FEMAR
Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling and Assesment Research
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Your generous contribution comes to support our work in assessing the resource status (occurrence, abundance, and spatial distribution), and marine protected area performance for the reef fish communities of the world.
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Dr. Jerald Ault
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida
Dr. Steven G. Smith
Associate Scientist
EDUCATION
- Post-doctoral (1998), Fish Population Dynamics/Biostatistics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Advisor: Jerald S. Ault
- Ph.D. (1997), Marine Estuarine Environmental Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Advisor:
- B.A. (1984), Biology (Honors), Occidental College, CA.
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Associate Editor: Bulletin of Marine Science (2000)
- Reviewer: Bulletin of Marine Science (2000)
- Reviewer: Proceedings of the 17th Annual Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium (1999)
- Reviewer: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (1998)
- Reviewer: North American Journal of Fisheries Management (1995)
- Associate Editor: Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Volume 45 (1993)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Smith, S.G., and J.S. Ault. In Review. Molt-process vs. continuous growth and mortality dynamics: impacts on blue crab stock assessments. Bulletin of Marine Science.
- Smith, S.G. and E.S. Chang. In Review. Molting and growth. Chapter 3 in V.E. Kennedy and L.G. Cronin, editors. The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Maryland Sea Grant College, College Park, Maryland.
- Diaz, G.A., S.G. Smith, J.E. Serafy and J.S. Ault. In Press. Allometric models of pink shrimp growth in a subtropical bay. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
- Rubec, P.J., S.G. Smith, M.S. Coyne, M. White, A. Sullivan, T. MacDonald, R.H. McMichael, Jr., M.E. Monaco and J.S. Ault. In Press. Spatial modeling of fish habitat suitability. In Proceedings of 17th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, Spatial Processes and Management of Marine Fish Populations. Alaska Sea Grant College, Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Ault, J.S., G.A. Diaz, S.G. Smith, J. Luo 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 19:696-712.
- Ault, J.S., J. Luo, S.G. Smith, J.E. Serafy, J.D. Wang, G. Diaz and R. Humston. 1999. A spatial dynamic multistock production model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56(Suppl. 1):4-25.
- 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. Sandorf, 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. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-427. 61 p.
- Rubec, P.J., J.C.W. Bexley, H. Norris, M.S. Coyne, M. Monaco, S.G. Smith and J.S. Ault. 1999. Suitability modeling to delineate habitat essential to sustainable fisheries. American Fisheries Society Symposium 22:108-133.
- Rothschild, B.J., S.G. Smith and H. Li. 1997. The application of time series analysis to fisheries population assessment and modeling. Pages 354-402 in V.F. Gallucci, S.R. Saila, D.J. Gustafson and B.J. Rothschild, eds. Stock assessment: quantitative methods and applications for small-scale fisheries. Lewis Publishers (Division of CRC Press), Chelsea, Michigan.
- Rothschild, B.J., J.S. Ault and S.G. Smith. 1997. A systems science approach to fisheries stock assessment and management. Pages 473-492 in V.F. Gallucci, S.R. Saila, D.J. Gustafson and B.J. Rothschild, eds. Stock assessment: quantitative methods and applications for small-scale fisheries. Lewis Publishers (Division of CRC Press), Chelsea, Michigan.
- Smith, S.G., and J.S. Ault. 1993. Statistical sampling design analysis of the 1991-1992 Puerto Rico shallow-water reef fish monitoring survey. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-331:1-36.
- Ault, J.S. and S.G. Smith. 1992. Fish population dynamics and stock assessments: a manual of methods. Technical manual prepared for Coastal Ecology Group, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi. 287 pp.
- Hose, J.E., J.N. Cross, S.G. Smith and D. Diehl. 1989. Reproductive impairment in a fish inhabiting a contaminated coastal environment off southern California. Environmental Pollution 57:139-148.
- Hose, J.E., J.N. Cross, S.G. Smith and D. Diehl. 1987. Elevated circulating erythrocyte micronuclei in fishes from contaminated sites off southern California. Marine Environmental Research 22:167-176.
CONFERENCE AND SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
- Smith, S.G., and J.S. Ault. 2000. Molt-process vs. continuous growth and mortality dynamics: impacts on blue crab stock assessments. Blue Crab Symposium 2000. Wilmington, North Carolina, March 8-9.
- Smith, S.G., J.S. Ault, G.A. Meester, G. Diaz, J. Luo, and J.A. Bohnsack. 1999. Design-based sampling to assess fish and macroinvertebrate populations in Biscayne Bay and the adjacent coral reef system. 1999 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference. Key Largo, Florida, November 1-5.
- Smith, S.G., J.S. Ault, G.A. Meester, G. Diaz, M.E. Monaco and P.J. Rubec. 1999. Quantitative tools for delineating spatial habitats of fish. 17th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium-Alaska Sea Grant College. Anchorage, Alaska, October 27-30.
- Smith, S.G. and E. Russek-Cohen. 1996. Statistical aspects of models for crustacean intermolt period. 1996 spring meeting International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region. Richmond, Virginia, March 17-20.
- Smith, S.G., J.E. Hose, H.S. Parker, D.V. DiFiore and N.M. Macalinao. 1987. Laboratory spawning and optimal larval rearing conditions of kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus). 18th Annual Meeting World Aquaculture Society. Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 18-23.
- Smith, S.G., J.E. Hose and G. Wiens. 1986. Hormone-induced spawning of kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus. Aquaculture '86, Fish Culture Section American Fisheries Society. Reno, Nevada, January 19-23.
STUDENTS ADVISED
- Helena Molina-Urena (PhD committee member 2000- )
- M. Almeida (PhD committee member 2000- )
COURSES TAUGHT
- Co-Instructor, Short Course: Advanced Biometrics in Marine Sciences. Presented at Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute. St. Petersburg, Florida, April 12-14 (2000)
- Co-Instructor, MBF 615: Advanced Biometrics in Marine Sciences. University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Fall Semester (1999)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Biometrics 301: Introduction to Biostatistics. University of Maryland, College Park, Spring Semester (1993)
- Co-Instructor, Short Course: Fish Population Dynamics and Stock Assessments. Presented to Coastal Ecology Group, Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station. Solomons, Maryland, (February 26-28,1992)
- Onboard Instructor, R/V VANTUNA Program, Occidental College, Los Angeles (1981-1984)
Contact: Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149 Office Phone: (305)-421-4783 Office Fax: (305)-421-4600 Email: sgsmith@rsmas.miami.edu
