Publications - Northeast Food Web Dynamics
Our staff regularly publish their findings in scientific journals and Center-produced documents.
—We are migrating to the NEFSC publications database. Our publications can also be found in the NOAA Institutional Repository. Here is a list of selected publications related to our work.
2023
ICES (2023). ICES Working group on ecosystem effects of fisheries activities (WGECO). ICES Scientific Reports. 5:95. 39 pp.
Gaichas S., Gartland J., Smith B.E., Ng E.L., Celestino M., Wood A.D., Drew K., Tyrell, A., Thorson J.T. Assessing small pelagic fish trends in space and time using piscivore stomach contents. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.
2022
Rowe S., Smith B.E. (2022) Food web ecology of Gulf Stream flounder (Citharichthys arctifrons): a continental shelf perspective. J. Fish Biol, 1-11.
2021
Ng E.L., Deroba J.J., Essington T.E., Grüss A., Smith B.E., and Thorson J.T. (2021). Predator stomach contents can provide accurate indices of prey biomass. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 78:1146-1159.
Smith B.E. Rowe S. (2021) Fish trophic ecology of the northeast US continental shelf. Shiny Application. 20 September 2021.
ICES (2021). Working Group on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities (WGECO). ICES Scientific Reports. 3:83. 33 pp.
2020
Smith B.E., Smith L.A. (2020) Multispecies functional responses reveal reduced predation at high prey densities and varied responses among and within trophic groups. Fish Fish. 21: 891-905.
Staudinger M.D., Goyert H., Suca J.J., Coleman K., Welch L., Llopiz J.K., Wiley D., Altman I., Applegate A., Auster P., Baumann H., Beaty J., Boelke D., Kaufman L., Loring P., Moxley J., Paton S., Powers K., Richardson D., Robbins J., Runge J., Smith B.E., Spiegel C., Steinmetz H. (2020) The role of sand lances (Ammodytes sp.) in the Northwest Atlantic Ecosystem: A synthesis of current knowledge with implications for conservation and management. Fish Fish. 21: 522-556.
Pitchford S.C., Smith B.E., McBride R.S. (2020) A real-time PCR assay to detect predation by Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) on Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua). Ecol. Evol.
ICES (2020). Report of the working group on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities (WGECO). ICES Scientific Reports. 2:26. 43 pp.
2019
Hayden B., Palomares D., Smith B.E., Poelen, J. (2019) Biological and environmental drivers of trophic ecology in marine fishes - a global perspective. Sci. Rep., 9: 11415. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47618-2.
ICES WGECO participants. (2019) Report of the working group on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities (WGECO). ICES Scientific Reports. 1:27. 148 pp. doi: 10.17895/ices.pub.4981
ICES (2019). Stakeholder workshop to disseminate the ICES deep-sea access regulation technical service, and scope the required steps for regulatory purposes (WKREG). ICES Scientific Reports. 1:79. 34 pp.
Trijoulet V., Fay G., Curti K., Smith B.E., Miller T. (2019). Performance of multispecies population models: insights on the influence of diet data. ICES J. Mar. Sci. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz053.
2018
ICES WGECO participants. (2018) Report of the working group on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities (WGECO). ICES CM 2018 / ACOM: 27, 65pp.
2017
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2009
Smith, B.E. 2009. The effects of bottom fishing on the benthic macrofauna, demersal fishes, and fish feeding habits of Georges Bank (M.Sc. Thesis). Kingston, RI. University of Rhode Island; 237 p.
2008
2007
2005
Link, J., W. Overholtz, J. O'Reilly, J. Green, E. Methratta, D. Dow, D. Palka, C. Legault, S. Edwards, G. Waring, W. Stockhausen, D. Mountain, J. Vitaliano, V. Guida, J. Kane, J. Jossi, M. Fogarty, J. Brodziak, C. Griswold, C. McCandless, N. Kohler, S. Fromm, L. Col, T. Smith, C. MacKenzie, and R. Goldberg. 2005. An Overview of EMAX: The Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf Ecological Network. ICES CM 2005/L02 40 pp
2004
Link, J., W. Overholtz, J. O'Reilly, J. Green, E. Methratta, D. Dow, D. Palka, C. Legault, S. Edwards, G. Waring, W. Stockhausen, D. Mountain, J. Vitaliano, V. Guida, J. Kane, J. Jossi, M. Fogarty, J. Brodziak, C. Griswold, C. McCandless, N. Kohler, S. Fromm, L. Col, T. Smith, C. MacKenzie, and R. Goldberg. 2005. An Overview of EMAX: The Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf Ecological Network. ICES CM 2005/L02 40 pp
2003
Link, J.S. 2003. A Model of Aggregate Biomass Tradeoffs. ICES Annual Science Conference. Theme Session on Reference Point Approaches to Management within the Precautionary Approach. ICES CM 2003/Y08 28 pp
Link, J.S. 2003. Understanding the long-term dynamics of non-traditional species in bentho-demersal communities. ICES Annual Science Conference. Theme Session on Regional Long-Term Changes in the Spatial Distribution, Abundance and Migration of Pelagic and Demersal Resources. ICES CM 2003/Q08 35 pp
2002
Link, J.S. 2002. Does food web theory work for marine ecosystems? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 230:1-9
Link, J.S. 2002. What Does Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Mean? Fisheries 27(4):18-21
2001
Link, J.S., Brodziak, J.K.T., Edwards, S.F., Overholtz, W.J., Mountain, D., Jossi, J.W., Smith, T.D. and Fogarty, M.J. 2001. Ecosystem status in the Northeast United States Continental Shelf Ecosystem: Integration, synthesis, trends and meaning of ecosystem metrics. Or Getting to the brass tacks of ecosystem based fishery management. ICES Annual Science Conference. Theme Session on the Use and Information Content of Ecosystem Metrics and Reference Points. ICES CM 2001/T10 41 pp
2000
1999
Link, J. and R.E. Keen. 1999. A model of salmonid planktivory: field test of a mechanistic approach to size-selectivity. Ecol. Model. 117:269-283
1998
Scharf, F.S., R.M. Yetter, A.P. Summers, and F. Juanes. 1998. Enhancing diet analyses of piscivorous fishes in the Northwest Atlantic through identification and reconstruction of original prey sizes from ingested remains. Fish. Bull. 96(3):575-588
Theroux, R.B. and R.L. Wigley. 1998. Quantitative composition and distribution of the macrobenthic invertebrate fauna of the continental shelf ecosystems of the northeastern United States. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 140, 240 p
1997
Basson, M. and M.J. Fogarty. 1997. Harvesting in discrete time predator-prey systems. Math. Biosci. 141:41-74
1996
Collie, J.S. and T.S. Tsou. Multispecies virtual population analysis of the Georges Bank fish community. ICES C.M. 1996/G:28
1995
Fogarty, M.J. 1995. Rejoinder: chaos, complexity, and community management of fisheries: an appraisal. Mar. Pol. 19(5): 437-444
Steimle, F.W., J.M. Burnett, and R.B. Theroux. 1995. A History of Benthic Research in the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Marine Fisheries Review. 57(2), p. 1-13
1994
Fogarty, M.J. and J.K.T. Brodziak. 1994. Multivariate time series analysis of fish community dynamics on Georges Bank. ICES C.M
Theroux, R.B. 1994. Benthic database update available in 1994. Gulf of Maine News, 2(1):5
1993
Fogarty, M.J. 1993. Recruitment distributions revisited. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 50:2723-2728
Fogarty, M.J. 1993. Recruitment in randomly varying environments. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 50:247-260
Rountree, R.A. and M.J. Fogarty. 1993. Spatial, temporal, and predator-prey size patterns of cannibalism by silver hake. ICES C.M. 1993/G:37
Wainwright, S.M., M.J. Fogarty, R.C. Greenfield and B. Fry. 1993. Long term changes in the Georges Bank food web: trends in stable isotopic composition of fish scales. Mar. Biol. 115:481-493
1991
1990
1988
Theroux, R.B. (Ed.). 1988. The Woods Hole Laboratory, 1885-1985: A century of service. Mar. Fish. Rev. 50(4):1-68
1987
Theroux, R.B M.D. Grosslein. 1987. Benthic Fauna. Chapt. 26, pp. 283-295. In: R.H. Backus, and D. Bourne (Eds.), Georges Bank. MIT Press, Cambridge, 593 p
1986
Shepard A.N., R.B. Theroux, R.A. Cooper, and J.R. Uzmann. 1986. Ecology of Ceriantharia (Coelenterata, Anthozoa) of the northwest Atlantic from Cape Hatteras to Nova Scotia. Fish. Bull. 84(3):625-646
1985
Bowman, R. E. 1985. Effect of regurgitation on stomach content data of marine fishes. Envir. Biol. Fish
Maurer, R. O. and R. E. Bowman. 1985. Food consumption of squids (Illex illecebrosus and Loligo pealei) off the northeastern United States. Northwest Atl. Fish. Org., Sci. Coun. Studies No. 9, 34 pp
1984
Bowman, R.E. 1984. Examination of the factors which cause variability in catchability and stomach content data of marine fishes. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 84-20, 56 p
Bowman, R.E. 1984. Food of silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis). Fish. Bull. 82(1):21-35
Bowman, R.E., R. Eppi, and M. Grosslein. 1984. Diet and consumption of spiny dogfish in the northwest Atlantic. ICES C.M. 1984/G:27, 16 p
Hahm, W., and R.W. Langton. 1984. Prey selection based on predator/prey weight ratios for some northwest Atlantic fish. Mar. Blol. 19:1-5
Michaels, W. L. 1984. Food of weakfish in coastal waters between Cape Cod and Cape Fear. Nat. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Center, Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 84-36, 34 pp
Morris. T.L., 1984. Food of bluefish. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 84-22, 13 p
Theroux, R.B J. Schmidt-Gengenbach. 1984. Collection data and environmental measurements for U.S. east coast Cumacea (Arthropoda, Crustacea) in the Northeast Fisheries Center Specimen Reference Collection, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 84-27, MARMAP Contr. MED/NEFC 83-46, 114 p
Theroux, R.B. 1984. Photographic systems utilized in the study of sea-bottom populations. In: Underwater Photography: Scientific and Engineering Applications. Compiled by Paul Ferris Smith, Benthos, Inc., Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., p. 69-94
1983
Bowman, R.E and J.W. Hauser. 1983. Documentation of lengths of fish sampled on NMFS bottom trawl survey cruises during the years 1973-1976 for the Feeding Ecology Project. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 83-19, 38 p
Bowman, R.E. 1983. Spiny dogfish: A blessing or a plague. MARMAP Contr. MED/NEFC 83-10
Hiller, B. and R. Bowman. 1983. Stomach contents, length-weight relationships, and gut morphology of Atlantic saury, Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum). U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 83-04, 21 p
Mack, R.G and R.E. Bowman. 1983. Food and feeding of black sea bass (Centropristis striata). U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 83-45, 29 p
Shepard, A.N. and R.B. Theroux. 1983. Distribution of cerianthids (Coelenterata, Anthozoa, Ceriantharia) on the U.S. east coast continental margin, 1955-1969: Collection data and environmental measurements. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 83-12, 23 p
Theroux, R.B R.L. Wigley. 1983. Distribution and abundance of east coast bivalve mollusks based on specimens in the National Marine Fisheries Service Woods Hole Collection. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS SSRF-768, 172 p
Theroux, R.B. 1983. Collection data for the U.S. east coast gastropod mollusks in the Northeast Fisheries Center Specimen Reference Collection, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr, Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 83-27, 280 p
1982
Bowman, R.E. 1982. Food of northwest Atlantic fishes. Georges Bank- Scotian Shelf Study Paper. MARMAP Contr. No. MRD/NEFC 82-44
Bowman, R.E. 1982. Preliminary evaluation of the results of analysis of the stomach contents of silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis) aboard ship and in the laboratory ashore. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 82-25, 13p
Bowman, R.E. and W.L. Michaels. 1982. Food of seventeen species of northwest Atlantic fish: Part I, Examination by predator length and geographic area. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 82-16, 88p
Cohen, E. and M. Grosslein. 1982. Food consumption by silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis) on Georges Bank with implications for recruitment. In: Gutshop '81. Proc. Third Pacific Workshop-Fish Food Habit Studies. Wash. Sea Grant. Publ., Univ. Wash., Seattle. pp. 286-294
Cohen, E., M. Grosslein, M. Sissenwine, F. Steimle, and W. Wright. 1982. Energy budget of Georges Bank. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aqua. Sci. 59, 169 pp
Hahm, W. 1982. GEORGE: An Interactive ecosystem model of Georges Bank. Nat. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Center, Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 82-07
Michaels, W.L. and R.E. Bowman. 1982. Food of seventeen species of northwest Atlantic fish: Part II, Examination by year and listing of prey species. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 82-17, 117 p
Pennington, M., R.E. Bowman, and R. Langton. 1982. Variability of the weight of stomach contents of fish and its implications for food studies. In: Gutshop '81, Proc. Third Pacific Workshop — Fish food habits studies. Wash. Sea Grant. Publ., Univ. Wash., Seattle. p. 2-7
Serchuk, F.M., and R.L. Wigley. 1982. Deep-sea red crab, Geryon quinquedens. In: Fish Distribution. MESA New York Bight Atlas Monograph 15. M.D. Grosslein, and T.R. Azarovitz (eds.), 182 p. New York Sea Grant Institute, Albany, N.Y., p. 125-127
Theroux, R.B., R.L. Wigley, and H.E. Murray. 1982. Marine macrobenthic invertebrate fauna of the New England Region: Collection data and environmental measurements. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 82-40, MARMAP Contr. MRD/NEFC 82- 67, 74 p
Wigley, R.L. 1982. Short-finned squid Illex illecebrosus. In: Fish Distribution. MESA New York Bight Atlas Monograph 15. M.D. Grosslein, and T.R. Azarovitz (eds.), 182 p. New York Sea Grant Institute, Albany, N. Y., p. 135-138
1981
Bowman, R.E. 1981. Distribution and abundance of juveniles of fifteen selected fish species caught in the northwest Atlantic, 1975-1979. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 81-02, 53p
Bowman, R.E. 1981. Examination of known and potential causes of variation in fish feeding studies. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 81-23, 29 p
Bowman, R.E. 1981. Food and feeding of 0-group haddock in the northwest Atlantic. Rapp. Proc.-Verb. Reun. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer 638:322-323
Bowman, R.E. 1981. Food of ten species of northwest Atlantic juvenile groundfish. Fish. Bull. 79(1):200-206
Bowman, R.E. 1981. Stomach contents of twenty-four species of fish caught in Cape Cod Bay and/or Massachusetts Bay during the period 1972-1978. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 81- 14, 34p
Bowman, R.E. and J.P. Towns. 1981. Comparison of the stomach contents of fish and squid collected in waters off Cape Ann, Cape Cod, and Nantucket, Massachusetts, with special emphasis on Atlantic mackerel. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 81- 31, 61 p
Cohen, E. and M. Grosslein. 1981. Food consumption in five species of fish on Georges Bank. Internat. Coun. Explor. Sea, C.M. 1981/G:68, 11 pp
Hayden, B. P. and R. A. Campbell. 1981. Zyxibohrium (Tetraphyllidae: Phyllobothriidae), a new genus of cestodes from skates, with suggestions for diagnoses, classification, and revision of the Rhinebothriinae Euzet, 1953. J. Parasitol., 67(2):262-267
Maurer, D. and R.L. Wigley. 1981. Distribution of biomass and density of macrobenthic invertebrates on the U.S. continental shelf off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 81-15, 97 p
Bowman, R.E. 1980. Diurnal periodicity in the feeding and catchability of some marine fish and squid. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 80-17, 26 p
Bowman, R.E. 1980. Food and feeding of 0-group haddock in the northwest Atlantic. Internatl. Counc. Explor. Sea, Symp. Proc., Early Life History of Fish. ICES/ELH Symp/FM:Poster 7
Bowman, R.E. 1980. Food of northwest Atlantic juvenile haddock. M.A. Thesis, Bridgewater State College. April 1980, 95 p
Bowman, R.E. 1980. Food of silver hake (Merlucius bilinearis). U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 80-31, 46 p
Bowman, R.E. 1980. Silver hake's regulatory influence on the fishes of the northwest Atlantic. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 80- 05, 19 p
Bowman, R.E., and E.W. Bowman. 1980. Diurnal variation in the feeding intensity and catchability of silver hake (Merlucius bilinearis). Can. Jour. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 37:1565-1572
Cohen, E., M. Sissenwine, and F. Steimle. 1980. A comparison of energy flow on Georges Bank and in the North Sea. ICES Biol. Ocean. Comm. L:64
Durbin, E., A. Durbin, R. Langton, R. Bowman, and M. Grosslein. 1980. Analysis of stomach contents of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and silver hake (Merlucius billnearis) for the estimation of daily ration. Internatl. Counc. Explor. Sea, C.M. 1980/L:60 (Revised), 21 p
Grosslein, M.D., R.W. Langton, and M.P. Sissenwine. 1980. Recent fluctuations in pelagic fish stocks in the northwest Atlantic Georges Bank Region, in relation to species interactions. In: The assessment and management of pelagic fish stocks. Rapp. et Proc.-Verb. Reunions. Counc. Internatl. Explor. Mer, 177:374-404
Langton, R.W., B.M. North, B.P. Hayden, and R.E. Bowman. 1980. Fish food habits studies -sampling procedures and data processing methods utilized by the Northeast Fisheries Center, Woods Hole Laboratory, U.S.A. Internatl. Counc. Explor. Sea, C.M. 1980/L:61, 16p
Pennington, M., R. Bowman, and R. Langton. 1980. Variability of the weight of stomach contents of fish and its implication for food studies. Internatl. Counc. Explor. Sea, C.M. 1980/L:63, 6 p
Wheeler, C.L. 1980. The green crab heads north. Cape Naturalist 9(2):28-33
1979
Bowman, R.E. 1979. Feeding habits of ten Northwest Atlantic juvenile groundfish. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 79-43, 22 p
Brodeur, R.D. 1979. Guide to otoliths of some northwest Atlantic fishes. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 79-36, 70 p
Edwards, R.L., and R.E. Bowman. 1979. Food consumed by continental shelf fishes. In: Predator-Prey Systems in Fish Communities and Their Role in Fisheries Management. Published by the Sports Fishing Institute, Washington, D.C., p. 337-406
Langton, R.W. 1979. Food of nine northwest Atlantic pleurinectiform fishes. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 79-17, 374 p
Langton, R.W. 1979. Food of yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea (Storer). Internatl. Counc. Explor. Sea, C.M. 1979/G:54, 11 p
McCarthy, K., C. Gross, R. Cooper, R. Langton, K. Pecci, and J. Uzmann. 1979. Biology and geology of Jeffreys Ledge and adjacent basins: An unpolluted inshore fishing area, Gulf of Maine, NW Atlantic. Internatl. Counc. Explor. Sea, C.M. 1979/E:44, 12 p
Patil, G.P., C. Taillie, and R.L. Wigley. 1979. Transect sampling methods and their applications to the deep-sea red crab. Statistical Ecology 11(2):51-75
Theroux, R.B., and R.L. Wigley. 1979. Collection data for U.S. east coast bivalve mollusks in the Northeast Fisheries Center Specimen Reference Collection, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 79-29, 471 p
1978
Langton, R.W. and R.D. Brodeur. 1978. Occurrence of a rare adult mud shrimp, Naushonia crangonoides (Kingsley 1897), from the Chesapeake Bay Region. Crustaceana 35:96-98
Langton, R.W. and R.E. Bowman. 1978. Food habits and food resource partitioning by northwest Atlantic gadiform fishes. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA. Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 78-35, 157 p
Meyer, T.L., R.A. Cooper, and R.W. Langton. 1978. Observations on the relative abundance, behavior, and food habits of the American sand lance, Ammodytes americanus, from the Gulf of Maine. Int. Counc. Explor. Sea C.M. 1978/G:62, 30 p
Sherman, K., E. Cohen, M. Sissenwine, M. Grosslein, R. Langton, and J. Green. 1978. Food requirements of fish stocks of the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and adjacent waters. Int. Counc. Explor. Sea, C.M. 1978/Gen:8 (Symp.), 14 p
1977
Bowman, R.E. 1977. Food habits of fish and squid found in the vicinity of the Argo Merchant oil spill. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 77-18, 18 p
Bowman, R.E. 1977. Seasonal food habits of demersal fish in the northwest Atlantic. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 77-01, 31 p
Langton, R.W. 1977. A review of methods used for estimating gut evacuation rates and calculating daily ration for fish. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods-Hole Lab. Ref. No. 77-07, 25 p
Langton, R.W. 1977. Digestive rhythms in the mussel Mytilus edulis. Mar. Biol. 41:53-58
Langton, R.W. and R.E. Bowman. 1977. An abridged account of predator-prey interactions for some northwest Atlantic fish and squid. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 77-17, 25 p
Langton, R.W. and R.E. Bowman. 1977. The food habits of sixteen species of fish collected in the region of the Argo Merchant oil spill. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 77-04, 15 p
Langton, R.W., K.C. Haines, and R.E, Lyon. 1977. Ammonia-nitrogen production by the bivalve mollusc Tapes japonica and its recovery by the red seaweed Hypnea masciformes in a tropical mariculture system. Helgolander wiss. Meeresunters. 30, 217- 229. Presented by R. Langton at the International Helgoland Symposium, Helgoland, Federal Republic of Germany, Oct. 1976
Uzmann, J.R., R.A. Cooper, R.B. Theroux, and R.L. Wigley. 1977. Synoptic comparison of three sampling techniques for estimating abundance and distribution of selected megafauna: submersible vs. camera sled vs. otter trawl. Mar. Fish. Rev. 39(2):11-19
Wigley, R.L. 1977. Bottom sediments from the Argo Merchant oil spill region. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. No. 77-03, 5 p
Williams, A.B., and R.L. Wigley. 1977. Distribution of decapod Crustacea off northeastern United States based on specimens at the Northeast Fisheries Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. NOAA Tech. Rept., NMFS Circ. 66, 44 p
1976
Bowman, R.E., R. Maurer, and J. Murphy. 1976. Stomach contents of twenty-nine fish species from five regions in the northwest Atlantic. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 76-10, 37 p
Theroux, R.B. (Anon.) 1976. Hydro Products deep sea camera investigates the red crab. Seahorse 9(2):2. Published by Hydro Products, San Diego, CA
Wigley, R.L., and R.B. Theroux. 1976. Macrobenthic invertebrate fauna of the Middle Atlantic Bight Region: Part II. Faunal composition and quantitative distribution. Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole, Mass. 02543, 395 p. Submitted to: MESA, New York Bight Program Office, Stonybrook, New York
Wigley, R.L., R.B. Theroux, and H.E. Murray. 1976. Macrobenthic invertebrate fauna of the Middle Atlantic Bight Region. Part I. Collection data and environmental measurements. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 76-18, 34 p. Submitted to: MESA, New York Bight Program Office, Stonybrook, New York
1975
Bowman, R.E. 1975. Food habits of Atlantic cod, haddock, and silver hake in the northwest Atlantic. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 75-01, 53 p
Maurer, R. 1975. A preliminary description of some important feeding relationships. Internatl. Comm. N.W. Atlantic Fish., Res. Doc. 75/IX/130, 15 p
Maurer, R.O. and R.E. Bowman. 1975. Food habits of marine fishes of the northwest Atlantic. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Ctr., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 75-03, 90 p
1974
Murray, H.E. 1974. Size composition of deep sea red crabs, Geryon quinquedens, caught on R/V Albatross IV cruises 74-6 and 74-7. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., N.E. Fish. Center, Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 74-2, 14 p
1973
Serchuk, F.M. and W.F. Rathjen. 1973. Aspects of the distribution and abundance of the longfinned squid, Loligo pealei, between Cape Hatteras and Georges Bank. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Center, Woods Hole Lab. Ref. No. 73-3, 16 p
Wigley, R.L. 1973. Fishery for northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis, in the Gulf of Maine. Mar. Fish. Rev. 35(3-4): 9-14
1972
1971
Theroux, R.B. 1971. Major taxonomic groups of macrobenthos in Disko Bay and several west Greenland fjords. In: United States Coast Guard Oceanographic Report No. 37, CG 373-37, Oceanographic Observations in Baffin Bay during July-September 1968, p. 34-40. United States Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit, Washington, D.C
Wigley, R.L. and B.R. Burns. 1971. Distribution and biology of mysids (Crustacea, Mysidacea) from the Atlantic coast of the United States in the NMFS Woods Hole collection. Fish. Bull. 69(4):717-746
1970
Burns, B.R. and R.L. Wigley. 1970. Collection and biological data pertaining to mysids in the collection at the BCF Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Bur. Comm. Fish., Biol. Lab., Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Lab. Ref. No. 70-3, 36 p
Emery, K.O., R.D. Ballard, and R.L. Wigley. 1970. A dive aboard "Ben Franklin" off West Palm Beach, Florida. Mar. Tech. Soc. Journ. 4(2):7-16
Grosslein, M.D. 1969. Groundfish Survey Methods. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Laboratory Reference No. 69-2; 34 p
Theroux, R.B. 1969. Benthic research in Subarea 1. ICNAF Ann. Res. Rept., 18th Ann. Meeting
1968
Murray, H.E. and R.L. Wigley. 1968. Squid catches on three cruises of Albatross IV: Cruise 63-5, July-August 1963; Cruise 63-7, November-December 1963; Cruise 64-1, January-February 1964. Bur. Comm. Fish., Biol. Lab., Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Lab. Ref. No. 68-2, 16 p
Theroux, R.B. (Anon.). 1968. What is on the bottom of the ocean? Contribution In: Our Little Messenger, Vol. 33(17). School and Teachers Edition
Wigley, R.L. 1968. Benthic invertebrates of the New England fishing banks. Underwater Naturalist 5(1):8-13
Wigley, R.L. 1968. Can submersible vehicles be used effectively in studies of cold water shelf fisheries? Fishing News International 7(3):32-34
1967
Burns, B.R., and R.B. Theroux. 1967. Station data for benthos sampling cruises from 1956 to 1965. Bur. Comm. Fish., Biol. Lab., Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Lab. Ref. No. 67-4, 16 p
Theroux, R.B. 1967. BCF performs underwater photography study aboard Albatross IV in Georges Bank. Note in EG&G International, Inc. Davy Jones Newsletter, June-July 1967
1966
Wigley, R.L. 1966. Rare fossils dredged off Atlantic coast. Comm. Fish. Rev. 28(11):28-32
Wigley, R.L. 1966. The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries interests in continental shelf morphology and coastal sediments. In: U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center, Interagency Conference on Continental Shelf Research, p. 30. Miscellaneous Paper No. 1-66, Jan. 1966. Dept. of the Army Corps of Engineers
Wigley, R.L. 1966. Two new marine amphipods from Massachusetts, U.S.A. Crustaceana 10(3):259-270
1965
Wigley, R.L. 1965. Book review: The Sea, Vol. III, The Earth Beneath the Sea. M.N. Hill, Editor. Interscience Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, New York and London, 1963. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 94(3):282-283
Wigley, R.L. 1965. Density-dependent food relationships with reference to New England groundfish. International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, Spec. Pub. No. 6, p. 501-513. Issued from the Headquarters of the Commission, Dartmouth, N.S., Canada
1964
Emery, K.O., and A.S. Merrill. 1964. Combination camera and bottom-grab. Oceanus 10(4):2-5
1963
Wigley, R.L. 1963. Occurrence of Praunus flexuosus (O.F. Muller) (Mysidacea) in New England Waters. Crustaceana 6(2):158
Wigley, R.L. 1963. Pogonophora on the New England Continental Slope. Science 141(3578):358-359
1961
Wigley, R.L. 1961. Bottom sediments of Georges Bank. Jour. Sed. Petrol. 31(2):165-188
Wigley, R.L. 1961. Benthic fauna of Georges Bank. Trans. of the Twenty-Sixth North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, March 6, 7, and 8, 1961, p. 310-317
Wigley, R.L. 1961. Natural history of a selected species of marine invertebrate. High School Biology-Biological Investigations for secondary school students. (p. 381-383). Amer. Inst. of Biol. Sci., Johnson Publishing Co., Boulder, Colorado
Wigley, R.L. 1961. A new isopod, Chiridotea nigrescens, from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Crustaceana 2(4):286-292
1960
1959
Wigley, R.L. 1959. Organic content of Georges Bank bottom sediments. Int. Oceanographic Congress, 31 Aug.-12 Sept. 1959, A.A.A.S., Washington, D.C., p. 587-589
Wigley, R.L. 1959. Life history of the sea lamprey of Cayuga Lake, New York. Fish. Bull. 59(154):561-617
1956
Wigley, R.L. 1956. Food habits of Georges Bank haddock. Spec. Sci. Rept.-Fish. No. 165, 26 p
1952
Wigley, R.L. 1952. A method of marking larval lampreys. Copeia 3:203-204
1936
1924
Bigelow, H. B. and W. W. Welsh. 1924. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 40(Part 1): 567 pp., 278 figs
1873