Ichthyology and Fish Ecology Laboratory

Publications

Yamahira, K., T.E. Lankford and D.O. Conover.  Genetic and environmental influences on intra- and interspecific latitudinal variation in vertebral number of fishes.  (In review)

Schultz, E.T., T.E. Lankford and D.O. Conover.  2002.  The covariance of routine and compensatory juvenile growth rates over a seasonality gradient in a coastal fish.  Oecologia 133:501-509.

Lankford, T.E., J.M. Billerbeck and D.O. Conover.  2001.  Evolution of intrinsic growth and energy acquisition rates: II. Tradeoffs with vulnerability to predation in Menidia menidia.  Evolution 55:1873-1881.

Billerbeck, J.M., T.E. Lankford and D.O. Conover.  2001.  Evolution of intrinsic growth and energy acquisition rates: I. Tradeoffs with swimming performance in Menidia menidia.  Evolution 55:1863-1872.

Lankford, T.E. and T.E. Targett.  2001.  Low-temperature tolerance of age-0 Atlantic croakers: recruitment implications for U.S. mid-Atlantic estuaries.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130:236-249.

Lankford, T.E. and T.E. Targett.  2001.  Physiological performance of young-of-the-year Atlantic croakers from different Atlantic coast estuaries: implications for stock structure.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130(3):367-375.

Lankford, T.E., T.E. Targett and P.M. Gaffney.  1999.  Mitochondrial DNA analysis of population structure in the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus (Perciformes: Sciaenidae).  Fishery Bulletin 97:884-890.

Lankford, T.E. and T.E. Targett.  1997.  Selective predation by juvenile weakfish: post-consumptive constraints on energy maximization and growth.  Ecology 78:1049-1061.

Lankford, T.E. and T.E. Targett.  1994.  Suitability of estuarine nursery zones for juvenile weakfish (Cynoscion regalis): effects of temperature and salinity on feeding, growth and survival.  Marine Biology 119:611-620.