Publications    

  1. Stephens SA, Dance MA, Zapp Sluis M, Kline RJ, Streich MK, Stunz GW, Adams AJ, Wells RJD, Rooker JR (2024) Spatial distribution and movement of Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLOS ONE 19:3. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298394
  2. Gough B, Prouse A, Dance MA, Wells RJD, Rooker JR (2023) Regional Variation in the Trophic Ecology of Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) in the Western Atlantic Ocean Fishes. 8: 519. doi.org/10.3390/fishes8100519
  3. Steffen C, Stephens S, Dance MA, Lippi DL, Jense CC, Wells RJD, Rooker JR (2023) Estuarine-coastal connectivity and partial migration of southern flounder in the Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 294: 108545 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108545
  4. Rooker JR, Zapp Sluis M, Kitchens LL, Dance MA, Falterman B, Lee JM, Liu H, Miller N, Murua H, Rooker AM, Saillant E, Water J, Wells RJD (2023) Nursery origin of yellowfin tuna in the western Atlantic Ocean: significance of Caribbean Sea and trans-Atlantic migrants. Scientific Reports 13: 16277. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43163-1
  5. Mohan JA, Dewar H, Snodgrass O, Miller NR, Tanaka Y, Ohshimo S, Rooker JR, Francis M, Wells RJD (2022) Otolith geochemistry reflects life histories of Pacific bluefin tuna. PLoS ONE 17(10):e0275899. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275899
  6. Rooker JR, Wells RJD, Block BA, Liu H, Baumann H, Chiang WC, Zapp Sluis M, Miller NR, Mohan JA, Ohshimo S, Tanaka Y, Dance MA, Dewar H, Snodgrass OE, Shiao JC (2021) Natal origin and age-specific egress of Pacific bluefin tuna from coastal nurseries revealed with geochemical markers. Scientific Reports 11: 14216. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-93298-2
  7. Cornic M , Rooker JR (2021) Temporal shifts in the abundance and preferred habitats of yellowfin and bigeye tuna larvae in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Marine Systems 217. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103524
  8. Wells RJD, Rooker JR, Addis P, Arrizabalaga H, Baptista M, Bearzi G, Fraile I, Lacoue-Labarthe T, Meese EN, Megalofonou P, Rosa R, Sobrino I, Sykes AV, Villanueva R (2021) Regional patterns of d13C and d15N for the European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) throughout the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Royal Society Open Science 8: 210345. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210345
  9. Wells RJD, Quesnell VA, Humphreys RL Jr, Dewar H, Rooker JR, Alvarado Bremer J, Snodgrass OE (2021) Nursery origin and population connectivity of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the North Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology doi: 10.1111/jfb.14723
  10. Livernois MC, Mohan JA, TinHan TC, Richards TM, Falterman BJ, Miller NR, Wells RJD (2021) Ontogenetic patterns of elemental tracers in the vertebrae cartilage of coastal and oceanic sharks. Frontiers in Marine Science doi:10.2289/fmars.2021.704134
  11. Rooker JR, Wells RJD, Addis P, Arrizabalaga H, Baptista M, Bearzi G, Dance MA, Fraile I, Lacoue-Labarthe T, Lee JM, Megalofonou P, Rosa R, Sobrino I, Sykes AV, Villanueva R (2020) Natural geochemical markers reveal environmental history and population connectivity of common cuttlefish in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17: 20200309. doi:10.1098/rsif.2020.0309
  12. Wells RJD, Mohan JA, Dewar H, Rooker JR, Tanaka Y, Snodgrass O, Kohin S, Miller NR, Ohshimo S (2020) Natal origin of Pacific bluefin tuna from the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Biology Letters 16:20190878 doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0878
  13. Rooker JR, Dance MA, Wells RJD, Ajemian MJ, Block BA, Castelton MR, Drymon JM, Falterman BJ, Franks JS, Hammerschlag N, Hendon JM, Hoffmayer ER, Kraus RT, McKinney JA, Secor DH, Stunz GW, Walter JF (2019) Population connectivity of pelagic megafauna in the Cuba-Mexico-United States triangle. Scientific Reports 9:1663. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-38144-8
  14. Rooker JR, Fraile I, Liu H, Abid N, Dance MA, Itoh T, Kimoto A, Tsukahara Y, Rodriguez-Marin E, Arrizabalaga H (2019) Wide-ranging temporal variation in transoceanic movement and population mixing of bluefin tuna in the North Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:398. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00398
  15. Wells RJD, TinHan TC, Dance MA, Drymon JM, Falterman B, Ajemian MJ, Stunz GW, Mohan JA, Hoffmayer ER, Driggers WB III, McKinney JA (2018) Movement, behavior, and habitat use of a marine apex predator, the Scalloped Hammerhead. Frontiers in Marine Science 5:321. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00321
  16. Rooker JR, Dance MA, Wells RJD, Quigg A, Hill RL, Appeldoorn RS, Ferreira BD, Boswell KM, Sanchez PJ, Moulton DL, Kitchens LL, Rooker GJ, Aschenbrenner A (2018) Seascape connectivity and the influence of predation risk on the movement of fishes inhabiting a back-reef ecosystem. Ecosphere 9(4): e02200. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2200
  17. Rodríguez-Ezpeleta N, Díaz-Arce N, Walter III JF, Richardson DE, Rooker JR et al. (2019) Genetic assignment of Atlantic bluefin tuna natal origin: a new tool for improved management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(8): 439-444. doi.org/10.1002/fee.2090
  18. Wells RJD, Rooker JR, Quigg A, Wissel B (2017) Influence of mesoscale oceanographic features on pelagic food webs in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology doi:10.1007/s00227-017-3122-0
  19. Rooker JR, Wells RJD, Itano DG, Thorrold SR, Lee JM (2016) Natal origin and population connectivity of bigeye and yellowfin tuna in the Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Oceanography 25(3): 277-291. doi:10.1111/fog.12154
  20. Wells RJD, Kinney MJ, Kohin S, Dewar H, Rooker JR, Snodgrass OE (2015) Natural tracers reveal population structure of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72: 2118-2127
  21. Rooker JR, Arrizabalaga H, Fraile I, Secor DH, Dettman DL, Abid N, Addis P, Deguara S, Karakulak FS, Kimoto A, Sakai O, Macías D, Santos MN (2014) Crossing the line: migratory and homing behaviors of Atlantic bluefin tuna. Marine Ecology Progress Series 504: 265-276. doi:10.3354/meps10781
  22. Wells RJD, Rooker JR, Itano D (2012). Nursery origin of yellowfin tuna in the Hawaiian Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 461: 187-196. doi: 10.3354/meps09833
  23. Wells RJD, Rooker JR, Prince ED (2010). Regional variation in the otolith chemistry of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) from the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fisheries Research 106: 430-435. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2010.09.017
  24. Rooker JR, Secor DH, DeMetrio G, Schloesser R, Block BA, Neilson JD (2008) Natal homing and connectivity in Atlantic bluefin tuna populations. Science 322: 742-744. doi:10.1126/science.1161473