery resource habitat use modeling in Florida Bay : Development and Application to Everglades Restoration Implementation. Final Report to National Park Service on Coop. Agreement No. H500000B494-J5280040007. 80 p.
Ault, J.S. , Smith, S.G., Bohnsack, J.A., Luo, J., Kellison, G.T., Harper, D.E., and D.B. McClellan. (2008). Coral reef fish populations in Dry Tortugas National Park, 1999-2006: baseline assessment prior to implementation of the Research Natural Area. National Park Service. 43 p.
Ault, J.S. , S.G. Smith, and T. Schmidt. (2007). Fishery-independent monitoring of coral reef fishes, coral reefs, and macro-invertebrates in the Dry Tortugas . Final Report to the National Park Service. 95 p.
Ault, J.S. , and S.G. Smith. (2007). Statistical analysis of existing data towards application of ecosystem-based management in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument . Final Rept. to NOAA NW Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument . 148 p.
Ault, J.S. , S.G. Smith, J.A. Bohnsack, J. Luo, D.E. Harper, and D.B. McClellan. (2006). Fishery-independent monitoring of coral reef fishes and macroinvertebrates in the Dry Tortugas . Final Report to the National Park Service and NOAA Coral Reef Program. 98 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.