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SCIENTIFIC  PUBLICATIONS

Selected Publications

Olsen, N. A., and B. G. Stevens. 2020. Size at Maturity, Shell Conditions, and Morphometric Relationships of Male and Female Jonah Crabs Cancer borealis in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.

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Stevens, Bradley G. 2020. The ups and downs of traps: environmental impacts, entanglement, mitigation, and the future of trap fishing for crustaceans and fish, ICES Journal of Marine Science. fsaa135, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa135

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Cullen, D.W. and Stevens, B.G. 2020. A brief examination of underwater video and hook-and-line gears for sampling black sea bass (Centropristis striata) simultaneously at 2 Mid-Atlantic sites off the Maryland coast. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci., 51: 1–13. doi.org/10.2960/J.v51.m725.

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Martínez Rivera, S., and B. G. Stevens. 2020. Embryo development and fecundity of red deep-sea crab, Chaceon quinquedens (Smith, 1879), in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, determined by image analysis. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40(3):230-236. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa017.

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Martínez-Rivera, S., W. C. Long, and B. G. Stevens. 2020. Physiological and behavioral sexual maturity of female red deep-sea crabs Chaceon quinquedens (Smith, 1879) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Geryonidae) in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40(3):330-340. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa007.

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Cruz-Marrero, W., C. A. Harms-Tuohy, R. Appeldoorn, and B. G. Stevens. 2020. Comparison of video camera sled with diver surveys for queen conch Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) density estimates in the west coast of Puerto Rico. Bulletin of Marine Science doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0087

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Wenker, R. P., and B. G. Stevens. 2020. Sea whip coral Leptogorgia virgulata in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Colony complexity, age, and growth. PeerJ 8:e8372.
 

Schweitzer, C. C., and B. G. Stevens. 2019. The importance of soft coral sea whips (Leptogorgia sp.) to fish abundance on artificial reefs in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. PeerJ 7:e7277.

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Cruz-Marrero, W., D. W. Cullen, N. R. Gay, and B. G. Stevens. 2019. Characterizing the benthic community in Maryland’s offshore wind energy areas using a towed camera sled: Developing a method to reduce the effort of image analysis and community description. PLoS ONE 14(5):e0215966.

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Schweitzer, C.C., R. N. Lipcius, and B. G. Stevens. 2018. Impacts of fish traps on essential fish habitat. ICES Journal of Marine Science :fsy109-fsy109.

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Cullen, D. W., and B. G. Stevens. 2017. Application of systematic adaptive cluster sampling for the assessment of black sea bass Centropristis striata abundance. Fisheries Science. DOI: 10.1007/s12562-017-1116-y

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Cullen, D. W., and B. G. Stevens. 2017. Use of an underwater video system to record observations of black sea bass in waters off the coast of Maryland. Fishery Bulletin 115:408-418. DOI: 10.7755/FB.115.3.10

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Cullen, D. and B. G. Stevens.  2017. Video Examination of Black Sea Bass Trap Catches in Relation to Soak Time in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.  N. Amer. J. Fish. Manag. 37: 9-15. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2016.1235630.

 

Stevens, B. G., and B-J. Peemoeller. 2016. Sex differences in growth of channeled whelks from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, during one or two years at liberty.  Marine and Coastal Fisheries 8: 462–475. 

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Stevens, B. G., and V. Guida. 2016.  Depth and temperature distribution, morphometrics, and sex ratios of red deepsea crab (Chaceon quinquedens) at 4 sampling sites in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Fishery Bulletin 114: 343:359.

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Peemoeller, B-J., and B. G. Stevens. 2013.  Age, Size, and Sexual Maturity of Channeled Whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus) in Buzzards, Bay, MA.  Fishery Bulletin, 111: 265-278.

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Stevens, B. G.  2012. Feeding rate of juvenile red king crabs, Paralithodes camtschaticus, in the laboratory: Effects of temperature, size, molting, and feeding frequency. Polar Biology 35:1791-1799. 

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Stevens, B. G. 2012. Growth of juvenile red king crabs, Paralithodes camtschaticus, through sequential molts in the laboratory. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32(2):215-222.

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Stevens, B. G. 2009.  Effects of epizootic shell disease on American lobsters, Homarus americanus  determined using a quantitative disease index. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 88:25-34.

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Stevens, B. G., K. M. Swiney, and C. L. Buck. 2008. Thermal effects on embryo development and hatching for blue king crab Paralithodes platypus held in the laboratory, and a method for predicting dates of hatching.  Journal of Shellfish Research 27:1255-1263.

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Stevens, B. G., S. Persselin, and J. Matweyou. 2008. Survival of blue king crab larvae, Paralithodes platypus, in cultivation: Effects of diet, temperature, and density. Aquaculture Research 39: 390-397.

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Stevens, B. G. and K. M. Swiney. 2007. Growth of female red king crabs Paralithodes camtshaticus during pubertal, primiparous, and multiparous molts. Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin 12(2): 263-270.

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Stevens, B. G., and K. Swiney. 2007. Hatch timing, incubation period, and reproductive cycle for primiparous and multiparous red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815). Journal of Crustacean Biology 27(1): 37-48.

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Stevens, B. G.  2006. Embryonic development and morphometry in the blue king crab, Paralithodes platypus, studied by image and cluster analysis. Journal of Shellfish Research 25(2):569-576.

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Stevens, B. G., and K. M. Swiney.  2005. Post-settlement effects of habitat type and predator size on cannibalism of glaucothoe and juveniles of red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 321(1):1-11.

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Stevens, B. G. 2003. Settlement, substrate preference, and survival of red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815) glaucothoe on natural substrates in the laboratory. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 283:63-78.

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Stevens, B. G., I. Vining, S. Byersdorfer, and W. E. Donaldson. 2000.  Ghost fishing of Tanner crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi) at Kodiak Alaska: Pot density and catch per trap as determined by sonar, submersible, and pot recovery.  Fish Bull.  98:389-399.

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Stevens, B. G., and J. Kittaka. 1998.  Postlarval settling behavior, substrate preference, and time to metamorphosis for the red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus).  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 167:197-206.

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Stevens, B. G., J. A. Haaga, and W. E. Donaldson.  1994.  Aggregative mating of Tanner crabs Chionoecetes bairdi.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 51:1273-1280.

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Book Chapters

Stevens, B. G., and T. J. Miller. 2020. Crab Fisheries. G. A. Lovrich, and M. Thiel, editors. The Natural History of the Crustacea, Vol. 9, Chapter 2, pp 21-53. Oxford University Press.

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Stevens, B. G. 2014. Biology and ecology of juvenile king crabs. pp 261-284. In B. G. Stevens (ed.) King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton, FL. [Chapter 9]

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Stevens, B. G. 2014. Development and biology of king crab larvae. pp 233-260. In B. G. Stevens (ed.) King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton, FL. [Chapter 8]

 

Stevens, B. G. 2014. Embryo development and hatching of king crabs. pp 211-232. In B. G. Stevens (ed.) King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton, FL. [Chapter 7]

 

Stevens, B. G. 2014. Future of king crabs. pp 583-594. In B. G. Stevens (ed.) King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton, FL. [Chapter 19]

 

Stevens, B. G. 2014. Impacts of fishing on king crabs: Bycatch, injuries, and mortality. pp 363-402. In B. G. Stevens (ed.) King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton, FL. [Chapter 12]

 

Stevens, B. G., A. Dunham, J. Kittaka, N. Kovatcheva, S. Persselin, and G. v. d. Meeren. 2014. Aquaculture and stock enhancement of king crabs. pp 403-448. In B. G. Stevens (ed.) King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton, FL. [Chapter 13]

 

Stevens, B. G., and S. C. Jewett. 2014. Growth, molting, and feeding of king crabs. pp 315-362. In B. G. Stevens (ed.) King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton, FL. [Chapter 11]

 

Stevens, B. G., and G. A. Lovrich. 2014. King Crabs of the World: Species and Distributions. pp 1-30. In B. G. Stevens (ed.) King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton, FL. [Chapter 1]

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