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  1. Predicting Atlantic Bonefish ( Albula vulpes ) Fork Length From Head Morphometry

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, January 2026, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  2. A quantitative assessment of the status of reef fish communities from a large-scale probability survey in southern Florida

    Article • Bulletin of Marine Science, April 2024, Bulletin of Marine Science

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  3. Integrating the US Caribbean Reef Fish Visual Census into fishery stock assessments

    Article • Bulletin of Marine Science, April 2024, Bulletin of Marine Science

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  4. Bioeconomics of Florida Recreational Fisheries to Estimate Willingness to Pay for Bag and Size Limits of Spotted Seatrout

    Article • Water, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  5. Development of modelling and mapping methods to predict spatial distributions and abundance of estuarine and coastal fish species life‐stages in Florida

    Article • Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries, November 2022, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  6. Population dynamics and movements of Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, in the Parnaíba Delta Protected Area, Brazil: challenges for local fishery management planning

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  7. Length-based risk analysis of management options for the southern Florida USA multispecies coral reef fish fishery

    Article • Fisheries Research, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  8. Space use patterns of sharks in relation to boat activity in an urbanized coastal waterway

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  9. Movement patterns of juvenile Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

    Article • Animal Biotelemetry, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  10. Development of a reef fish biological condition gradient model with quantitative decision rules for the protection and restoration of coral reef ecosystems

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  11. Migrations and movements of Atlantic tarpon revealed by two decades of satellite tagging

    Article • Fish and Fisheries, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  12. Life history demographic parameter synthesis for exploited Florida and Caribbean coral reef fishes

    Article • Fish and Fisheries, September 2019, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  13. Home range and spawning migration patterns of queen triggerfish Balistes vetula in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, May 2019, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  14. The Coastal Marine Ecosystem of South Florida, United States

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  15. Towards fishery-independent biomass estimation for Hawaiian Islands deepwater snappers

    Article • Fisheries Research, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  16. Regional differences in an established population of invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) in south Florida

    Article • PeerJ, October 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  17. Length-based risk analysis for assessing sustainability of data-limited tropical reef fisheries

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  18. Ecological-economic assessment of the effects of freshwater flow in the Florida Everglades on recreational fisheries

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  19. Accounting for detection gaps when evaluating reef fish habitat use in an acoustic array

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, March 2018, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  20. Ecological niche partitioning within a large predator guild in a nutrient-limited estuary

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  21. A stepwise stochastic simulation approach to estimate life history parameters for data-poor fisheries

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, August 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr. Marc O Nadon, Dr Jerald S Ault

  22. Front Cover

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  23. Use of marine protected areas and exclusive economic zones in the subtropical western North Atlantic Ocean by large highly mobile sharks

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  24. Toward a national animal telemetry network for aquatic observations in the United States

    Article • Animal Biotelemetry, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault, Dr. DIRCEU COSTA

  25. Cross-Shelf Habitat Occupancy Probabilities for Juvenile Groupers in the Florida Keys Coral Reef Ecosystem

    Article • Marine and Coastal Fisheries, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  26. Feasibility of a Regionwide Probability Survey for Coral Reef Fish in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

    Article • Marine and Coastal Fisheries, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  27. Comparison of Two Length-Based Estimators of Total Mortality: A Simulation Approach

    Article • Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  28. Ocean Heat Content Reveals Secrets of Fish Migrations

    Article • PLOS One, October 2015, PLOS

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  29. Transport and connectivity modeling of larval permit from an observed spawning aggregation in the Dry Tortugas, Florida

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  30. Length-Based Assessment of Coral Reef Fish Populations in the Main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

    Article • PLOS One, August 2015, PLOS

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  31. Percent recent mortality (PRM) of stony corals as an ecological indicator of coral reef condition

    Article • Ecological Indicators, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  32. Indicators for assessing the ecological dynamics and sustainability of southern Florida's coral reef and coastal fisheries

    Article • Ecological Indicators, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  33. Modeling Coral Reef Fish Home Range Movements in Dry Tortugas, Florida

    Article • The Scientific World JOURNAL, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  34. Assessing coral reef fish population and community changes in response to marine reserves in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, USA

    Article • Fisheries Research, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  35. A reliable game fish weight estimation model for Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)

    Article • Fisheries Research, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  36. Methods for assessment of short-term coral reef fish movements within an acoustic array

    Article • Movement Ecology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  37. Vertical movement rates and habitat use of Atlantic tarpon

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, October 2012, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  38. Rapid Invasion of Indo-Pacific Lionfishes (Pterois Volitans and Pterois Miles) in the Florida Keys, USA: Evidence from Multiple Pre- and Post-Invasion Data Sets

    Article • Bulletin of Marine Science, October 2012, Bulletin of Marine Science

    Mr John Lad Akins, Dr Jerald S Ault

  39. A Comparison of Spatial and Movement Patterns between Sympatric Predators: Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)

    Article • PLOS One, September 2012, PLOS

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  40. Reef coral reproduction in the equatorial eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panamá, and the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). VII. Siderastreidae, Psammocora stellata and Psammocora profundacella

    Article • Marine Biology, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  41. Don’t bite the hand that feeds: assessing ecological impacts of provisioning ecotourism on an apex marine predator

    Article • Functional Ecology, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  42. Grouper and snapper movements and habitat use in Dry Tortugas, Florida

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, July 2011, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  43. Ecosystem Models and Modeling

    Article • May 2011, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  44. Multispecies survey design for assessing reef-fish stocks, spatially explicit management performance, and ecosystem condition

    Article • Fisheries Research, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  45. Probability sampling of stony coral populations in the Florida Keys

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  46. A mail survey to estimate the fishery dynamics of southern Florida's bonefish charter fleet

    Article • Fisheries Management and Ecology, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  47. SOME QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTION AND GROWTH OF THE RED ABALONE, Haliotis rufescens SWAINSON

    Article • Journal of the World Mariculture Society, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  48. Length-based assessment of sustainability benchmarks for coral reef fishes in Puerto Rico

    Article • Environmental Conservation, September 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  49. Salinity measurements from pop-up archival transmitting (PAT) tags and their application to geolocation estimation for Atlantic tarpon

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, April 2008, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  50. Elevated oxygen uptake and high rates of nitrogen excretion in early life stages of the cobia Rachycentron canadum (L.), a fast-growing subtropical fish

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  51. Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries

    Article • October 2007

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  52. Science in Support of Management Decision Making for Bonefish and Tarpon Conservation in Florida

    Article • October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  53. Incorporating User-Group Expertise in Bonefish and Tarpon Fishery Research to Support Science-Based Management Decision Making

    Article • October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  54. Tagging of Bonefish in South Florida to Study Population Movements and Stock Dynamics

    Article • October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  55. Seasonal Migratory Patterns and Vertical Habitat Utilization of Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) from Satellite PAT Tags

    Article • October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  56. Population Dynamics and Resource Ecology of Atlantic Tarpon and Bonefish

    Article • October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  57. Florida Keys Bonefish Population Census

    Article • October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  58. The Ecology of Marine Fishes: California and Adjacent Waters. Edited by Larry G Allen , Daniel J Pondella II , and Michael H Horn . Berkeley (California): University of California Press. $75.00. xi + 660 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0‐520‐24653‐5. 2006.

    Article • The Quarterly Review of Biology, September 2007, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  59. Influence of marine reserve size and boundary length on the initial response of exploited reef fishes in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, USA

    Article • Landscape Ecology, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  60. Evaluation of average length as an estimator of exploitation status for the Florida coral-reef fish community

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, May 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  61. Movements and site fidelity of the bonefish Albula vulpes in northern Florida Keys determined by acoustic telemetry

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2005, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  62. Behavioral Assumptions in Models of Fish Movement and Their Influence on Population Dynamics

    Article • Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, November 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  63. Designing Marine Reserves for Fishery Management

    Article • Management Science, August 2004, INFORMS

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  64. Population Genetics: Principles and Applications for Fisheries Scientists . Edited by Eric M  Hallerman. Bethesda (Maryland): American Fisheries Society . $69.00. xvii + 458 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 1–888569–27–1. 2003.

    Article • The Quarterly Review of Biology, March 2004, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  65. Dredging Operations and Environmental Research Program: Building Tools for Objective Determination of Environmental Windows

    Article • October 2003, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  66. Benthic Habitat Mapping in the Tortugas Region, Florida

    Article • Marine Geodesy, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  67. A Spatial Ecosystem Model to Assess Spotted Seatrout Population Risks from Exploitation and Environmental Changes

    Article • July 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  68. An integrated simulation modeling and operations research approach to spatial management decision making

    Article • Sarsia, December 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  69. An extensive deep reef terrace on the Tortugas Bank, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

    Article • Coral Reefs, November 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  70. Comparatively high densities of the long-spined sea urchin in the Dry Tortugas, Florida

    Article • Coral Reefs, August 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  71. Allometry of the Growth of Pink ShrimpFarfantepenaeus duorarumin a Subtropical Bay

    Article • Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, March 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  72. Quantitative Fish Dynamics Terrance J. Quinn II Richard B. Deriso

    Article • The Quarterly Review of Biology, September 2000, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  73. Schooling and migration of large pelagic fishes relative to environmental cues

    Article • Fisheries Oceanography, June 2000, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  74. A biogeographic analysis and review of the far eastern Pacific coral reef region

    Article • Coral Reefs, April 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  75. A spatial dynamic multistock production model

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, November 1999, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  76. Red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus L., stock enhancement in Biscayne Bay, FL, USA: assessment of releasing unmarked early juveniles

    Article • Aquaculture Research, October 1999, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  77. An Efficient Sampling Survey Design to Estimate Pink Shrimp Population Abundance in Biscayne Bay, Florida

    Article • North American Journal of Fisheries Management, August 1999, Wiley

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  78. Effects of Spatial Grouping on the Functional Response of Predators

    Article • Theoretical Population Biology, August 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  79. A spatial dynamic multistock production model

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 1999, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  80. Applied Population Ecology: A Supply-Demand Approach. Andrew Paul Gutierrez

    Article • The Quarterly Review of Biology, December 1997, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  81. Effects of freshwater canal discharge on fish assemblages in a subtropical bay:field and laboratory observations

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 1997, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  82. Population-dynamic instability as a cause of patch structure

    Article • Ecological Modelling, December 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  83. A Multicohort Stock Production Model

    Article • Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, May 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  84. Management Strategies to Conserve Marine Biodiversity

    Article • Oceanography, January 1996, The Oceanography Society

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  85. Decline of the Chesapeake Bay oyster population: a century of habitat destruction and overfishing

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 1994, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  86. Linkages in ecosystem models

    Article • South African Journal of Marine Science, June 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  87. Analysis of Two Length-Based Mortality Models Applied to Bounded Catch Length Frequencies

    Article • Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  88. A Perspective on the Biology of Florida Keys Coral Reefs

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jerald S Ault

  89. Taking Stock: Fisheries Studies in the Florida Key Marine Protected Areas

    Article • SciVee, Inc

    Dr Jerald S Ault