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VITAE
NANCY J. BROWN-PETERSON
ADDRESS & TELEPHONE
Department of Coastal Sciences
College of Science and Technology
The University of Southern Mississippi
703 East Beach Dr.
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Voice: 228-872-4288; Fax: 228-872-4204; Cell: 228-217-8731
email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
B.A. 1978 University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Major: Biological Sciences; Degree with Distinction
Thesis: Cortisol and glucose rhythms in Fundulus heteroclitus and Carassius
auratus. Advisor: Malcolm H. Taylor.
M.A. 1981 College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
Gloucester Point, VA
Major: Marine Science; Emphasis: Fish Biology
Thesis: Reproductive biology and recreational fishery for spotted seatrout,
Cynoscion nebulosus, in the Chesapeake Bay area. Advisor: John V. Merriner.
EXPERIENCE
Research Associate. July 1999 - present. Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern
Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS 39566-7000. Supervisors: Dr. William E. Hawkins,
Dr. Marius Brouwer, Dr. Joe Griffitt. Duties: Design, implementation and data
collection and analysis of toxicological laboratory experiments; histological
preparation, examination and analysis of fish and tissue specimens with emphasis on
reproductive biology; fecundity analysis; RNA and DNA isolation, DNA cloning;
experimental design, analysis and presentation of data; writing and presentation of
scientific manuscripts. Supervise graduate and undergraduate students, technical
assistants.
President. October 2010 – Present. EcoFish Consulting, LLC. Ocean Springs, MS. Duties:
President and CFO of environmental consulting firm, histopathological analysis of
fish and invertebrate tissues to evaluate environmental impacts.
Assistant Editor/Co-editor. July 2008 – November 2013; February 2015-present. Gulf Coast
Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi. Duties: Read and edit all
articles accepted for publication in Gulf and Caribbean Research. Proof-read final
proof prior to publication.
Senior Laboratory Technician. February 1995 - June 1999. Department of Coastal Sciences,
University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS 39566-7000. Supervisor:
Dr. William E. Hawkins. Duties: histolopathogical preparation and examination of
fish and tissue specimens, immunohistochemical assays, analysis and presentation of
data. Supervised graduate and undergraduate students, summer technical help.
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Research Assistant I. January 1992 - January 1995. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Mississippi State University, Box 9650, Mississippi State, MS 39762.
Supervisor: Dr. Marvin L. Salin. Duties: maintaining cultures of bacteria, standard
molecular biology DNA isolation techniques, electrophoresis, chromatography,
enzyme assays, protein purifications, writing manuscripts. Supervised 1
undergraduate student.
Research Assistant II. January 1990 - December 1991. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
Mississippi State University, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Supervisor:
Dr. Donald C. Jackson. Duties: organization and participation in field sampling in
large river and small lake systems, data analysis, GIS mapping, interagency
coordination, report writing, budgeting, presentation of scientific papers. Supervised
2 field personnel.
Remote Sensing Technician. October 1989-January 1990. Mississippi Remote Sensing Center,
Mississippi State University, Box 9681, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Supervisor:
Mr. W. Frank Miller. Duties: Interpretation of vegetation types from aerial
photography, transferring vegetation types from photos to topographical maps,
ground truthing, vegetation mapping using ARC/INFO software.
Environmental Specialist II. September 1987-September 1989. Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, 4842 South U.S. 1, Ft. Pierce, FL 34982. Supervisor: Mr.
Kalani Cairns. Duties: data collection for and creation of a three county spoil island
management plan, development of computer-generated vegetation maps, monthly
budgeting of project, scientific presentations for professional and popular audiences.
Supervised 2 field personnel.
Research Assistant. June 1987-August 1987. Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5153. Supervisor: Dr. B.L.
Middlebrooks. Duties: enzyme immunoassays, affinity chromatography, tissue
culture, hybridoma production. Supervised 4 graduate students.
Laboratory Technician. July 1986-June 1987. Innovative Technology Inc., S.S. Box 10072,
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0072. Supervisor: Dr. B.L. Middlebrooks. Duties: tissue
culture, hybridoma production, enzyme immunoassays, bacteriology, electrophoresis,
report and manuscript writing. Supervised 6 graduate students.
Scientific Research Assistant. February 1982-June 1986. The University of Texas at Austin,
Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX 78373. Supervisor: Dr. Peter Thomas.
Duties: organization and participation in field sampling, reproductive histology,
fecundity determinations, age-growth analysis, development of radioimmuno assays
for steroid hormones, report and manuscript writing, scientific data presentation.
Supervised 3 field personnel.
Graduate Research Assistant. August 1980-April 1981. Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
Gloucester Point, VA 23062. Supervisor: Mr. Frank Wojick. Duties: identifying,
weighing and measuring fish and crustaceans during monthly trawl samples, taking
water samples.
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Graduate Research Assistant. September 1978-January 1980. Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
Gloucester Point, VA 23062. Supervisor: Mr. Clarence Richards. Duties: coding
data, writing and running computer programs. Supervised 2 CETA employees.
Laboratory Technician. May-July 1978. School of Life and Health Sciences, University of
Delaware, Newark, DE 19711. Supervisor: Dr. Malcolm Taylor. Duties: Collecting
fish eggs in marshes, radioimmunoassay of steroid hormones.
Teaching Assistant. January-May 1978. School of Life and Health Sciences, University of
Delaware, Newark, DE 19711. Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Skopik. Duties: lab lectures,
quizzes, preparing lab practical for introductory biology course.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Graduate Faculty – status 2, University of Southern Mississippi
Committee member (2 PhD and 6 MS students); University of Southern Mississippi, Nova
Southeast University
Instructor, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICIMAR Research Laboratory, La Paz, Mexico; Short
Course: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation of Ecological Metrics for Fishes, with emphasis on
Fish reproduction, February 2014.
Instructor, Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi
COA 690. Special Topics: Techniques in Reproductive Histology
Fall 2015
COA 692. Special Problems: Histological Techniques in Fish Reproduction
Fall 2008, Spring 2009
COA/BIOL 490. Special Topics: Histological Techniques
Summers 2003, 2004, 2005
Instructor, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico, Iztacala Campus, Tlalnepantla,
Mexico; Short Course: Biología Reproductiva en Peces Marinos, Fall 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Fogg, A.Q., N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2015. Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish:
insights into their reproductive life history. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries
Institute 67: in press.
Ahrabi-Nejad, S.M., D.W. Kerstetter, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Blackwelder and D.A. Renegar.
2015. Reproductive parameters of two coastal pelagic fishes off Southeast Florida: blackfin
tuna, Thunnus atlanticus, and little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus. Proceedings of the Gulf
and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 67: in press.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, D.M. Gibson and C. Marshall. 2014. Aspects of the reproductive
biology of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 66:509-510.
Fogg, A.Q., M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2014. Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish:
distribution and reproductive life history trajectories. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean
Fisheries Institute 66:206-207.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.A. Brewton, R.J. Griffitt and R.S. Fulford. 2014. Impacts of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the reproductive biology of Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion
nebulosus). Pages 231-246 in B.A. Alford, M.S. Peterson and C. Green, eds. Impacts of Oil
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Spill Disasters on Marine Fisheries in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Fulford, R.S., R.J. Griffitt, N.J. Brown-Peterson, H. Perry and G. Sanchez-Rubio. 2014. Impacts of
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, larval settlement in
Mississippi. Pages 247-261 in B.A. Alford, M.S. Peterson and C. Green, eds. Impacts of Oil
Spill Disasters on Marine Fisheries in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and R.T. Leaf. 2014. Age, growth and
reproduction of the Southern Kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus: multivariate comparison
to life history patterns in other sciaenids. Fishery Bulletin 112:178-197.
Flinders, C.A., W.R. Streblow, R.E. Philbeck, D.L. Cook, D.E. Campbell, N.J. Brown-Peterson and
T.S. Gross. 2014. Fathead Minnow response to broad-range exposure of β-sitosterol
concentrations during life cycle testing. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: 33:458-
467.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., C.S. Manning, M. Brouwer and R.G. Griffitt. 2013. The effects of pyrene
exposure on Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegates) reproduction. Journal of
Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 76:842-852.
Bardon-Albaret, A., N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T. Lemus, A. Apeitos and E.A. Saillant. 2013. A
histological study of gametogenesis in captive red snapper Lutjanus campechanus.
Aquaculture Research, 108. doi:10.1111/are.12244.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.R. Hendon. 2013. Notes on the biology of invasive lionfish (Pterois
spp). from the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 25: 117-120.
Stoner, A.W., K.M. Mueller, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.H. Davis and C.J. Booker. 2012. Maturation
and age in queen conch (Strombus gigas): urgent need for changes in harvest criteria.
Fisheries Research 131-133:76-84.
Saillant, E.A., E. Leclercq, A. Bardon-Albaret, B. Sarkisian, A. Apeitos, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T.
Lemus, A. Buentello, C. Pohlenz, and D.M. Gatlin. 2012. Development of aquaculture of the
Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus: Research on larval nutrition. Proceedings of the Gulf
and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 65: 352-356.
Lowe, M.R, W. Wu, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.T. Slack and P.J. Schoefield. 2012.
Survival, growth and reproduction of nonindigenous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). II.
Fundamental niche projections in the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE 7(7): e41580.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041580.
Lang, E.T, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and W.T. Slack. 2012. Seasonally and tidally-driven
reproductive patterns in the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermanm 1892).
Copeia 2012(3):451-459.
Stein, W. III, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.S. Franks and M.T. O’Connell. 2012. Evidence of spawning
capable tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) off the Louisiana coast. Gulf and Caribbean Research
24:75-76.
K. D. Simon, Y. Bakar, A. G. Mazlan, C. C. Zaidi, A. Samat, A. Arshad, S. E. Temple and N. J.
Brown-Peterson. 2012. Aspects of the reproductive biology of two archer fishes Toxotes
chatareus, (Hamilton 1822) and Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas 1767). Environmental Biology of
Fish 93: 491-503.
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Griffitt, R.J., N.J. Brown-Peterson, D.A. Savin, C.S. Manning, I. Boube, R.A. Ryan and M.
Brouwer. 2012. Effects of chronic nanoparticulate silver exposure to adult and juvenile
sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
31:160-167. Doi:10.1002/etc.709.
Kadison, E., R. Nemeth, N. Brown-Peterson, J. Blondeau, T. Smith and J. Calnan. 2011. Yellowfin
grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa): reproductive biology, behavior and conservation of a
large Caribbean grouper. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 63: 157-
160.
Schofield, P.J. M.S. Peterson, M.R. Lowe, N.J. Brown-Peterson and W.T. Slack. 2011. Survival,
growth and reproduction of nonindigenous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus [Linnaeus
1758]). I. Physiological capabilities in various temperatures and salinities. Marine and
Freshwater Research 62:439-449.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., D.M. Wyanski, F. Saborido-Rey, B.J. Macewicz and S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri.
2011. A standardized terminology for describing reproductive development in fishes.
Marine and Coastal Fisheries 3:52-70.
Lowerre-Barbieri, S.K., N.J. Brown-Peterson, H. Murua, J. Tomkiewicz, D.M. Wyanski and F.
Saborido-Rey. 2011. Emerging issues and methodological advances in fisheries reproductive
biology. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 3:32-51.
Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, S.E. LeCroy, J.M. Shaw, J.S. Franks and R.W. Heard. 2011.
A 50 year accomplishment in marine science: A history of the journal published by the Gulf
Coast Research Laboratory. Gulf and Caribbean Research 23:1-12.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., C.S Manning, N.D. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2011. Impacts of cyclic
hypoxia on reproductive and gene expression patterns in the grass shrimp: field vs. laboratory
comparison. Aquatic Sciences-Research Across Boundaries 73: 127-141. Doi:
10.1007/s00027-010-0166-3.
Li, S., A. Pozhitkov, R. Ryan, S. Manning, N. Brown-Peterson and M. Brouwer. 2010. A genome-
wide fish metabolic network model. Genome Biology 11:R115. doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-
11-r115.
Spade, D.J. R.J. Griffitt, L. Liu, N.J. Brown-Peterson, K.J. Kroll, A. Feswick, R.A. Glazer, D.S.
Barber and N.D. Denslow. 2010. Queen conch (Strombus gigas) testis regress during the
reproductive season in the near-shore Florida Keys. PLoS ONE 5(9) e12737. doi:
10.1371.journal.pone.0012737.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., D.M. Wyanski, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, F. Saborido-Rey, J. Tomkiewicz and
B.J. Macewicz. 2010. A standardized terminology for describing reproductive development
in fishes. Pages 224-229 in N.J. Brown-Peterson and D.M. Wyanski, editors. Proceedings of
the 4th Workshop on Gonadal Histology of Fishes. El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937.
Heins, D.C. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2010. Influence of the pseudophyllidean cestode
Schistocephalus solidus on oocyte development in threespine stickleback Gasterosteus
aculeatus. Parasitology 137:1151-1158. doi:10.1017/S0031182009992046
Baumberger, R.E. N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.K. Reed and R.G. Gilmore. 2010. Spawning aggregation
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937
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of Polymixia lowei in a deep-water sinkhole off the Florida Keys. Copeia
2010: 41-46.
Grammer, G.L., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and B.H. Comyns. 2009. Life history of silver
perch Bairdella chrysoura (Lacepède, 1803) in north-central Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Gulf
of Mexico Science 27:62-73.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., K.M. Burns and R.M. Overstreet. 2009. Regional differences in Florida red
snapper reproduction. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 61: 149-
155.
Carter, B.J., R.J. Griffitt, N.J. Brown-Peterson, H.R. Hammers and D.S. Barber. 2009. Size matters:
The outer diameter of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) affects gene expression in
female fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Pages 387-390 In M. Loudon and B.
Romanowicz, eds. Nanotech Conference & Expo 2009, Vol 2, Technical Proceedings -
Nanotechnololgy 2009: Life Sciences, Medicine, Diagnostics, Bio Materials and
Composites. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Sun, P., W.E. Hawkins, R.M. Overstreet and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2009. Morphological deformities
as biomarkers in fish from contaminated rivers in Taiwan. International Journal of Research
and Public Health. 6:2307-2331. doi: 10.3390/ijerph6082307
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and D.C. Heins. 2009. Interspawning interval of wild female threespine
stickleback in Alaska. Journal of Fish Biology. 74:2299-2312. doi:10.1111/j.1095-
8649.2009.02237.
Borton, D.L., D.L. Cook, W.K. Bradley, R.E. Philbeck, M.G. Dubé, N.J. Brown-Peterson and W.R.
Streblow. 2009. Responses of fathead minnows (Pimephelas promelas) during life-cycle
exposures to pulp mill effluents at four long-term receiving water study sites. Integrated
Environmental Assessment and Management 5:270–282.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2008. Do blue marlin spawn
in the northern Gulf of Mexico? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
60:372-378.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., C.S. Manning, V. Patel, N.D. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2008. Effects of
cyclic hypoxia on gene expression and reproduction in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio.
Biological Bulletin 214:6-16.
Brouwer, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, T. Hoexum-Brouwer, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2008.
Changes in mitochondrial gene and protein expression in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes
pugio, exposed to chronic hypoxia. Marine Environmental Research 66:143-145.
Kroll, K.J., R.A. Glazer, G.A. Delgado, D. Barber, P.D. McLellan-Green, N.J. Brown-Peterson and
N.D. Denslow. 2008. Multiple stressors resulting in reproductive failure of queen conch
(Strombus gigas) in the Florida Keys. Marine Environmental Research 66:52-53.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, M.S. Peterson, P. McConney and B. Luckhurst. 2007. Where Do
We Go From Here? A Summary of Issues of Concern and Recommendations developed
during the Panel Discussion of the Large Pelagic Fishes Symposium. Gulf and Caribbean
Research 19(2): 161-162.
Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson and J.S. Franks. 2007. Editorial Comments. Large Pelagic
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Fishes in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: Current Status and Integrated
Management. Gulf and Caribbean Research 19(2): 1-2.
Abarca-Arenas, L., J. Franco-Lopez, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson and V. Valero-Pacheco.
2007. Sociometric analysis of the role of penaeids in the continental shelf food web off
Alvarado coast, Veracruz, based on by-catch. Fisheries Research 87:46-57.
Brouwer, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, V. Patel, N. Denslow, S. Manning and T. Hoexum
Brouwer. 2007. Molecular and whole animal responses of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes
pugio, exposed to chronic hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
341:16-31.
Waggy, G.L, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2006. Evaluation of the reproductive life
history of the Sciaenidae in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: “Greater” versus
“lesser” patterns? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 57: 263-282.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., P. Larkin, N. Denslow, C. King, S. Manning and M. Brouwer. 2005.
Molecular indicators of hypoxia in blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Marine Ecology Progress
Series 288:203-215.
Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2005. Special section on research activities at the Iztacala
campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. Gulf and Caribbean
Research 17(1):121.
Morán-Silva, A., L.A. Martínez-Franco, R. Chávez-López, J. Franc- López, C.M. Bedia-Sánchez, F.
Contreras-Espinosa, F. Gutiérrez-Mendieta, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2005.
Seasonal patterns in hydrology, nutrients and chlorophyll a in the Alvarado lagoonal system,
Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17(1):133-144.
Chávez-López, R., M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, Morales-Gómez, A.A. and J. Franco-
López. 2005. Ecology of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlasoma urophthalmus Günther, in the
Alvarado lagoonal system, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean research 17(1):123-132.
Pelaez-Rodríguez, E., J. Franco-López, W.A. Matamoros, R. Chavez-López and N.J. Brown-
Peterson. 2005. Trophic relationships of demersal fishes in the shrimping zone off Alvarado
LAgoon, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17 (1):157-168.
Brouwer, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, S. Manning, N. Denslow and K. Rose. 2005.
Molecular indicators and organismal effects of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in marine
crustacean. Pp. 267-276 In Estuarine Indicators. (S. Bortone, Ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton,
FL.
Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, N.J. Brown-Peterson and J.L. McDonald. 2004. Reproduction in
nonnative environments: establishment of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, in coastal
Mississippi watersheds. Copeia 2004:842-849.
Marure-Miranda, M.E., J.A. Martínez-Peréz and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004. Reproductive biology
of the opossum pipefish, Microphis brachyurus lineatus, in Tecolutla estuary, Veracruz,
Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:101-108.
Hernandez-Saavedra, R., J.A. Martínez-Peréz, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2004.
Gonadal development and sexual dimorphism of Gobiomorus dormitor from the estuarine
system of Tecolutla, Veracruz. Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:95-100.
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Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004. Introduction of special section on research
activities at the Iztacala campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:77-78.
Delgado, G.A., C.T. Bartels, R.A. Glazer, N. J. Brown-Peterson and K.J. McCarthy. 2004.
Translocation as a strategy to rehabilitate the queen conch (Strombus gigas) population in the
Florida Keys. Fishery Bulletin 102:278-288.
Brouwer, M., P. Larkin, N.J. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2004. Effects
of hypoxia on gene and protein expression in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Marine
Environmental Research 58:787-792
Brouwer, M., T. Hoexum Brouwer, W. Grater and N. Brown-Peterson. 2003. Replacement of a
cytosolic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase by a novel cytololic manganese superoxide
dismutase in crustaceans that use copper (haemocyanin) for oxygen transport. Biochemical
Journal 374:219-228.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2003. The reproductive biology of spotted seatrout. Pp. 99-133 In The
Biology of Seatrout (S. Bortone, Ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., H.J. Grier and R.M. Overstreet. 2002. Annual changes in the germinal
epithelium determine male reproductive classes of cobia, Rachycentron canadum. Journal of
Fish Biology 60: 178-202.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, D.L. Nieland, M.D. Murphy, R.G. Taylor and J.R. Warren.
2002. Reproductive biology of female spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in the Gulf of
Mexico: differences among estuaries? Environmental Biology of Fishes 63:405-415.
Franks, J.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2002. A review: age, growth and reproduction of cobia,
Rachycentron canadum, from U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico and south Atlantic Ocean.
Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 53:553-569.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.W. Warren. 2001. The reproductive biology of spotted seatrout,
Cynoscion nebulosus, along the Mississippi Gulf coast. Gulf of Mexico Science 2001:61-73.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.M. Overstreet, J.M. Lotz, J.S. Franks and K.M. Burns. 2001.
Reproductive biology of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, from coastal waters of the southern
United States. Fishery Bulletin 99:15-28.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.S. Franks. 2001. Aspects of the reproductive biology of tripletail,
Lobotes surinamensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and
Caribbean Fisheries Institute 52:586-597.
Franks, J.S., J.L. Shea, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Griggs and K.M. Larsen. 2001. Attempts to
enhance the contrast of presumed growth marks on sagittal otoliths from wahoo,
Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico and Bimini, Bahamas.
Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 52:577-585.
Brown-Peterson, N. J., J.S. Franks and A.M. Burke. 2000. Preliminary observations on the
reproductive biology of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico
and Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 51:414-427.
Franks, J.S. N. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Griggs. 2000. Potential of the first dorsal spine for
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estimating the age of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico,
with comments on specimens from Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean
Fisheries Institute 51:428-440.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.M. Krol, Y. Zhu and W.E. Hawkins. 1999. N-nitrosodiethylamine
initiation of carcinogenesis in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): hepatocellular
proliferation, toxicity and neoplastic lesions resulting from short term, low level exposure.
Toxicological Sciences: 50:186-194.
Sun, P.L., N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.E. Hawkins, R.M. Overstreet, R.M. Krol, S.H. Tsaio and Y.
Zhu. 1998. Morphological and histological abnormalities in tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) from
two contaminated rivers in southern Taiwan. Environmental Sciences 6:129-152.
Franks, J.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, D.P. Wilson, R.J. Russell and J.K Welker. 1998. Occurrence of
a synchronous hermaphroditic striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, from the northern Gulf of
Mexico. Gulf Research Reports 10:33-39.
Jackson, D.J. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1995. Habitat, accessibility and watershed variables as
they relate to largemouth bass and bluegill in Mississippi’s National Forest impoundments.
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern. Association of Fish and Wildlife
Agencies 49:26-36.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1995. Purification and characterization of a mesohalic
catalase from the halophilic bacterium Halobacterium halobium. Journal of Bacteriology
177(2):378-384.
Salin, M.L. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1995. Purification of superoxide dismutase and a catalase-
peroxidase in a high salt environment. In Archaea: A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, A.R.
Place, L.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreler, S. Das Sarma and E.M. Fleischman, eds. Pp. 101-105,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Plainview, N.Y.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., G.B. Begonia and M.L. Salin. 1995. Alterations in oxidative activity and
superoxide dismutase in Halobacterium halobium in response to aerobic respiratory
inhibitors. Free Radaidcals in Biology and Medicine 18(2):249-256.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., H. Chen and M.L. Salin. 1994. Enhanced superoxide production by
membrane vesicles from Halobacterium halobium in a hyposaline enviroment. Biochemistry
and Biophysical Research Communications 205:1736-1740.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1994. Salt stress in a halophilic bacterium: alterations in
oxidative metabolism and oxy-intermediate scavenging systems. Canadian Journal of
Microbiology 40:1057-1063.
Jackson, D.C., N.J. Brown-Peterson and T.D. Rhine. 1993. Perspectives for rivers and their fishery
resources in the upper Yazoo River basin, Mississippi. pp. 255-265 in Rivers of the
Mississippi River Ecosystem, L.W. Herse, C.B. Stalmakia, N.G. Bensdon and J.R. Zuboy,
eds. Biological Report 19, Natl. Biol. Surv., U.S. Dept. Interior, Washington, D.C.
Salin, M.L. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1993. Dealing with active oxygen intermediates: A
halophilic perspective. Experientia 49:523-530.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1993. Purification of a catalase-peroxidase from
Halobacterium halobium: characterization of some unique properties of the halophilic
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enzyme. Journal of Bacteriology 175:14197-14202.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, D.A. Rydene and R.W.Eames. 1993. Fish assemblages in
natural versus well-established recolonized seagrass meadows. Estuaries 16:177-189.
Peterson, M.S. and N. Brown-Peterson. 1992. Growth under stressed conditions in juvenile
channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) as measured by nucleic acids. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 103A:323-327.
Brown-Peterson, N. and R.W. Eames. 1990. Ichthyofauna associated with spoil islands in the
Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Florida Scientist 53:226-238.
Brown-Peterson, N. and M.S. Peterson. 1990. Comparative life history of female mosquitofish,
Gambusia affinis, in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats. Environmental Biology of
Fish, Vol. 27 (1): 33-41.
Brown-Peterson, N. and P. Thomas. 1988. Differing reproductive characteristics of temperate and
subtropical groups of Cynoscion nebulosus. Contributions in Marine Science, supplement to
Vol. 30:71-78.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., P. Thomas and C. R. Arnold. 1988. Reproductive biology of spotted
seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in south Texas. U.S. Fishery Bulletin 86:373-388.
Middlebrooks, B.L., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P.M. Toom and W.L.Douglas. 1988. Evaluation of
specific binding affinity and biochemical properties of fish eye-lens reagents from seven
teleost species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 90B:721-729.
Thomas, P., N.J. Brown and J.M. Trant. 1987. Plasma levels of gonadal steroids during the
reproductive cycle of female spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Proceedings of 3rd
International Symposium of Reproductive Physiology of Fish, St. Johns, Newfoundland,
Canada, 26 August 1987. D.R. Idler, L.W. Crim and J.M. Walsh. (eds). PUDOC, St. Johns.
p.105.
Thomas, P., N.J. Brown and C.R. Arnold. 1982. Seasonal variations of plasma androgens and
gonad histology in male spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Family: Sciaenidae).
Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on reproductive Physiology of Fish,
Wageningen, The Netherlands, 26 August 1982. C.J.J. Richter and H.J.Th. Goos (Comp.)
PUDOC, Wageningen. p. 111
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks and B.H. Comyns. 2007. Reproductive patterns of tournament-
captured female blue marlin from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst.
58:491. (Presented at the 58th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute,
November 2005).
Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, A.A. Morales-Gomez, R. Chavez-Lopez and J. Franco-Lopez.
2006. Habitat use, feeding and reproduction of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlisoma urophthalmus
Gunther, in the Alvarado Lagoonal system, Veracruz, Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst.
57:1028. (Presented at the 57th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute,
November 2004).
Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson and J. Franco-Lopez. 2005. Getting the word out: English
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language publication of undergraduate student research in Latin America. Proc. Gulf Carib.
Fish. Inst. 56: 819-820. (Presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean
Fisheries Institute, November 2003).
Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, B. H. Comyns, L. A. Hendon, E.R. Hoffmayer, J.R. Hendon and
R.S. Waller. 2004. Aspects of the reproduction of large pelagic fishes in the northern Gulf
of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 55:1016-1017. (Presented at the 55th annual meeting
of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2002).
Chiluiza, D., R.M. Krol, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T. Ogle W.E. Hawkins. 2002. Ontogeny of cultured
larvae of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus with emphasis on development of the digestive
system. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 47:63. (Presented at the 66th
annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, February 2002).
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and W.E. Hawkins. 1998. Cell proliferation in elasmobranch and bony fish
tissues. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 43:22. (Presented at the 62nd
annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, February 1998.)
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and W.E. Hawkins. 1997. Cell proliferation and carcinogenesis following
short-term exposure of diethylnitrosamine in a small fish species. Journal of the Mississippi
Academy of Sciences 42:19. (Presented at the 61st annual meeting of the Mississippi
Academy of Science, February 1997.)
Brown-Peterson, N.J., W.E. Hawkins and R.M. Overstreet. 1997. Assessment of histopathological
biomarkers in blacktip sharks from the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Mississippi
Academy of Sciences 42:59. (Presented at 61st annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy
of Science, February 1997.)
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1995. Purification and characterization of a mesohalic
catalase from Halobacterium halobium. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
40:43. (Presented at 59th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, February
1995.)
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1994. Effects of aerobic respiratory inhibitors on superoxide
dismutase and oxidative activity in Halobacterium halobium. Journal of the Missisisppi
Academy of Science 39:37 (Presented at 58th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of
Science, February 1994)
Butler, T.C., N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.L. Salin. 1994. Alterations of oxidative metabolism by
salt stress in Halobacterium halobium. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 39:37.
(Presented at the 58th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, February
1994.)
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1993. Purification and characterization of a catalase-
peroxidase from Halobacterium halobium. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science
38:31. (Presented at the 57th annual meeting of the Mississppi Academy of Science,
February 1993.)
Thomas, P., N.J. Brown and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Annual and diurnal rhythms of circulating gonadal
steroids in wild-caught mature female spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). American
Zoologist 24:69A. (Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists,
December 1984.)
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Brown, N.J., P. Thomas and C.R. Arnold. 1983. Different life history strategies of the spotted
seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus in a Texas and a Virginia estuary. Estuaries 6:260. (Presented
at the 7th biennial conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, October 1983.)
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2008. Reproductive biology,
potential spawning and nursery areas and larval identification of blue marlin, Makaira
nigricans, in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. In: Proceedings from the Atlantic Billfish
Research Program Symposium, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, GSMFC No.
158: 92-133.
Glazer, R., N. Denslow, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. McClellan-Green, D. Barber, N. Szabo, G.
Delgado, K. Kroll, I. Knoebl and D. Spade. 2008. Anthropogenic effects on queen conch
reproductive development in south Florida. Final Report, EPA grant X7974799-03.
Burns, K.M., N.J. Brown-Peterson and R.M. Overstreet, J. Gannon, P. Simmons, C. Weaver and J.
Sprinkle. 2008. Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Current Minimum Size Regulation for
Selected Reef Fish Based on Release Mortality and Fish Physiology. Final Report
NOAA/NMFS MARFIN Grant # NA17FF2010.
Burns, K.M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, R.M. Overstreet, J.G. Gannon, J.M. Sprinkel, B.D. Robbins, and
C.A. Weaver. 2006. Geographic comparison of age, growth, reproduction, movement, and
survival of red snapper off the state of Florida. Final Report, NOAA/NMFS MARFIN
Grant # NA17FF288. Burns, K.M., B.D. Robbins, N.J. Brown-Peterson and D.R. Gregory, Jr. 2006. Combining a
partnership among researchers, commercial, recreational, and recreational for-hire fishers
with a cooperative tagging program to elucidate the life history and habitat utilization of
select reef fish and coastal pelagic species in the Florida Keys. Final Report,
NMFS/NOAA, CRP grant NA04NMF4540208.
Hawkins, W.E. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1997. Modification of diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-
initiated carcinogenesis in medaka (Oryzias latipes) by test compounds. Project completion
report, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO.
Jackson, D.C., T.D. Rhine and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1992. Riverine fisheries resources
assessments in the Upper Yazoo River Basin. Annual Report, Federal Aid Project F-94-2.
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Jackson, MS.
Jackson, D.C. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1991. Factors influencing stock structure of principal
sport fishes in impoundments located on national forests in Mississippi. Project completion
report, USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Oxford, MS.
Jackson, D.C. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1991. Riverine fisheries resource assessments in the
Upper Yazoo River Basin. Annual Report, Federal Aid Project F-94-1. Mississippi
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Jackson, MS.
Florida Department of Natural Resources. 1990. Indian River Lagoon Spoil Island Management
Plan. Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.W. Eames and G. Burzycki, editors. Florida Department of
Natural Resources, Tallahassee.
GRANTS
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National Marine Fisheries Service, CRP Cooperative Research Program, September 2014-August
2015. $101,286 for “Characterization of Reproductive Biology and Somatic Relationships of Gulf
Menhaden through an Academic, Government, and Industry Partnership” (PI, with Robert Leaf).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, July 2012-June 2015. $546,845 for “Studies of reproductive
biology, feeding ecology and conservation genetics of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacores) in the
northern Gulf of Mexico” (Co-PI, with J. Franks and E. Salliant).
Northern Gulf Institute, March 2011- February 2012. $83,481 for “Impacts of the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill on the Health and Growth of Estuarine Fish and Ecosystem Functionality” (Co-PI,
with R. Fulford and R. Griffitt).
National Marine Fisheries Service, Saltonstall-Kennedy program, August 2009 – January 2014.
$137,983 for “Development of hatchery procedures for aquaculture of the red snapper (Lutjanus
campechanus): investigations on larval nutrition and potential alternative diets” (Co-PI, with E.
Saillant, J. Lemus, D. Gatlin and A. Buentello).
EcoArray, Inc. July 2008 –December 2008. $10,000 for “Histological analysis of fathead minnows
exposed to nanotubules”.
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, January 2005 – March 2008. $215,080 for “Atlantic
billfish research program: reproductive biology, potential spawning and nursery areas and larval
identification of blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, in the north-central Gulf of Mexico” (PI, with J.
Franks and B. Comyns).
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, June 2004 - May 2006. $4,000 for
“Anthropogenic Effects on Queen Conch Reproductive Development in South Florida”.
National Marine Fisheries Service, Cooperative Research Program, June 2004-December 2005
$191,035 for “Combining a partnership among researchers, commercial, recreational, and
recreational-for-hire fishers with a cooperative tagging program to elucidate the life history and
habitat utilization of selected reef fish and coastal pelagic species in the Florida Keys” (Co-PI, with
K.M. Burns, B.D. Robbins and D.R. Gregory).
Harte Research Institute, January - December 2003. $2,000 for “English Language Publication of
Student Research from the Southern Gulf of Mexico” (Co-PI, with M.S. Peterson).
Environmental Defense, January - December 2003. $3,000 for “Jump-starting the Environmental
Careers of Minority Students from the Southern Gulf of Mexico” (Co-PI, with M.S. Peterson).
National Marine Fisheries Service, MARFIN, November 2002-October 2005. $825, 613 for
“Geographic Comparison of Age, Growth, Reproduction, Movement and Survival of Red Snapper
off the State of Florida” (Co-PI, with K. Burns and R. Overstreet).
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, August 2002 - October 2011. $26,830 for “Histopathological Analysis of Fathead Minnow Gonadal Tissues
National Marine Fisheries Service, MARFIN, November 2001-December 2007. “Evaluation of the
Efficacy of Current Minimum Size Regulations for Selected Reef Fish based on Release Mortality
and Fish Physiology” (Co-PI, with K. Burns and R. Overstreet). $359,804
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, September 2001-August 2002. $3,450 for
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“Histological Analysis of Gonadal Tissue from Fathead Minnows” (PI, with W.E. Hawkins)
Tulane University, June 2000-May 2001. $1,180 for “Histological Analysis of Liver Tissues”
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, December 1998-December 1999. $12,000 for
“Histopathological Analysis of Queen Conch Gonadal Tissues from the Florida Keys” (PI, with
W.E. Hawkins).
Florida Inland Navigation District, October 1989-September 1990. $44,000 for "Management of
Indian River Lagoon Spoil Islands" (Co-PI, with K. Cairns)
Florida Inland Navigation District, October 1988-September 1989. $127,840 for "Management of
the Indian River Lagoon and Associated Spoil Islands". (Co-PI, with L. Poolt, P. Mikkelsen and K.
Cairns)
Sport Fishing Institute, July 1979-December 1981. $2,744.00 to study the reproductive biology and
recreational fishery for Cynoscion nebulosus in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. (PI, with J.V. Merriner
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Fisheries Society
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
Gulf Estuarine Research Society
Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Academic Exchange, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICIMAR Research Laboratory, La
Paz, Mexico, February 2014.
Vice Chair, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2013-2015
EXCOM, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2012-2015
SRC Committee member, Mississippi Science and Engineering Fair, 2012- present
EXCOM, Mississippi Chapter American Fisheries Society, 2011-2014
Board of Directors, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2005 – 2017
Editorial Council, CICIMAR-Oceánides, 2010 – present
Local Arrangements Chair, 2012 meeting of Southern Division of American Fisheries
Society (Biloxi, MS)
Co-Chair and member of organizing committee, Gonadal Histology of Fishes Workshops,
2005 (St. Petersburg, FL), 2006 (New Orleans, LA), 2009 (Cadiz, Spain)
Co-editor, Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Gonadal Histology of Fishes, a book of
extended abstracts based on presentations from the 2009 Workshop in Cadiz, Spain.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937, 274 pages.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937
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Co-chair and member of organizing committee for symposium “Large pelagic fishes in the
Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: current status and integrated management”, Gulf and
Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, November 2006
Co-editor, special edition of Gulf and Caribbean Research, highlighting undergraduate
student research at the Iztacala campus of the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico,
2003.
Academic Exchange, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico, Iztacala Campus,
Tlalnepantla, Mexico. October-November 2002, October 2003.
Session chair, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2002, 2004, 2013,
2014; Gulf Estuarine Research Society, 1985; Southern Division American Fisheries Society,
2014.
Student Awards Committee, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2001 – present. Chair of
Committee, 2005 - present
Co-chair, steering committee of 53rd
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2000.
Student paper judge: American Fisheries Society, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation,
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Gulf Estuarine Research Society, American Society
of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Mississippi Chapter of American Fisheries Society,
1999-2015.
Referee, Manuscripts (109): Acta Zoologica, African Journal of Aquatic Sciences,
Aquaculture, Aquatic Toxicology, Biological Conservation, Brazilian Journal of
Morphological Sciences, Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, Bulletin of Marine Science,
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Comparative Biochemistry and
Physiology, Contributions in Marine Science, Copeia, Cybium, Diseases of Aquatic
Organisms, Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, Estuaries/Estuaries and Coasts, Estuarine, Coast and Shelf
Science, Fishery Bulletin, Fisheries Management and Ecology, Fisheries Research, Fisheries
Review, First International Smallmouth Bass Symposium, Gulf and Caribbean Research/Gulf
Research Reports, Gulf of Mexico Science/Northeast Gulf Science, Japanese Society of
Fisheries Science, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Journal of Morphology, Journal of the
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Journal of Sea Research, Journal of
Toxicology and Environmental Health; Marine and Coastal Fisheries, Marine and Freshwater
Research, Marine Biology, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Mutation
Research, North American Journal of Aquaculture, Pakistan Journal of Scientific and
Industrial Research, Progressive Fish Culturist, Transactions of the American Fisheries
Society, Zoological Studies, Zygote. Proposals (5): National Marine Fisheries Service
(Stalston-Kennedy grant program), Delaware Sea Grant, MARFIN, South Carolina Sea
Grant. Since 1991.
PRESENTATIONS
Fogg, A.Q.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2014. Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish:
insights into their reproductive life history. Presented at 67th conference of the Gulf and
Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2014.
Ahrabi-Nejad*, S.M., D.W. Kerstetter, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Blackwelder and D.A. Renegar.
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2014. Reproductive parameters of two coastal pelagic fishes off Southeast Florida: blackfin
tuna, Thunnus atlanticus, and little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus. Presented at 67th
conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2014.
Franks, J.S.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson* and E. Sailent. 2014. Biological data collections—best
practices. Presented at Data Limited Workshop, 67th conference of the Gulf and Caribbean
Fisheries Institute, November 2014.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and J.S. Franks. 2014. Reproductive biology of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus
albacares, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the 94th conference of American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and
Herpetologists), July 2014.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2014. Reproduction of Pelagic fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented
at 22nd
annual meeting of the Southern Division of American Fisheries Society, January
2014.
Griffitt, R.J.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, B. Bailey, M. Krasnec, I. Lipton, R. Takeshita, J. Lipton, and
J.M. Morris. 2013. Exposure to sediment contaminated with Deepwater Horizon oil alters
growth and survival of the Southern Flounder. Presented at the 34th SETAC conference,
November 2013.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks, D.M. Gibson and C. Marshall. 2013. Aspects of the
reproductive biology of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Presented at the 66th conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November
2013.
Fogg, A.Q.*, M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson 2013. Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish:
Distribution and reproductive life history trajectories. Presented at the 66th conference of the
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2013.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, R.A. Brewton, R.J. Griffitt and R.S. Fulford. 2013. Spotted seatrout
reproductive biology impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Presented at 143rd
conference of the American Fisheries Society, September 2013.
Clardy, S.D.*, M.S. Peterson, R.T. Leaf and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2013. Age and growth of the
Southern Kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus, in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Presented
at 143rd
conference of the American Fisheries Society, September 2013.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, M.S. Peterson, R.T. Leaf and S.D. Clardy. 2013. Life history patterns in the
Sciaenidae. Presented at the 93rd
meeting of the American Society for Ichthyologists and
Herpetologists (Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists), July 2013.
Bardon-Albaret*, A. D. Chiluiza, N.J. Brown-Peterson, E. Leclercq, J. Lemus, A. Apeitos, R.
Krol, J. Ogle, W. Hawkins and E. Saillant. 2013. Ontogeny of the digestive system in the red
snapper Lutjanus campechanus. Presented at the Aquaculture 2013 World Aquaculture
Society meeting, February 2013.
Griffitt*, R.J., B. Hedgpeth and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2013. Effects of crude and dispersed oil on
estuarine fish species. Presented at American Association for the Advancement of Science
Conference, February 2013.
Hendon, J.R. and N.J. Brown-Peterson*. 2012. Collection of lionfish (Pterois spp.) from fishery-
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independent sampling in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the 65th meeting of
the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2012.
Saillant, E.A.*, E. Leclercq, A. Bardon-Albaret, B. Sarkisian, A. Apeitos, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T.
Lemus, A. Buentello, C. Pohlenz, and D.M. Gatlin. 2012. Development of aquaculture of
the Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus: Research on larval nutrition. Presented at the 65th
meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2012.
Lowe, M.R.*, M.S. Peterson, W. Wu, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.T. Slack and P.J. Schofield. 2012.
Nile tilapia -- free ranging “aquatic chickens”: Modeling the spread of a non-native species
in the northern Gulf of Mexico under different climate change scenarios. Presented at the
142nd
meeting of the American Fisheries Society, August 2012.
Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson* and M.S. Peterson 2012. Reproduction of Menticirrhus
americanus (Sciaenidae) in the Mississippi Sound. Presented at the 92nd
meeting of the
American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, August 2012.
Griffitt, R.J*., N.J. Brown-Peterson, I. Boube and S. Manning. 2012. Effects of crude and
dispersed oil on estuarine fish species. Presented at 51st Annual Society of Toxicology
Conference, March 2013.
Lowe, M.R.*, W. Wu, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.T. Slack and P.J. Schofield. 2012.
Climate change impacts on the spread of invasive Nile tilapia in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Presented at the 20th meeting of Southern Division of American Fisheries Society, January
2012.
Clardy, S.D.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2012. Reproductive biology of the southern
kingfish within the Mississippi Sound. Presented at the 20th meeting of Southern Division of
American Fisheries Society, January 2012.
Stein, W., III*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.S. Franks and M.T. O’Connell. 2012. The
Louisiana/Mississippi tarpon project—update. Presented at the 20th meeting of Southern
Division of American Fisheries Society, January 2012.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, R.J. Griffitt, I. Boube, C.S. Manning, H. Perry and R.S. Fulford. 2011.
Laboratory exposures to dispersed oil in fish, shrimp and crabs: implications for survival and
growth in oil-impacted estuaries. Presented at the 141st meeting of the American Fisheries
Society, September 2011.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, D.M. Wyanski, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, F. Saborido-Rey, J. Tomkiewicz and
B.J. Macewicz. 2011. Reproductive cycles in southeastern U.S. fishes: Importance of
standardized terminology. Presented at the 19th meeting of Southern Division of American
Fisheries Society, January 2011.
Lang, E.T.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and W.T. Slack. 2011. Seasonal and tidally-driven
reproductive patterns in the saltmarsh topminnow (Fundulua jenkinsi). Presented at the 19th
meeting of Southern Division of American Fisheries Society, January 2011.
Peterson, M.S.*, N. J. Brown-Peterson, J.S. Franks, S.E. LeCroy, J.M. Shaw and R.E. Heard. 2010.
The 50 year history of the “other” Gulf and Caribbean journal. Presented at 63rd
meeting of the
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2010.
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Kadison, E*. R. Nemeth, N. Brown-Peterson, J. Blondeau, T. Smith and J. Calnan. 2010. Yellowfin
grouper (Mycteroperca venemosa): Reproductive biology, behavior and conservation of a large
Caribbean grouper. Presented at 63rd
meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute,
November 2010.
Griffitt, R.J.*, N. Brown-Peterson, R. Ryan, S. Manning and M. Brouwer. 2010. Effects of chronic
nanoparticulate silver exposure to adult and juvenile sheepshead minnow. Presented at
NANO2010 Conference, Clemson, SC, August 2010.
Peterson, M.S.*, M.R. Lowe, W. Wu, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Schofield, and W.T. Slack. 2010.
Model-based projection of Nile tilapia’s (Oreochromis niloticus) invasive ability in coastal
Mississippi. Invited seminar, Gulf & South Atlantic Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive
Species, Gulfport, MS, 27-28 April.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, C.S. Manning, N.D. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2009. Hypoxia-responsive
genes in the grass shrimp: differences between the laboratory and the field. Presented at 20th
biennial conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, November 2009.
Lowe, M.R.*, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W. Wu, P.J. Schofield and W.T. Slack. 2009.
Survival, growth and reproduction of Nile tilapia in saline waters: projected effects of climate
change and sea level rise on the distribution of an invasive species. Presented at 20th biennial
conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, November 2009.
Lang, E.*, M.S, Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson and W.T. Slack. 2009. Characterization of the
spawning season of the saltmarsh topminnow in coastal Mississippi. Presented at 139th
meeting of the American Fisheries Society, August 2009.
Heins, D.C.* and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2009. Influence of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda:
Pseudophyllidea) on the clutch production process of threespine stickleback Gasterosteus
aculeatus. Presented at meeting of American Society of Parasitologists, August 2009.
Brown-Peterson, N.J*. and D.C. Heins. 2009. Effects of a cestode macroparasite on oocyte
recruitment and spawning of Alaskan threespine stickleback. Presented at 89th meeting of
the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 2009.
Brown-Peterson*, N.J., D.M. Wyanski, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, F. Saborido-Rey, J. Tomkiewicz and
B.J. Macewicz. 2009. A standardized terminology for describing reproductive development
in fishes. Keynote presentation, 4th Workshop on Gonadal Histology of Fishes, Cadiz, Spain
June 2009.
Brown-Peterson*, N.J., K.M. Burns and R.M. Overstreet. 2008. Regional differences in Florida red
snapper reproduction. Presented at the 61st meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries
Institute, November 2008.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2008. Reproduction in fishes: more than eggs and sperm. 2008. Invited
seminar, Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, October 15
2008.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2008. Reproductive biology,
potential spawning and nursery areas and larval identification of blue marlin, Makaira
nigricans, in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Invited presentation at the Atlantic Billfish
Research Program Symposium, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting, March
2008.GSMFC No. 158: 92-133.
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Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2007. Do blue marlin spawn
in the northern Gulf of Mexico? Presented at the 60th meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean
Fisheries Institute, November 2007.
Roling, J.A.*, A.E. Pozhitkov, R.A. Ryan, L.A. Hendon, A.J. Dangre, N.J. Brown-Peterson, Y.
Deng, B.J. Carter and M. Brouwer. 2007. Toxicogenomic cDNA library construction for
sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus. Presented at the 28th annual meeting of the
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, November 2007.
Denslow, N.D.*, K.J. Kroll, D. Barber, R.A. Glazer, G.A. Delgado, P.D. McClellan-Green and N.J.
Brown-Peterson. 2007. Reproductive Failure of Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) in the
Florida Keys. Presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, November 2007.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, B.J. Macewicz, F. Saborido-Rey, J. Tomkiewicz and
D.M. Wyanski. 2007. A new and simplified terminology for reproductive classification in
fishes. Presented at the 87th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and
Herpetologists, July 2007 and the 137th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society,
September 2007.
Kroll, K.J.*, R.A. Glazer, G.A. Delgado, D. Barber, P.D. McClellan-Green, N.J. Brown-Peterson
and N.D. Denslow. 2007. Multiple stressors resulting in reproductive failure of queen conch
(Strombus gigas) in the Florida Keys. Presented at PRIMO 14 meeting, April 2007.
Brouwer, M.*, N. Brown-Peterson, T. Brouwer, S. Manning, T. Li and N. Denslow. 2007. Changes
in gene and protein expression in grass shrimp, Paleomonetes pugio, exposed to chronic
hypoxia. Presented at PRIMO 14 meeting, April 2007.
Rose, K.A.*, A. Adamack, S. Sable, C.A. Murphy, P. Thomas, M. Brouwer, N. Brown-Peterson,
A.O. Cheek and C. Cerco. 2007. Modeling the effects of hypoxia on fish. Presented at
Workshop on Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources, Bay St Louis,
Mississippi, March 2007.
Barbieri, L.R., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M. Woods-Jackson, S. K. Lowerre-Barbieri, D.L. Nieland*
and D.M. Wyanski. 2006. A proposal for a standardized classification of ovarian
development classes in teleost fishes. Presented at the 3rd
Workshop on Gonadal Histology,
July 2006.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and D.M. Wyanski. 2006. A proposed ”straw man” reproductive
classification for male teleosts. Presented at the 3rd
Workshop on Gonadal Histology, July
2006.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2006. Reproductive classification of teleosts: consistent terminology for males
and females. Presented at the 3rd
Workshop on Gonadal Histology, July 2006.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, K.M. Burns and R.M. Overstreet. 2006. Swim bladder morphology in red
snapper and red grouper. Presented at 86th annual meeting of the American Society of
Ichthyologist and Herpetologists, July 2006.
Dempster, W.D.*, J.D. Tilley, N.J. Brown-Peterson, G.G. Gray and J.R. Warren. 2006. Preliminary
assessment of age, growth and reproduction of sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, in
the Mississippi Sound and adjacent waters. Presented at the 31st annual meeting of the
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Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, February 2006.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks and B.H. Comyns. 2005. Reproductive patterns of tournament-
captured female blue marlin from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the 58th Gulf
and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2005.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, S. Manning, N. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2005. Cyclic hypoxia affects
gene expression and reproduction in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Presented at the 18th
biennial conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, October 2005.
Franco-López, J.*, L.G. Abarca-Arenas, C. Bedia-Sánchez, A. Morán-Silva, H. Barrera-Escorcia,
Z.S. Carvajal-Fajardo, J.A. Martinez Pérez and N. Brown-Peterson. 2005. Análisis trófico de
ocho especies acompañantes de la pesca de sardina en Playa Barrancas, Veracruz. Presented
at 18th Congreso Nacional de Zoología, October 2005.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2005. Reproductive classification of female teleosts: beyond the fisheries
perspective. Presented at the second Gonadal Histology Workshop, July 2005.
Brown-Peterson*, N.J., J.R. Warren, W. Dempster, G. Gray and J. Tilley. 2005. Reproduction, age
and growth of sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, in Mississippi waters. Presented at
the 85 annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July
2005.
Brouwer, M*., N. Brown-Peterson, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2005. Changes in gene expression
and reproduction in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, in response to chronic and
intermittent hypoxia. Presented at PRIMO 13, May 2005.
Brown-Peterson*, N.J., S. Manning, N. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2005. Molecular and whole-
animal responses of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, to hypoxia. 2005. Presented at Gulf
and Estuarine Research Society meeting, April 2005.
Peterson, M.S.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, A.A Morales-Gomez, R. Chavez-Lopez and J. Franco-
Lopez. 2004. Habitat use, feeding and reproduction of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlosoma
uropthalmus, in the Alvarado Lagoonal System, Veracruz, Mexico. Presented at the 57th Gulf
and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2004
Waggy, G.L.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2004. Evaluation of the reproductive life
history of the Sciaenidae in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: “Greater” versus “lesser”
strategies? Presented at the 57th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2004.
Brouwer, M.*, P. Larkin, N. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and H. Denslow. 2004.
Molecular and organismal indicators of effects of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in
estuarine crustacean. Presented at the 25th annual meeting of SEATAC, November 2004.
Slack, W.T.*, M.S. Peterson, C.M. Woodley, M.A. Dugo, N. Brown-Peterson, C. Vervaeke,
Waggy, J. McDonald, and J. Finley. 2004. Non-indigenous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis
niloticus) in coastal watersheds of southern Mississippi. Gulf of Mexico Regional Panel on
Aquatic Invasive Species, November 2004 [Invited presentation].
Abarca-Arenas, L.G.*, J. Franco-Lopez, M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004.
Sociometric analysis of the role of penaeids in the continental shelf food web off Alvarado
coast, Veracruz, based on by-catcth. Presented at 1st annual CoastFish meeting, October
2004.
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Brouwer, M.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, S. Manning, C. King, T. Li and N. Denslow. 2004. Molecular
and whole-animal indicators of hypoxia in grass shrimp, Paleomonetes pugio. Presented at 4th
Annual Meeting of the EPA STAR EaGLe Program, September 2004
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.R. Warren and G.L. Waggy. 2004. The reproductive biology of female
sand seatrout, Cynoscion arenarius, in Mississippi waters. Presented at the 84th annual
meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, May 2004.
Peterson, M.S.*, W.T. Slack, J.L McDonald and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004. Establishment of the
nonindigenous nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in coastal watersheds of southern
Mississippi. Presented at the 84th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists, May 2004.
Brouwer, M.* P. Larkin, N. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2003.
Molecular Indicators of Hypoxic Stress in Estuarine Crustacea. Presented at 3rd
Annual
Meeting of the EPA STAR EaGLe Program, December 2003.
Brown-Peterson*, N.J., M.S. Peterson and J. Franco-Lopez. 2003. Getting the word out: English-
language publication of undergraduate student research in Latin America. Presented at the
56th annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2003.
Brouwer, M*. N. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, C. King, S. Manning, Tiandao Li and N. Denslow.
2003. Molecular indicators of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in marine crustacea.
Presented at 24th annual meeting of SEATAC, November 2003.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2003. Biología reproductiva de peces con desolve multiples en el Golfo de
Mexico.. Invited seminar, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Iztacala campus,
October 2003.
Brouwer, M.*, N. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2003.
Molecular indicators of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in marine crustacea. Estuarine
Indicators Workshop, October 2003, Sanibel, FL.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, M. Brouwer, P. Larkin, C. King, C.S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2003.
Molecular indicators of hypoxic and cyclic dissolved oxygen stress in blue crab, Callinectes
sapidus. Presented at 17th Biennial conference of the Estuarine Research Federation,
September 2003.
Waggy, G.L.*, M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2003. Aspects of early life history and
reproduction of silver perch, Bairdiella chrysoura, from north-central Gulf of Mexico
estuaries. Presented at 17th Biennial conference of the Estuarine Research Federation,
September 2003.
Brouwer, M.*, P. Larkin, N. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2003. Effects
of hypoxia on gene and protein expression in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Presented at
12th annual PRIMO meeting, May 2003.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns, L.A. Hendon, E.R. Hoffmeyer, J.R. Hendon and
R.S. Waller. 2002. Aspects of the reproduction of large pelagic fishes in the northern Gulf
of Mexico. Presented at 55th annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2002.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and D.C. Heins. 2002. Spawning periodicity of female threespine
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stickleback, Gasteroestus aculeatus in two Alaskan lakes. Presented at 82nd
annual meeting
of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 2002.
Chiluiza, D.*, R.M. Krol, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T. Ogle W.E. Hawkins. 2002. Ontogeny of
cultured larvae of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus with emphasis on development of the
digestive system. Presented at annual meeting of Aquaculture America 2002, January 2002.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, R. Riedel and B. Costa-Pierce. 2001. Preliminary analysis of Sciaenid
reproduction in the Salton Sea, California. Presented at the 16th Biennial Conference of the
Estuarine Research Federation, November 2001.
Chiluiza, D.*, R.M. Krol, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T. Ogle W.E. Hawkins. 2001. Ontogenia de
larvas cultivadas de pargo rojo (Lutjanus campechanus) con enfasis en el desarrollo del tracto
digestivo. Presented at 6th Ecuadorian Aquaculture Conference and 5
th Latin American
Aquaculture Conference & Exposition, October 2001.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2000. Reproductive biology of cobia in the Gulf of Mexico. Presented at
annual meeting of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council, November 2000.
Franks, J.R.* and N.J. Brown-Peterson*. 2000. A review of age, growth, and reproduction of
cobia, Rachycentron canadum, from U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.
Presented at the 53rd
meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2000.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, R.M. Overstreet, J.S. Franks and J.M. Lotz. 2000. Final oocyte maturation:
an alternative method for determining fecundity in multiple spawning fishes. Presented at the
80th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 2000.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, H. Grier and R.M. Overstreet. 2000. Reproductive classes in male cobia
(Rachycentron canadum) defined by changes in the germinal epithelium. Presented at the
80th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 2000.
McCarthy, K*, C. Bartels, N. Brown-Peterson, M. Darch and R. Glazer. 2000. Reproductive failure
of nearshore queen conch, Strombus gigas, in the Florida Keys. Presented at the annual
Benthic Ecology Meetings, April 2000.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and J.R., Warren. 2000. The reproductive biology of spotted seatrout,
Cynoscion nebulosus, in Mississippi waters. Presented at annual meeting of the Mississippi
Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, February 2000.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and J.S. Franks. 1999. Aspects of the reproductive biology of tripletail,
Lobotes surinamensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the 52nd
annual meeting
of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 1999.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, D.L. Nieland, M.D. Murphy, R.G. Taylor, and J.R. Warren. 1999.
Reproductive biology of spotted seatrout in the northern Gulf of Mexico: differences among
estuaries? Presented at the 15th biennial meeting of the Estuarine Research Federaton,
September 1999.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.R. Lotz, R.M. Overstreet and K.M. Burns. 1999. Reproductive biology of
female cobia, Rachycentron canadum, in the southeastern United States. Presented at the 79th
annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 1999.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks and A.M. Burke. 1998. Preliminary observations on the
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reproductive biology of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico
and Bimini, Bahamas. Presented at the 51st meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries
Institute, November 1998.
Franks, J.S.*, N. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Griggs. 1998. Potential of the first dorsal fin spine for
estimating the age of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico,
with comments on specimens from Bimini, Bahamas. Presented at the 51st. Meeting of the
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 1998.
Hawkins, W.E*., N.J. Brown-Peterson, Y. Zhu and R.A. Krol. 1998. Concentration-related
induction in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) of hepatic cellular proliferation and
carcinogenesis following short-term exposure to N-nitrosodiethylamine. Presented at the 3rd
International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health, August 1998.
Sun*, P.L., R.M. Overstreet, W.E.Hawkins, T.Tsai and N. Brown-Peterson. 1998. Morphological
abnormalities in tilapia and other native fish species form southern Taiwan contaminated
rivers. Presented at the triennial meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, February 1998.
Brown-Peterson, N.J*. and J.S. Franks. 1998. A synchronous hermaphroditic striped mullet: to be
male of female. Presented at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American
Fisheries Society, January 1998.
Franks, J.S*. and N. Brown-Peterson. 1998. Preliminary examination of age and reproduction of
wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the
annual meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, January 1998.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, W.E. Hawkins, P.L. Sun and R.M. Overstreet. 1997. Cell proliferation in
teleost and elasmobranch tissues. Presented at the 77th conference of the American Society
of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 1997.
Sun, P., N. Brown-Peterson, R. Overstreet and W. Hawkins*. 1996. Studies on contamination
effects in tilapia from southern Taiwan rivers. Presented at the 17th annual meeting of the
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, November 1996.
Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, W.E. Hawkins and R.M. Overstreet. 1996. Assessment of
histopathological biomarkers in blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, from the Gulf of
Mexico. Presented at the 76th conference of the American Society of Ichthyologists and
Herpetologists, June 1996.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin*. 1992. A Halobactrium halaobium catalase-peroxidase with
unique properties. Presented at the annual meetings of the South central American Society
for Microbiology and mid-south biochemists, November 1992.
Brown-Peterson, N*. and D.C. Jackson. 1991. Stock structure of sport fishes in National Forest
impoundments in Mississippi. Presented at the 121st conference of the American Fisheries
Society, September 1991.
Brown-Peterson, N. J*. and D.C. Jackson. 1991. Predicting relative abundance and stock structure
of largemouth bass and bluegill in National Forest impoundments in Mississippi. Presented
at the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, February 1991.
Brown-Peterson, N.J*. and J.W. Beever. 1989. Dredge spoil islands and wetland plant
communities: A case study in the Indian River Lagoon. Presented at 10th Biennial
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conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, October 1989.
Brown-Peterson, N.J*., R.W Eames and D.A. Rydene. 1989. Does the presence of islands influence
seagrass meadow fish assemblages? Presented at the 69th conference of the American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists June 1989.
Brown-Peterson, N*. and K. Cairns. 1989. Native vegetation on man-made spoil islands in the
Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Presented at Florida Native Plant Society meeting, May 1989.
Brown-Peterson, N.*, R. Eames and P.S. Mikkelsen. 1988. Ichthyofauna associated with spoil
islands in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Presented at the 68th conference of the American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists June 1988.
Brown-Peterson, N*. and M.S. Peterson. 1987. Comparative reproductive life history of Gambusia
affinis in tidal freshwater and low salinity habitats. Presented at the 9th Biennial Estuarine
Research Federation meeting, October 1987.
Brown, N.J*. and P. Thomas. 1986. A rapid method to detect final oocyte maturation and
spawning readiness in fish: results in Cynoscion nebulosus. Presented at the 66th
conference of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 1986.
Brown, N.J. 1986. The reproductive biology and physiology of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion
nebulosus, in south Texas. Invited seminar presented at the University of Southern
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, February 1986.
Thomas, P*., N.J. Brown and C.R. Arnold. 1985. Ovarian steroid secretion during the ovarian
cycle of a multiple spawning fish, Cynoscion nebulosus. Presented at the 10th International
Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, July 1985.
Brown, N.J*., P. Thomas and C. R. Arnold. 1985. Oocyte maturation and fecundity in Cynoscion
nebulosus (Sciaenidae), a serial spawning fish. Presented at the 65th conference of the
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists June 1985.
Brown, N.J*., P. Thomas and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Gonadal cycle of male spotted seatrout,
Cynoscion nebulosus, in Redfish Bay, Texas. Presented at Gulf Estuarine Research Society
meeting, October 1984.
Thomas, P*., N.J. Brown and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Diurnal rhythms of circulating gonadal steroids
in female spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) during the spawning season. Presented at
the 114th conference of the American Fisheries Society, August 1984.
Brown, N.J*., P. Thomas and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Reproductive biology of the female spotted
seatrout, Cynsocion nebulosus, in a south Texas embayment. Presented at the 64th
conference of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 1984.
Gourley, J.G*. and N.J. Brown. 1984. Observations on diurnal and spatial habitat partitioning
among fishes along the edge of a tropical Thalassia testudinum meadow. Presented at the
64th conference of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 1984.
Tucker, N.J.B. 1981. Reproductive biology of the spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in
Chesapeake Bay area. Presented at Gulf Estuarine Research Society meeting, May 1981.
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SPECIAL SKILLS
Comprehensive knowledge and experience with histology, immunohistochemistry,
radioimmunoassays, enzyme immunoassays, enzyme assays, protein purification, tissue
culture, production of monoclonal antibodies, DNA/RNA isolation, purification and cloning
Extensive experience with statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, SYSTAT), computer graphics (PowerPoint,
SigmaPlot).
Proficient in small boat handling
SCUBA diving (NAUI, PADI, YMCA; 60 hours experience)
Excellent reading, writing, speaking and translation knowledge of Spanish
REFERENCES
Dr. Marius Brouwer, Professor Emeritus
Department of Coastal Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
336-951-7193
Dr. Robert J. Griffitt, Assistant Professor
Department of Coastal Sciences,
The University of Southern Mississippi
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
228-872-4294
Dr. Robin Overstreet, Professor
Department of Coastal Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
228-872-4243
Dr. Peter Thomas, Professor
Department of Marine Science,
The University of Texas at Austin Marine
Science Institute
750 Channel View Dr.
Port Aransas, TX 78373
361-749-6768
mailto:[email protected]