Biosketch: Edward D. Houde earned his PhD in fishery science from Cornell University in 1968. Dr. Houde is Professor in the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. His research interests include fisheries science and management, larval fish ecology, and fisheries oceanography. Dr. Houde has served previously as Director of NSF�s Biological Oceanography Program. He is the recipient of the Beverton (Fisheries Society of the British Isles) and Sette (American Fisheries Society) Awards for career achievement, and is a Fellow of the AAAS. Dr. Houde is an elected National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences. He has served on numerous committees and panels, including the National Research Council�s Ocean Studies Board, ICES Living Resources Committee, the NMFS Ecosystem Principles Advisory Panel, and as Chair of the Ocean Studies Board�s Committee on Marine Protected Areas. He was appointed U.S. Delegate to ICES in 2006.�

Timeline 1980-Present Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD. 1983-1985 Program Director, Biological Oceanography Program, Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (On leave of absence from the University of Maryland, September, 1983 - September, 1985) 1977-1980 Professor, Division of Biology and Living Resources, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, FL. 1974-1977 Associate Professor, Division of Biology and Living Resources, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, FL .1971-1974 Assistant Professor, Division of Biology and Living Resources, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, FL. 1970-1971 Research Scientist, Division of Biology and Living Resources, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, FL. 1968-1970 Fishery Research Biologist, Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory, US Bureau of Commercial Fisheries [now the National Marine Fisheries Service], Miami, FL.

SELECTED EARLY PUBLICATIONS (prior to 1997; see CV on my website for recent publications)

E. D. HOUDE Houde, E. D. 1974. Effects of temperature and delayed feeding on growth and survival of larvae of three species of subtropical marine fishes. Marine Biology 26:271-285.

Houde, E. D. 1977. Abundance and potential yield of the round herring, Etrumeus teres, and aspects of its early life history in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 75:61-89.

Houde, E. D. 1978. Critical food concentrations for larvae of three species of subtropical marine fishes. Bulletin of Marine Science 28:395-411.

Houde, E. D. and R. C. Schekter. 1980. Feeding by marine fish larvae: developmental and functional responses. Environmental Biology of Fishes 5:315-334.

Houde, E. D. 1981. Distribution and abundance of four types of codlet (Pisces: Bregmacerotidae) larvae from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Biological Oceanography 1:81-104.

Houde, E. D. and R. C. Schekter. 1983. Oxygen uptake and comparative energetics among eggs and larvae of three subtropical marine fishes. Marine Biology 72:283-293.

Houde, E. D. and J. D. Alpern-Lovdal. 1985. Patterns of variability in ichthyoplankton occurrence and abundance in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 20:79-103.

Houde, E. D., S. Almatar, J. C. Leak and C. E. Dowd. 1986. Ichthyoplankton abundance and diversity in the western Arabian Gulf. Kuwait Bulletin of Marine Science 8:107-393.

Houde, E. D. 1987. Fish early life dynamics and recruitment variability. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 2:17-29.

Bailey, K. M. and E. D. Houde. 1989. Predation on eggs and larvae of marine fishes and the recruitment problem. Advances in Marine Biology 25:1-83.

Houde, E. D. 1989. Subtleties and episodes in the early life of fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 35(Supplement A):29-38.

Houde, E. D. 1989. Comparative growth, mortality and energetics of marine fish larvae: temperature and implied latitudinal effects. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 87:471-495.

Monteleone, D. M. and E. D. Houde. 1990. Influence of maternal size on survival and growth of striped bass, Morone saxatilis, eggs and larvae. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 140:1-11.

Cowan, J. H., Jr. and E. D. Houde. 1992. Size-dependent predation on marine fish larvae by ctenophores, scyphomedusae and planktivorous fish. Fisheries Oceanography 1:113-126.

Houde, E. D. and E. S. Rutherford. 1993. Recent trends in estuarine fisheries: predictions of fish production and yield. Estuaries 16:161-176.

Houde, E. D. and C. E. Zastrow. 1993. Ecosystem- and taxon-specific dynamics and energetics properties of larval fish assemblages. Bulletin of Marine Science 53:290-335.

Houde, E. D. 1994. Differences between marine and freshwater fish larvae: implications for recruitment. ICES Journal of Marine Science 51:91-97.

Secor, D. H., E. D. Houde and D. M. Monteleone. 1995. A mark-release experiment on larval striped bass Morone saxatilis in a Chesapeake Bay tributary. ICES Journal of Marine Science 52:87-101.

Wang, S.-B. and E. D. Houde. 1995. Distribution, relative abundance, biomass and production of bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli in the Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 121:27-38.

Cowan, J. H., Jr., E. D. Houde and K. A. Rose. 1996. Size-dependent vulnerability of marine fish larvae to predation: an individual-based numerical experiment. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53:23-37.

Houde, E. D. 1996. Evaluating stage-specific survival during the early life of fish. pp. 51-66, In: Watanabe, Y., Y. Yamashita and Y. Oozeki (eds.). Survival strategies in early life stages of marine resources. Balkema, Rotterdam.

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Teaching Activities I teach a graduate course in 'Fisheries Science and Management,' (MEES 682) that broadly covers topics that range from ocean productivity and its relationship to fisheries production, to issues of fisheries management on regional, national and global scales. The 3-credit course is taught in even years during the fall semester; typical enrollment has been 10-20 students over the past decade.

I also participate with other faculty in a 1-credit 'Fisheries Seminar' that is offered in the fall semester on an annual basis. Topics range broadly but typically focus on an issue of current concern in fisheries science/management.

With Professor John Olney (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) I teach a 3-credit course in Early Life History of Marine Fishes (MEES 698F).� This graduate course has been taught recently during a 20-day period in summer on the campus of the University of New England, Biddeford, ME.� The course broadly covers systematics, larval identification, early-life ecology, population dynamics and recruitment theory. ��

Graduate Student Advising: I typically have 3-5 graduate students under my supervision who are seeking either M.S. or PhD degrees. Thesis topics range from focused studies on aspects of larval fish ecology to integrated research on estuarine/oceanographic processes and their effects on fish production and recruitment in Chesapeake Bay and coastal ecosystems.

Research:� See my website for descriptions of recent and ongoing projects.�

My research focuses on factors that contribute to reproductive success in marine and estuarine fishes and contribute to variability in recruitment.�

The NSF-funded BITMAX project is an integrated, multi-disciplinary program on the estuarine turbidity maximum region of Chesapeake Bay.� The ETM, at the salt-fresh interface in upper Chesapeake Bay, is a critical feature supporting reproduction and recruitment of anadromous fishes (striped bass, white perch, shads, river herrings).� The project evaluates physical and biological coupling in the ETM, and includes a number of contributing scientists: physicists, microbiologists, primary production experts, zooplankton ecologists, fish ecologists, modelers.

Forage Fishes:� Four projects on forage fishes and their reproductive biology and recruitment mechanisms are underway in 2007.� Forage fishes (bay anchovy, Atlantic menhaden) and their recruitment success have declined in Chesapeake Bay in recent decades.� Causes of the decline are not clear.� We are estimating growth and survival rates, larval ingress into Chesapeake Bay, and levels of production relative to environmental factors, including primary production variability.