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Brian Smith

bsmith@gso.uri.edu

Educational Background

B.Sc.

Fairleigh Dickinson University

2000

Areas of Specialization

Research

My research addresses the effects of mobile bottom fishing gear on benthic communities of the NE peak of Georges Bank in the NW Atlantic. A focus is to understand the direct impact of this disturbance on the feeding habits of benthivorous groundfish.

Publications:

Smith BE, TJ Ligenza, FP Almeida, and JS Link. (2007). The Trophic Ecology of Atlantic Cod: Insights from Tri-monthly, Localized Scales of Sampling. J. Fish Bio. 71:749-762.

Tyrrell MC, JS Link, H Moustahfid, and BE Smith. (2007). The dynamic role of pollock (Pollachius virens) as a predator in the Northeast US continental shelf ecosystem: a multi-decadal perspective. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci., 38: 53–65.

Presentations:

Smith BE, and Link JS. Comparing Methods for Food Habits Data: “Sea-truthing” At-sea Stomach Sampling with Laboratory Processing. 136th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Placid, NY. Sept. 2006.

Smith BE, and Link JS. Overview, Metadata and Function of The Food Web Dynamics Program. 136th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Placid, NY. Sept. 2006.

Smith BE, ET Methratta, C Milliken, K Bolles, and JS Link. Bentho-demersal Food Webs on Georges Bank: Examining Flatfish Predator-prey Relationships. 135th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK. Sept. 2005.

Smith BE, TJ Ligenza, FP Almeida, and JS Link. Mesoscales, Cooperative Research, and the Trophic Ecology of Atlantic Cod. 135th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK. Sept. 2005.

Smith BE, ET Methratta, and JS Link. Benthic food webs on Georges Bank: Where do flatfish fit into the picture? Flatfish Biology Conference, Westbrook, CT. Nov. 2004.

Methratta ET, BE Smith, and JS Link. Habitat Factors for Flatfish Species: The Relative Importance of Substrate Grain Size. Flatfish Biology Conference, Westbrook, CT, Nov. 2004.

Smith BE, TJ Ligenza, FP Almeida, and JS Link. The Use of Atlantic Cod to Sample the Benthos at a Localized Region off Cape Cod. 32nd Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting. Groton, CT. March 2003.

Link JS, and BE Smith. Using Fish as Samplers of the Benthos. 32nd Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting. Groton, CT. March 2003.

Smith BE, TJ Ligenza, FP Almeida, and JS Link. The Trophic Ecology of Atlantic Cod: Preliminary Insights from Localized Sampling. Southern New England Chapter, American Fisheries Society, Summer Meeting. Bristol, RI. June 2002.