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Mark Peterson

Dr. Mark Peterson

Emeritus

  • PHD - University of Southern Mississippi (1987)
  • MS - Florida Institute of Technology (1981)
  • BS - Coastal Carolina University (1978)
  • THE OPTIMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGGRESSION AND FEEDING RATE FOR AN ALPHA-MEMBER OF A DOMINANCE HIERARCHY, American Zoologist, 1983
  • Biodiversity patterns of littoral tidal river fishes in the Gulf Coastal Plain region of Mississippi, Oceanographic Literature Review, 1998
  • Does salinity affect somatic growth in early juvenile Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus)? , Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 1999
  • Laboratory growth responses of juvenile Mugil sp. to temperature and salinity: delineating optimal field growth conditions, 2000
  • Nekton densities in the Pasacagoula River estuary: anthropogenic effects on essential fish habitat., 2000
  • Relating Environmental Fluctuation and the Early Growth of Estuarine Fishes: Ontogenetic Standardization, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 2000, 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<0210:REFATE>2.0.CO;2
  • Field growth responses of juvenile white trout (Cynoscion arenarius) to continuous variation in physical habitat conditions, 2002
  • Defining the fundamental physiological niche of young estuarine fishes and itsrelationship to understanding distribution, vital metrics, and optimal nurseryconditions, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2004
  • Habitat condition and associated macrofauna reflect differences between protected and exposed seagrass landscapes, Gulf and Caribbean Research, 2008
  • Ichthyofauna hotspots revealed by distribution models requires the expansion of marine areas for conservation within La Paz Bay (Gulf of California).,

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Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Fisheries Building Room 103

GCRL

Email
Mark.PetersonFREEMississippi

Phone
228.872.4203

Areas of Expertise

Marine ecology, Fisheries