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Moran, D., Branson, A. and T.E. Lankford. 2008. Preliminary investigation of the capture

efficiency of a 30x2m haul seine in estuarine habitats of southeastern North Carolina. UNCW

Undergraduate Research Showcase.

Lankford, T.E. 2007. Evolution of growth rate in fishes: trade-offs with vagility and predator

avoidance. Invited talk, UNCW Student Subsection, American Fisheries Society

Mitchell, M.A., W.R. Collier and T.E. Lankford. 2007. Development of Molecular and

Morphometric Markers for the Taxonomic Identification of Kingfishes (Menticirrhus spp.). 87th

Annual Meeting of The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis.

Branson, A.C. and T.E. Lankford. 2007. Fish assemblage structure of estuarine versus ocean surf-

zone habitat in southeastern North Carolina. 87th Annual Meeting of The American Society of

Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis.

Imhoff, J., S. Gruber and T.E. Lankford. 2008. Evaluation of ultrasonic accelerometry as a

technique for studying foraging behavior in juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris). 87th

Annual Meeting of The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis.

Mitchell, M.A.^1 , W.R. Collier and T.E. Lankford. 2007. Using otolith morphology to distinguish

among closely-related and sympatric kingfishes (Menticirrhus spp.). Sigma Xi Society, UNCW

Chapter Annual Meeting. 3/07

Collier, W.R.^3 , T.E. Lankford, D. Beresoff and J.H. Schoolfield. 2007. Analysis of gillnet

selectivity in the North Carolina kingfish fishery: mesh-size effects on target and bycatch species.

American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter Meeting, Lewes, DE, 2/07

Morley, J.W.^3 , A.C. Branson, J.A. Buckel and T.E. Lankford. 2007. Recruitment patterns of

juvenile bluefish in North Carolina. American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter Meeting,

Lewes, DE, 2/07

Mitchell, M.A.^1 , W.R. Collier and T.E. Lankford. 2007. Discrimination among sympatric

kingfishes (Menticirrhus spp.) based on otolith morphometry. American Fisheries Society

Tidewater Chapter Meeting, Lewes, DE, 2/07

Imhoff, J.L.^2 , S.H. Gruber and T.E. Lankford. 2007. Foraging ecology of juvenile lemon sharks

(Negaprion brevirostris) in Bimini, Bahamas: application of ultrasonic accelerometry to monitor

feeding. American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter Meeting, Lewes, DE, 2/07

Branson, A.C.^2 and T.E. Lankford. 2007. Surf-zone fish assemblages at Wrightsville Beach,

North Carolina: short-term responses to beach renourishment. American Fisheries Society

Tidewater Chapter Meeting, Lewes, DE, 2/07

Relevant Grants since 2007

Enhancement of the Natural History Collections at The University of North Carolina Wilmington.

National Science Foundation. $314,609. Co-PI w/ S. Emslie, D. Webster, C. Bailey, M. Van

Tuinen. Concluded 2012