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Hernandez CV- Page 1 Frank Joseph Hernandez, Jr. Curriculum Vitae CONTACT INFORMATION Division of Coastal Sciences School of Ocean Science and Technology University of Southern Mississippi 703 East Beach Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564 Phone: 228.818.8800 Email: [email protected] Web: www.hernandezfishecologylab.com PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 2001 Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences (minor in Statistics) 1996 M.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Marine Biology 1993 B.S., Louisiana State University, Zoology POSITIONS HELD 2012-present Assistant Professor, Division of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi 2007-12 Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama 2006-12 Research Senior Marine Scientist, Dauphin Island Sea Lab 2004-06 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Mentor: Dr. Sean Powers 2002-04 Postdoctoral Fellow, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory, Mentor: Dr. Jon Hare WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING 2012 Analysis of Multivariate Data from Ecology and Environmental Science, using PRIMER v6 Workshop. 8-12 October 2012. St. Petersburg, FL. 2009 Introduction to R for Fisheries Scientists Workshop, American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. 30 August 2009. Nashville, TN. 2005 Larval Fish Taxonomic Workshop, Southeast Regional Taxonomic Center. 11-14 January 2005. Charleston, SC. 2003 Advanced Programming Techniques in MATLAB course, Mathworks. 15-16 April 2003. Mobile, AL 2002 MATLAB Fundamentals & Programming Techniques course (2 days), Mathworks. January 2002. Raleigh, NC. 2002 MATLAB for Signal Processing course (1 day), Mathworks. January 2002. Raleigh, NC. 1993 Larval Fish Taxonomic Workshop, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory (4 days). October 1993. Beaufort, NC.

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Frank Joseph Hernandez, Jr. Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT INFORMATION Division of Coastal Sciences

School of Ocean Science and Technology

University of Southern Mississippi

703 East Beach Drive

Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Phone: 228.818.8800

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.hernandezfishecologylab.com

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION

2001 Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences (minor in Statistics)

1996 M.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Marine Biology

1993 B.S., Louisiana State University, Zoology

POSITIONS HELD

2012-present Assistant Professor, Division of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi

2007-12 Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama

2006-12 Research Senior Marine Scientist, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2004-06 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Mentor: Dr. Sean Powers

2002-04 Postdoctoral Fellow, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory, Mentor: Dr. Jon Hare

WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING

2012 Analysis of Multivariate Data from Ecology and Environmental Science, using PRIMER v6

Workshop. 8-12 October 2012. St. Petersburg, FL.

2009 Introduction to R for Fisheries Scientists Workshop, American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting.

30 August 2009. Nashville, TN.

2005 Larval Fish Taxonomic Workshop, Southeast Regional Taxonomic Center. 11-14 January

2005. Charleston, SC.

2003 Advanced Programming Techniques in MATLAB course, Mathworks. 15-16 April 2003. Mobile,

AL

2002 MATLAB Fundamentals & Programming Techniques course (2 days), Mathworks. January 2002.

Raleigh, NC.

2002 MATLAB for Signal Processing course (1 day), Mathworks. January 2002. Raleigh, NC.

1993 Larval Fish Taxonomic Workshop, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory (4 days). October 1993.

Beaufort, NC.

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RESEARCH

PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS (Mentored: $postdoc; #graduate student; *undergraduate/technician)

In review

Greer, A.T., A.M. Shiller, J.D. Wiggert, S.M. Parra, S.J. Warner, D. Joung, A.L. Deary$, C. Briseño-

Avena, A.D. Boyette, I.M. Soto, M.K. Cambazoglu, J.W. Krause, B. Dzwonkowski, S. Dykstra, J.A.

Kastler, L. Hode, U. Nwankwo, L. Quas, S. O'Brien, T.N. Miles, P.J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Lau, E.E. Hofmann,

M.S. Dinniman, K.M. Martin, S.D. Howden, J.N. Moum, F.J. Hernandez, I. Church, J.W. Book, A.D.

Weidemann, R.A. Arnone, S. Sponaugle, R.K. Cowen, G.A. Jacobs and W.M. Graham. In review.

CONCORDE: An interdisciplinary approach toward improved understanding of river-dominated coastal

oceans. Oceanography

D'Ambra, I., W.M. Graham, R.H. Carmichael and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. In review. Dietary overlap

between scyphomedusae and forage fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series

In press

Greer, A.T., C. Briseño-Avena, A.L. Deary$, M.K. Cambazoglu, I.M. Soto, G.A. Jacobs, F.J.

Hernandez, R.K. Cowen and W.M. Graham. In press. Associations between lobster phyllosoma and

gelatinous zooplankton in relation to oceanographic properties in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fisheries

Oceanography

Published

Dzwonkowski, B., A. Greer, C. Briseno-Aveno, J. Krause, I. Soto Ramos, F. Hernandez, A. Deary$, J.

Wiggert, D. Joung, P. Fitzpatrick, S. O’Brien, S. Dykstra, Y. Lau, M. Cambazoglu, G. Lockridge, S.

Howden, A. Shiller, and W.M. Graham. 2017. Estuarine influence on biogeochemical properties of the

Alabama shelf during the fall season. Continental Shelf Research. 140:96-109.

DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2017.05.001. LINK

Korsman#, B.M., M.E. Kimball and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2017. Spatial and temporal variability in

ichthyoplankton communities ingressing through two adjacent inlets along the southeastern US Atlantic

coast. Hydrobiologia. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3131-5. LINK

Ransom#, J.T, J.E. Filbrun$ and F.J. Hernandez. 2016. Condition of larval Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorus maculatus in relation to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress

Series 558:143-152. DOI: 10.3354/meps11880. LINK

Hernandez, F.J., J.E. Filbrun$, J. Fang* and J.T. Ransom#. 2016. Condition of larval Red

Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) relative to environmental variability and the Deepwater Horizon

oil spill. Environmental Research Letters 11:094019. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094019. PDF

Hu, C., R. Hardy, E. Ruder, A. Geggel, L. Feng, S. Powers, F. Hernandez, G. Graettinger, J. Bodnar and

T. McDonald. 2016. Sargassum coverage in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico during 2010 from Landsat

and airborne observations: Implications for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact assessment. Marine

Pollution Bulletin 107(1):15-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.04.045. LINK

Robinson, K.L., J.J. Ruzicka, F.J. Hernandez, W.M. Graham, M.B. Decker, R.D. Brodeur and M. Sutor.

2015. Evaluating energy flows through jellyfish and gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) and the effects

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of fishing on the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72:2301-2312.

DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv088. LINK

D’Ambra, I., W.M. Graham, R.H. Carmichael and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2015. Fish rely on scyphozoan

hosts as a primary food source: evidence from stable isotope analysis. Marine Biology 162(2):247-

252. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2569-5. (feature article) LINK

Carassou$, L., F.J. Hernandez and W.M. Graham. 2014. Change and recovery of coastal

mesozooplankton community structure during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Research

Letters 9:124003. PDF, Corrigendum

Robinson, K.L., J.J. Ruzicka, M.B. Decker, R.D. Brodeur, F.J. Hernandez, E.M. Acha, J. Quinones, S.

Uye, H. Mianzan and W.M. Graham. 2014. Jellyfish, forage fish and the world's major fisheries.

Oceanography 27(4):104-115. PDF

Hernandez, F.J., L. Carassou$, W.M. Graham and S.P. Powers. 2013. Evaluation of the taxonomic

sufficiency approach for ichthyoplankton community analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 491:77-

90. LINK

Powers, S.P., F.J. Hernandez, R.H. Condon, J.M. Drymon and C.M. Free. 2013. Novel pathways for

injury from offshore oil spills: direct, sublethal and indirect effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on

pelagic Sargassum communities. PLoS ONE 8(9):e74802. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074802. PDF

Scyphers, S.B., F.J. Fodrie, F.J. Hernandez, S.P. Powers and R.L. Shipp. 2013. Venting and reef fish

survival: perceptions and participation rates among recreational anglers in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

North American Journal of Fisheries Management 33(6):1071-1078. LINK

Carassou$, L., F. Hernandez, S. Powers and W. Graham. 2012. Cross-Shore, Seasonal, and Depth-

Related Structure of Ichthyoplankton Assemblages in Coastal Alabama. Transactions of the American

Fisheries Society 141(4):1137-1150. LINK

Carassou$, L., B. Dzwonkowski, F. Hernandez, S. Powers, K. Park, W. Graham and J. Mareska. 2011.

Environmental influences on juvenile fish abundances in a river-dominated coastal system. Marine and

Coastal Fisheries 3(1) 411-427. PDF

Dzwonkowski, B., K. Park, H.K. Ha, W.M. Graham, F.J. Hernandez and S.P. Powers. 2011.

Hydrographic variability on a coastal shelf directly influenced by estuarine flow. Continental Shelf

Research 31(9): 939-950. LINK

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., L. Carassou$, S. Muffelman*, S.P. Powers and W.M. Graham. 2011. Comparison

of two plankton net mesh sizes for ichthyoplankton collection in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fisheries

Research 108:327-335. LINK

Graham, W.M., R.H. Condon, R.H. Carmichael, I. D'Ambra, H.K. Patterson, L.J. Linn and F.J.

Hernandez, Jr. 2010. Oil carbon entered the coastal planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon

oil spill. Environmental Research Letters 5:045301, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/4/045301. PDF

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., S.P. Powers and W.M. Graham. 2010. Detailed examination of

ichthyoplankton seasonality from a high resolution time series in the northern Gulf of Mexico during

2004-2006. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139:1511-1525. LINK

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Hernandez, F.J., Jr., S.P. Powers and W.M. Graham. 2010. Seasonal variability in ichthyoplankton

abundance and assemblage composition in the northern Gulf of Mexico off Alabama. Fishery

Bulletin 108:193-207. PDF

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., J.A. Hare and D.P. Fey. 2009. Evaluating diel, ontogenetic and environmental

effects on larval fish vertical distribution using generalized additive models for location, scale and shape.

Fisheries Oceanography 18(4): 224-236. LINK

Bayha, K.M., W.M. Graham and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2008. Multiplex assay to identify eggs of three fish

species from the northern Gulf of Mexico, using locked nucleic acid Taqman real-time PCR probes.

Aquatic Biology 4:65–73. PDF

Lindquist, D.C., R.F. Shaw and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2005. Distribution patterns of larval and juvenile

fishes at offshore petroleum platforms in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf

Science 62:655-665. LINK

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.F. Shaw, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, T. Farooqi, and M.C. Benfield. 2003. The across-

shelf larval, postlarval, and juvenile fish community associated with offshore oil and gas platforms and a

coastal rock jetty west of the Mississippi River Delta. American Fisheries Society Symposium 36:39-72.

PDF

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. and R.F. Shaw. 2003. Comparison of plankton net and light-trap methodologies for

sampling larval and juvenile fishes at offshore petroleum platforms and a coastal jetty off Louisiana.

American Fisheries Society Symposium 36:15-38. PDF

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. and D.G. Lindquist. 1999. A comparison of two light-trap designs for sampling

larval and presettlement juvenile fish above a reef in Onslow Bay, North Carolina. Bulletin of Marine

Science 64(1):173-184. LINK

OTHER PUBLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS and REPORTS

Hernandez, F., P. Vick*, S. Muffelman*, and O. Lestrade*. In press. Microdebris ingestion by

Sargassum-associated fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Gulf and

Caribbean Fisheries Institute. (extended abstract; editor-reviewed)

Taylor, S.M., R.T. Leaf, F.J. Hernandez Jr., J.S. Franks, and E.R. Hoffmayer. In press. An examination

of the diversity and abundance of ichthyoplankton in the Loop Current of the central Gulf of Mexico.

Proceedings of the 67th Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. (editor-reviewed)

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. and R.F. Shaw. 2002. The across shelf larval, postlarval and juvenile fish

community associated with offshore oil and gas platforms and a rock jetty west of the Mississippi River

Delta. Proceedings of the 53rd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. November 2000, Biloxi, MS.

53:646-658. (editor-reviewed)

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.F. Shaw, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, M.C. Benfield and T. Farooqi. 2001. Across-shelf

Larval, Postlarval, and Juvenile Fish Communities Collected at Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and a

Coastal Rock Jetty West of the Mississippi River Delta. OCS Study MMS 2001-077. Prepared by the

Coastal Fisheries Institute, Louisiana State University. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals

Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. 144 pp.

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Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.F. Shaw, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, and T.W. Farooqi. 2001. Do low-salinity, rock

jetty habitats serve as nursery areas for presettlement larval and juvenile reef fish? Proceedings of the

52nd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. November 1999, Key West, FL. 52:442-454. (editor-

reviewed)

Lindquist, D.G., F.J. Hernandez, Jr., I.E. Clavijo and M.E. Whittaker. 2001. Efficacy of two- and three-

chamber light-traps for presettlement fishes and invertebrate plankton from mangrove and coral reef

habitats. Proceedings of the 52nd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. November 1999, Key West,

FL. 52:549-556. (editor-reviewed)

PUBLISHED DATA SETS

Hernandez, F., C. Culpepper and A. Deary. 2017. Abundance estimates and lengths of Phyllosoma

larvae collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico, cruise PTS01, October-November 2015.

DOI: 10.7266/N7H41PHT

Graham, M. F. Hernandez and K. Martin. 2017. CTD profile data of the Mississippi Bight, Mobile Bay

and Western Florida Shelf off the R/V Point Sur during July 2016.

DOI: 10.7266/N7JS9NJR

Briseño-Avena, C., A.L. Deary, R.K. Cowen, F. J. Hernandez and J.W. Krause. 2016. Mesozooplankton

Size-Fractionated Dry Weight, cruise PTS01, Fall 2015. DOI: 10.7266/N798853D

Briseño-Avena, C., A.L. Deary, R.K. Cowen, F. J. Hernandez and J.W. Krause. 2016. Mesozooplankton

Size-Fractionated Dry Weight, cruise PTS02, Spring 2016. DOI: 10.7266/N75H7DB7

Briseño-Avena, C., A.L. Deary, R.K. Cowen, F. J. Hernandez and J.W. Krause. 2016. Mesozooplankton

Size-Fractionated Dry Weight, cruise BCS01, Winter 2016. DOI: 10.7266/N71R6NK2

Hernandez, F. 2016. BIONESS profile and plankton sample collection data, cruise PTS01, northern Gulf

of Mexico, October – November 2015. DOI: 10.7266/N7S46Q0W

Hernandez, F. 2016. Neuston sample collection data in the northern Gulf of Mexico, cruise PTS01,

October – November 2015. DOI: 10.7266/N7HM56GX

Hernandez, F. and K. Bayha. 2016. Fish eggs and larvae assemblages collected before and after the

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, near Dauphin Island, Alabama, June-July 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

DOI: 10.7266/N7RN35TR

Hernandez, F. 2016. Neuston net, bongo net, and ring net sample collection data for plankton samples

collected off Alabama (2007-2015). DOI: 10.7266/N7XP72ZQ

Hernandez, F. 2016. BIONESS profile and plankton sample collection data for plankton samples

collected off Alabama (2007-2015). DOI: 10.7266/N7JW8BW5

Hernandez, F. and J. Filbrun. 2016. Abundance estimates, morphometric measurements and stable C and

N isotope data for larval Spanish Mackerel collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

DOI: 10.7266/N7J67DZM

Hernandez, F. and J. Filbrun. 2016. Abundance estimates and morphometric measurements of King

Mackerel larvae collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2007-2011. DOI: 10.7266/N7154F3P

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Hernandez, F. and J. Filbrun. 2016. Abundance estimates and morphometric measurements of Atlantic

Bumper larvae collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2007-2011. DOI: 10.7266/N74X55V4

Hernandez, F. 2016. Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton collected during plankton surveys off Alabama

(2007-2014). DOI: 10.7266/N7154F27

Hernandez, F., J. Filbrun, J. Fang and J. Ransom. 2016. Abundance estimates and morphometric

measurements of Red Snapper larvae collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico. DOI: 10.7266/N7J964CB

Hernandez, F. 2015. Sargassum aerial observations and cruise CTD data collected on the Northern Gulf

of Mexico shelf off Alabama, July-September 2011. DOI: 10.7266/N7348H8J

Hernandez, F. and S. Powers. 2015. ROV video observations of Sargassum associated fauna on the

northern Gulf of Mexico shelf off Alabama, July-August 2011. DOI: 10.7266/N7ZC80S7

RESEARCH GRANTS

Pending

pending Modeling hypoxia impacts on pelagic food web dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico for

improved restoration management. Principal Investigators: L. Chiaverano (lead), A. Greer, F.

Hernandez, K. Robinson and J. Ruzicka. NAS Gulf Research Program. Letter of Intent

submitted.

pending Objective dynamic monitoring for improved conservation and restoration planning strategies.

Principal Investigators: M. J. Olascoaga (lead), F. J. Beron-Vera, F. J. Hernandez, J. Lamkin,

R. Duran. NAS Gulf Research Program. Letter of Intent submitted.

pending Predicting the impact of anthropogenic climate change on physical and biogeochemical

processes in the northern Gulf of Mexico - Part III. NOAA/AOML/NGI. Principal

Investigators: F. Hernandez (lead), S.-K. Lee, and J. Lamkin. Total Request: $71,707.

pending CONsortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in COastal River-Dominated Ecosystems - II

(CONCORDE-II). Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Principal Investigators: J. Wiggert

(lead), W.M. Graham, A. Shiller, S. Howden, O. Schofield, F. Hernandez, R. Cowen, G.

Jacobs, B. Dzwonkowski, R. Arnone, J. Book, I. Church, P. Fitzpatrick, E. Hofmann, J.

Moun, and A. Weidemann. Total Request: $5,871,062.

pending Deep-pelagic plankton communities of the northern Gulf of Mexico: trophic ecology,

assemblage dynamics, and connectivity with the upper ocean. Gulf of Mexico Research

Initiative. Principal Investigators: F. Hernandez (lead), K. Dillon, K. Robinson, J. Ruzicka.

Total Request: $900,821.

Current

2017-20 Linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic Sargassum to fisheries

management in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA RESTORE. Principal Investigators: F. Hernandez

(lead), C. Hu, K. Dillon, G. Zapfe, W. Ingram. Total Award: $ 1,764,755 ($950,000 to

Hernandez).

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2016-17 Predicting the impact of anthropogenic climate change on physical and biogeochemical

processes in the northern Gulf of Mexico - Part II. Principal Investigators: F. Hernandez

(lead), S.-K. Lee, J. Lamkin and Y. Liu. Total Award: $128,919 ($128,919 to Hernandez).

2015-17 CONsortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in COastal River-Dominated Ecosystems

(CONCORDE). GoMRI. Principal Investigators: W.M. Graham (lead), A. Shiller, S.

Howden, O. Schofield, F. Hernandez, R. Cowen, J. Wiggert, G. Jacobs, B. Dzwonkowski, R.

Arnone, J. Book, I. Church, P. Fitzpatrick, E. Hofmann, J. Moun, and A. Weidemann. Total

Award: $11,003,634 ($955,976 to Hernandez).

Previous

2016-17 Methods for the determination of high precision estimates of Red Snapper abundance

in the Gulf of Mexico. AL/MS Sea Grant. Principal Investigators: R. Leaf (lead), W. Wu, E.

Saillant, and F. Hernandez. Total Award: $87,852 ($900 to Hernandez).

2015-17 Predicting the impact of anthropogenic climate change on physical and biogeochemical

processes in the northern Gulf of Mexico - Part I. NOAA AOML. Principal Investigators: F.

Hernandez (lead), S.-K. Lee, J. Lamkin and Y. Liu. Total Award: $128,919 ($128,919 to

Hernandez)

2014-15 Examining Micro-Plastic Occurrence in Gut Contents of Sargassum-Associated Juvenile

Fishes. NOAA Marine Debris Program. Principal Investigator: F. Hernandez. Total Award:

$68,243 ($68,243 to Hernandez).

2013-15 Resolving Deepwater Horizon impacts on highly variable ichthyoplankton and zooplankton

dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Principal

Investigator: F. Hernandez . Total Award: $455,812 ($455,812 to Hernandez).

2012-15 Developing ecosystem-based management metrics for forage fish using jellyfish. Lenfest

Ocean Program. Principal Investigators: M. Graham (lead), K. Robinson, J. Ruzicka, F.

Hernandez, and M.B. Decker. Total Award: $439,938 ($31,547 to Hernandez).

2012-15 Second addendum to assessment plan for Sargassum communities and associated fauna in the

northern Gulf of Mexico: Sargassum sample processing plan for Remotely Operated

Underwater Vehicle (ROV) data, bongo net samples and neuston net samples.

NOAA/Industrial Economics, Inc. Principal Investigator: F. Hernandez. Total Award:

$547,143 ($547,143 to Hernandez)

2012-15 Addendum to: NRDA Plankton Processing Plan – Analysis of Zooplankton Samples.

NOAA/Industrial Economics, Inc. Principal Investigator: F. Hernandez. Total Award:

$702,136 ($702,136 to Hernandez).

2011-12 An examination of pre- and post-spill ichthyoplankton assemblage dynamics. GoMRI-

Alabama Rapid Response Grant. Principal Investigators: F. Hernandez (lead) and K. Bayha.

Total Award: $115,490.

2011 Floating Sargassum communities of the Gulf of Mexico: a continued assessment of

associated faunal assemblages, trophic interactions and habitat function in the wake of the

Deepwater Horizon oil spill. GoMRI. Principal Investigators: F. Hernandez (lead), S.

Powers, and M. Drymon. Total Award: $203,776.

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2010-11 Trophic interactions in floating Sargassum communities of the Gulf of Mexico: potential

consequences of habitat degradation related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. NSF RAPID.

Principal Investigators: S. Powers (lead), F. Hernandez, and M. Drymon. Total Award:

$150,056.

2009-13 Spatial and temporal abundance and distribution of red snapper eggs across the northern Gulf

of Mexico. NOAA MARFIN. Principal Investigators: F. Hernandez (lead), M. Graham, and

K. Bayha. Total Award: $211,258.

2009-12 Connecting the Dots: Identifying linkages between zooplankton dynamics and fisheries

resources based on the analysis of SEAMAP Plankton Surveys of the Northern Gulf of

Mexico. NOAA NGI. Principal Investigators: J. Lyczkowski-Shultz (lead), F. Hernandez, M.

Graham, M. Sutor, M. Benfield, H. Perry, and S. LeCroy. Total Award: $600,000.

2007-10 Sources and fate of snapper (Lutjanidae) early life stages in Alabama shelf waters: temporal

and spatial occurrence of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) and vermilion snapper

(Rhomboplites aurorubens). NOAA MARFIN. Principal Investigators: F. Hernandez (lead),

S. Powers, M. Graham, and K. Bayha. Total Award: $287,650.

2009-11 Early life history dynamics of forage fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico: linking spatial

and temporal distributions with coastal oceanography and productivity. Richard C. Shelby

Center for Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management. Principal Investigator: F. Hernandez.

Total Award: $88,399.

2006-12 FOCAL: Fisheries Oceanography of Coastal Alabama. Alabama Department of

Conservation and Natural Resources." Principal Investigators: M. Graham (lead), F.

Hernandez, S. Powers, K. Park, and K. Heck. Total Award: $5,000,000.

PRESENTATIONS

Invited

Hernandez, F., P. Vick, S. Muffelman and O. Lestrade. 2016. Microdebris ingestion by Sargassum-

associated fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 69th Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute

Meeting. 7-11 November 2016. Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F., P. Vick, S. Muffelman and O. Lestrade. 2016. Evidence of micro-debris ingestion by

Sargassum-associated fishes in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Alliance: Marine Debris Cross Team

Initiative: Mid-Year Meeting. 24-26 May 2016. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J. 2014. Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts on ichthyoplankton in the northern Gulf of

Mexico. Department of Biology, University of Southern Mississippi, Seminar Series. 21 February 2014.

Hattiesburg, MS. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F. and J. Filbrun. 2013. Recent findings from larval fish studies in the northern Gulf of

Mexico. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission 64th Annual Meeting. 14-17 Oct 2013. South Padre

Island, TX. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. 2011. Investigating Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts on fisheries resources: an

early life history perspective. Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences. 8 April 2011. Gloucester Point, VA.

Oral presentation.

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Hernandez, F., W. Graham and S. Powers. 2009. Design and implementation of a marine biological

baseline study in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. 30 August-3

September 2009. Nashville, TN. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., S.P. Powers and W.M. Graham. Variability in larval fish distribution and abundance

in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 2009. Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. 30 August-3 September

2009. Nashville, TN. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. 2009. Seasonal variability in ichthyoplankton predation risk due to gelatinous

zooplankton feeding in the northern Gulf of Mexico. North Carolina State University Center for Marine

Sciences and Technologies. 27 March 2009. Morehead City, NC. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. 2007. Why study baby fish? An overview of ichthyoplankton research. Daytona

Beach Community College. 6 Apr 2007. Daytona Beach, FL. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. 2006. Larval fish research: overview and recent investigations from the northern Gulf

of Mexico. University of West Florida. 14 April 2006. Pensacola, FL. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. 2002. Offshore oil and gas platforms as potential refugia for the early life history

stages of reef fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. NOAA Beaufort Laboratory. 8 March 2002.

Beaufort, NC. Oral presentation.

Contributed

Greer, A. T., C. Briseno-Avena, A.L. Deary, M. K. Cambazoglu, I. Soto-Ramos, G.A. Jacobs, F.J.

Hernandez, R.K. Cowen, and W.M. Graham. 2017. Partners or prey? Exploring the drivers of

associations between lobster phyllosoma and gelatinous zooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 26 February - 3 March 2017. Honolulu, HI. Oral presentation.

Chiaverano, L.M., A.T. Greer, A. Pliru, F.J. Hernandez, and W.M. Graham. 2017. High resolution

sampling of early stage Aurelia medusae and associated water column properties in the northern Gulf of

Mexico. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 26 February - 3 March 2017. Honolulu, HI. Poster

presentation.

Filbrun, J.E., B.L. Myers, and F.J. Hernandez. 2017. Win, lose, or draw: how did larval King Mackerel

(Scomberomorus cavalla) fare during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? 43rd Annual Meeting of the

Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. 23-24 February 2017. Biloxi, MS. Poster

presentation.

Briseno-Avena, C., S. Warner, A. Greer, I. Soto Ramos, S. Parra, A. Deary, F. Hernandez, W. Graham,

J. Moum, and. R. Cowen. 2017. Turbulence microstructure in coastal river plumes: measuring the in situ

effects on plankton. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016.

Tampa, Florida. Oral presentation. 6-9 February 2017. New Orleans, LA. Oral presentation.

Dzwonkowski, B., C. Briseno-Avena, A. Deary, A. Greer, I. Soto Ramos, M. Cambazoglu, F.

Hernandez, J. Wiggert, P. Fitzpatrick, and S. Dykstra. 2017. Influence of estuarine-exchange on the

coupled bio-physical water column structure during the fall season on the Alabama shelf. Gulf of Mexico

Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016. Tampa, Florida. Oral presentation. 6-9

February 2017. New Orleans, LA. Oral presentation.

Hoover, A., A. Deary, and F. Hernandez. 2017. Spatial variation in zooplankton and ichthyoplankton

dynamics during an atypical freshwater discharge event in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico

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Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016. Tampa, Florida. Oral presentation. 6-9

February 2017. New Orleans, LA. Oral presentation.

Parra, S., A. Deary, J. Book, A. Greer, C. Briseno-Avena, A. Boyette, T. Miles, and F. Hernandez. 2017.

Highly-resolved temporal in situ variability of zooplankton diel vertical migrations in the Mississippi

Bight. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016. Tampa, Florida.

Oral presentation. 6-9 February 2017. New Orleans, LA. Oral presentation.

Gomez, F.A., S. Lee, Y. Liu, J.T. Lamkin, and F. Hernandez. 2016. Impact of large-scale climate

variability on biogeochemical processes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 49th American Geophysical

Union Fall Meeting. 12-16 December 2016. San Francisco, CA. Poster presentation.

Hernandez, F., J. Filbrun, J. Ransom and J. Fang. 2016. The value of baseline data: discriminating

between Deepwater Horizon impacts and natural variations in larval fish condition. Mississippi-Alabama

Bays and Bayous Symposium. 30 November - 1 December 2016. Biloxi, MS. Oral presentation.

Herrmann, J.M. and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2016. Chaetognath ecology and potential niche overlap with co-

occurring larval fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous

Symposium. 30 November - 1 December 2016. Biloxi, MS. Oral presentation.

Filbrun, J.E., F.J. Hernandez, J. Fang and J.T. Ransom. 2016. Larval Red Snapper (Lutjanus

campechanus) body condition relative to environmental variability and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,

2007-2013. 146th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. 21-25 August 2016. Kansas City,

MI. Oral presentation.

Deary, A.L., A.M. Hoover, B. Dzwonkowski, H. Box, A. Shiller, F. Hernandez, A. Weidemann and

W.M. Graham. 2016. CONCORDE‐ Hydrographic characterization of a river plume in the northern Gulf

of Mexico during an anomalous winter discharge event. 40th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 19-23 June

2016. Solomons, MD. Poster presentation.

Deary, A.L. and F.J. Hernandez. 2016. Ontogenetic changes to the feeding apparatus in Larimus fasciatus

(family: Sciaenidae). 40th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 19-23 June 2016. Solomons, MD. Oral

presentation.

Hoover, A.M., A.L. Deary, B. Dzwonkowski, H. Box, A. Shiller, F. Hernandez, A. Weidemann and

W.M. Graham. 2016. CONCORDE- Assessment of larval fish diet and condition during an atypical

winter freshwater-discharge event in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 40th Annual Larval Fish Conference.

19-23 June 2016. Solomons, MD. Poster presentation.

Robinson, K.L., L. Chiaverano, J.J. Ruzicka, R.D. Brodeur, F.J. Hernandez, M.B. Decker, J. Tam, J.

Quiñones, M. Acha, K. Aleska, R. Leaf, H. Mianzan, S. Uye and W.M. Graham. 2016. Developing

ecosystem-based management metrics for forage fish using jellyfish. 5th International Jellyfish Bloom

Symposium. 30 May - 3 June 2016. Barcelona, Spain. Poster presentation.

Chiaverano, L. K. Robinson, J. Ruzicka, J. Quiñones, J. Tam, M. Acha, W.M. Graham, R. Brodeur, M.B.

Decker, F. Hernandez, R. Leaf, H. Mianzan and S. Uye. 2016. Evaluating energy flows through large

jellyfish and forage fish and the effects of fishing on the Northern Humboldt Current ecosystem. 5th

International Jellyfish Bloom Symposium. 30 May - 3 June 2016. Barcelona, Spain. Poster presentation.

Filbrun, J.E., F.J. Hernandez, J. Fang and J.T. Ransom. 2016. Condition of larval Red Snapper (Lutjanus

campechanus) relative to environmental variability and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 100th Arkansas

Academy of Science Meeting. 1-2 April 2016. Fayetteville, AK. Oral presentation.

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Vick, P., F. Hernandez, S. Muffelman and O. Lestrade. 2016. Evidence of micro-debris ingestion by

Sargassum-associated fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Sciences Meeting. 21-26 February

2016. New Orleans, LA. Poster presentation.

Chiaverano, L., K.L. Robinson, J. Ruzicka, J. Quiñones, J. Tam, M. Acha, W.M. Graham, R. Brodeur,

M.B. Decker, F. Hernandez, R. Leaf, H. Mianzon and S. Uye. 2016. Evaluating energy flows through

jellyfish and forage fish and the effects of fishing on the Northern Humboldt Current Ecosystem. Ocean

Sciences Meeting. 21-26 February 2016. New Orleans, LA. Poster presentation.

Hernandez, F., J. Filbrun, J. Fang and J. Ransom. 2016. Variability in larval Red Snapper (Lutjanus

campechanus) abundance and condition in relation to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Gulf of Mexico Oil

Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016. Tampa, FL. Oral presentation.

Graham, W., F. Hernandez, S. Howden, J. Wiggert and A. Shiller. 2016. CONCORDE: Resolving the

role of pulsed-river systems in oil spills and potential exposure of organisms to toxicants. Gulf of Mexico

Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016. Tampa, FL. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.K. Cowen, I. Church, J.W. Krause, A.L. Deary, A.T. Greer, C. Briseño-Avena, A.

Boyette, A.M. Hoover and W.M. Graham. 2016. CONCORDE: Environmental observations and

planktonic processes. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016.

Tampa, FL. Poster presentation.

Deary, A.L., A.M. Hoover, F.J. Hernandez, R.K. Cowen, I. Church, J.W. Krause, A.T. Greer, C. Briseño-

Avena, A. Boyette and W.M. Graham. 2016. CONCORDE: Preliminary distribution of plankton along

three sampling corridors in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science

Conference. 1-4 February 2016. Tampa, FL. Poster presentation.

Cowen, R.K., W.M. Graham, F.J. Hernandez, J.W. Krause, S.D. Howden, I. Church, C. Briseño-Avena,

A.T. Greer and A.L. Deary. 2016. CONCORDE: Measurement of fine- to sub-mesoscale processes

driving Autumn plankton distributions and transport in the highly dynamic coastal shelf system of the

northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016.

Tampa, FL. Poster presentation.

Robinson, K.L., W.M. Graham, K.T. Aleska, J.J. Ruzicka, F.J. Hernandez, L. Chiaverano, R.D. Brodeur,

M.B. Decker and R. Leaf. 2016. Jellyfish, forage fish and the Gulf of Mexico menhaden fishery. Gulf of

Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 1-4 February 2016. Tampa, FL. Poster presentation.

Leaf, R.T. and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2015. Environmental determinants of Gulf Menhaden condition. 145th

Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. 16-20 August 2015. Portland, OR. Oral presentation.

Robinson, K., W.M. Graham, R. Brodeur, J. Ruzicka, F.J. Hernandez, Jr., M.B. Decker, R.T. Leaf, L.

Chiaverano, M. Acha, K. Aleska, S. Dorji, H. Mianzan, J. Quinones and S.-i. Uye. 2015. Potential

impacts of jellyfish blooms on forage fishes from diverse ecosystems. 145th Annual Meeting of the

American Fisheries Society. 16-20 August 2015. Portland, OR. Oral presentation.

Deary, A.L., F.J. Hernandez, Jr., R.K. Cowen and W.M. Graham. 2015. Using plankton aggregations to

understand oil distribution in the nearshore river-dominated ecosystems in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

39th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 12-17 July 2015. Vienna, Austria. Poster presentation.

Leaf, R.T. and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2015. Environmental determinants of Gulf Menhaden condition.

Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. 25-27 March 2015.

Vicksburg, MS. Oral presentation.

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Ransom, J.T., J.E. Filbrun, C.S. Culpepper and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2015. Condition, diet, and growth of

larval Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) in relation to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Gulf

of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 16-19 February 2015. Houston, TX. Oral

presentation.

Hernandez, F., J. Filbrun, J. Ransom, J. Fang and C. Culpepper. 2015. Taxon-specific variability in

condition among larval fishes collected before, during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Gulf of

Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 16-19 February 2015. Houston, TX. Oral

presentation.

Hernandez, F., L. Carassou, J. Filbrun, J. Ransom, W. Graham, C. Culpepper and J. Fang. 2014. Variable

response of natural zooplankton and ichthyoplankton assemblages to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Bays and Bayous Symposium. 2-3 December 2014. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation.

Ransom, J., J. Filbrun, C. Culpepper, and F. Hernandez. 2014. Diet, growth, and condition of larval

Spanish Mackerel in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: an assessment of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

impacts. Bays and Bayous Symposium. 2-3 December 2014. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation.

Taylor, S.M., R.T. Leaf, F.J. Hernandez, Jr., and J.S. Franks. 2014. Ichthyoplankton community

composition and patterns of the Loop Current. Bays and Bayous Symposium. 2-3 December 2014.

Mobile, Alabama. Oral presentation.

Taylor, S.M., R.T. Leaf, F.J. Hernandez Jr., J.S. Franks, and E.R. Hoffmayer. 2014. An examination of

the diversity and abundance of ichthyoplankton in the Loop Current of the central Gulf of Mexico. 67th

Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting. 3-7 November 2014. Christ Church, Barbados.

Oral presentation.

Robinson, K.L., W.M. Graham, R.D. Brodeur, J.J. Ruzicka, F.J. Hernandez, M.B. Decker, M. Acha,

H.W. Mianzan, J. Quiñones and S. Uye. 2014. Jellyfish, forage fish and the world's major fisheries. ICES

Annual Science Conference. 15-19 September 2014. A Coruña, Spain. Oral presentation.

Robinson, K.L., J.J. Ruzicka, M.B. Decker, F.J. Hernandez, R.D. Brodeur and W.M. Graham. 2014. Role

of large coastal jellyfish and forage fish as energy transfer pathways in the northern Gulf of Mexico. ICES

Annual Science Conference. 15-19 September 2014. A Coruña, Spain. Oral presentation.

Filbrun, J.E., J.T. Ransom, C.S. Culpepper and F.J. Hernandez. 2014. Investigating Deepwater Horizon

oil spill impacts on foraging and growth of larval Atlantic Bumper. 38th Annual Larval Fish Conference.

Quebec City, Canada. 17-21 August 2014. Poster presentation.

Ransom, J.T., J.E. Filbrun, C.S. Culpepper and F.J. Hernandez. 2014. Exploring the effects of the

Deepwater Horizon oil spill on diet, growth, and condition of larval Spanish Mackerel in the northern

Gulf of Mexico. 38th Annual Larval Fish Conference. Quebec City, Canada. 17-21 August 2014. Oral

presentation.

Filbrun, J.E., J.T. Ransom and F.J. Hernandez. 2014. Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on

abundances and distributions of larval fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and

Ecosystem Science Conference. 26-29 January 2014. Mobile, AL. Poster presentation.

Hernandez, F. and K. Bayha. 2014. Neustonic early life stages of fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico

during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 26-

29 January 2014. Mobile, AL. Poster presentation.

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Ransom, J., J. Filbrun, C. Culpepper and F. Hernandez. 2014. Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

on diets, growth, and condition of larval Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) in the northern

Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. 26-29 January 2014.

Mobile, AL. Poster presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., L. Carassou, W.M. Graham and S.P. Powers. 2013. Evaluation of the taxonomic

sufficiency approach for ichthyoplankton. 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 2-6 June 2013. Miami,

FL. Oral presentation.

Lyczkowski-Shultz, J., K.E. Marancik, F.J. Hernandez and K.M. Bayha. 2013. Overcoming the

limitations of traditional identification methods: practical applications of molecular techniques in fish

early life history studies. 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 2-6 June 2013. Miami, FL. Oral

presentation.

Robinson K.L., J.J. Ruzicka, M.B. Decker, F. Hernandez, R. Brodeur and W.M. Graham. 2013. Role of

large coastal jellyfish and forage fish as energy transfer pathways in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 4th

International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium. 5-7 June 2013. Hirsohima, Japan. Oral presentation.

Graham W.M., K.L. Robinson, R. Brodeur, F. Hernandez, M.B. Decker, H. Mianzan, M. Acha, J.

Quinones and S.-I. Uye. 2013. Developing ecosystem-based management metrics for forage fish using

jellyfish. Oral Presentation. 4th International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium. 5-7 June 2013. Hirsohima,

Japan. Oral presentation.

Bayha, K.M., F.J. Hernandez, and W.M. Graham. 2013. Insights into species-specific ichthyoplankton

distribution in the Gulf of Mexico coastal zone employing molecular species diagnostic tools. ASLO

Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 17-22 February 2013. New Orleans, LA. Poster presentation.

McLean, E. and F.J. Hernandez. 2013. Juvenile fish feeding dynamics within pelagic Sargassum habitats.

ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 17-22 February 2013. New Orleans, LA. Poster presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., L. Carassou and W.M. Graham. 2013. Response of zooplankton assemblages from the

Alabama inner shelf to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: fisheries implications. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill &

Ecosystem Science Conference Program. 21-23 January 2013. New Orleans, LA. Oral presentation.

Bayha, K.M., F.J. Hernandez, W.M. Graham, J. Lyczkowski-Shultz and R.C. Collini. 2012. Spatial and

temporal distribution of the eggs of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), vermilion snapper

Rhomboplites aurorubens) and red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) across the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coastal

zone (2007, 2009-2011). Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting. 8-9 November 2012. Dauphin Island,

AL. Poster presentation.

Graham, W.M., F.J. Hernandez, J. M. Sutor, J. Lyczkowski-Shultz, M. Benfield, S. LeCroy, H. Perry and

G. Sanchez-Rubio. 2012. Identifying linkages between zooplankton dynamics, fishery resources and

climate change in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. 23-24 May

2012. Stennis Space Center, MS. Oral presentation.

Condon, R.H., W.M. Graham, J. Brandes, A.C. Ortmann, L.J. Linn, N.L. Shelton and F.J. Hernandez, Jr.

2012. Hydrocarbons as subsidy energy for microbial and food web production in coastal Gulf of Mexico

waters. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting. 20-24 February

2012. Salt Lake City, UT. Oral presentation.

Kramer, L., F. Hernandez, S. Powers and M. Drymon. 2012. Examining trophic dynamics within floating

Sargassum communities of the northern Gulf of Mexico using predator-prey mesocosm experiments.

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American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting. 20-24 February 2012. Salt

Lake City, UT. Poster presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., L. Carassou and S.P. Powers. 2011. Marine fisheries and the Deepwater Horizon oil

spill: an early assessment based on a long-term ichthyoplankton survey. 35th Annual Larval Fish

Conference. 22-26 May 2011. Wilmington, NC. Oral presentation.

Cox, D., K.M. Bayha, F.J. Hernandez, Jr. and W.M. Graham. 2011. Identifying fish egg assemblages at

risk in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 35th Annual Larval Fish

Conference. 22-26 May 2011. Wilmington, NC. Poster presentation.

Bayha, K.M., F.J. Hernandez, Jr., W.M. Graham and R. Collini. 2011. Spatial distribution of red snapper

(Lutjanus campechanus), vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens) and red drum (Sciaenops

ocellatus) eggs across the northern Gulf of Mexico based on historic SEAMAP plankton samples. 35th

Annual Larval Fish Conference. 22-26 May 2011. Wilmington, NC. Poster presentation.

Dzwonkowski, B., L. Carassou, K. Park, F. J. Hernandez, W.M. Graham, and S.P. Powers. 2011. The

impact of fresh water variability on physical and biological aspects of the marine system on the

northeastern Gulf of Mexico. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences

Meeting. 13-18 February 2011. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Oral presentation.

Johnson, M.B., F.J. Hernandez, Jr., S. Muffelman. Early life history dynamics of forage fishes in the

northern Gulf of Mexico. Alabama Fisheries Association Annual Meeting. 2-4 February 2011. Mobile,

AL. Poster presentation.

Dzwonkowski, B., K. Park, H.-K. Ha, W. M. Graham, F.J. Hernandez, and S.P. Powers. 2010. The

influence of Mobile Bay on the hydrographic variability of the inner Alabama shelf. Bays and Bayous

Symposium. 1-2 December 2010. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation.

Carassou L., B. Dzwonkowski, F. Hernandez S. P. Powers, K. Park, and W.M. Graham. 2010.

Environmental influences on coastal marine fish recruitment in coastal Alabama. Bays and Bayous

Symposium. 1-2 December 2010. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation.

Carassou, L., F. Hernandez, B. Dzwonkowski, K. Park and S. Powers. 2010. Relationships between

climatic conditions and abundances of juvenile winter-spawned fishes during the last 25 years in the

northern Gulf of Mexico. 34th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 30 May-3 June 2010. Santa Fe, NM.. Oral

presentation.

Johnson, M.B., F.J. Hernandez, Jr., S. Muffelman. Early life history dynamics of forage fishes in the

northern Gulf of Mexico. 34th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 30 May-3 June 2010. Santa Fe, NM..

Poster presentation.

Millet, A., W.M. Graham, G.A. Zapfe, J. Lyczkowski-Shultz and F.J. Hernandez Jr. 2010. Zooplankton

Community Structure in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Ecosystem Management.

Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. 18-20 May 2010. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation.

Sutor, M., J. Lyczkowski-Shultz, M. Benfield, S. LeCroy, H. Perry, W. Graham and F. Hernandez. 2010.

The missing link: A regional academic and NOAA partnership to examine the connection between

climate change and fisheries dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico. Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference.

18-20 May 2010. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation.

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Dzwonkowski, B., K. Park, H-K. Ha, W.M. Graham and F. Hernandez. 2010. Influence of Mobile Bay on

the Hydrographic Variability of the Inner Alabama Shelf. 18-20 May 2010. Northern Gulf Institute

Annual Conference. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation.

Scyphers, S.B., F.J. Fodrie, F.J. Hernandez, S.P. Powers and R.L. Shipp. 2009. Insight to fishermen’s

views on the health of marine recreational stocks: integrating long-term tournament records and

participant surveys to gauge size-selective harvest concerns. Meeting of the American Fisheries Society.

30 August-3 September 2009. Nashville, TN. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., S.P. Powers and W.M. Graham. 2009. Jellyfish Predation on Ichthyoplankton in the

Northern Gulf of Mexico: Estimating the Impact on Recruitment and Fisheries. 33rd Annual Larval Fish

Conference. 22-27 July 2009. Portland, OR. Oral presentation.

Muffelman, S., R. Collini, F.J. Hernandez, Jr., K. Bayha, S.P. Powers and W.M. Graham. 2009. Spatial

and temporal distributions of vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens) and red snapper (Lutjanus

campechanus) eggs and larvae in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 33rd Annual Larval Fish Conference. 22-

27 July 2009. Portland, OR. Poster presentation.

Graham, W.M., F.J. Hernandez, Jr. and S.P. Powers. 2009. Contribution of jellyfish predation to

ichthyoplankton mortality: is there enough to matter to the stock? American Society of Limnology and

Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 25-30 January 2009. Nice, France. Oral presentation.

Shiplett, R.M., K.M. Bayha, F.J. Hernandez, Jr. and W.M. Graham. 2009. Determining species-specific

ichthyoplankton predation by jellyfish using DNA probes. American Society of Limnology and

Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 25-30 January 2009. Nice, France. Poster presentation.

Collini, R.C., F.J. Hernandez, Jr., I. D'Ambra and W.M. Graham. 2009. Assessing ichthyoplankton

predation risk to resolve patterns and processes due to gelatinous zooplankton feeding. American Society

of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 25-30 January 2009. Nice, France. Poster

presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. and J.A. Hare. 2007. Development of ichthyoplankton vertical distribution models:

testing for diel, ontogenetic and environmental effects. 31st Annual Larval Fish Conference. 9-12 July

2007. St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., S. Powers, K. Park and M. Graham. 2006. Winter ichthyoplankton assemblages in

the northern Gulf of Mexico: vertical distributions and offshore intrusions. 30th Annual Larval Fish

Conference. 10-14 September 2006. Lake Placid, NY. Oral presentation.

Beck, A., S. Muffelman, F. Hernandez, Jr., S. Powers and M. Graham. 2006. A comparison of mesh sizes

for the collection of ichthyoplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico (Alabama, USA). 30th Annual

Larval Fish Conference. 10-14 September 2006. Lake Placid, NY. Poster presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., J.A. Hare and J.J. Govoni. 2004. Diel models of larval fish vertical distributions in

stratified-hypoxic vs. well-mixed waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Research Conference

(American Society of Limnology and Oceanography & The Oceanography Society). 15-20 February 2004.

Honolulu, HI. Oral presentation.

Shaw, R.F. and F.J. Hernandez, Jr. 2002. Offshore oil and gas platforms as potential refugia for the early

life stages of reef fishes. 26th Annual Larval Fish Conference. 22-26 July 2002. Bergen, Norway. Oral

presentation.

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Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.F. Shaw, M.C. Benfield, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, and T. Farooqi. 2000. The across-

shelf larval, postlarval, and juvenile fish community associated with offshore oil and gas platforms and a

coastal rock jetty west of the Mississippi River Delta. 24th Larval Fish Conference. 5-10 November

2000. Gulf Shores, AL. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.F. Shaw, M.C. Benfield, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, and T. Farooqi. 2000. The across-

shelf larval, postlarval, and juvenile fish community associated with offshore oil and gas platforms and a

coastal rock jetty west of the Mississippi River Delta. 53rd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute

Conference. 6-10 November 2000. Biloxi, MS. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. and R.F. Shaw. 2000. Comparison of plankton net and light-trap methodologies for

sampling larval and juvenile fishes associated with petroleum platforms and a coastal jetty off Louisiana.

Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries: Bringing Together New and Recent Research. 24-26 October 2000.

New Orleans, LA. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr. and R.F. Shaw. 2000. Vertical and within platform spatial variability of larval

and juvenile fishes associated with petroleum platforms off Louisiana. Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries:

Bringing Together New & Recent Research. 24-26 October 2000. New Orleans, LA. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.F. Shaw, M.C. Benfield, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, and T. Farooqi. 2000. The across-

shelf larval, postlarval, and juvenile fish community associated with offshore oil and gas platforms and a

coastal rock jetty west of the Mississippi River Delta. Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries: Bringing

Together New & Recent Research. 24-26 October 2000. New Orleans, LA. Oral presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., Jr., R.F. Shaw, J.S. Cope, J.G. Ditty, and T. W. Farooqi. 1999. A low salinity rock jetty

habitat as a nursery area for presettlement larval and juvenile reef fish. 52nd Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute Meeting. 1-5 November 1999. Key West, FL. Oral presentation.

Lindquist, D.G., F.J. Hernandez, Jr., I.E. Clavijo and M.E. Whittaker. 1999. Efficacy of two- and three-

chamber light-traps for presettlement fishes and invertebrate plankton from mangrove and coral reef

habitats. 52nd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting. 1-5 November 1999. Key West, FL.

Poster presentation.

Clavijo, I.E., D.G. Lindquist, M.E. Whittaker and F.J. Hernandez. 1999. Comparison of zooplankton from

a mangrove lagoon and a coral reef: preliminary results from light-traps. Scientific Meeting of the

Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. 3-6 June 1995. St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Poster presentation.

Hernandez, F.J., D.G. Lindquist and I.E. Clavijo. 1995. A comparison of light trap designs used to sample

presettlement fishes: preliminary results from a mangrove lagoon and a coral reef in Key Largo, Florida.

Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. 3-6 June 1995. St.

Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Oral presentation.

SEAGOING EXPERIENCE

Chief scientist on more than 60 research cruises on R/V Point Sur, R/V E.O. Wilson, R/V Verrill, R/V

Nancy Foster, R/V Pelican, R/V Cape Hatteras, M/V Wes Bordelon, M/V Bunny Bordelon and M/V Dry

Tortugas, among others. Large vessel research experience in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

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AWARDS 2014 Butch Oustalet Gulf Coast Distinguished Faculty Award (for Research), USM

TEACHING

COURSES & LECTURES

2016-present Instructor, Marine Ichthyology (COA 421/521, COA 421L/521L), Summer Field

Program, University of Southern Mississippi

2015, 2016 Guest Lecturer, Quantitative Fisheries Management, University of Southern Mississippi

2014-present Co-Instructor, Professional Skills (COA 603), University of Southern Mississippi

2014-present Instructor, Early Life History of Marine Fishes (COA 690/790), University of Southern

Mississippi

2013 Guest Lecturer, Fisheries Oceanography, University of Southern Mississippi

2008-2012 Instructor, Marine Vertebrate Zoology, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2010 Guest Lecturer, Quantitative Methods in Fisheries and Ecology, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2010 Guest Lecturer, Biological and Physical Interactions, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2008, 2010 Guest Lecturer, Marine Zooplankton, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2004-2007 Guest Lecturer, Fisheries Oceanography , Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, Biology Lab, Louisiana State University

1993-1995 Teaching Assistant, Biology, Zoology and Ecology Labs, University of North Carolina at

Wilmington

GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING (Chair or co-chair)

Angie Hoover, University of Southern Mississippi, MS, 2015-present. "Environmental variability and

larval fish condition in the northern Gulf of Mexico"

Glenn Zapfe, University of Southern Mississippi, PhD, 2014-present. Dissertation topic TBD, emphasis

on time series analysis of Gulf of Mexico SEAMAP plankton collections

Jana Herrmann, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2013-present. "Chaetognath seasonality,

vertical distribution, and potential niche overlap with Gulf Menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, in the

northern Gulf of Mexico"

Lillian Collins, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2013-present. "Distribution, abundance and

trophic ecology of Anguilliform leptocephali in the Northern Gulf of Mexico"

John Ransom, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2013-2015. "Diet, growth and condition of larval

Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) before, during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill"

Lindsey Kramer, University of South Alabama, MSc, 2011-2014. "Trophic dynamics and community

assemblages of larval and juvenile fishes associated with floating Sargassum in the northern Gulf of

Mexico"

Marshall Johnson, University of South Alabama, MSc, 2009-2014. "Trophodynamic characteristics of

larval Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) collected off coastal Alabama"

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Lanora Lang, University of South Alabama, MSc, 2006-2012. "The effects of hypoxia and other

environmental factors on the vertical distribution of larval fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico" (co-

chair)

Renee Collini, University of South Alabama, MSc, 2009-2012. "Quantification of hydromedusae

predation on fish eggs in the northern Gulf of Mexico"

GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING (Committee member)

Edithrose Fairweather, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2017-present

Adam Kemberling, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2016-present

Helen Olmi, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2016-present

Abigail Kuhn, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2016-present

Grant Adams, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2015-2017

Danielle Simning, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2015-present

Danielle Bailey, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2014-2017

Alex Fogg, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2013-2017

Page Vick, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2014-2016

Stephani Taylor, University of Southern Mississippi, MSc, 2013-2015

Breanna Korsman, University of North Florida, MSc, 2011-2013

Isabella D'Ambra, University of South Alabama, PhD, 2010-2012

Randi Shiplett, University of South Alabama, MSc, 2008-2011

Andrew Millet, University of South Alabama, MSc, 2008-2010

POSTDOC MENTORSHIP

Dr. Fabian Gomez (PhD, Oregon State University), 2016-present

Dr. Alison Deary (PhD, College of William and Mary), 2015-2016

Dr. Jesse Filbrun (PhD, Ohio State University), 2013-2014

Dr. Laure Carassou (PhD, École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France), 2009-2011

UNDERGRADUATE and HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MENTORSHIP (interns)

2016 Meghan Angelina, University of Tampa, NOAA-NGI Diversity Internship Program

2016 Haleigh Wyrostek, Southeast Missouri State University

2016 Rachel Pugh, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

2016 Shannon Unger, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

2015 Casey O'Hara, Southern Arkansas University

2015 Katie Homa, Columbia University, NOAA-NGI Diversity Internship Program

2014 Jeffrey Fang, University of Portland, NOAA-NGI Diversity Internship Program

2014 Olivia Lestrade, University of Southern Mississippi

2014 Charles Hem, Long Beach High School (MS)

2013 Adriona Horton, Ocean Springs High School (MS), AFS Hutton Program

2013 Natasha Chawla, Ocean Springs High School (MS), AFS Hutton Program

2013 Sandra Huynh, University of South Alabama, NOAA-NGI Diversity Internship Program

2012 Erin McLean, Boston University, NSF REU Summer Program

2011 Martha Perry, Troy State University, NOAA-NGI Diversity Internship Program

2010 Lindsey Kramer, Coastal Carolina University, NSF REU Summer Program

2010 Rebecca Doss, Auburn University, NOAA-NGI Diversity Internship Program

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2009 Rebecca Doss, Auburn University, Fisheries Oceanography of Coastal Alabama Internship

2009 Lori Price, Messiah College, Fisheries Oceanography of Coastal Alabama Internship

2008 Lori Price, Messiah College, Fisheries Oceanography of Coastal Alabama Internship

RESEARCH TECHNICIANS (at USM)

2017-present Eric Haffey (BS, Coastal Carolina University)

2017-present Carley Zapfe (MS, University of Southern Mississippi)

2016-present Meghan Angelina (BS, University of Tampa)

2015-16 Kristin Heidenreich (BS, University of North Carolina at Wilmington)

2014-15 Jennifer Anders (MS, University of Alabama)

2014-15 Kelia Axler (BS, University of Minnesota)

2014-15 Suzette Savoie (MS, Texas A&M, Galveston)

2014-present Olivia Lestrade (BS, University of Southern Mississippi)

2013-16 Lanora Vasquez (MS, University of South Alabama)

2013-16 Anne Evans (MS, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi)

2013-14 Cher Griffin (MS, University of Southern Mississippi)

2013-14 Elizabeth Hunt (BS, Bowling Green State University)

2013-14 Jessica Carrier (MS, University of South Alabama)

2013-14 Sandra Huynh (BS, University of South Alabama)

2013-14 Patrick Graham (BS, Christian Brothers University)

2013 Suzette Savoie (BS, Louisiana State University)

2013 Hazel Richmond (MS, University of Minnesota-Duluth)

2013 Madalyn Meaker (BS, University of Southern Mississippi)

2013 John Ransom (BS, Lake Superior State University)

2013 Jana Herrmann (BS, University of South Alabama)

2013 Lillian Collins (BS, Mississippi State University)

2013 Jason Tilley (MS, University of Southern Mississippi)

2012-16 Sarah Muffelman (MS, College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

2012-present Carla Culpepper (BS, University of Alabama)

SERVICE

EXTERNAL

2016-present President, Early Life History Section (ELHS), American Fisheries Society (AFS)

2016 Co-chair, "Oil Spill Impacts" session, MS-AL Sea Grant Bays & Bayous Symposium

2016 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Workshop (invited)

2015-present Gulf and Caribbean Research Advisory Committee

2015-16 President-Elect, ELHS/AFS

2013-14 Southern & Northcentral Regional Representatives (interim), ELHS/AFS

2013 Judge, Student poster and oral presentations, 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference

2012-14 Secretary, ELHS/AFS

2012 Session moderator, MS-AL Sea Grant Bays & Bayous Symposium

2011-12 Secretary-Elect, ELHS/AFS

2010-15 Gadsden State Community College Aquaculture Program Advisory Committee

2010 NOAA SEFSC/SEAMAP Deepwater Horizon Fishery Resource Workshop (invited)

2007 SEAMAP Plankton Work Group Meeting (invited)

2005-11 U.S.-Poland Joint Studies Advisory Committee

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INSTITUTIONAL

2016-present Member, COA graduate student progress committee

2015-16 Chair, COA faculty search committee (Marine Invertebrate Biology)

2015 Member, committee to develop COA graduate student fellowship criteria

2015-16 Member, SOST working group

2015 Member, GCRL vessel committee

2014-16 Member, COA committee to develop fisheries emphasis area

2013-present Faculty Advisor, University of Southern Mississippi AFS Student Subunit

2013 Chair, COA committee for developing special research position guidelines

2013-14 Member, COA committee for developing GCRL/COA strategic plan

JOURNAL REVIEW

American Fisheries Society Special Publications, Bulletin of Marine Science, Canadian Journal of

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Estuaries and Coasts, Fisheries Oceanography, Fishery Bulletin, Gulf of

Mexico Science, Hydrobiologia, Limnology and Oceanography, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods,

Marine and Coastal Fisheries, Marine Ecology Progress Series; Journal of Fish Biology, Journal of

Marine Systems, PLOS ONE, Scientia Marina, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society;

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

PROPOSAL REVIEW

National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography; NOAA Comparative Analysis of Marine

Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO), NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE), Texas Sea Grant,

Louisiana Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, The Oceanography Society, American Fisheries

Society (AFS), AFS Early Life History Section, AFS Mississippi Chapter, AFS Marine Fisheries Section,

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

OUTREACH

2016-17 Oral presentation 'Evidence of micro-debris ingestion by Sargassum-associated fishes in

the Gulf of Mexico", Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, MS

(10/18/2016; 04/18/2017)

2015 Oral presentation 'Recent research on floating Sargassum habitats in the northern Gulf of

Mexico', Mississippi's Marine Fisheries 2015 Workshop. Gulf Coast Research Lab,

Ocean Springs, MS. (11/23/2015)

2015 Participated in ECOGIG World Ocean Day event at Port of Gulfport with grad students

and interns (6/8/2015)

2015 Oral presentation 'Oil spill impacts on Gulf animals: how are they doing?', GCRL

Seminar Series, Deepwater Horizon: A scientist's perspective. Gulf Coast Research Lab,

Ocean Springs, MS. 6/1/2015

2015 Lab tour for National Ocean Science Bowl Career Night students (4/23/2015)

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2015 Gave a lab tour to Lt. Governor during his GCRL visit (4/23/2015)

2015 Oral presentation 'Sargassum and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill', Hurricane Bowl

Keynote Speaker. Gulf Coast Research Lab, Ocean Springs, MS. 2/6/2015.

2013 Presentation of fisheries research related to Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Ocean Springs

High School, Ocean Springs, MS

2013 Presentation for Center for Gulf Studies' seminar series at the Infinity Center

2013 Presentation for GCRL Summer Field Program's Seminar Series

2011-16 Presentation for "Fin, Fish and Fisheries" Teacher Education Workshop, Discovery Hall

Program, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2011 Presentation for NOAA Oil Spill Professional Development Workshop, Discovery Hall

Program, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2010 Presentation for public at Dauphin Island Sea Lab's Estuarium "Boardwalk Talk" series

2007-12 High School Career Day, Discovery Hall Program, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2007 Career Day, St. Ignatius Catholic School, Mobile, AL

2006 Graduate Student Symposium Judge, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2005 Young Anglers Tournament Judge, Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo

2004-12 Discovery Day Laboratory Open House, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

2002 Lead author of an outreach web site for Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

2002-03 North Carolina Take-A-Kid-Fishing Day mentor

MEDIA

2017 Research featured in Environmental Research Web article, "Deepwater Horizon oil spill may

have harmed red snapper larvae" (1/17/2017)

2016 Featured in the Journey to Planet Earth Series documentary "Dispatches from the Gulf"

(Screenscope, Inc.); premiered at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science

Conference (2/4/2016); has since been screened locally and nationally

2016 Featured in the Screenscope, Inc. "Dispatches from the Gulf" short video titled "Why do we need

scientists (and science)?" (6/17/2016)

2016 Featured in the Screenscope, Inc. "Dispatches from the Gulf" short video titled "Lessons From

the Past: The 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill" (6/22/2016)

2016 F. Hernandez's graduate student Jana Herrmann was featured in the Screenscope, Inc.

"Dispatches from the Gulf" short video titled: "Meet Jana Herrmann: The Next Generation of

Oceanographers" (6/9/2016)

2016 F. Hernandez's research technician Sarah Muffelman featured in the Screenscope, Inc.

"Dispatches from the Gulf" short video titled: "Meet Sarah Muffelman: The Next Generation

of Oceanographers" (6/10/2016)

2016 Featured in the Summer 2016 GoMRI Newsletter as part of the "Interview with a GoMRI

Researcher" series, highlighting work conducted during GoMRI RFP-II and RFP-IV

(CONCORDE) projects (7/29/2016)

2016 Marine Ichthyology class was featured in an article in the Sun Herald titled "Fishing in South

Mississippi aboard the Jim Franks Vessel" (9/20/2016)

2015 Research highlighted in Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative article, "Understanding oil

transport in coastal waters" (8/18/2015)

2015 Research highlighted in Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative article, "Study identifies short-term

changes in plankton communities after oil spill" (6/23/2015)

2015 Featured researcher in Ocean Conservancy outreach campaign, "Greetings from the Gulf"

(4/20/2015)

2015 Quoted in NPR article, "Appetite for Gulf seafood is back, but the crabs and oysters aren't"

4/20/2015)

2015 On camera interviews to WLOX regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (4/20/2015)

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2015 Research featured in Deutschlandfunk (German Public Radio) article and podcast, "Fünf Jahre

nach Deepwater-Horizon-Explosion: Die langen Schatten des Öls" (4/19/2015)

2015 Research featured in Environmental Research Web article, "Zooplankton recovered swiftly

from Deepwater Horizon" (3/11/2015)

2015 Smithsonian.com, interview for science article, "How methane fueled a food web after the Gulf

oil spill" (1/232015)

2015 Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, article on Sargassum research, "Study finds three ways for oil

spill to impact Gulf seaweed" (1/6/2015) Also featured on NSF's Science360 News.

2014 Smithsonian.com, interview for science article, "Breaking down the myths and misconceptions

about the Gulf oil spill" (4/17/2014)

2012 Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, interview for science article, "What lies beneath: scientists

study seaweed to understand Gulf oil impacts" (6/6/2012)

2010 Discovery Channel, video segment for Daily Planet show, "Find out why the Sargassum seaweed

is in 'turmoil" (original air date 9/24/2010)

2010 National Geographic, consultant for "The Gulf of Mexico: Layers of Life" supplement,

publication date (10/2010)

Link: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/10/gulf-oil-spill/gulf-life-interactive

2010 Associated Press, video segment, "Gulf oil could impact fish shelter, food source" (original air

date 6/17/2010)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePfQMB1fuM

2010 Alabama Outdoor News, interview for news article, "The potential for disaster looms over Gulf

fisheries, but scientists see recovery" (5/11/2010)

Link: http://www.aonmag.com/article.php?id=2054&cid=84

2010 CNN en Espanol, interview for video segment, "Desastre ecológico" (interview on 5/6/2010)

2010 ABC Birmingham, Alabama affiliate WBMA, interview, "Dauphin Island prepares for oil"

(original air date 4/30/2010)

2010 FMTalk 106.5, Mobile, Alabama., on-air interview, "Deep Horizon Oil Spill and Fisheries

Impacts" (original air date 4/27/2010)