Richard T. Kraus
Department of Marine Biology
Texas A&M University
5007 Avenue U
Galveston, Texas 77551
Phone: (409) 740-4784 
email: krausr@tamug.edu

Note that title, address, and affiliation will change in August 2006 to:

Assistant Professor
Environmental Science and Policy Department
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MSN 5F2
Fairfax, VA 22030

  
 
 


Education: 

2003  Ph.D. University of Maryland College Park, Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Science
1998 M.S. College of William and Mary, VA, Marine Science
1994 B.S. College of Charleston, SC, Marine Biology

Current Projects:

  • Determining movements of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) in the Gulf of Mexico from pop-up archival tag data on light intensity, depth and temperature. read more

  • Assessing offshore banks in the Gulf of Mexico as nurseries for snappers and groupers. read more

  • Developing chemical tracers in otoliths to understand movements and habitat use in southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma).

Publications:
 

Kraus, R. T. and D. H. Secor. 2005. Connectivity in estuarine white perch populations of Chesapeake Bay: Evidence from historical fisheries data. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 64(1):108-118. Abstract

Kraus, R. T. and D. H. Secor. 2005. Application of the nursery-role hypothesis to an estuarine fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 291:301-305. Abstract

Kraus, R. T. and D. H. Secor. 2004. Dynamics of white perch (Morone americana Gmelin) population contingents in the Patuxent River estuary, Maryland USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 279:247-259. Abstract

Kraus, R. T. and D. H. Secor. 2004. Incorporation of strontium in otoliths of an estuarine fish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 302(1):85-106. Abstract

Rooker, J. R., R. T. Kraus and D. H. Secor. 2004. Dispersive and retentive behaviors of estuarine fishes: is otolith strontium a faithful indicator of salinity history? Estuaries 27(2):335-342. Abstract

Kraus, R. T. and D. H. Secor. 2003. Otolith Sr:Ca response to a manipulated environment in young American eels, Anguilla rostrata. American Fisheries Society Symposium Series 33:79-85. Abstract

Kraus, R. T. and J. A. Musick. 2003. A brief interpretation of summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, movements and stock structure with new tagging data on juveniles. Marine Fisheries Review 63(3):1-7. Full Text PDF

Kraus, R. T., R. L. Hill, J. R. Rooker, and T. Dellapenna. forthcoming in 2006. Preliminary characterization of a mid-shelf bank in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico as essential habitat of reef fishes. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. v.57.

Kraus, R. T. and J. R. Rooker. in review. Seasonal and diel movements of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) in the Gulf of Mexico: implications for pelagic long-line interactions.
 

To request a PDF copy of these publications email krausr@tamug.edu