FACT Network Member Publications

The FACT Network is active in publishing scientific papers and reports. Check out what some of our members have been doing below! If you’d like to add publications to the list please email webmaster@thefactnetwork.org. Publication list is still under development and will be updated periodically.

Publications & Media About The FACT Network

The FACT Network: Philosophy, Evolution, and Management of a Collaborative Coastal Tracking Network. 2020. Young JM, Bowers ME, Reyier EA, Morley D, Ault ER, Pye JD, Gallagher RM, & Ellis RD. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 12:258-271.

Networked Animal Telemetry in the Northwest Atlantic and Caribbean Waters. 2020. Bangley CW, Whoriskey FG, Young JM, & Ogburn MB. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 12:339-347.

Have You Heard My Fish? in Hook, Line & Science by NC Sea Grant about the FACT Network. Published 9 November 2020.

Where did my fish go? How scientists are working together to track fish over vast ocean space. Webinar by Dr. Joy Young

FACT Member Publications & Reports

2023

Assessing the Effects of Physical Barriers and Hypoxia on Red Drum Movement Patterns to Develop More Effective Management Strategies. 2023. Baker SM, Reyier EA, Ahr BJ, & Cook GS. Fishes, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8040171

Visitation patterns of two ray mesopredators at shellfish aquaculture leases in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. 2023. Cahill BV, DeGroot BC, Brewster LR, Lombardo SM, Bangley CW, Ogburn MB, & Ajemian MJ. PLOS ONE, 18(5), e0285390. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285390

Population and sex-specific survival estimates for Atlantic sturgeon: addressing detection probability and tag loss. 2023. Kahn JE, Hager C, Watterson JC, Mathies N, Deacy A, & Hartman KJ. Aquatic Biology, 32, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00757

2022

A decade-long connectivity study of Permit (Trachinotus falcatus) in Florida supports a spatial management approach. 2022. Boucek RE, Ellis RD, Forauer AR, & Adams AJ. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 106(2), 181–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01302-z

Multi-year assessment of immature bull shark Carcharhinus leucas residency and activity spaces in an expansive estuarine nursery. 2022. Edwards ML, McCallister M, Brewster LR, Bangley CW, Curtis TH, Ogburn MB, & Ajemian MJ. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 695, 125–138. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14113

Commercial fishery bycatch risk for large juvenile and adult smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in Florida waters. 2022. Graham J, Kroetz AM, Poulakis GR, Scharer RM, Carlson JK, Lowerre-Barbieri SK, Morley D, Reyier EA, & Grubbs RD. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(3), 401–416. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3777

Seasonal variation in the phenology of Atlantic tarpon in the Florida Keys: migration, occupancy, repeatability, and management implications. 2022. Griffin LP, Brownscombe JW, Adams AJ, Holder PE, Filous A, Casselberry GA, Wilson JEK, Boucek RE, Lowerre-Barbieri SK, Acosta A, Morley D, Cooke SJ, & Danylchuk AJ. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 684, 133–155. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13972

Assessing the potential for red tide (Karenia brevis) algal bloom impacts on Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) along the southwestern coast of Florida. 2022. Griffin LP, Friess C, Bakenhaster MD, Bassos-Hull K, Burnsed SW, Brownscombe JW, Cooke SJ, Ellis RD, Gardiner JM, Locascio J, Lowerre-Barbieri S, Poulakis GR, Wiley TR, Wilkinson KA, Wilson JK, Wooley AK, Adams AJ, & Danylchuk AJ. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 106(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01324-7

2021

Variable migration patterns of whitespotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari along Florida’s coastlines. 2021. DeGroot BC, Bassos-Hull K, Wilkinson KA, Lowerre-Barbieri S, Poulakis GR, Ajemian MJ. Marine Biology, 168(2): 1-21.

Fine-scale movement and habitat use of whitespotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA. 2021. DeGroot BC, Roskar G, Brewster L, Ajemian MJ. Endangered Species Research, 42:109-124.

Under pressure: comparing in situ and boat tagging methods using time-to-event analyses. 2021. Keller JA, Morley D, Herbig JL, Barbera P, Feeley MW, Acosta A. Animal Biotelemetry, 9(1): 1-15.

Measuring and Understanding Receiver Efficiency in your Acoustic Telemetry Array. 2021. Kendall MS, Williams BL, Ellis RD, Flaherty-Walia KE, Collins AB, Roberson KW. Fisheries Research, 234 (2021) 105802.

2020

Grouper Tales: Use of Acoustic Telemetry to Evaluate Grouper Movements at Western Dry Rocks in the Florida Keys. 2020. Keller JA, Herbig JL, Morley D, Wile A, Barbera P, Acosta A. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 12:290-307.

Striped Mullet Migration Patterns in the Indian River Lagoon: A Network Analysis Approach to Spatial Fisheries Management. 2020. Myers OM, Reyier EA, Ahr BJ, Cook GS. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 12(6):423-440.

Residency and Dispersal of Three Sportfish Species from a Coastal Marine Reserve: Insights from a Regional-Scale Acoustic Telemetry Array. 2020. Reyier EA, Scheidt DM, Stolen ED, Lowers RH, Holloway-Adkins KG, Ahr BJ. Global Ecology and Conservation, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01057.

2019

Coupling Telemetry and Stable Isotope Techniques to Unravel Movement: Snook Habitat Use across Variable Nutrient Environments. 2019. Eggenberger CW, Santos RO, Frankovich TA, James WR, Madden C J, Nelson JA, Rehage JS. Fisheries Research, 218:35-47.

Examining Movement Patterns of Yellowtail Snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus, in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. 2019. Herbig JL, Keller JA, Morley D, Walter K, Barbera P, Acosta A. Bulletin of Marine Science, 95(1):45-67.

Behavior, Seasonality, And Habitat Preferences of Mobile Fishes and Sea Turtles within a Large Sand Shoal Complex: Insights from Traditional Sampling and Emerging Technologies. 2019. Iafrate JD, Watwood SL, Reyier EA, Ahr BJ, Scheidt DM, Holloway-Adkins KG, Provancha JA, Stolen ED. Report. OCS Study BOEM 2019-043. 183 p.

Identifying Environmental Cues for Atlantic Sturgeon and Shortnose Sturgeon Spawning Migrations in the Savannah River. 2019. Vine JR, Holbrook SC, Post WC, Peoples BK. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 148(3):671-681.

Using Side‐Scan Sonar and N‐Mixture Modeling to Estimate Atlantic Sturgeon Spawning Migration Abundance. 2019. Vine JR, Kanno Y, Holbrook SC, Post WC, Peoples BK. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 39(5):939-950.

Using Acoustic Telemetry to Understand Connectivity of Gray’s Reef National Sanctuary to the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Ocean. 2019. Williams BL, Roberson K, Young J, Kendall MS. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 259. Silver Spring, MD. 82 pp. doi:10.25923/r2ma-5m96.

2018

Spawning Migration Movements of Mutton Snapper in Tortugas, Florida: Spatial Dynamics within a Marine Reserve Network. 2018. Feeley MW, Morley D, Acosta A, Barbera P, Hunt J, Switzer T, Burton M. Fisheries Research, 204:209-223.

A Comparison of Reproductive and Energetic States in a Marine Apex Predator (the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier). 2018. Hammerschlag N, Skubel RA, Sulikowski J, Irschick DJ, Gallagher AJ. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 91(4), 933-942.

Migratory Connectivity and Philopatry of Cownose Rays Rhinoptera bonasus along the Atlantic Coast. 2018. Ogburn MB, Bangley CW, Aguilar R, Fisher RA, Curran MC, Webb SF, Hines AH. Marine Ecology Progress, 602: 197-211.

2017

Tidal and Diel Movement Patterns of the Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabina) along a Stream-Order Gradient. 2017. Brinton CP, Curran MC. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68(9), 1716-1725.

Energy Metabolism in Mobile, Wild-Sampled Sharks inferred by Plasma Lipids. 2017. Gallagher AJ, Skubel RA, Pethybridge HR, Hammerschlag N. Conservation Physiology, 5(1): cox002. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox002.

Diel Habitat Use Patterns of a Marine Apex Predator (Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier) at a High Use Area Exposed to Dive Tourism. 2017. Hammerschlag N, Gutowsky LFG, Gallagher AJ, Matich P, Cooke SJ. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 495: 24-34.

Using Acoustic Telemetry to Assess Patterns in the Seasonal Residency of the Atlantic Stingray Dasyatis sabina. 2017. Ramsden S, Cotton CF, Curran MC. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100(2), 89-98.

Movement Patterns of Sphyrna tiburo (Bonnethead Shark) in a Shallow Tidal Creek System. 2017. Smith DT, Curran MC. Southeastern Naturalist, 16(2), 297-316.

Coastal Residents, Stingray Style: Selecting the Best Intertidal Creeks for Seasonal Living. 2017. Webb S, Curran MC. Science Activities, 54(2), 29-37.

2016

Effects of Pile Driving on the Residency and Movement of Tagged Reef Fish. 2016. Iafrate JD, Watwood SL, Reyier EA, Scheidt DM, Dossot GA, Crocker SE. PloS One, 11(11).

Seasonal and Life-Stage Variation in the Reproductive Ecology of a Marine Apex Predator, the Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvier, at a Protected Female Dominated Site. 2016. Sulikowski J, Wheeler CR, Gallagher AJ, Prohaska BK, Langan JA, Hammerschlag N. Aquatic Biology, 24: 175-184.

2015

Evaluating the Landscape of Fear between Apex Predatory Sharks and Mobile Sea Turtles across a Large Dynamic Seascape. 2015. Hammerschlag N, Broderick AC, Coker JW, Coyne MS, Dodd M, Frick MG, Godfrey MH, Godley BJ, Griffin DB, Hartog K, Murphy SR, Murphy TM, Nelson ER, Williams KL, Witt MJ, Hawkes LA. Ecology, 96(8): 2117-2126.

Estimated Survival of Subadult and Adult Atlantic Sturgeon in Four River Basins in the Southeastern United States. 2015. Hightower JE, Loeffler M, Post WC, Peterson DL. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 7(1):514-522.

Circuit Rebreathers at a Spawning Aggregation in Puerto Rico. 2015. Tuohy E, Nemeth MI, Bejarano I, Schaerer MT, Appeldoorn RS. Marine Technology Society Journal, 49(1):115-123.

2014

Body Condition Predicts Energy Stores in Apex Predatory Sharks. 2014. Gallagher AJ, Wagner DN, Irschick DJ, Hammerschlag N. Conservation Physiology, 2 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou022.

A New Metric for Measuring Condition in Large Predatory Sharks. 2014. Irschick DJ, Hammerschlag N. Journal of Fish Biology, 85(3), 917-926.

Morphological Scaling of Body Form in Four Shark Species Differing in Ecology and Life-History. 2014. Irschick DJ, Hammerschlag N. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114(1), 126-135.

Predictable Temperature-Regulated Residency, Movement and Migration in a Large, Highly Mobile Marine Predator (Negaprion brevirostris). 2014. Kessel ST, Chapman DD, Franks BR, Gedamke T, Gruber SH, Newman JM, White ER, Perkins RG. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 514:175-190.

Regional-Scale Migrations and Habitat Use of Juvenile Lemon Sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in the US South Atlantic. 2014. Reyier EA, Franks BR, Chapman DD, Scheidt DM, Stolen ED, Gruber SH. PLoS One, 9(2).

2013

Spawning-Related Movement Patterns of Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) Off the Atlantic Coast of Florida. 2013. Ellis RD, Koenig CO, Coleman F. Conference Paper: 66th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute: 395-400.

A Revised Estimate of Daily Ration in the Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) with Implications for Assessing Ecosystem Impacts of Apex Predators. 2013. Hammerschlag N, Gallagher AJ, Carlson JK. Functional Ecology, 27(5): 1273-1274.

2012

Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds: Assessing Ecological Impacts of Provisioning Ecotourism on an Apex Marine Predator. 2012. (Cover) Hammerschlag N, Gallagher AJ, Wester J, Luo J, Ault JS. Functional Ecology, 26(3): 567-576.

Sound Production Associated with Reproductive Behavior of Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus at Spawning Aggregations. 2012. Schärer MT, Rowell TJ, Nemeth MI, Appeldoorn RS. Endangered Species Research, 19(1):29-38.

2011

Killing for Conservation: The Need for Alternatives to Lethal Sampling of Apex Predatory Sharks. 2011. Hammerschlag N, Sulikowski J. Endangered Species Research, 14(2): 135-140.

Movement Patterns of Adult Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, in Shallow Florida Lagoons as Inferred through Autonomous Acoustic Telemetry. 2011. Reyier EA, Lowers RH, Scheidt DM, Adams DH. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 90(4):343-60.