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Richard
F. Shaw Professor Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences School of the Coast and Environment 2177 Energy, Coast, and Environment Building Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7503 Tel. (225) 578-6734 Fax (225) 578-6513 E-Mail: rshaw@lsu.edu |
Education
University of Maine at Orono Ph.D., Oceanography 1981
Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA B.A., Biology (Cum Laude) 1973
Research Interests
Ichthyoplankton and juvenile fish ecology, growth and mortality estimates, larval fish transport and recruitment mechanisms, essential fisheries habitat for early life history stages, global climate change
Professional Experience
LSU, Coastal Fisheries Institute, Director 9/90-present
LSU, Coastal Fisheries Institute, Interim Director 8/89-8/90
LSU, Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Professor 7/95-present
LSU, Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Associate Professor 7/89-6/95
LSU, Dept. of Marine Sciences, Assistant Professor 5/85-6/89
LSU, Coastal Ecology and Fisheries Institute, Research Associate IV 9/81-4/85
Recent Publications (last 5 years)
2005. Diop, H., W.R. Keithly, Jr., R.F. Kazmierczak, Jr., and R.F. Shaw. Predicting white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, abundance based on ecosystem parameters and previous life stages. Proc. Gulf Carribean Fish. Inst. 56:549-557.
2005. Ditty, J.G., T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 3. Clupeidae: Sardines & Herrings. pp. 73-100 In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Farooqi, T.W., J.G. Ditty, and , R.F. Shaw. Chapter 4. Engraulidae: Anchovies. pp. 101-127. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Farooqi, T.W., J.G. Ditty, and , R.F. Shaw. Addendum to Chapter 4. Engraulidae: Anchovies. pp. 1333-1335. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Ditty, J.G., T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 27. Order Aulopiformes: Suborder Synodontidae: Aulopidae & Synodontidae. pp. 301-323. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Lindquist, D.C., R.F. Shaw, and T.W. Farooqi. Chapter 45. Melanonidae: Pelagic cods, arrowtails. pp. 629-631. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Lindquist, D.C., R.F. Shaw, and T.W. Farooqi. Chapter 46. Merlucciidae: Hakes. pp. 633-637. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Ditty, J.G., T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 73. Mugilidae: Mullets. pp. 891-899. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Ditty, J.G., K. Kilfoyle, T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 106. Order Syngnathiformes: Aulostomidae, Centriscidae, Fistulariidae. pp. 1121-1131. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Ditty, J.G., R.F. Shaw, and T.W. Farooqi. Chapter 143. Sciaenidae: Drums and Croaker. pp. 1669-1723. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Ditty, J.G., T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 145. Mullidae: Goatfish. pp. 1731-1743. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Farooqi, T.W., R.F. Shaw, and D.C. Lindquist. Chapter 146. Pempheridae: Sweepers. pp. 1745-1749. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Farooqi, T.W., R.F. Shaw, and D.C. Lindquist. Chapter 183. Luvaridae: Louvar. pp. 2111-2117. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Ditty, J.G., R.F. Shaw, and T.W. Farooqi. Chapter 186. Sphyraenidae: Barracudas. pp. 2135-3147. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Farooqi, T.W., J.G. Ditty, and , R.F. Shaw. Chapter 207. Cynoglossidae: Tongue fishes. pp. 2367-2379. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
2005. Lindquist, D.C. and R.F. Shaw. Effects of current speed and turbidity on catches of larval and juvenile fishes by stationary light traps. Fish. Bull. NOAA (U.S.) 103(2):438-444.
2005. Ditty, J.G. and R.F. Shaw. Morphological development in five reef-associated species of blenny. J. Fish. Biol. 66:1261-1284.
2005. Lindquist, D.C., R.F. Shaw, and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. Distributional patterns of larval and juvenile fishes at offshore petroleum platforms in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Estu. Coastal Shelf Sci. 62(4):655-665.
2004. Ditty, R.F. Shaw, and J.S. Cope. Distribution of carangid larvae (Teleostei: Carangidae) and concentrations of zooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with illustrations of early Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus and Caranx spp. larvae. Mar. Biol. 145(5):1001-1014.
2003. Ditty, J.G., L.A. Fuiman, and R.F. Shaw. Characterizing natural intervals of development in the early life of fishes: An example using blennies (Teleostei: Blennidae). pp. 405-418 In: H.I. Browman and A.B. Skiftesvik (eds.). The Big Fish Bang: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Larval Fish Conference. Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway, (ISBN 82-7461-059-8), 476 pp.
2003. Hernandez, F.J. and R.F. Shaw. Comparison of plankton net and light-trap methodologies for sampling larval and juvenile fishes associated with petroleum platforms and a coastal jetty off Louisiana. Amer. Fish. Soc., Symp. Ser. 36:15-38.
2003. Hernandez, F.J., R.F. Shaw, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, T.W. Farooqi, and M.C. Benfield. The across-shelf larval, postlarval and juvenile fish community associated with offshore oil and gas platforms west of the Mississippi River Delta. Amer. Fish. Soc., Spec. Symp. Ser. 36:39-72.
2003. Keenan, S.F., M.C. Benfield, and R.F. Shaw. Zooplanktivory by blue runner, Caranx crysos: A potential energetic subsidy to Gulf of Mexico fish populations at petroleum platforms. Amer. Fish. Soc., Symp. Ser. 36:167-180.
2003. Comyns, B.H., R.F. Shaw, and J. Lyczkowski-Shultz. Small-scale spatial and temporal variability in growth and mortality of fish larvae in the subtropical northcentral Gulf of Mexico: Implications for assessing recruitment success. Fish. Bull. NOAA (U.S.). 101(1):10-21.
2002. Cowan, J.H., Jr. and R.F. Shaw. Recruitment. Chap. 4. pp. 88-111. In: L.A. Fuiman and R.G. Werner (eds.). Fishery Science: The unique contributions of early life stages. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Iowa State Press, Ames, IA, 366 pp.
2002. Hernandez, F.J., R.F. Shaw, M.C. Benfield, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, and T.W. Farooqi. The across shelf larval, postlarval and juvenile fish community associated with offshore oil and gas platforms and a rock jetty west of the Mississippi River Delta. Proc. Gulf and Caribbean Fish. Inst. 53:646-658.
2001. Haas, H.L., E.C. Lamon III, K.A. Rose, and R.F. Shaw. Environmental and biological factors associated with stage-specific brown shrimp abundances in Louisiana: Applying a new combination of statistical techniques to long-term monitoring data. Can. J. Fish. & Aquatic Sci. 58:2258-2270.
2001. Haas, H.L., R.F. Shaw, K.A. Rose, M.C. Benfield, and W.R. Keithly. Examination of brown shrimp (Farfante-penaeus aztecus) recruitment in Louisiana, USA. Proc. Gulf and Caribbean Fish. Inst. 52:231-241.
2001. Hernandez, F.J., R.F. Shaw, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, and T.W. Farooqi. A low salinity rock jetty habitat as a nursery area for presettlement larval and juvenile reef fish. Proc. Gulf and Caribbean Fish. Inst. 52:242-254.
Accepted for Publication
In Press. Diop, H., W.R. Keithly, Jr., R.F. Kazmierczak, Jr., and R.F. Shaw. Relationship between early life stages of Louisiana white shrimp and subsequent landings. In: J.J. Nielson, J. Dodson, K. Friedland, T. Hamon, N. Hughes, J. Musick, and E. Verspoor (eds.). Reconciling Fisheries with Conservation: Proceedings of the 4th World Fisheries Congress, Bethesda, MD. American Fisheries Society, Symp. 49.
Submitted for Publication
Cowan, J.H., Jr., C.B. Grimes and R.F. Shaw. The Mississippi River plume: Effects on fish and fisheries. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Changing Nutrient Input from Large Temperate and Subtropical Rivers, 29 May - 1 June 2005, Xiamen, China.
Diop, H., W.R. Keithly, R.F. Kazmierczak, Jr. and R.F. Shaw. Predicting the abundance of white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus) from environmental parameters and previous life stages. Fisheries Research.
Recent Funding
PENDING. "Scope of Work: Beacon Port, LLC 2005-2008 Baseline Marine Surveys." R.F. Shaw (PI), D.M. Baltz, M.C. Benfield, E.J. Chesney, H.H. Roberts, G.W. Stone and M.M. Sutor. Submitted to Conoco-Phillips Co. $4,038,095 (3 year total).
PENDING. "Chemical and isotope signatures in the otoliths of fish: environmental and surveillance uses." K.J. Spencer (PI), J.H. Cowan, Jr., R.F. Shaw, R.W. Gauldie, and E.H. DeCarlo. Los Alamos National Lab Research Program. $732,000 (3 year total).
PENDING. "Platform recruited reef fish, Phase II: Do platforms provide habitat that increases the survival of reef fishes?" J.H. Cowan, Jr. (PI) and R.F. Shaw. Minerals Management Service CMI Program. 01/01/07-12/30/09. $376,159 ($376,159 match).
PENDING. "Can pulsed-river diversions shift ecological baselines in Louisiana estuarine ecosystems?" J.H. Cowan, Jr. (PI), R.F. Shaw, D.M. Baltz, and K.A. Rose. Wallop-Breaux-LDWF Program. 07/01/06-06/30/09. $632,930 (212,645 match).
2006-2009. "The role of meteorologically and tidally driven flows in the estuarine recruitment of fall-winter spawned larval fish and post-larval brown shrimp." R.F. Shaw (PI), N.D. Walker, and C. Li with T.D. Leming (NOAA-NMFS co-operator). NOAA. 10/01/06-09/30/09. $799,840. 2006-2008. "Age-and-growth and reproductive biology studies of Louisiana marine fisheries in support of stock assessment." J.H. Cowan, Jr. (PI), A.J. Fischer, and R.F. Shaw. LA Dept. of Wildl. & Fish. 070/1/06-06/30/08. $245,482 (137,798 match).
2006. "Scope of Work: Research Grant for Ichthyoplankton Analysis." R.F. Shaw (PI). Conoco-Phillips Co. 01/06-04/01/06. $9,999.
2005-2006. "Literature Review and Bibliography of the Environmental Impacts of Disinfection Byproducts Formed during the Offshore Gasification of Liquid Natural Gas (Specified Task Area) with a Review of the Vertical Distribution of Ichthyoplankton in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Relevant to Intake and Discharge Depths". R.F. Shaw and K.A. Rose. Minerals Management Service CMI Program. 8/1/05 - 7/31/06. $97,092 ($97,092 match).
2003-2006. "Study Phase II: Identifying essential fish habitat in Barataria Bay: Quantifying habitat value to species of recreational importance." J.H. Cowan, Jr. (PI), C.A. Wilson, and R.F. Shaw. Wallop-Breaux Program. 11/1/03-10/31/06. $575,674 ($200,909 match).
2003-2006. "Short-term movement, home range and behavior of red snapper around petroleum platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico as determined by high resolution acoustic telemetry." J.H. Cowan (PI) and R.F. Shaw. Minerals Management Service CMI Program. 8/1/03-10/31/06. $206,748 ($140,106 match).
2003-2004. "Fisheries utilization of smooth cordgrass and black mangrove edge in Louisiana." B.J. Milan and R.F. Shaw. J. Bennett Johnston Science Foundation. 6/20/03-6/19/04. $5,000.
2003-2004. "Fisheries utilization of smooth cordgrass and black mangrove edge habitat: Implications for global climatic change." Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium's (LUMCON) Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Louisiana, Graduate Student Research Program. B.J. Milan and R.F. Shaw. 4/4/03-4/3/04. $8,000.
2003-2004. "Fisheries utilization of smooth cordgrass and black mangrove edge habitat: Implications for global climatic change." LUMCON's Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Louisiana, Travel Grant Program. B.J. Milan and R.F. Shaw. 4/4/03-4/3/04. $1,256.
2003-2004. "The role of hydroperiod and stem densities in determining fisheries utilization in black mangrove and smooth cordgrass salt marshes: Implications for a changing climate." LUMCON's Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Louisiana, Graduate Student Research Program. M.C. Caudill, B.J. Milan, and R.F. Shaw. 4/4/03-4/3/04. $8,000.
2002-2006. "Platform recruited reef fish, Phase I: Do platforms provide habitat that increase the survival of juvenile reef fishes?" R.F. Shaw (PI) and J.H. Cowan, Jr. Minerals Management Service CMI Program. 2/1/02-7/31/06. $230,973 ($230,973 in Industrial and University match).
2002-2005. "Stable isotopes as tracers of patterns in habitat utilization by juvenile red snapper." J.H. Cowan, Jr. (PI) and R.F. Shaw. NOAA-NMFS MARFIN Program. 6/1/02-5/31/05. $44,823 ($32,103 match).
2002-2004. "Identifying essential fish habitats in Barataria Bay, LA and quantifying their value to species of recreational importance." J.H. Cowan, Jr. (PI), C.A. Wilson, and R.F. Shaw. Wallop-Breaux - LDWF Program. 11/1/02-12/31/03. $607,004 ($216,336 match).
2000-2002. "Investigation of the estuarine biological, hydrological, predator-prey, and habitat factors influencing Louisiana's white shrimp landings." R.F. Shaw (PI), M.C. Benfield, K.A. Rose, and W.R. Keithly. Louisiana Sea Grant Program (NOAA). 2/1/00-1/31/02. $97,262 ($75,598 match).
2000-2001. "Implications of global climatic change for essential fisheries habitat: Symposium funding." R.F. Shaw (PI), D.M. Baltz, M.C. Benfield, W.R. Keithly, K.A. Rose, C.A. Wilson, I.A. Mendelssohn, B. Fry, D. Justic, and J.H. Cowan, Jr. Louisiana Sea Grant Program (NOAA). 2/4/00-11/30/01. $9,295 ($9,295 match).
2000-2001. Addendum to "Ecological linkages among wetland, bay, and shelf systems in Fourleague Bay, Louisiana: II. Physical forcing as a fisheries recruitment mechanism." (NOAA Grant No. NA46RG0096). R.F. Shaw (PI). Louisiana Sea Grant Program (NOAA). 2/3/00-1/31/01. $12,699.
1999-2002. Formally negotiated industrial match from Chevron and SOCO for industrial based, logistical support (i.e., transportation of personnel and supplies/equipment to and from offshore oil and gas platforms, per diem, etc.) in support of the MMS-Coastal Marine Institute (CMI) program-funded grant below. R.F. Shaw (PI). 1/1/99-12/31/01. $210,000 (three years).
1999-2002. "Offshore petroleum platforms: Functional significance for larval fish across longitudinal and latitudinal gradients." R.F. Shaw (PI), M.C. Benfield, J.G. Ditty, and J.S. Cope. MMS-Coastal Marine Institute Program. 1/1/99-12/31/01. Three year total $320,198 ($167,953 LSU match).
1998-2002. "Development of a vertically-profiling, high-resolution, digital zooplankton imaging system." M.C. Benfield (PI), R.F. Shaw and C. Schwehm. Department of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCOR). 4/1/98-3/31/01. $250,000 (plus $105,278 from Louisiana Board of Regents Matching Program).
Graduate Students
Hernandez, F.J., Jr. 2001. Ph.D. The across-shelf distribution of larval, postlarval and juvenile fishes collected at oil and gas platforms and a coastal jetty off Louisiana west of the Mississippi River Delta. 223 pp. Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship in Coastal Processes; Rockefeller Scholarship; Dr. Theodore "Ted" Ford Memorial Endowed Scholarship; two refereed journal articles.
Haas, H.L. 2001. Ph.D. (Co-Chair with Dr. K.A. Rose). Statistical and simulation modeling of brown shrimp population dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 91 pp. Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship in Coastal Processes; The Joseph Lipsey, Sr. Memorial Scholarship; The Coastal Conservation Association's J. Pollard Sealy Memorial Scholarship in Marine Fisheries; Dr. Theodore "Ted" Ford Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium's Aquatic and Marine Science Symposium's Best Student Paper Award; Louisiana Chapter American Fisheries Society's Best Student Paper; one refereed journal article.
Ditty, J.G. 2002. Ph.D. (Co-chair with Dr. L.A. Fuiman). Ontogeny and intervals of development in five reef-associated species of blenny from the northern Gulf of Mexico (Teleosti: Blennidae). 155 pp. Staff Senate 1989-1993; numerous refereed journal articles.
Caudill, M. 2005. M.S. Nekton utilization of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) and smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) sites in southwestern Caminada Bay, Louisiana. 71pp.
Milan, B. 2006 (anticipated). M.S. Fish and decapod crustacean utilization of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) marsh edge in south-central Louisiana: Implications of Global Climatic Change. The Coastal Conservation Association's J. Pollard Sealy Memorial Scholarship in Marine Fisheries; The Warren J. "Whip" Mermilliod III Scholarship Award.
Kupchik, M. (current) M.S.