Milford Lab Staff Publications
Publications from our aquaculture staff at Milford, from 2008 to the present.
2024 Milford Staff Publications
Alleway, H., Jones, R., Hancock, B., Kirk, S., Reeves, S., Waters, T., Davis, J., Heckathorn, J., Schillaci, C., Rose, J., Brown, J., Fallourd, P., Roberts, S., Jeffs, A. and C. Byron. 2024. A global monitoring, evaluation and learning framework for regenerative and restorative aquaculture: Helping nature thrive through aquaculture. The Nature Conservancy: Arlington, VA, USA. Available online
Armbruster, A.D., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Rose, J.M., Seda, K., Clark, P., Phillips, G., Redman, D. and Conroy, C.W. 2024. Territorial and occupancy behavior of black sea bass on oyster aquaculture gear and boulder habitat. Frontiers in Marine Science (11). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1380484
Bayer, S.R., Cubillo, A.M., Rose, J.M., Ferreira, J.G., Dixon, M., Alvarado, A., Barr, J., Bernatchez, G., Meseck, S., Poach, M., Pousse, E., Wikfors, G.H., and Bricker, S. 2024. Refining the Farm Aquaculture Resource Management Model for Shellfish Nitrogen Removal at the Local Scale. Estuaries and Coasts 47, 1184–1198. doi: 10.1007/s12237-024-01354-7
Gurr, S.J., McFarland, K., Bernatchez, G., Dixon, M.S., Guy, L., Milke, L.M., Poach, M.E., Hart, D., Plough, L.V., Redman, D.H., Sennefelder, G., Stiles, S., Wikfors, G.H., Padilla, D.K., and Meseck, S.L. 2024. Effects of food supply on northern bay scallops Argopecten irradians reared under two pCO2 conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 740, 61-78. doi: 10.3354/meps14624
Padilla, D.K., Milke, L., Akin-Fajiye, M., Rosa, M., Redman, D., Liguori, A., Rugila, A., Veilleux, D., Dixon, M., Charifson, D., Meseck, S.L. 2024. Local differences in robustness to ocean acidification. Biology Open,13(8). doi: 10.1242/bio.060479
Persson, A., Smith, B.C., Alix, J.H. and Wikfors, G.H., 2024. Properties and Behavior of Sexual Life Stages Underlying Dinoflagellate HAB Events of Cyst-Producing Species That Disrupt Fisheries and Aquaculture. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 32(2), pp.171-188. doi: 10.1080/23308249.2023.2268715
Poach, M., Morse, R., Meseck, S.L., Alvarado, A., Reichert-Nguyen, J., McFarland, K., Elliott, H., Kellogg, M.L., Luckenbach, M.W. and Rose, J.M. 2024. Nutrient reduction by eastern oysters exhibits low variability associated with reproduction, ploidy, and farm location. Marine Pollution Bulletin 202. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116286
Rose, J.M., Morse, R., and Schillaci, C. 2024. Development and application of an online tool to quantify nitrogen removal associated with harvest of cultivated eastern oysters. PLOS ONE 19(9): doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310062
Sunny, R.C., Fredriksson, D.W., Tsukrov, I., Zhu, L., Bowden, M., Chambers, M. and Silkes, B. 2024. Design considerations for a continuous mussel farm in New England Offshore waters. Part I: Development of environmental conditions for engineering design. Aquacultural Engineering (107) doi: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2024.102476
Saba, V., Borggaard, D., Caracappa, J.C., Chambers, R.C., Clay, P.M., Colburn, L.L., Deroba, J., DePiper, G., du Pontavice, H., Fratantoni, P., Ferguson, M., Gaichas, S., Hayes, S., Hyde, K., Johnson, M., Kocik, J., Keane, E., Kircheis, D., Large, S., Lipsky, A., Lucey, S., Mercer, A., Meseck, S., Miller, T.J., Morse, R., Orphanides, C., Reichert-Nguyen, J., Richardson, D., Smith, J., Vogel, R., Vogt, B., and G. Wikfors. 2023. NOAA fisheries research geared towards climate-ready living marine resource management in the northeast United States. Plos Climate. doi: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000323
Steeves, L., Honecker, M., Meseck, S.L. and Munroe, D. 2024. Effects of Ocean Acidification and Summer Thermal Stress on the Physiology and Growth of the Atlantic Surfclam (Spisula solidissima). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12(4): 673. doi: 10.3390/jmse12040673
Zhu, L., Patwary, M.M.R., Sunny, R.C., Tsukrov, I., Chambers, M., and Fredriksson, D.W. Hydrodynamic modeling of kelp (Saccharina latissima) farms: From an aggregate of kelp to a single line cultivation system. 2024. Ocean Engineering, 314(1). doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119519
2023 Milford Staff Publications
Barr, J.M., Munroe, D., Rose, J.M., Calvo, L., Cheng, K.M., Bayer, S. and D. Kreeger. 2023. Seasonal feeding behavior of aquaculture eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the Mid-Atlantic. Estuaries and Coasts 47: 789-804. doi: 10.1007/s12237-023-01293-9
Gregory, K., McFarland, K. and M. Hare. 2023. Reproductive phenology of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1971), along a temperate estuarine salinity gradient. Estuaries and Coasts. 46, pp. 707–722. doi: 10.1007/s12237-022-01163-w
Guo, X., Puritz, J.B., Wang, Z., Proestou, D., Allen Jr, S., Small, J., Verbyla, K., Zhao, H., Haggard, J., Chriss, N. and D. Zeng. et al. 2023. Development and evaluation of high-density SNP arrays for the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Marine Biotechnology, 25(1), pp.174-191. doi: 10.1007/s10126-022-10191-3
Iba, W., Balubi, A.M., Martin, L.M., Rice, M.A. and G.H. Wikfors. 2023. Salinity Effects on Growth and Nutritional Content of Newly Isolated Microalgal with Potential Use in The Shrimp-Hatcheries. Aquacultura Indonesiana, 24(1).
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Auster, P. J., Clark, P., Dixon, M.S., Estela, E., Liu, Y., Milke, L., Phillips, G., Redman, D., Smith, B.C., Verkade, A. and J.M. Rose. 2023. Oyster aquaculture cages provide fish habitat similar to natural structure with minimal differences based on farm location. Front. Mar. Sci., Sec. Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture and Living Resources 10. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.105870
Pousse, E., Poach, M.E., Redman, D.H., Sennefelder, G., Hubbard, W., Osborne, K., Munroe, D., Hart, D., Hennen, D., Dixon, M.S., Y. Li., Milke, L.M., Wikfors, G.H. and S.L. Meseck. 2023. Juvenile Atlantic sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus, energetic response to increased carbon dioxide and temperature changes. PLOS Climate, 2(2). doi: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000142
McCarty, L.M., Hood, S., Huebert, K., Cram, J., McFarland, K. and L.V. Plough. 2023. Evaluating a short vs. long-term progeny test and investigating physiology associated with survival in extreme low salinity for the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Aquaculture 574. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739688
2022 Milford Staff Publications
Barrett, L.T., Theuerkauf, S.J., Rose, J.M., Alleway, H.K., Bricker, S.B., Parker, M., Petrolia, D.R., and R.C. Jones. 2022. Sustainable growth of non-fed aquaculture can generate valuable ecosystem benefits, Ecosystem Services 53. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101396
Cram, J.A., Gray, M.W., McFarland, K., and A. Hollins. 2022. Microbiota of Crassostrea virginica larvae during a hatchery crash and under normal production: Amplicon sequence data. Data in Brief 40 doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107755
Gray, M.W., Alexander, S.T., Beal, B.F., Bliss, T., Burge, C.A., Cram, J.A., De Luca, M., Dumhart, J., Glibert, P.M., Gonsiorg, M., Heyes, A., Huebert, K.B., Lyubchich, V., McFarland, K., Parker, M., Plough, L.V., Schott, E.J., Wainger, L.A., Wikfors, G.H., and A.E. Wilbur. Hatchery crashes among shellfish research hatcheries along the Atlantic coast of the United States: A case study of production analysis at Horn Point Laboratory. Aquaculture Vol. 546 doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737259
Liu, Y., Wikfors, G.H, Clark, P., Pitchford, S., Krisak, M., Dixon, M.S., and Y. Li. 2022. A deep dive into the epibiotic communities on aquacultured sugar kelp Saccharina latissima in Southern New England. Algal Research, 63. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102654
McFarland, K., Rumbold, D., Loh, A.N., Haynes, L., Tolley, G., Gorman, P., Welch, B., Goodman, P., Barnes, T.K., Doering, P., Soudant, P., and A.K. Volety. 2022. Effects of freshwater releases on oyster reef density, reproduction, and disease in a highly modified estuary. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 197:96 doi: 10.1007/s10661-021-09489-x
McFarland, K., Standen, E. and A.K. Volety. 2022. Synergistic effects of salinity and temperature on all life stages of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica from gametes to adults. Marine Ecology Progress Series 700:111-124. doi: 10.3354/meps14178
Mercaldo-Allen R, Dwyer S, Fairchild E, Alade L, Chambers CR, Curran MC, Davis D, Munroe T, Sutherland SJ. 2022. 17th Flatfish Biology Conference 2022 Program and Abstracts. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 22-18; 42 pp.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Rose, J., Liu, Y., Jabanoski, J. and others. 2022. How can oyster farms create homes for fish? Environmental Science Journal for Kids. September 2022.
Meseck, S., Redman, D.H., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Clark, P., Rose, J.M., and D.M. Perry. 2022. Resilience of Black Sea Bass Embryos to Increased Levels of Carbon Dioxide. Marine and Coastal Fisheries Vol. 14, 2. doi: 10.1002/mcf2.10200
Persson, A. and B.C. Smith. 2022. Preservation of Dinoflagellate Cysts in Different Oxygen Regimes: Differences in Cyst Survival between Oxic and Anoxic Natural Environments. Phycology 2 (4), 384–418. doi: 10.3390/phycology2040022
Pousse, É., Munroe, D., Hart, D., Hennen, D., Cameron, L.P., Rheuban, J.E., Wang, Z.A., Wikfors, G.H. and S.L. Meseck. 2022. Dynamic energy budget modeling of Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima, under future ocean acidification and warming. Marine Environmental Research. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105602
Sauvage, J., Wikfors, G.H., Dixon, M.S., Kapareiko, D., Sabbe, K., Li, X., and A. Joyce. 2022. Bacterial exudates as growth-promoting agents for the cultivation of commercially relevant marine microalgal strains. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. doi: 10.1111/jwas.12910
Vogeler, S., Wikfors, G.H., Li, X., Sauvage, J. and Joyce, A., 2022. Distribution of vitamin B12 in bivalve tissues: Investigations of larval and adult lifestages. Aquaculture, 561. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738712
Witkop, E., Wikfors, G., Proestou, D., Lundgren, K., Sullivan, M., and Gomez-Chiarri, M. 2022. Perkinsus marinus suppresses in vitro eastern oyster apoptosis via IAP-dependent and caspase-independent pathways involving TNFR, NF-kB, and oxidative pathway crosstalk. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2022.104339
Xie Y., Wikfors, G.H., Dixon, M.S., Guy, L., Krisak, M. and Y. Li. 2022. Toward a Holistic Understanding and Models of Nonphotochemical Quenching Effects on In Vivo Fluorometry of Chlorophyll a in Coastal Waters. Photochem Photobiol. doi: 10.1111/php.13693.
2021 Milford Staff Publications
Farr, E.R., Johnson, M.R., Nelson, M.W., Hare, J.A., Morrison, W.E., Lettrich, M.D., Vogt, B., Meaney, C., Howson, U.A., Auster, P.J., Borsuk, F., Brady, D.C., Cashman, M.J., Colarusso, P., Grabowski, J.H., Hawkes, J.P., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Packer, D.B., and D.K. Stevenson. 2021. An assessment of marine, estuarine, and riverine habitat vulnerability to climate change in the Northeast U.S. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0260654. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260654
Jabanoski, K., C. Otoshi, E. Sturm and M. Rust. 2021. Marine Aquaculture in a Changing Environment: Proceedings of the 46th U.S.-Japan Aquaculture Panel Symposium, Mystic, CT, November 14-15, 2018. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-222, 140 p.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., P. Clark, Y. Liu, G. Phillips, D. Redman, P.J. Auster, E. Estela, L. Milke, A. Verkade, and J.M. Rose. 2021. Exploring video and eDNA metabarcoding methods to assess oyster aquaculture cages as fish habitat. Aquacult. Environ. Interact. 13:277-294. doi: 10.3354/aei00408
Meseck, S.L., R. Mercaldo-Allen, P. Clark, C. Kuropat, D. Redman, D. Veilleux, and L. Milke. 2021. Effects of ocean acidification on larval Atlantic surfclam (Spisula solidissima) from Long Island Sound in Connecticut. Fishery Bulletin Vol. 119 Issue 1, p66-76. doi: 10.7755/FB.119.1.8
Mizuta, D.D., G.H. Wikfors, S.L. Meseck, Y. Li, M.S. Dixon, J.L. Lim, I.J. Hwang, M. Bazzano and S. Pitchford. 2021. Use of natural trophic resources by Eastern oysters and Pacific oysters of different ploidy. Aquaculture and Fisheries. doi: 10.1016/j.aaf.2020.03.011
Noji, T., Wieczorek, D., Phelan, B., Liu, Y., Milke, L., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Rose, J., Sassoubre, L. and B. Nash. 2021. Applications of environmental DNA data in support of aquaculture. Bull. Jap. Fish. Res. Edu. Agen. No. 50: 19-24.
Persson, A., B.C. Smith, J.H. Alix, Y. Li, B.A. Holohan, and G.H. Wikfors. 2021. Differences in specific mass density between dinoflagellate life stages and relevance to accumulation by hydrodynamic processes. Journal of Phycology. doi: 10.1111/jpy.13181
Phillips, G., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Auster, P.J., Clark, P., Estela, E., Liu, Y., Milke, L., Redman, D., and J. Rose. 2021. Use of Point-of-View Video Cameras to Assess Fish Interactions with Oyster Aquaculture Cages. pp 97-103 in: Kristen Jabanoski, Clete Otoshi, Erick Sturm, and Mike Rust (editors). Marine Aquaculture in a Changing Environment: Proceedings of the 46th U.S.-Japan Aquaculture Panel Symposium, Mystic, CT, November 14-15, 2018. U.S. Dept. Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-222.
Rose, J.M., J.S. Gosnell, S. Bricker, M.J. Brush, A. Colden, L. Harris, E. Karplus, A. Laferriere, N.H. Merrill, T.B. Murphy, J. Reitsma, J. Shockley, K. Stephenson, S. Theuerkauf, D. Ward, and R.W. Fulweiler. 2021. Opportunities and Challenges for Including Oyster-Mediated Denitrification in Nitrogen Management Plans. Estuaries and Coasts. doi: 10.1007/s12237-021-00936-z
Sauvage, J., G.H. Wikfors, X. Li, M. Gluis, N. Nevejan, K. Sabbe, and A. Joyce. 2021. Effect of pluronic block polymers and N-acetylcysteine culture media additives on growth rate and fatty acid composition of six marine microalgae species. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. doi: 10.1007/s00253-021-11147-8
Sauvage, J., G.H. Wikfors, K. Sabbe et al. 2021. Biodegradable, metal-chelating compounds as alternatives to EDTA for cultivation of marine microalgae. J Appl Phycol. doi: 10.1007/s10811-021-02583-0
Shinn, J.P., D.M. Munroe, and J.M. Rose. 2021. A fish’s-eye-view: accessible tools to document shellfish farms as marine habitat in New Jersey, USA. Aquacult. Environ. Interact. 13:295-300. doi: 10.3354/aei00407
Siedlecki, S.A., Salisbury, J., Gledhill, D.K., Bastidas, C., Meseck, S., McGarry, K., Hunt, C.W., Alexander, M., Lavoie, D., Wang, Z.A., Scott, J., Brady, D.C., Mlsna, I., Azetsu-Scott, K., Liberti, C.M., Melrose, D.C., White, M.M., Pershing, A., Vandemark, D., Townsend, D.W., Chen, C., Mook, W. and R. Morrison. 2021. Projecting ocean acidification impacts for the Gulf of Maine to 2050: New tools and expectations. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9 (1): 00062. doi: 10.1525/elementa.2020.00062
2020 Milford Staff Publications
Augyte, S., G.H. Wikfors, S. Pitchford, M. Marty-Rivera, S. Umanzor, S. Lindell, D. Bailey and C. Yarish. 2020. The application of flow cytometry for kelp meiospore isolation. Algal Res. 46. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.101810
Auster, P., Lindholm, J., Pereira, J., Fangman, S., Bolton, H., Cramer, A., Jensen, L. and J. Moye. 2020. Preliminary results assessing movement patterns of select demersal piscivores at the sub-tropical reefs of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (northwest Atlantic, Carolinian province), 2008-2013. Project 10 in: Roberson, K.W., P.J. Auster, S. Fangman, M. Harvey (Eds.). 2020. Review of Scientific Research in and around the Designated Research Area of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (NW Atlantic). Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-08. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 185 pp.
Dvarskas, A., Bricker, S.B., Wikfors, G.H., Bohorquez, J.J, Dixon, M.S., and J.M. Rose. 2020. Quantification and Valuation of Nitrogen Removal Services Provided by Commercial Shellfish Aquaculture at the Subwatershed Scale. Environ. Sci. Technol. 54, 24, 16156–16165 doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03066
Lassudrie, M., Hégaret, H., Wikfors, G.H. and P.M. da Silva. 2020. Effects of marine harmful algal blooms on bivalve cellular immunity and infectious diseases: A review. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 108, p.103660. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2020.103660
McCarty, A., McFarland, K., Small, J., Allen, S.K. and L.V. Plough. 2020. Heritability of acute low salinity tolerance in the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica): an initial investigation of phenotype. Aquaculture 529 doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735649
McFarland, K., Plough, L.V., Nguyen, M. and M.P. Hare. 2020. Are bivalves susceptible to domestication selection? Using starvation tolerance to test for potential trait changes in eastern oyster larvae. PLoS ONE 14(6) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230222
Mercaldo‐Allen, R., P. Clark, Redman, D., Liu, Y., Meseck, S., Milke, L., Rose, J.M., and R. Goldberg. 2020.Temperature-related changes in species composition of juvenile finfish on a rock reef in Long Island Sound. Fish. Bull. 118(3).
Mercaldo‐Allen, R., P. Clark, Y. Liu, S. Meseck, L. Milke and D. Redman. 2020. Macrofaunal Assemblages on Oyster Aquaculture and Rock Reef Habitat in Long Island Sound. N. Am. J. Aquac. doi: 10.1002/naaq.10127
Meseck, S.L., Sennefelder, G., Krisak, M., and G.H. Wikfors. 2020. Physiological feeding rates and cilia suppression in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) with increased levels of dissolved carbon dioxide. Ecol. Indic. 117. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106675
Mizuta, D.D. and G.H. Wikfors. 2020. Can offshore HABs hinder the development of offshore mussel aquaculture in the northeast United States? Ocean. Coast. Manage. 183. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.105022
Mizuta, D.D. and G.H. Wikfors. 2020. Farmed mussels in the northeastern U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone – an opportunity too good to ignore. Fisheries. doi: 10.1002/fsh.10365
Pousse, E., Poach, M.E., Redman, D.H., Sennefelder, G., White, L.E., Lindsay, J.M., Munroe, D., Hart, D., Hennen, D., Dixon, M.S., Yaqin, L., Wikfors, G.H., and S.L. Meseck. 2020. Energetic response of Atlantic surfclam Spisula solidissima to ocean acidification. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 161 Part B. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111740
2019 Milford Staff Publications
Bricker, S.B., R.E. Grizzle, P. Trowbridge, J.M. Rose, J.G. Ferreira, K. Wellman, C. Zhu, E. Galimany, G.H. Wikfors, C. Saurel, R. Landeck Miller, J. Wands, R. Rheault, J. Steinberg, A.P. Jacob, E.D. Davenport, S. Ayvazian, M. Chintala and M.A. Tedesco. 2019. Bioextractive Removal of Nitrogen by Oysters in Great Bay Piscataqua River Estuary, New Hampshire, USA. Estuar. Coast. 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s12237-019-00661-8
Goldsmith, K.A, S. Lau, M.E. Poach, G.P. Sakowiczde, T.M. Trice, C.R. Ono, J. Nye, E.H. Shadwick, K.A. St. Laurent, and G.K. Saba. 2019. Scientific considerations for acidification monitoring in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region. Estuar. Coast. Shelf. Sci. 225. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.04.023
Hégaret, H, G.H. Wikfors, and S.H. Shumway. 2019. Biotoxin contamination and shellfish safety. In: Shumway SE, Rodrick GE, eds. Shellfish Safety and Quality. Cambridge (UK): Woodhead Publishing; Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition; p 43-80. doi: 10.1533/9781845695576.1.43
Liu, Y., G.H. Wikfors, J.M. Rose, R.S. McBride, L. Milke, R. Mercaldo-Allen. 2019. Application of Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Spatiotemporal Finfish Community Assessment in a Temperate Embayment. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 674. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00674
Mizuta, D.D., M.S. Dixon, E.J. Maney Jr., M. Fregeau, and G.H. Wikfors. 2019. Offshore mussel aquaculture: strategies for farming in the changing environment of the Northeast U.S. shelf EEZ. Bull Jap Fish Res Edu Agen. 9: 111-119.
Mizuta, D.D. and G.H Wikfors. 2019. Depth Selection and In Situ Validation for Offshore Mussel Aquaculture in Northeast United States Federal Waters. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2019, 7, 293. doi: 10.3390/jmse7090293
Mizuta, D.D. and G.H Wikfors. 2019. Seeking the perfect oyster shell: a brief review of current knowledge. Rev Aquacult. 11(3), 586-602. doi: 10.1111/raq.12247
Poach, M., D. Munroe, J. Vasslides, I. Abrahamsen, and N. Coffey. 2019. Monitoring coastal acidification along the U.S. East coast: concerns for shellfish production. Bull. Jap. Fish. Res. Edu. Agen. 49: 53-64.
Redman, D.H., D.A. Nelson, J. Roy, R. Goldberg, T.M. Scott, M.B. Rust, and R. Mercaldo-Allen. 2019. A pilot study using graded yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) meal in formulated diets for growth performance of black sea bass (Centropristis striata). NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-NE 253; 15 p.
Saba G.K., K.A. Goldsmith, S.R. Cooley, D. Grosse, S.L. Meseck, A.W. Miller, B. Phelan, M. Poach, R. Rheault, K. St. Laurent, J. Testa, J.S. Weis, R. Zimmerman. 2019. Recommended priorities for research on ecological impacts of ocean and coastal acidification in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic. Estuar. Coast. Shelf. Sci. 225. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.04.022.
Vogeler S., G. H. Wikfors , X. Li , D. Veilleux, P. Miller-Ezzy, A. Joyce. 2019. Larval metamorphosis in four bivalve species in response to NMDA receptor ligands: The NMDA receptor pathway as potential regulator of bivalve transition to spat. Aquaculture 511. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.05.058
Widman, P., editor. 2018. 38th Milford Aquaculture Seminar. US Dept Commer., Northeast Fish. Sci. Cent. Ref. Doc. 19-11; 54 p. doi: 10.25923/dz5h-1n79
2018 Milford Staff Publications
Bricker SB, Ferreira JG, Zhu C., Rose JM, Galimany E, Wikfors G, Saurel C, Miller RL, Wands J, Trowbridge P, Grizzle R, Wellman K, Rheault R, Steinberg J, Jacob A, Davenport ED, Ayvazian S, Chintala M, Tedesco MA. 2018. Role of Shellfish Aquaculture in the Reduction of Eutrophication in an Urban Estuary Environ Sci Technol. 52(1): 173-183. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03970
Doyle JJ, Ward JE, Wikfors GH. 2018. Acute exposure to TiO2 nanoparticles produces minimal apparent effects on oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin), hemocytes. Mar Pollut Bull. 127: 512-523. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.039
Galimany E, Rose J M, Dixon MS, Alix R, Li Y, Wikfors GH. 2018. Design and Use of an Apparatus for Quantifying Bivalve Suspension Feeding at Sea. J Visual Exp. 139, e58213, doi: 10.3791/58213
Iba, W., Rice, M.A., Maranda, L. and G.H. Wikfors. 2018. Growth Characteristics of Newly Isolated Indonesian Microalgae Under Different Salinity. Indonesian Aquaculture Journal, 13(2): 71-81. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15578/iaj.13.2.2018.71-81
Li Y, Meseck SL, Dixon MS, Wikfors GH. 2018. The East River tidal strait, New York City, New York, a high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll coastal system. Internat Aquat Res. 10 (1): 65-77. doi: 10.1007/s40071-018-0189-2
Mat AM, Klopp C, Payton R, Jeziorski C, Chalopin M, Amzile Z, Tran D, Wikfors GH, Hégaret H, Soudant P, Huvet A, Fabioux C. 2018. Oyster transcriptome response to Alexandrium exposure is related to saxitoxin load and characterized by disrupted digestion, energy balance, and calcium and sodium signaling. Aquat Toxicol. 199: 127-137. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.030
Mercaldo-Allen R, Chambers C, Davis D, Dixon M, Dwyer S, Fairchild E, Howell P, Munroe T, Powell C, Sutherland S. 16th Flatfish Biology Conference 2018 Program and Abstracts. Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc.18-14.
Meseck SL, Mercaldo-Allen R, Kuropat C, Clark P, Goldberg R. 2018. Variability in sediment-water carbonate chemistry and bivalve abundance after bivalve settlement in Long Island Sound, Milford, Connecticut. Mar Pollut Bull. 135: 165-175. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.025
Vogeler S, Miller-Ezzy P, Li X, Wikfors GH, Joyce A. 2018. First report of a putative involvement of the NMDA pathway in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) development: Effect of NMDA receptor ligands on oyster metamorphosis with implications for bivalve hatchery management. Aquaculture 497: 140-146. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.07.048
Wikfors GH, Morton SL. 2018. Culture and culture collections. Chapter 14 in: Shumway SE, Burkholder JM, Morton SL, Editors. Harmful Algal Blooms: A Compendium Desk Reference. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons; p 507-514.
2017 Milford Staff Publications
Aquaculture Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Workshop: Abdelrahman H, ElHady M, Alcivar-Warren A, Allen S, Al-Tobasei R, Bao L, Beck B, Blackburn H, Bosworth B, Buchanan J, Chappell J, Daniels W, Dong S, Dunham R, Durland E, Elaswad A, Gomez-Chiarri M, Gosh K, Guo X, Hackett P, Hanson T, Hedgecock D, Howard T, Holland L, Jackson M, Jin Y, Khalil K, Kocher T, Leeds T, Li N, Lindsey L, Liu S, Liu Z, Martin K, Novriadi R, Odin R, Palti Y, Peatman E, Proestou D, Qin G, Reading B, Rexroad C, Roberts C, Salem M, Severin A, Shi H, Shoemaker C, Stiles S, Tan S, Tang KFJ, Thongda W, Tiersch T, Tomasso J, Tri Prabowo W, Vallejo R, van der Steen H, Vo K, Waldbieser G, Wang H, Wang X, Xiang J, Yang Y, Yant R, Yuan Z, Zeng Q, Zhou T. 2017. Aquaculture genomics, genetics and breeding in the United States: current status, challenges, and priorities for future research. BMC Genomics. 18: 191. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3557-1
Galimany E, Wikfors GH, Dixon MS, Newell CR, Meseck SL, Henning D, Li Y, Rose JM. 2017. Cultivation of the ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) for nutrient bioextraction in an urban estuary. Environ Sci Technol. 51(22): 13311–13318. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02838
Mercaldo-Allen R, Meseck S, Goldberg R, Clark P, Kuropat C, Rose J. 2017. Effects of clam dredging on benthic ecology of two cultivated northern quahog beds with different harvest histories and sediment grain sizes. Aquacult Int. 25(5): 1971-1985. doi: 10.1007/s10499-017-0167-5
Meseck SL, Li JY, Sunila I, Dixon M, Clark P, Music P, Lipsky C, Stevens JR, Wikfors GH. 2017. Characterizing seston in the Penobscot River Estuary. Mar Environ Res. 131: 43-56. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.09.010
Rosa M, Ward JE, Holohan BA, Shumway SE, Wikfors GH. 2017. Physicochemical surface properties of microalgae and their combined effects on particle selection by suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs. J Exp Mar Bio Ecol. 486: 59-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.09.007
2016 Milford Staff Publications
Blogoslawski WJ, Milke L, editors. 2016. 36th Milford Aquaculture Seminar. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 16-06; 52 p. doi: 10.7289/V5QR4V4V
Bricker SB, Getchis TL, Chadwick CB, Rose CM, Rose JM. 2016. The integration of ecosystem-based models into an existing interactive web-based tool for improved aquaculture decision making. Aquaculture 453: 135-146. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.11.036
Cornwell J, Rose JM, Kellogg L, Luckenbach M, Bricker S, Paynter K, Moore C, Parker M, Sanford L, Wolinski B, Lacatell A, Fegley L, Hudson K. 2016. Panel recommendations on the Oyster BMP nutrient and suspended sediment reduction effectiveness determination decision framework and nitrogen and phosphorus assimilation in oyster tissue reduction effectiveness for oyster aquaculture practices. Report to the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership. Available online at: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/channel_files/24330/oyster_bmp_report_draft_for_partnership_and_public_review_2016-09-22.pdf
Espinosa EP, Cerrato RM, Wikfors GH and Allam B. 2016. Modeling food choice in the two suspension-feeding bivalves, Crassostrea virginica and Mytilus edulis. Mar Biol. 163 (2), 1-13. doi: doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2815-0
Giner JL, Zhao H, Dixon MS, Wikfors GH. 2016. Bioconversion of 13 C-labeled microalgal phytosterols to cholesterol by the Northern Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 192, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2015.11.003
Hare JA, Borggaard DL, Friedland KD, Anderson J, Burns P, Chu K, Clay PM, Collins MJ, Cooper P, Fratantoni PS, Johnson MR, Manderson JP, Milke L, Miller TJ, Orphanides CD, and Saba VS. 2016. Northeast Regional Action Plan – NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 239; 94 p.
Hare JA, Morrison WE, Nelson MW, Stachura MM, Teeters EJ, Griffis RB, Alexander MA, Scott, JD, Alade L, Bell RJ, Chute AS, Curti KL, Curtis TH, Kircheis D, Kocik JF, Lucey SM, McCandless CT, Milke LM, Richardson DE, Robillard E, Walsh HJ, McManus MC, Marancik KE, Griswold CA 2016. A Vulnerability Assessment of Fish and Invertebrates to Climate Change on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf. PLoS One 11(2): e0146756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146756
Keppel AG, Breitburg DL, Wikfors GH, Burrell RB, Clark VM, 2016. Effects of co-varying diel-cycling hypoxia and pH on disease susceptibility in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 538:169-183. DOI: 10.3354/meps11479
Mercaldo-Allen R, Goldberg R, Clark P, Kuropat C, Meseck SL, Rose JM. 2016. Benthic ecology of Northern Quahog beds with different hydraulic dredging histories in Long Island Sound. J Coast Res. 32(2): 408-415. doi: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00055.1
Meseck SL, Alix JH, Swiney KM, Long WC, Wikfors GH and Foy RJ. 2016. Ocean acidification affects hemocyte physiology in the Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi). PloS One 11(2), p.e0148477. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148477
Mercaldo-Allen R, Chambers C, Clarke D, Dixon M, Dwyer S, Fairchild E, Howell P, Munroe T, Powell C, Sutherland S. 2016. 15th Flatfish Biology Conference 2016 Program and Abstracts. Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 16-14; p 48 doi:10.7289/V5/RD-NEFSC-16-14
2015 Milford Staff Publications
Barrett, J., Rose, J.M., Pagach, J., Parker, M., Deonarine, S. (2015) Development of an estuarine climate change monitoring program. Ecological Indicators, 53: 182-186. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.01.039
Breitburg, D.L., Salisbury, J., Bernhard, J.M., Cai, W-J., Dupont, S., Doney, S.C., Kroeker, K.J., Levin, L.A., Long, W.C, Milke, L.M., Miller, S.H., Phelan, B., Passow, U., Seibel, B.A., Todgham, A.E., Tarrant, A.M. (2015) And on top of all that. . .Coping with ocean acidification in the midst of many stressors” Oceanography, 28, 48-61. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.31
Casey, M.M., Farrell, Ú.C., Dietl, G.P., Veilleux, D.J. (2015). Mixed assemblages of drilling predators and the problem of identity in the fossil record: A case study using the muricid gastropod Ecphora. Paleobiology, 41(4), 2015, pp. 680–696 DOI: 10.1017/pab.2015.32
Croxton, A.N., Wikfors, G.H., Schulterbrandt-Gragg, R.D. 2015. The Use of Flow Cytometric Applications to Measure the Effects of PAHs on Growth, Membrane Integrity, and Relative Lipid Content of the Benthic Diatom, Nitzschia brevirostris. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 91, 160-165.
Da Costa, F., Petton, B., Mingant, C., Bougaran, G., Rouxel, C., Quéré, C., Wikfors, G.H., Soudant, P. Robert, R. (2015). Influence of one selected Tisochrysis lutea strain rich in lipids on Crassostrea gigas larval development and biochemical composition. Aquaculture Nutrition. DOI: 10.1111/anu.12301
King,A.L., Jenkins, B.D., Wallace, J.R., Liu, Y., Wikfors, G.H., Milke, L.M. and Meseck, S.L. (2015) Effects of CO2 on growth rate, C:N:P, and fatty acid composition of seven marine phytoplankton species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, In press.
Lassudrie, M., Wikfors, G. H., Sunila, I., Alix, J. H., Dixon, M. S., Combot, D., ... & Hégaret, H. (2015). Physiological and pathological changes in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica infested with the trematode Bucephalus sp. and exposed to the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 126, 51-63.
Li, Yaqin, Shannon L. Meseck, Mark S. Dixon, Julie M. Rose, Barry C. Smith, Gary H. Wikfors. 2015. Short term effects of a commercial eastern oyster nursery upon nutrient and plankton dynamics of a coastal embayment: observations from mesocosm experiments. Aquaculture Research. 46:2049-2064
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Goldberg, R., Kuropat, C.A., Clark, P., Alix, R., Schreiner, W., Roy, J. (2015) A Field-Based Nursery for Headstarting Lobsters to Improve Postrelease Survival for Potential Stock Enhancement in Long Island Sound, Connecticut. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 77:2, 239-243, DOI: 10.1080/15222055.2014.996691
Mercaldo-Allen, R, Goldberg, R., Kuropat, C., Clark, P., Alix, R., Schreiner, W., Roy, J., and students from The Sound School. 2015. A field-based nursery for “head-starting” lobsters to improve post-release survival for potential stock enhancement in Long Island Sound, Connecticut. The Lobster Newsletter 28(1): 25-27.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Goldberg, R. Clark, P., Kuropat, C., Meseck, S. L., Rose, J.M. (2015) Benthic Ecology of Northern Quahog Beds with Different Hydraulic Dredging Histories in Long Island Sound. Journal of Coastal Research In-Press. DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00055.1
Perry, D.M., Redman, D.H., Widman, J.C., Meseck, S., King, A. and Pereira, J.J. (2015), Effect of ocean acidification on growth and otolith condition of juvenile scup, Stenotomus chrysops. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1678
Reynaud, Y., Millet, J., Couvin, D., Rastogi, N., Brown, C.L., Couppié, P., Legrand, E. (2015). Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans from French Guiana. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0118597. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118597
Rose, JM; Bricker, SB; Ferreira, JG (2015) Comparative analysis of modeled nitrogen removal by shellfish farms. Marine Pollution Bulletin 91(1): 185-190. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.006.
Senft‐Batoh, C. D., Dam, H. G., Shumway, S. E., Wikfors, G. H., & Schlichting, C. D. (2015). Influence of predator–prey evolutionary history, chemical alarm‐cues, and feeding selection on induction of toxin production in a marine dinoflagellate. Limnology and Oceanography.
Technical Papers of the 35th Milford Aquaculture Seminar. Journal of Shellfish Research. 34 (2): 695-727.
Walsh, M., Fairchild, E., Rennels, N., Howell, W.H., Mercaldo-Allen, R. and Kuropat, C. 2015. Rearing diets for winter flounder stock enhancement that optimize feeding-related performance in the in the wild: survival, feeding and nucleic acid analyses. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 46 (5): 461-474.
Yan, S., Catanese, G., Brown, C.L., Wang, M., Yang, C. and Yang. T.-B. (2015). Phylogeography study on the chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) in the Northwestern Pacific indicates the late Pleistocene population isolation. Marine Ecology DOI: 10.1111/maec.12267
2014 Milford Staff Publications
Brown, C.L., Urbinati, E., Zhang, W., Brown, S.B. and McComb-Kobza, M. (2014). Maternal thyroid and glucocorticoid hormone interactions in larval fish development, and their applications in aquaculture. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture 22(3): 207-220.
Brousseau, D., Goldberg, R., and Garza, C. (2014). Impact of Predation by the Invasive Crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, on Survival of Juvenile Blue Mussels in Western Long Island Sound, USA. Northeastern Naturalist, 21(1):119-133.
Brown, C.L., Yang, T.-B., Fitzsimmons, K., and Bolivar, R. (2014) The value of pig manure as a source of nutrients for mass culture of Nile tilapia in ponds (a review). Agricultural Sciences 5, 1182-1193. Doi 10.4236/as.2014.512128
Croxton, A. N., Wikfors, G. H., & Schulterbrandt-Gragg, R. D. (2014). The use of flow cytometric applications to measure the effects of PAHs on growth, membrane integrity, and relative lipid content of the benthic diatom, Nitzschia brevirostris. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 91(1):160-5. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.010
Fuentes, M. S., Meseck, S. L., Wikfors, G. H., & Khan-Bureau, D. (2014). Silicon limitation induces colony formation in the benthic diatom Nitzschia cf. pusilla (Bacillariales, Bacillariophyceae). Diatom Research, 30 (1): 87-92.
Fuentes, S., Wikfors, G. H., & Meseck, S. (2014). Silicon Deficiency Induces Alkaline Phosphatase Enzyme Activity in Cultures of Four Marine Diatoms. Estuaries and Coasts, 37(2), 312-324.
Galimany, E., Rose, J. M., Alix, J., Dixon, M. S., & Wikfors, G. H. (2014). Responses of the ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa, to the harmful algae Aureococcus anophagefferens and Heterosigma akashiwo. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80(2), 123-130. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyt055
Galimany, E; Rose, JM; Dixon, MS; Wikfors, GH (2014) Transplant experiment to evaluate the feeding behavior of the Atlantic ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa, moved to a high inorganic seston area. Marine and Freshwater Research. doi: 10.1071/MF13335
Gast, R.J., McKie-Krisberg, Z.M., Fay, S.A., Rose, J.M., Sanders, R.W. (2014) Antarctic mixotrophic protist abundances by microscopy and molecular methods. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 89(2): 388-401. doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12334
Goldberg, R., Rose J.M., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Meseck, S. L.,Clark, P., Kuropat, C., and Pereira, J. (2014). Effects of hydraulic dredging on a cultivated bed of the Northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria. Aquaculture, 428-429 (2014):150-157.
Iba, W., Rice, M. A., & Wikfors, G. H. (2014). Microalgae in Eastern Pacific White Shrimp hatcheries: A review on roles and culture environments. Asian Fisheries Science, 27(3), 212-233.
Lopez, G., Carey, D., Carlton, J. T., Cerrato, R., Dam, H., DiGiovanni, R., ... Wikfors, G.H. & Zajac, R. (2014). Biology and Ecology of Long Island Sound. In Long Island Sound (pp. 285-479). Springer New York.
Mercaldo-Allen R, Chambers C, Danila D, Dixon M, Dwyer S, Fairchild E, Howell P, Jearld A, Munroe T, Powell C, Sutherland S. 2014. 14th Flatfish Biology Conference 2014 Program and Abstracts. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 14-15; 48 p.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Kuropat, C. A., Perry, D. M., and Redman, D. H. (2014). Relation Between Nucleic Acid Indices and Growth Rate in Fed and Fasting Juvenile Scup, North American Journal of Aquaculture, 76 (1): 1-8.
Meseck, S., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Rose J.M.,Clark, P., Kuropat, C., and Pereira, J., and Goldberg, R. (2014) Effects of hydraulic dredging for Mercenaria mercenaria, Northern quahog, on sediment biogeochemistry. J World Aquaculture Society, 45(3):301-311.
Ozbay, G., Chambliss, S. S., Wikfors, G. H., Adolf, J. E., Chintapenta, L. K., & Place, A. R. (2014). The Growth Response of Prorocentrum minimum Pavill.(Dinophyta) to Karlotoxin Exposure. International Journal on Algae, 16(1): 95-105.
Pereira, J., E. Schultz, and P. Auster. 2014. Geospatial analysis of habitat use by silver hake Merluccius bilinearis in the Gulf of Maine. Endangered Species Research, 23:219-227.
Robert, R., da Costa, F., Petton, B., Mingant, C., Bougaran, G., Cadoret, J.P. , Quéré, C., Wikfors, G.H. , Soudant, P. (2014). Influence of one selected Tisochrysis lutea strain rich in lipids on Crassostrea gigas larval development and biochemical composition. In Aquaculture Europe 2014, Meeting of the European Aquaculture Society-EAS: Adding value (pp. 14-17).
Rose, J. M., Bricker, S. B., Tedesco, M. A., & Wikfors, G. H. (2014). A role for shellfish aquaculture in coastal nitrogen management. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(5), 2519-2525.
Shi, S.-F., Li, M., Yan, S., Wang, M., Yang, C.-P., Lun, Z.-R., Brown, C.L., and Yang, T.-B. (2014). Phylogeography and demographic history of Gotocotyla sawara (Monogea: Gotocotylidae) on Japanese Spanish mackerel, (Scomberomorus niphonius) along the coast of China. Journal of Parasitology 100(1): 85-92.
Suter, E.A., Lwiza, K.M.M., Rose, J.M., Gobler, C., Taylor, G.T. (2014) Phytoplankton assemblage changes during decadal decreases in nitrogen loadings to the urbanized Long Island Sound estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series (497): 51-67. doi: 10.3354/meps10602
Wang, M., Yan S., Brown, C.L., Faizah Shaharom-Harrison, F., Yang, T-B. (2014). Phylogeography of Tetrancistrum nebulosi (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) on the host of mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens) in the South China Sea, inferred from mitochondrial COI and ND2 genes. Mitochondrial DNA. https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2014.971240
Wikfors, G. H., & Alix, J. H. (2014). Granular hemocytes are phagocytic, but agranular hemocytes are not, in the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica. Invertebrate Immunity, 1, 15-21.
2013 Milford Staff Publications
Fuentes, M. S., and Wikfors, G. H. (2013). Control of Domoic Acid Toxin Expression in Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries by Copper and Silica: Relevance to Mussel Aquaculture in New England (USA). Marine Environmental Research, 83: 23-28.
Fuentes, S., Wikfors, G. H., and Meseck, S. (2013). Silicon Deficiency Induces Alkaline Phosphatase Enzyme Activity in Cultures of Four Marine Diatoms. Estuaries and Coasts, 1-13.
Galimany, E., Rose, J. M., Dixon, M. S., and Wikfors, G. H. (2013). Quantifying the Feeding Behavior of Ribbed Mussels (Geukensia demissa) in Two Urban Sites (Long Island Sound, USA) With Different Seston Characteristics. Estuaries and Coasts, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s12237-013-9633-0.
Li,Y., Meseck, S., Dixon, M., Rose, J., Smith, B., and Wikfors, G. (2013). Short Term Effects of a Commercial Eastern Oyster Nursery Upon Nutrient and Plankton Dynamics of a Coastal Embayment: Observations From Mesocosm Experiments. Aquaculture Research, In press.
Perry, D. M., Redman, D. H., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Kuropat, C. A., and Widman Jr, J. C., (2013). Growth of Juvenile Scup Fed Two Commercial Diets. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 75(3): 352-355.
Persson, A., and Smith, B. C. (2013). Cell Density-Dependent Swimming Patterns of Alexandrium Fundyense Early Stationary Phase Cells. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 68(3): 251-258.
Persson, A., Smith, B. C., Morton, S., Shuler, A., and Wikfors, G. H. (2013). Sexual Life Stages and Temperature Dependent Morphological Changes Allow Cryptic Occurrence of the Florida Red Tide Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Harmful Algae, In press.
Persson, A., Smith, B. C., Wikfors, G. H., and Alix, J. (2013). Differences in Swimming Pattern Between Gametes and Vegetative Cells of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyence. Harmful Algae, 21–22: 36–43.
Reynaud, Y., Pitchford, S., De Decker, S., Wikfors, G. H. and Brown, C. L. (2013). Molecular Typing of Environmental and Clinical Strains of Vibrio vulnificus Isolated in the Northeastern USA. PLoS ONE. In press.
Rosa, M., Holohan, B. A., Shumway, S. E., Bullard, S. G., Wikfors, G. H., Morton, S., and Getchis, T. (2013). Biofouling Ascidians on Aquaculture Gear as Potential Vectors of Harmful Algal Introductions. Harmful Algae, 23: 1-7.
Rosa, M., Ward, J. E., Shumway, S. E., Wikfors, G. H., Pales-Espinosa, E., and Allam, B. (2013). Effects of Particle Surface Properties on Feeding Selectivity in the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica and the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 446: 320-327.
Rose, J.M., Fitzpatrick, E., Wang, A., Gast, R. J., and Caron, D. A. (2013). Low Temperature Constrains Growth Rates but not Short-Term Ingestion Rates of Antarctic Ciliates. Polar Biology, 36: 645-659. doi: 10.1007/s00300-013-1291-y.
Suter, E. A., Lwiza, K. M. M., Rose, J. M., Gobler, C., and Taylor, G.T. (2013). Phytoplankton Assemblage Changes During Decadal Decreases in Nitrogen Loadings to the Urbanized Long Island Sound Estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series, In press.
2012 Milford Staff Publications
Barrett, J, Rose, J. M., Deonarine, S., Clemetson, A., Pagach, J., Parker, M., and Tedesco, M. (2012). Sentinel Monitoring for Climate Change in the Long Island Sound Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems Of New York And Connecticut. Report to the Long Island Sound Study, Stamford CT.
Brown, C.L., Vera Cruz, E.M, Bolivar, R.B. and Borski, R.J. (2012). Chapter 3. Production, growth, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-I) gene expression as an instantaneous growth indicator in Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.) Pp. 79-89. In: Sargolia, M. and Liu, Z. (eds.) Functional genomics in aquaculture, Wiley–Blackwell, Inc. Ames, Iowa. 403 Pp.
Croxton, A. N., Wikfors, G. H., and Schulterbrandt-Gragg, R. D. (2012). Immunomodulation in Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea virginica, Exposed to a PAH-Contaminated, Microphytobenthic Diatom. Aquatic Toxicology, 118-119: 27-36.
Flores, H. S., Wikfors, G. H., and Dam, H. G. (2012). Reactive Oxygen Species are Linked to the Toxicity of the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp. to Protists. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 66(2): 199-209.
Friedland, K.D., Stock, C., Link, J. S., Leaf, R. T.., Shank, B.V., Rose, J. M., Pilskaln, C.H. and Fogarty, M. J. (2012) Pathways Between Primary Production and Fisheries Yields of Large Marine Ecosystems. PLoS ONE 7(1): e28945. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028945.
Galimany, E., Alix, J. H., Dixon, M. S., and Wikfors, G. H. (2012). Short Communication: Adaptability of the Feeding Behavior of Intertidal Ribbed Mussels (Geukensia demissa) to Constant Submersion. Aquaculture International, 1-7.
Giner, J. L., Wikfors, G. H., and Hassett, R. P. (2012). Metabolic Studies of Marine Sterols by Copepods. Planta Medica, 78(11): PC5.
Goldberg, R., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Rose, J. M., Clark, P., Kuropat, C., Meseck, S., and Pereira, J. (2012). Effects of Hydraulic Shellfish Dredging on the Ecology of a Cultivated Clam Bed. Aquaculture Environment Interactions 3: 11-21. doi:10.3354/aei00045.
Li, Y., Meseck, S. L., Dixon, M. S., Rivara, K., and Wikfors, G. H. (2012). Temporal Variability in Phytoplankton Removal by a Commercial, Suspended Eastern Oyster Nursery and Effects on Local Plankton Dynamics. Journal of Shellfish Research, 31(4): 1077-1089.
Li, Y., Sunila, I., and Wikfors, G. H. (2012). Bioactive Effects of Prorocentrum minimum on Juvenile Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians irradians) are Dependent Upon Algal Physiological Status. Botanica Marina: 55(1), 19-29.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Calabrese, A., Danila, D., Dixon, M., Fairchild, E., Jearld, A., Munroe, T., Pacileo, D., Powell, C., and Sutherland, S. (2012). 13th Flatfish Biology Conference 2012 Program and Abstracts. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 12-28; 71 p.
Meseck, S.L., Li, Y., Dixon, M.S., Rivara, K., Wikfors, G.H. and Luther, G.I. (2012). Effects of a Commercial, Suspended Eastern Oyster Nursery Upon Nutrient And Sediment Chemistry in a Temperate, Coastal Embayment. Aquaculture and Environment Interactions 3: 65-79.
Milke, L. M., Bricelj, V. M., and Ross, N. W. (2012). Changes in Enzymatic Activity During Early Development of Bay Scallops Argopecten irradians and Sea Scallops Placopecten magellanicus. Aquatic Biology, 14: 207-216.
Pereira, J. J., Schultz, E. T., and Auster, P. J. (2012) Geospatial Analysis of Habitat Use in Yellowtail Flounder Limanda ferruginea on Georges Bank. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 468: 279-290.
Persson, A., Smith, B. C., Alix, J. H., Senft-Batoh, C., and Wikfors, G. H. (2012). Toxin Content Differs Between Life Stages of Alexandrium fundyense (Dinophyceae). Harmful Algae, 19:101-107.
Roberts, S. B., Sunila, I., and Wikfors, G. H. (2012). Immune Response and Mechanical Stress Susceptibility in Diseased Oysters, Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 182(1): 41-48.
Rose, J. M., Ferreira, J. G., Stephenson, K., Bricker, S. B., Tedesco, M., and Wikfors, G. H.(2012). Comment on Stadmark and Conley (2011)" Mussel Farming as a Nutrient Reduction Measure in The Baltic Sea: Consideration of Nutrient Biogeochemical Cycles". Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64(2): 449.
Steele, J. A., Countway, P. D., Xia, L., Vigil, P., Beman, J. M., Kim, D., Chow, C., Sachdeva, R., Jones, A. C., Schwalbach, M. S., Rose, J. M., Hewson, I., Patel, A., Sun, F., Caron, D. A., and Fuhrman, J. A. (2011). Marine Bacterial, Archaeal and Protistan Association Networks Reveal Ecological Linkages. The ISME Journal, 5:1414-1425. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.24
Van Pattern, P., Li, Y. and Wikfors, G. H. (2012). A Student’s Guide to Common Phytoplankton of Long Island Sound. Connecticut Sea Grant College Program 2012. CTSG-12-03.
2011 Milford Staff Publications
Bolivar, R.B., Jimenez, E.B.T, Sayco, R.M.V., Brown, C.L., and Borski R.B. (2011, podcast). Alternate day feeding strategy for reducing costs of Nile tilapia culture in the Philippines.
Bolivar, R.B., Jimenez, E.B.T, Sayco, R.M.V., Brown, C.L., and Borski R.B. (2011, podcast). A 67% subsatiation feeding strategy for reducing costs of Nile tilapia grow out in the Philippines.
Bolivar, R.B., Jimenez, E.B.T, Sayco, R.M.V., Brown, C.L., and Borski R.B. (2011, podcast). Delayed onset of supplemental feeding reduces the cost of Nile tilapia in ponds.
Giner, J. L., and Wikfors, G. H. (2011). “Dinoflagellate Sterols” in Marine Diatoms. Phytochemistry, 72(14): 1896-1901.
Hégaret, H., Da Silva, P. M., Wikfors, G. H., Haberkorn, H., Shumway, S. E., and Soudant, P. (2011). In vitro Interactions Between Several Species of Harmful Algae and Haemocytes of Bivalve Molluscs. Cell Biology and Toxicology, 27(4): 249-266.
Huang, J. R., Brown, C. L. Wang, B., and Yang, T.-B. (2011). Spatio-temporal patterns of crab fisheries in the main bays of Guangdong Province, China. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Science, 10(3): 425-436.
Kapareiko, D., Lim, H. J., Schott, E. J., Hanif, A., and Wikfors, G. H. (2011). Isolation and Evaluation of New Probiotic Bacteria for use in Shellfish Hatcheries: II. Effects of a Vibrio sp. Probiotic Candidate Upon Survival of Oyster Larvae (Crassostrea virginica) in Pilot-Scale Trials. Journal of Shellfish Research, 30(3): 617-625.
Li, M.,Shi, S-F, Brown, C.L. and Yang, T.-B. (2011). Phylogeographic pattern of Mazocraeoides gonialosae (Monogenea, Mazocraeidae) on dotted gizzard shad, Konosirus punctatus, along the coast of China. International Journal for Parasitology, 41: 1263–1272.
Li, Y., Sunila, I., and Wikfors, G. H. (2011). Bioactive effects of Prorocentrum minimum on Juvenile Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians irradians) are Dependent Upon Algal Physiological Status. Botanica Marina, 55: 19-29.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Goldberg, R., Clark, P., and Kuropat, C. (2011). Observations of Juvenile Lobsters, Homarus americanus on a Rock Reef in Long Island Sound. Northeastern Naturalist, 18(1): 45-60.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., and Goldberg, R. (2011). Review of the Ecological Effects of Dredging in the Cultivation and Harvest of Molluscan Shellfish. US Dept Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-220; 78p.
Parrish, C. C., Milke, L. M., and Bricelj, V. M. (2011). Characterisation of 4α-Methyl Sterols in Pavlova spp. and Postlarval Sea Scallops, Placopecten magellanicus. Aquaculture, 311: 261-262.
Smith, B. C., Persson, A., Selander, E., Wikfors, G. H., and Alix, J. (2011). Toxin Profile Change in Vegetative Cells and Pellicle Cysts of Alexandrium fundyense After Gut Passage in the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica. Aquatic Biology, 13(2), 193-201.
Vera Cruz, E.M. and Brown, C.L. (2011). Dynamics of increase in Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I mRNA expression in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, in response to elevated temperature. Dynamic Biochemistry, Process Biotechnology and Molecular Biology 5 (Special Issue 1): 92-97.
Wikfors, G. H. (2011). Trophic Interactions Between Phytoplankton and Bivalve Aquaculture, in Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment (ed S. E. Shumway), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470960967.ch5.
2010 Milford Staff Publications
Brown, C.L., Power, D.M., and Núñez J.M. (2010). Disorders of Development in Fish. Pages 166-182. In: Leatherland, JK. and Woo, P.T.K. (Eds.), Fish disease and disorders, volume 2. Non-infectious disorders, second edition. CAB International Press, Wallingford, UK 400 Pp.
Feng, Y., Hare, C. E., Rose, J. M., Handy, S. M., DiTullio, G. R., Lee, P., Smith, W. O., Peloquin, J., Tozzi, S., Sun, J., Zhang, Y., Dunbar, R. B., Long, M. C., Sohst, B., and Hutchins, D.A. (2010). Interactive Effects of Iron, Irradiance and CO2 on Ross Sea Phytoplankton. Deep-Sea Research I, 57: 368-383.
Hégaret, H., Smolowitz, R. M., Sunila, I., Shumway, S. E., Alix, J., Dixon, M., and Wikfors, G. H. (2010). Combined Effects of a Parasite, QPX, and the Harmful-Alga, Prorocentrum minimum on Northern Quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria. Marine Environmental Research, 69(5): 337-344.
Li, Y., Siddiqui, G., and Wikfors, G. H.(2010). Non-Lethal Determination of Sex and Reproductive Condition of Eastern Oysters Using Protein Profiles of Hemolymph by Proteinchip® and SELDI-TOF-MS Technology. Aquaculture, 309 (1): 258-264.
Liu, J.-Y., Brown, C.L. and Yang, T-B. (2010). Phylogenetic relationships of mullets (Mugilidae) in China Seas based on partial sequences of two mitochondrial genes. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 38(4): 647-655.
Luo,Y., Brown, C.L., and Yang, T.-B. (2010). Seasonal dynamics of Diplectanum grouperi parasitism on wild versus cultured groupers, Epinephelus spp., and the linkage between infestation and host species phylogeny. Journal of Parasitology, 96(3): 541-546.
May, S. P., Burkholder, J. M., Shumway, S. E., Hégaret, H., Wikfors, G. H., and Frank, D. (2010). Effects of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium monilatum on Survival, Grazing and Behavioral Response of Three Ecologically Important Bivalve Molluscs. Harmful Algae, 9(3): 281-293.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Calabrese, A., Danila, D., Dixon, M., Jearld, A., Munroe, T., Pacileo, D., Powell, C., and Sutherland, S. (2010). 12th Flatfish Biology Conference 2010 Program and Abstracts. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 10-21; 70 p.
Rose, J. M., Tedesco, M. A., Li, Y., O’Brien-Clayton, K., Olsen, C., Lyman, M., and Wikfors, G. H. (2010). Spatial and Temporal Trends in Phytoplankton Community Composition Within a Large Urban Estuary. In Proceedings from the 2010 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave., N. W. Washington DC 20009 USA.
Rose, J. M., Tedesco, M. A., Wikfors, G. H., and Yarish, C. (2010). International Workshop on Bioextractive Technologies for Nutrient Remediation Summary Report. US Dept Commerce, Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document. 10-19; 12 p.
Shumway, S. E., Rosa, M., Holohan, B. A., Bullard, S. G., and Wikfors, G. H. (2010). Biofouling Tunicates on Aquaculture Gear as Potential Vectors of Harmful Algal Introductions. ISSHA Proceedings, Crete.
2009 Milford Staff Publications
Feng, Y., Hare, C. E., Leblanc, K., DiTullio, G. R., Lee, P., Wilhelm, S. W., Sun, J., Rose, J. M., Zhang, Y., Nemcek, N., Gueguen, C., Tortell, P., Benner, I., Passow, U., and Hutchins, D. A. (2009). The Effects of Increased pCO2 and Temperature on the North Atlantic Spring Bloom. I. The Phytoplankton Community and Biogeochemical Response. Marine Ecology Progress Series (388): 13-25.
Hégaret, H., Da Silva, P. M., Sunila, I., Shumway, S. E., Dixon, M. S., Alix, J. and Soudant, P. (2009). Perkinsosis in the Manila Clam Ruditapes philippinarum affects Responses to the Harmful-Alga, Prorocentrum minimum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 371(2): 112-120.
Hégaret, H., Wikfors, G. H., Shumway, S. E., and Rodrick, G. E. (2009). Biotoxin Contamination and Shellfish Safety in Shellfish Safety and Quality (eds S.E. Shumway and G.E. Rodrick), Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition No. 167.
Lee, P. A., Rudisill, J. R., Neeley, A. R., Hutchins, D. A., Feng, Y., Hare, C.E., Leblanc, K., Rose, J. M., Wilhelm, S.W., Rowe, J. M., and DiTullio, G.R. (2009). The Effects of Increased pCO2 and Temperature on the North Atlantic Spring Bloom. III. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate. Marine Ecology Progress Series (388): 41-49.
Li, Y., Veilleux, D. J., and Wikfors, G. H. (2009). Particle Removal by Northern Bay Scallops Argopecten irradians irradians in a Semi-Natural Setting: Application of a Flow-Cytometric Technique. Aquaculture, 296(3): 237-245.
Liu, J.-Y., Brown, C.L. and Yang, T-B. (2009). Population genetic structure and historical demography of grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) along the coast of China, inferred by analysis of the mitochondrial control region. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 37(5): 556-566.
Meseck, S. L., Alix, J. H., Wikfors, G. H., and Evan Ward, J. (2009). Differences in the Soluble, Residual Phosphate Concentrations at Which Coastal Phytoplankton Species Up-Regulate Alkaline-Phosphatase Expression, as Measured by Flow-Cytometric Detection of ELF-97® Fluorescence. Estuaries and Coasts, 32(6): 1195-1204.
Perry, D. M., Redman, D. H., Mercaldo-Allen, R., and Kuropat, C. A. (2009). Growth of Juvenile Scup, Stenotonmus chrysops, Fed Three Commercial Diets. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 21:196-203.
Persson, A., and Smith, B. (2009). Grazing on a Natural Assembly of Ciliate and Dinoflagellate Resting Cysts by the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Aquatic Biology, 6:227-233.
Persson, A., and Smith, B. (2009). Consumption of Scrippsiella lachrymosa Resting Cysts by the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica). J. Shellfish Biol. 28(2):221-225.
Rose, J. M., Feng, Y., DiTullio, G. R., Dunbar, R. B., Hare, C.E., Lee, P.A., Lohan, M., Long, M., Smith Jr, W. O., Sohst, B., Tozzi, S., Zhang, Y., and Hutchins, D. A. (2009). Synergistic Effects of Iron and Temperature on Antarctic Phytoplankton and Microzooplankton Assemblages. Biogeosciences (6): 3131-3147.
Rose, J. M., Feng, Y., Gobler, C. J., Gutierrez, R., Hare, C.E., Leblanc, K., and Hutchins, D. A.(2009). The Effects of Increased pCO2 and Temperature on the North Atlantic Spring Bloom. II. Microzooplankton Dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series (388): 27-40.
Rose, J. M., Gast, R.J., Bogomolni, A., Ellis, J.E., Lentell, B. J., Touhey, K., and Moore, M. (2009). Occurrence and Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance in Vertebrates off the Northeastern United States Coast. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (67): 421-431
Rose, J. M., Vora, N. M., Countway, P. D., Gast, R. J., Caron, D.A., (2009). Effects of Temperature on Growth Rate and Gross Growth Efficiency of an Antarctic Bacterivorous Protist. The ISME Journal (3): 252-260.
Smith, B. C., Persson, A., and Wikfors, G. H. (2009). A Particle Separator Used to Concentrate Dinoflagellate Cysts From Sediment. Limnology and Oceanography Methods, 7, 521-526.
Vera Cruz, E.M. and Brown, C.L. (2009). Influence of the photoperiod on growth rate and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I gene expression in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.). Journal of Fish Biology, 75: 130–141.
Vigil, P., Countway, P. D., Rose, J.M., Lonsdale, D.J., Gobler, C.J., and Caron, D. A. (2009). Rapid Shifts in Dominant Taxa Among Microbial Eukaryotes in Estuarine Ecosystems. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 54: 83-100.
Walsh, M. L., Fairchild, E. A., Rennels, N., Farina, S. C., Howell, W. H., Mercaldo-Allen, R., and Kuropat, C. (2009). Rearing Diets for Winter Flounder Optimize Weaning Success in Hatchery, Wild. Global Aquaculture Advocate, May/June: 58-60.
2008 Milford Staff Publications
Galimany, E., Sunila, I., Hégaret, H., Ramón, M., and Wikfors, G. H. (2008). Pathology and Immune Response of the Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) After an Exposure to the Harmful Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum. Harmful Algae, 7(5): 630-638.
Galimany, E., Sunila, I., Hégaret, H., Ramón, M., and Wikfors, G. H. (2008). Experimental Exposure of the Blue Mussel (Mytilus rdulis, L.) to the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Fundyense: Histopathology, Immune Responses, and Recovery. Harmful Algae, 7(5): 702-711.
Hégaret, H., Shumway, S. E., Wikfors, G. H., Pate, S., and Burkholder, J. M. (2008). Potential Transport of Harmful Algae via Relocation of Bivalve Molluscs. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 361, 169-179.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., Kuropat, C., and Caldarone, E. (2008). An RNA-DNA-Based Growth Model for Young-Of-The-Year Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum). Journal of Fish Biology, 72: 1321-1331.
Mercaldo-Allen, R. (chair), Calabrese, A., Danila, D. J., Dixon, M. S., Jearld, A., Munroe, T. A., Pacileo, D. J., Powell, C., Sutherland, S. J., steering committee members. (2008). 11th Flatfish Biology Conference Program and Abstracts, Dec. 3-4, 2008, Water’s Edge Resort and Spa, Westbrook, Connecticut. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 08-19; 54 p.
Mercaldo-Allen, R., and Calabrese, A., Editors. (2008). Collected Programs and Abstracts of the Northeast Fishery Science Center’s Flatfish Biology Conferences, 1986-2002. US Dep Commer, Northeast Fish Science Cent Ref Doc. 08-05; 377 p
Milke, L. M., Bricelj, V. M., and Parrish, C. C. (2008). Three Pavlova spp. in Unialgal and Mixed Diets With Chaetoceros muelleri for Postlarval Sea Scallops, Placopecten magellanicus. Aquaculture, 276: 130-142.
Persson, A., Smith, B. C., Wikfors, G. H., and Alix, J. H. (2008). Dinoflagellate Gamete Formation and Environmental Cues: Observations, Theory, and Synthesis. Harmful Algae, 7(6): 798-801.
Persson, A., Smith, B. C., Dixon, M. S., and Wikfors, G. H. (2008). The Eastern Mudsnail, Ilyanassa Obsoleta, Actively Forages for, Consumes, and Digests Cysts of the Dinoflagellate, Scrippsiella lachrymosa. Malacologia, 50(1): 341-345.
Stiles, S., Choromanski, J., and Jeffress, D. (2008). Genetic Approaches for the Culture and Restoration of Bay Scallops. CT Sea Grant. 80pp.
Ziskowski, J., Mercaldo-Allen, R., Pereira, J. J., Kuropat, C., and Goldberg, R. (2008). The Effects of Fin Rot Disease and Sampling Method on Blood Chemistry and Hematocrit Measurements of Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus From New Haven Harbor (1987-1990). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56:740-750.