Past Winners
2008 - 23rd Annual Award
32nd Annual Larval Fish Conference, Kiel, Germany
Knut Vollset, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Thermoregulatory behavior in larval fish: an experimental approach
I.A. Catalan, O Fiksen, A. Folkvord. co-authors
Honorable Mentions:
Shinnosuke Nakayamaa, Department of Marine Science, The University of Texas at Austin. The downside of batch spawning: interference competition for food in young red
drum
L.A. Fuiman co-author
Kenneth Webb, University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas. Postprandial Colecystokinin and trypsin response of larval red drum (Sciaenops
ocellatus)
G. Joan Holt co-author
2007 - 22nd Annual Award
31st Annual Larval Fish Conference, St John’s, Newfoundland
Dan Hasselman, Gene Probe Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ontogenetic development of the endangered Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani Scott,1987) eggs, larvae and juveniles
J. Whitlow and R.G. Bradford co-authors
Honorable Mention:
Paulette Penton, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Canada. Emergence patterns of Capelin (Mallotus villosus) at beach and demersal spawning sites on the northeast coast of Newfoundland
J.A. Gagné and L. Fortier co-authors
2006 - 21st Annual Award
30th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Lake Placid, New York
Klaus Huebert, Marine Biology and Fisheries Division, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, USA. Can pelagic coral reef fish larvae regulate their swimming depths via hydrostatic pressure cues?
Honorable Mention:
Pascale Lafrance, Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Pavillon Vachon, Québec (Canada). Survival and hatch-date distributions of Arctic cod in relation to sea ice and surface temperature in the Beaufort Sea
J.A. Gagné and L. Fortier co-authors
2005 - 20th Annual Award
29th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Barcelona, Spain
Yuichi Fukunishi, Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan. Ontogenetic changes of UV-B radiation induced mortality and avoidance behavior against UV-B in red sea bream Pagrus major and black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegeli
R. Masuda and Y. Yamashita co-authors
Honorable Mention:
Monica Gagliano, School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Australia . Direction and intensity of phenotypic selection on the ELH traits in a tropical marine fish
M.I. McCormick and M.G. Meekan co-authors
2004 - 19th Annual Award
28th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Clemson, South Carolina
Tim Grabowski, Biological Sciences Department, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. Spatial and temporal habitat segregation by spawning fishes in the Savannah River, South Carolina and Georgia
J. Isely co-authors
Honorable Mention:
Ian Davenport, Biological Sciences Department, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. A novel actin-based framework aids in the evolution of extreme egg size in chondrichthyan fishes
J. Wourms co-author
2003 - 18th Annual Award
27th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Santa Cruz, CA
Shinnosuke Nakayama, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan. Development of schooling behavior in chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, with emphasis on dietary condition and social transfer
R. Masuda and M. Tanaka co-authors
Honorable Mention:
Jessica Miller, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. Evidence for limited larval dispersal in black rockfish (Sebastes melanops): implications for population structure and marine reserve design
A.L. Shanks co-author
Steven Searcy, North Carolina State University. Flushed down the river: Consequences of freshwater runoff to nursery habitat using early juvenile Atlantic croaker
D.B. Eggleston co author
Bridget Green, James Cook University. Variation in size has maternal and environmental origins
M.I. McCormick and K. Anthony co authors
2002 - 17th Annual Award
26th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Bergen, Norway
Hannes Baumann, Institute for Marine Research, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Do growth patterns of larval radiated shanny, Ulvaria subbifurcata, reflect spatial and temporal differences in the environmental conditions?
P. Pepin, F. Davidson and F. Mowbray co-authors
Honorable Mention:
J. Adam Luckenbach, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Effects of temperature on sex determination in southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma)
R.J. Borski and J. Godwin co-authors
R. S. Fulford, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. An investigation of factors important to predation vulnerability of larval yellow perch in southern Lake Michigan: an experimental and modeling approach
2001 - 16th Annual Award
25th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Mark Sullivan, Division of Marine Biology, Rosensteil School of Marine & Atmospheric
Science, Florida, The effects of scallop dredging on a recently settled continental shelf flatfish: disturbance or status quo?
R.K. Cowen, K.W. Able and M.P. Fahay co-authors
Honorable Mention:
T.P. Hurst, Marine Sciences Research Center, SUNY Stony Brook, Interannual
variation in body size and energy storage among overwintering YOY striped
bass
K.A. McKown and D.O. Conover co-authors
2000 - 15th Annual Award
24th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Gulf Shores, Alabama
Veronica Caceres, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Small-scale turbulence
and feeding ecology of fish larvae
T.J. Miller, co-author
Honorable Mention:
M.E. Smith, University of Texas at Austin, RNA:DNA in red
drumlarvae. Is it corellated with behavioral performance?
S.Z. Herzka, L.A. Fuiman and G.J. Holt, co-authors
F.S. Scharf, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Comparative
foraging behavior of juveniile striped bass and bluefish
J.A. Buckel and F. Juanes, co-authors
1999 - Fourteenth Annual Award
23rd Annual Larval Fish Conference, NOAA/NOS Center
for Coastal Fisheries & Habitat Research, Beaufort, North Carolina
Jean Billerbeck, SUNY Stony Brook. Big problems for little fishes:
energetic conflicts in Atlantic Silversides
David Conover, co-author
Honorable Mention:
Woo-Seok Gwak, Kyoto University, Assessment of nutritional
condition of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceous) larval
and juveniles with special emphasis on metamorphosis and
settlement
M. Tanaka, co-author
Sharon Herzka, Marine Science Institute, Austin Texas, Evaluation
of stable isotope ratios as indicators of recent settlement of
individual red drum larvae (Sciaenops ocellatus) to seagrass
habitat
S. Holt and G.J. Holt, co-authors
Thomas Hurst, SUNY Stony Brook, Evaluating mechanisms of winter
mortality in young-of-the year Hudson River striped bass
D. Conover, co-author
Edwin Niklitscek, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Studies, Bioenergetic assessment
of potential nursery areas for Atlantic sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay
D.H. Secor, co-author
1998 - Thirteenth Annual Award
22nd Annual Larval Fish Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Sharon Herzka, U. Texas Austin, Determination of stable isotope
turnover rates for red drum larvae and potential applications to
habitat and recruitment studies
Joan and Scott Holt, co-authors
Honorable Mention:
Elizabeth North, Potentials for transport and predator-prey
interactions in bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli) eggs and larval
stages
E. Houde, co-author
Brian Kennedy, Tracing the tributary origins and movements of
anadromous Atlantic Salmon (salmo salar) through the use of
stable isotopes
R. Harrington, C.L. Folt, J.D. Blum and C.P. Chamberlain, co-authors
Stephen Swearer, Island wakes and environmental markers: using
otolith elemental finger printing in studies of larval dispersal
and recruitment of coral reef fishes
J.A. Harlan, J.E. Caselle, D.W. Lea and R.R. Warner, co-authors
1997 - Twelvth Annual Award (Tie)
21st Annual Larval Fish Conference, Seattle, WA
Jennifer Caselle, U. California Santa Barbara, Density-dependent early post-larval
mortality in coral reef fish and its effect on local populations
Ule Rhinhardt, U. British Colombia, Size-dependent foraging
behavior and use of cover in juvenile coho salmon under predation
risk
Honorable Mention:
Jason Rogers, U. North Carolina-Wilmington, Age and growth of
larval and pelagic juvenile Monacanthus hispidus
Jay Rooker, U.Texas Austin, Small scale variation in recruitment
densities of newly settled red drum Sciaenops ocellatus: influence
of food and predator mediated processes
1996- Eleventh Annual Award
20th Annual Larval Fish Conference, New Orleans, LA
Jay Rooker, U. Texas Austin, Distribution of newly settled red drum
(Sciaenops ocellatus) in estuarine nursery habitats: relationships to
condition and growth
G.J. Holt and S. Holt, co-authors
1995 - Tenth Annual Award (Tie)
19th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Sydney, Australia
F. Javier Gago, USC, LA County Museum, Ontogeny, character evolution and
phylogeny of the cutlassfishes (Scombroidei: Trichiuridae)
Ilona Stobutzki, James Cook U., Sustained and directional swimming of
presettlement juvenile coral reef fishes and the implications for reef
fish ecology
Honorable Mention:
Jennifer Frederick and Jennifer Caselle
1994 - Ninth Annual Award
18th Annual Larval Fish Conference, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Jon Hare, Marine Science Research Center Stony Brook, Transport
mechanisms and recruitment of South Atlantic Bight-spawned bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
R.K. Cowen, co-author
1993 - Eighth Annual Award
17th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Austin, Texas
Teresa Trendler, Developmental morphology of the cranium of Betta
splendens (Teleostei, Anabantoidei)
Paula Mabee, co-author
1992 - Seventh Annual Award (Tie)
16th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Rhode Island
Jon Hare, A molecular method for the species identification of fish
larvae with a resulting description of Xyrichthys novacula (Pisces:Labridae) larvae
J. Zehr and F. Juanes, co-authors
T.E. Lankford, Prey selection by juvenile weakfish (Cynoscion regalis)
effects of relative prey abundance, behavior and profitability on foraging
success and growth
T. Targett, co-author
1991 - Sixth Annual Award
15th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Christine Swanson, Early development of the milkfish Chanos chanos:
effects of salinity, metabolism, yolk absorption and larval size
1990 - Fifth Annual Award
14th Annual Meeting, Beaufort, NC
Daniel LaPasha, The effect of starvation and salinity induced buoyancy
changes on transport of larval fish
1989 - Fourth Annual Award (Tie)
13th Annual Meeting, Merida, Mexico
David Goshorn, The diet of larval weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) in
Delaware Bay and the relationship of prey density to larval growth and survival
Guillermo Moreno, Description of the early development stages of various
rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) from central California
1988 - Third Annual Award- First Student Award (Tie)
12th Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI
Pamela Raymond, Visual consequences of continued addition of rod
photoreceptors during growth of teleost fish
Paula Mabee, Phylogenetic information in ontogeny
1987 - Second Annual Award (Not a student award)
11th Annual Meeting, Houghton, MI
Michael Hilden, Sampling Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus (L.)) larvae-a factorial
experiment
L. Urho, co-author
1986 - First Sally Richardson Award for best paper (Not a student award)
10th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL
Dr. John Olney, Ontogeny and systematics of the pearlfishes: Crapedae
(Ophidiiformes)
D. Markle, co-author