FACULTY

Curriculum Vitae

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

PhD, Duke University
MS, University of Washington
BS/BA, North Carolina State University

CURRENTLY RECRUITING GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR 2010

I am interested in the natural and anthropogenic factors that govern the population and community dynamics of fishes and other upper trophic levels in marine ecosystems. My research focuses on the effects of habitat quality on estuarine and offshore shelf fishes, in particular how organisms utilize various habitats, the direct and indirect effects of human activities on coastal habitat quality, and the attendant consequences for population dynamics and community structure. Recent and ongoing projects have addressed the effects of species interactions (competition and predation) on the cohort dynamics of estuarine fishes, the consequences of eutrophication and associated low dissolved oxygen (i.e., hypoxia) for fish communities and fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and in southeast US estuaries, and the effects of drought and declines in river flow on juvenile fish nursery habitats. I enjoy process-oriented studies that combine multiple research approaches (field studies, experiments, modeling) to address questions at scales that are relevant to contemporary management and policy issues.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

K.A. Rose, S.E. Sable, A.T. Adamack, C.A. Murphy, S.E. Kolesar, J.K. Craig, D.L. Breitburg, P. Thomas, M.H. Brouwer, C.F. Cerco. 2009. Does hypoxia have population-level effects on coastal fish? Musings from the virtual world. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 381:S188-S203.

Baustian, M.M., J.K. Craig, N.N. Rabalais, S.S. Qian. 2008. Effects of summer hypoxia on macrobenthos and Atlantic croaker foraging selectivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 381:S31-S37.

E.L. Hazen, J.K. Craig, C.P. Good, and L.B. Crowder. 2009. Vertical distribution of fish biomass in hypoxic waters on the Gulf of Mexico shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series 375:195-207.

D.L. Breitburg, J.K. Craig, R.S. Fulford, K.A. Rose, W.R. Boynton, D. Brady, B.J. Ciotti, R.J. Diaz, K.D. Friedland, J.D. Hagy, D.R. Hart, A.H. Hines, E.D. Houde, S.E. Kolesar, S.W. Nixon, J.A. Rice, D.H. Secor, T.E. Targett. 2009. Nutrient enrichment and fisheries exploitation: interactive effects on estuarine living resources and their management. Hydrobiologia 629:31-47.

Craig, J.K., J.A. Rice, L.B. Crowder, D.A. Nadeau. 2007. Density-dependent growth and survival in juvenile estuarine fishes: an experimental approach with spot (Leiostomus xanthurus). Marine Ecology Progress Series 343:251-262.

Craig, J.K., B.J. Burke, L.B. Crowder, and J.A. Rice. 2006. Prey growth and size-dependent predation in juvenile estuarine fishes: experimental and model analyses. Ecology 87:2366-2377.

Craig, J.K., and L.B. Crowder. 2005. Hypoxia-induced habitat shifts and energetic consequences in Atlantic croaker and brown shrimp on the Gulf of Mexico shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series 294:79-94.

Craig, J.K., L.B. Crowder, and T.L. Henwood. 2005. Spatial distribution of brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus) on the northwestern Gulf of Mexico shelf: effects of abundance and hypoxia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:1295-1308.

C.A. Stow, S.S. Qian, and J.K. Craig. 2005. Declining threshold for hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science and Technology 39:716-723.

Craig, J.K., and L.B. Crowder. 2000. Factors influencing habitat selection in fishes with a review of marsh ecosystems. Pp. 241-266 in M. Weinstein and D.A. Kreeger (editors), Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Mollie Taylor (Biological Science)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

Nicholas Kortessis - FSU DIS and Internship - Biological Science

RESEARCH TECHNICIANS:

Samantha Bosman