IOCS Publication List
Since our inception, IOCS scientists, staff, and students have authored or co-authored almost 300 peer-reviewed publications and research reports. Shown below are publications from the last decade.
Li, Y., Ma, J., Costigan, A., Yang, X., Pikitch, E., & Chen, Y. (2023). Reconciling China’s
domestic marine conservation agenda with the global 30× 30 initiative. Marine Policy.
156(105790).
Bohorquez, J., Galland, G., Miller, S., 2023. Trophic dynamics and life history of Atlantic skipjack
tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) call for a ‘forage fish approach’ to management procedures.
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective, Volume of Scientific
Papers. Vol. 80, No. 2. SCRS / 2023 / 017
Bohorquez, J. J., Dvarskas, A., Jacquet, J., Sumaila, U. R., Nye, J. A., & Pikitch, E. K. (2023). A
novel framework to evaluate the financial sustainability of marine protected areas. Biological
Conservation. 283(110083).
Hunt, N., Pikitch, E., Shank, B., Hodgdon, C. T., & Chen, Y. (2023). Industry and conservation
goals are complementary for the most valuable fishery in the United States under climate‐driven
life history.
Sullivan-Stack, J. et al. (2022) A scientific synthesis of marine protected areas in the United States: status and recommendations. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9(849927).
Gobler, C. J., Doall, M. H., Peterson, B. J., Young, C. S., DeLaney, F., Wallace, R. B., Tomasetti,
S. J., Curtin, T. P., Morrell, B. K., Lamoureux, E. M., Berry, U., Griffith, A. W., Carroll, J. M.,
Nanjappa, D., Jankowiak, J. G., Goleski, J. A., Famularo, A. E., Kang, Y., Pikitch, E. K., Santora,
C., Heck, S. M., Cottrell, D. M., Chin, D. W., Kulp, R. E. (2022). Rebuilding a collapsed bivalve
population, restoring seagrass meadows, and eradicating harmful algal blooms in a temperate
lagoon using spawner sanctuaries. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9(911731).
Kleinhaus, K., Bohorquez, J. J., Awadallah, Y. M., Meyers, D., & Pikitch, E. (2022). Boost
Egypt’s coral reef conservation efforts. Science. 378(6620): 608-609.
Zhao, Y., Pikitch, E.K., Xu, X., Frankstone, T., Bohorquez, J., Fang, X., Zheng, J. et al. (2022) An evaluation of management effectiveness of China’s marine protected areas and implications of the 2018 Reform. Marine Policy 139(105040)
Bohorquez J.J., Dvarskas A., Jacquet J., Sumaila U.R., Nye J. and Pikitch E.K. (2022) A New Tool to Evaluate, Improve, and Sustain Marine Protected Area Financing Built on a Comprehensive Review of Finance Sources and Instruments. Frontiers in Marine Science 8(742846).
Sydeman, W. J., Hunt Jr, G. L., Pikitch, E. K., Parrish, J. K., Piatt, J. F., Boersma, P. D., Kaufman, L., Anderson, D. W., Thompson, S. A., & Sherley, R. B. (2021). South Africa’s experimental fisheries closures and recovery of the endangered African penguin. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78(10): 3538-3543.
Grorud-Colvert, K. et al. (2021). The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean. Science. 373(6560).
Bohorquez, J.J., Guifang, X., Timothy, F., M., G. M., Karine, K., Yiyi, Z., & K., P. E. (2021). China’s little-known efforts to protect its marine ecosystems safeguard some habitats but omit others. Science Advances. 7(46).
Cernadas-Martín, S., Rountos, K. J., Nye, J. A., Frisk, M. G., & Pikitch, E. K. (2021). Composition and Intraspecific Variability in Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) Diets in a Eutrophic Estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8: 522.
Meyers, D., Alliance, C.F., Bohorquez, J., Cumming, B.F.I.B., Emerton, L., Riva, M., Fund, U.J.S. & Victurine, R. (2020). Conservation Finance: A Framework.
Bohorquez, J.J., Dvarskas, A., & Pikitch, E.K. (2019). Categorizing global MPAs: A cluster analysis approach. Marine Policy. 108: 103663.
Bohorquez, J.J., Dvarskas, A., & Pikitch, E.K. (2019). Filling the data gap–A pressing need for advancing MPA sustainable finance. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6: 45.
Bond, M.E., Valentin-Albanese, J., Babcock, E.A., Heithaus, M.R., Grubbs, R.D., Cerrato, R., Peterson, B.J., Pikitch, E.K., & Chapman, D.D. (2019). Top predators induce habitat shifts in prey within marine protected areas. Medford, MA: Oecologia. 190(2): 375-85.
Cernadas-Martin, S. (2019). Multidisciplinary ecological characterization of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in Shinnecock Bay, New York (Doctoral dissertation, the State University of New York at Stony Brook).
Dvarskas, A., Bricker, S.B., Wikfors, G.H., Bohorquez, J., Dixon, M., & Rose, J.M. (2019). Quantification and valuation of subwatershed scale nitrogen removal by commercial shellfish in Greenwich Bay, CT. In 2019 CERF Biennial Conference. CERF.
Frankstone, T. (2019). A Remote Sensing Approach to Assessing Habitat Representation in Marine Protected Areas: A Case Study from China's Coastal Seas (M.S. Thesis, the State University of New York at Stony Brook).
Gownaris, N.J., Santora, C.M., Davis, J.B. & Pikitch, E.K. (2019). Gaps in protection of important ocean areas: A spatial meta-analysis of ten global mapping initiatives. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6: 650.
Hodbod, J., Stevenson, E.G., Akall, G., Akuja, T., Angelei, I., Bedasso, E.A., Buffavand, L., Derbyshire, S., Eulenberger, I., Gownaris, N. & Kamski, B. (2019). Social-ecological change in the Omo-Turkana basin: A synthesis of current developments. Ambio. 48(10): 1099-115.
Cernadas-Martin, S., Nye, J. A., Frisk, M., Tompkins, P., & Pikitch, E. K. (2018). Migratory Behavior and Dynamics of Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in Shinnecock Bay, New York, Based on Passive Acoustic Telemetry. In 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. AFS.
Esposito, A., Cernadas-Martin, S., Tompkins, P., & Pikitch, E. K. (2018). Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program (ShiRP); Background, Objectives, and Methods to Recover a Once Pristine Estuary. In 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. AFS.
Gownaris, N.J., Rountos, K.J., Kaufman, L., Kolding, J., Lwiza, K.M., & Pikitch, E.K. (2018). Water level fluctuations and the ecosystem functioning of lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 44(6): 1154-163.
O’Leary, B.C., Ban, N.C., Fernandez, M., Friedlander, A.M., García-Borboroglu, P., Golbuu, Y., Guidetti, P., Harris, J.M., Hawkins, J.P., Langlois, T. & McCauley, D.J. (2018). Addressing criticisms of large-scale marine protected areas. Bioscience. 68(5): 359-70.
Pikitch, E.K. (2018). A tool for finding rare marine species. Washington D.C., MD: Science. 360(6394): 1180-182.
Pikitch, E.K., Boersma, P.D., Boyd, I.L., Conover, D.O., Cury, P., Essington, T.E., Heppell, S.S., Houde, E.D., Mangel, M., Pauly, D. & Plaganyi, E. (2018). The strong connection between forage fish and their predators: A response to Hilborn et al. (2017).198: 220-23.
Tompkins, P., and Pikitch, E.K. (2018). Estuarine Restoration As a Fisheries Management Strategy: A Case Study. In 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. AFS.
Bond, M.E., Valentin-Albanese, J., Babcock, E.A., Abercrombie, D., Lamb, N.F., Miranda, A., Pikitch, E.K., & Chapman, D.D. (2017). Abundance and size structure of a reef shark population within a marine reserve has remained stable for more than a decade. Marine Ecology. 576(1): 1-10.
Cao, L., Chen, Y., Dong, S., Arthur Hanson, Huang, B., Leadbitter, D., Little, D.C., Pikitch, E.K., Qiu, Y., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y., Sumaila, U.R., Williams, M., Xue, G., Ye, Y., Zhang, W., Zhou, Y., Zhuang, P., & Naylor, R.L. (2017). Opportunity for marine fisheries reform in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(3): 435-42.
Cernadas-Martín, S., Suter, E.A., Scranton, M.I., Astor, Y., & Taylor, G.T. (2017). Aerobic and anaerobic ammonium oxidizers in the Cariaco Basin: distributions of major taxa and nitrogen species across the redoxcline. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 79(1): 31-48.
Gownaris, N.J., Pikitch, E.K., Aller, J.Y., Kaufman, L.S., Kolding, J., Lwiza, K.M.M., Obiero, K.O., Ojwang, W.O., Malala, J.O., & Rountos, K.J. (2017). Fisheries and water level fluctuations in the world's largest desert lake. Lawrenceville, NJ: Echohydrology 10(1): e1769.
Pikitch, E.K, Boersma, P.D., Boyd, I.L., Conover, D.O., Cury P., Essington, T.E., Heppell, S.S., Houde, E.D., Mangel, M., Pauly, D., Plagany, E., Sainsbury, K., & Steneck, R.S. (2018). The strong connection between forage fish and their predators: A response to Hilborn et al. (2017). Fisheries Research. 198: 220-23.
Rountos, K., Benaka, L., Townsend, H.M., Waterhouse, L., Lowe, M., Vasslides, J. & Archer, A.F. (2015). August. Resolving the Multiple Impacts of Anthropogenic Eutrophication on Coastal Fish and Fisheries. In 145th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. AFS.
Rountos, K., Kim, J., Hattenrath, T. & Gobler, C.J., (2017), August. Unseen Fish Kills? Examining the Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms on Early Life Stages of Estuarine Fish. In 147th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. AFS.
Rountos, K.J., Gobler, C.J., & Pikitch, E.K. (2017). Ontogenetic Differences in Swimming Behavior of Fish Exposed to the Harmful Dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 146(5): 1081-091.
Cernadas-Martin, S., Nye, J., Rountos, K.J., Frisk, M.G., & Pikitch, E.K. (2016). Diet and Trophic Dynamics of Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in Shinnecock Bay Based on Stomach Content Analysis. 15th Flatfish Biology Conference. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document.16-14.
Commito, J.A., Gownaris, N.J., Haulsee, D.E., Coleman, S.E. & Beal, B.F. (2016). Separation anxiety: mussels self-organize into similar power-law clusters regardless of predation threat cues. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 547: 107-19.
Geers T.M., Pikitch, E.K., & Frisk, M.G. (2016). An original model of the northern Gulf of Mexico using Ecopath with Ecosim and its implications for the effects of fishing on ecosystem structure and maturity. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 129: 319-31.
Hundey, E.J., Olker, J.H., Carreira, C., Daigle,R.M., Elgin, A.K., Finiguerra, M., Gownaris, N.J., Hayes, N., Heffner, L., Razavi, R., Shirey, P.D., Tolar, B.D., & Wood-Charlson, E.M. (2016). A Shifting Tide Recommendations for Incorporating Science Communication into Graduate Training. Limnology and Presentations Oceanography Bulletin. 25(4): 109-16.
Ojwang, W.O., Obiero, K.O., Donde, O.O., Gownaris, N., Pikitch, E.K., Omondi, R., Agembe, S., Malala, J., & Avery, S.T. (2016). Lake Turkana: World’s Largest Permanent Desert Lake (Kenya). The Wetland Book. 1361-380.
Rountos, K.J. (2016). Defining Forage Species to Prevent a Management Dilemma. Fisheries 41(1): 16-17.
Toscano, B.J., Gownaris, N.J., Heerhartz, S.M., & Monaco, C.J. (2016). Personality, foraging behavior, and specialization: integrating behavioral and food web ecology at the individual level. Medford, MA: Oecologia. 182(1): 55-69.
Gownaris, N. (2015). Understanding the Impacts of Changes in Water Inflow on the Fishes of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Dissertation. ProQuest. 1-227.
Gownaris, N., Rountos, K.J., Pikitch, E.K., Kolding, J. & Kaufman, L. (2015), August. Water Level Fluctuations and the Ecosystem Functioning of African Lakes. In 145th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 44(6): 1154-163.
Gownaris, N.J., Pikitch, E.K., Ojwang, W.O., Michener, R., & Kaufman, L. (2015). Predicting Species’ Vulnerability in a Massively Perturbed System: The Fishes of Lake Turkana, Kenya. San Francisco, CA: PLOS ONE. 10(5).
Pikitch, E.K. (2015). Stop-loss order for forage fish fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(21).
Rountos, K.J., Frisk, M.G., & Pikitch, E.K. (2015). Are We Catching What They Eat? Moving Beyond Trends in the Mean Trophic Level of Catch. Fisheries. 40(8): 376- 85.
Rountos, K.J., (2015). Contributions of forage fish species to marine ecosystems and anthropogenic threats to their conservation (Doctoral dissertation, The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Rountos, K.J., Gobler, C.J., & Pikitch, E.K., (2015). HABs, Camera, Action!-Revealing the Behavioral Toxicity of Harmful Algae to Coastal Forage Fish Using Video Analysis. In 145th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. AFS.
Commito, J.A., Commito, A.E., Platt, R.V., Grupe, B.M., Dow Piniak, W.E., Gownaris, N.J., Reeves, K.A., & Vissichelli, A.M. (2014). Recruitment facilitation and spatial pattern formation in soft-bottom mussel beds. Ecosphere 5(12): 1-26.
Feldheim, K.A., Gruber, S.H., DiBattista, J.D., Babcock, E.A., Kessel, S.T., Hendry, A.P., Pikitch, E.K., Ashley, M.V., & Chapman, D.D. (2014). Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long-term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks. Molecular Ecology. 23(1): 110-117.
Rountos, K. J., Tang, Y. Z., Cerrato, R. M., Gobler, C. J., & Pikitch, E. K. (2014). Toxicity of the harmful dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides to early life stages of three estuarine forage fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 505: 81-94.
Steve, J. (2014). Microplastics in Long Island Marine Estuaries (Doctoral dissertation, The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.).
Abercrombie, D.L., Chapman, D.D., Gulak, J.B., & Carlson, J.K. (2013). Visual identification of fins from common elasmobranchs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. NMFS-SEFSC-643.
Broms, K. M. (2013). Using presence-absence data on areal units to model the ranges and range shifts of select South African bird species (Doctoral dissertation).
Chapman, D.D., Frisk, M.G., Abercrombie, D.L., Safina, C., Gruber, S.H., Babcock, E.A., Feldheim, K.A., Pikitch, E.K., Davis, B., Kessel, S., Heithaus, M., & Worm, B. (2013). Letter to the editor: Give shark sanctuaries a chance. Washington D.C., MD: Science. 339(6121): 757.
Chapman, D.D., Frisk, M.G., Abercrombie, D.L., Safina, C., Gruber, S.H., Babcock, E.A., Feldheim, K.A., Pikitch, E.K., Ward-Paige, C., Davis, B., Kessel, S., Heithaus, M., & Worm, B. (2013). Give Shark Sanctuaries a Chance. Washington D.C., MD: Science. 339(6121).
Chapman, D.D., Wintner, S.P., Abercrombie, D.L., Ashe, J., Bernard, A.M., Shivji, M.S., & Feldheim, K.A. (2013). The behavioral and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, an intrauterine cannibal. Poznan, Poland: Biology Letters. 9(3).
Corcoran, M.J., Wetherbee, B.M., Shivji, M.S., Potenski, M.D., Chapman, D D., & Harvey, G M.(2013). Supplemental feeding for ecotourism reverses diel activity and alters movement patterns and spatial distribution of the southern stingray, Dasyatis americana. San Francisco, CA: PLOS ONE. 8(3).
Howey-Jordan, L.A., Brooks, E.J., Abercrombie, D.L., Jordan, L.K.B., Brooks, A., Williams, S., Gospodarczyk, E., & Chapman, D.D. (2013). Complex Movements, Philopatry and Expanded Depth Range of a Severely Threatened Pelagic Shark, the Oceanic Whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus) in the Western North Atlantic. San Francisco, CA: PLOS ONE 8(2).
O’Leary, S.J.*, Feldheim, K.A., & Chapman, D.D. (2013). Novel microsatellite loci for white, Carcharodon carcharias and sand tiger sharks, Carcharias taurus (order Lamniformes). Conservation Genetics Resources. 5: 627-29.
O’Leary, S.J.*, Feldheim, K.A., Chapman, D.D. 2013. Novel microsatellite loci for winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectus americanus). Conservation Genetics Resources. 5: 569-72.
O’Leary, S.J., Hice, L.A., Feldheim, K.A., Frisk, M.G., McElroy, A.E., Fast, M.D., & Chapman, D.D. (2013). Severe Inbreeding and Small Effective Number of Breeders in a Formerly Abundant Marine Fish. San Francisco, CA: PLOS ONE. 8(6).
Pinet, P.R., Pikitch, E.K., & Stager, J.C. (2013). The ongoing extinction event: a deep time, eco-evolutionary perspective for mitigation and reconciliation management. Ecosystems and Sustainable Development IX.175: 57- 76.
Worm B., Davis, B., Kettemer L., Ward-Paige, C.A., Chapman, D.D., Heithaus, M.R., Kessel, S., & Gruber, S.H. (2013). Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks. Marine Policy. 40 (194-204).
Abercrombie, D.L., and Chapman, D.D. (2012). Identifying sharks fins: oceanic whitetip, porbeagle and hammerheads. The PEW Environment Group.
Bond, M.E., Babcock, E.A., Pikitch, E.K., Abercrombie, D.L., Lamb, N.F., & Chapman, D.D. (2012). Reef sharks exhibit site-fidelity and higher relative abundance in marine reserves on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. San Francisco, CA: PLOS ONE. 7(3).
Doukakis, P., Pikitch, E.K., Rothschild, D., Rob, A., Amato, G., & Kolokotronis, S. (2012). Testing the effectiveness of an international conservation agreement: marketplace forensics and CITES caviar trade regulation. San Francisco, CA: PLOS ONE. 7(7).
Gubili, C., Duffy, C., Cliff, G., Wintner, S., Shivji, M.S., Chapman, D.D., Bruce, B., Martin, A.P., Sims, D.W., Jones, C.S., & Noble, L.R. (2012). Application of Molecular Genetics for Conservation of the Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, L. 1758. In: Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark. M. Domeier (ed.). CRC Press. 357-80.
Hussey, N.E., MacNeil, M.A., Olin, J.A., McMeans, B.C. Kinney, M.J., Chapman, D.D., & Fisk, A.T. (2012). Stable isotopes and elasmobranchs: tissue types, methods, applications, and assumptions. Journal of Fish Biology (Special Issue: The Current Status of Elasmobranchs: Biology, Fisheries, and Conservation). 80(5): 1449–484.
Pikitch, E.K. (2012), August-September. Cutback of small fish catches will yield big gains. Environment Industry Magazine, 63-65.
Pikitch, E.K. (2012), November 1. Little Fish in a Big Pond. New York: NY: The Scientist. 25.
Pikitch, E.K. (2012). The Risks of Overfishing. Washington D.C., MD: Science. 338(6106): 474-75.
Pikitch, E.K., Boersma, P.D., Boyd, I.L., Conover, D.O., Cury, P., Essington, T. E., Heppell, S.S., Houde, E.D., Mangel, M., Pauly, D., Plagányi, É., Sainsbury, K., & Steneck, R.S. (2012). Little Fish, Big Impact: Managing a Crucial Link in Ocean Food Webs. Lenfest Ocean Program. Washington, DC. 108.
Pikitch, E.K., Rountos, K.J., Essington, T.E., Santora, C., Pauly, D., Watson, R., Sumaila, U.R., Boersma, P.D., Boyd, I.L., Conover, D.O., Cury, P., Heppell, S.S., Houde, E.D., Mangel, M., Plagány, É., Sainsbury, K., Steneck, R.S., Geers, T.M., Gownaris, N., & Munch, S.B. (2012). The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems. FISH and FISHERIES, September 5.
Pinhal, D, Shivji, M.S., Nachtigall, P.G., Chapman, D.D., & Martins, C. (2012). A streamlined DNA tool for global identification of heavily exploited coastal shark species (Genus Rhizoprionodon). San Francisco, CA: PLOS ONE. 7(4).
Pinhal, D., Shivji, M.S., Vallinoto, M., Chapman, D.D., Gadig, O.B.F., & Martins, C. (2012). Cryptic hammerhead shark lineage occurrence in the Western South Atlantic revealed by DNA analysis. Marine Biology. 159: 829–36.
Rountos, K.J., Peterson, B.J. & Karakassis, I., (2012). Indirect effects of fish cage aquaculture on shallow Posidonia oceanica seagrass patches in coastal Greek waters. Aquaculture environment interactions. 2(2): 105- 15.