Peer-reviewed (Links are to journals’ websites or online PDFs. Feel free to email for reprints of any.)


Rypina, II, K Chen, CM Hernandez, LJ Pratt, JK Llopiz (In revision) Investigating the suitability of the Slope Sea for Atlantic bluefin tuna spawning using a high-resolution ocean circulation model. ICES Journal of Marine Science.


Laiz-Carrión, R, T Gerard, JJ Suca, E Malca, A Uriarte, JM Quintanilla, S Privoznik, JK Llopiz, J Lamkin, A García (In revision) Comparative early life trophic ecology of four tuna species in the Gulf of Mexico reveals different breeding strategies. Marine Ecology Progress Series.


Lillis, A, A Apprill, JJ Suca, C Becker, JK Llopiz, TA Mooney (In press) Soundscapes influence coral settlement irrespective of light conditions. Royal Society Open Science.


Dinh, JP, JJ Suca, A Lillis, A Apprill, JK Llopiz, TA Mooney (2018) Multiscale spatio-temporal patterns of boat noise on US Virgin Islands coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin 136: 282-290.


Suca JJ, JW Pringle, ZR Knorek, SL Hamilton, DR Richardson, JK Llopiz (2018) Feeding dynamics of Northwest Atlantic small pelagic fishes. Progress in Oceanography 165: 52-62. (and here)


Lillis A, F Caruso, TA Mooney, JK Llopiz, DR Bohnenstiehl, DB Eggleston (2018) Drifting hydrophones as an ecologically meaningful approach to underwater soundscape measurement in coastal benthic habitats. Journal of Ecoacoustics 2: #STBDH1


Suca JJ, JK Llopiz (2017) Trophic ecology of barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe perciformis) in oceanic waters of southeast Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 93: 987-996 (or here)


DeVanna Fussell KM, REH Smith, ME Fraker, L Boegman, KT Frank, TJ Miller, JT Tyson, KK Arend, D Boisclair, OP Jensen, JK Llopiz, CJ May, RG Najjar, LG Rudstam, CT Taggart, YR Rao, SA Ludsin (2016) A perspective on needed research, modeling, and management approaches that can enhance Great Lakes fisheries management under changing conditions. Journal of Great Lakes Research 42: 743-752


Braun CD, MB Kaplan, AZ Horodysky, JK Llopiz (2015) Satellite telemetry reveals physical processes driving billfish behavior. Animal Biotelemetry http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-014-0020-9


Pepin P, D Robert, C Bouchard, JE Dower, M Falardeau, L Fortier, GP Jenkins, V Leclerc, K Levesque, JK Llopiz, MG Meekan, HM Murphy, M Ringuette, P Sirois, S Sponaugle (2015) Once upon a larva: Revisiting the relationship between feeding success and growth in fish larvae. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72: 359-373 (Editor’s Choice)


Llopiz JK, RK Cowen, MJ Hauff, R Ji, PL Munday, BA Muhling, MA Peck, DE Richardson, S Sogard, S Sponaugle (2014) Early life history and fisheries oceanography: New questions in a changing world. Oceanography 27(4): 26-41


Rypina II, JK Llopiz, LJ Pratt, MS Lozier (2014) Dispersal pathways of American eel larvae from the Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 59: 1704-1714 (or here)


Llopiz JK and AJ Hobday (2014) A global comparative analysis of the feeding dynamics and environmental conditions of larval tunas, mackerels, and billfishes. Deep Sea Research II http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.05.014


Young JW, BPV Hunt, T Cook, JK Llopiz, E Hazen, H Pethybridge, D Ceccarelli, A Lorrain, RJ Olson, V Allain, C Menkes, T Patterson, S Nicol, P Lehodey, R Kloser, H Arrizabalaga, CA Choy (2014) The trophodynamics of marine top predators: current knowledge, recent advances, and challenges. Deep Sea Research II http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.05.015


Leis JM, JE Caselle, IR Bradbury, T Kristiansen, JK Llopiz, MJ Miller, MI O’Connor, CB Paris, AL Shanks, SM Sogard, SE Swearer, EA Treml, R Vetter, RR Warner (2013) Does fish larval dispersal differ between high and low latitudes? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20130327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0327


Llopiz JK (2013) Latitudinal and taxonomic patterns in the feeding dynamics of fish larvae: A literature synthesis. Journal of Marine Systems 109-110: 69-77 (or here)


Peck MA, KB Huebert, JK Llopiz (2012) Intrinsic and extrinsic factors driving match-mismatch dynamics during the early life history of marine fishes. Advances in Ecological Research 47: 177-302


D’Alessandro EK, S Sponaugle, JK Llopiz, RK Cowen (2011) Larval ecology of the great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, and other sphyraenids in the Straits of Florida. Marine Biology 158: 2625-2638 (feature article)


Clasen JL*, JK Llopiz*, CEH Kissman, D Marshalonis, and DL Pascual (2010) The vulnerability of ecosystem trophic dynamics to anthropogenically induced environmental change: A comparative approach, p. 47-66. In P.F. Kemp [ed.], Eco-DAS VIII Symposium Proceedings, ASLO  (*contributed equally)


Keister JE, DL Pascual, JL Clasen, KN Hopfensperger, N Kelly, JK Llopiz, SM Moseman, and L Petes (2010) Climate and anthropogenic change in aquatic environments: a cross-ecosystem perspective, p. 1-16. In P.F. Kemp [ed.], Eco-DAS VIII Symposium Proceedings, ASLO


Richardson DE, JK Llopiz, CM Guigand and RK Cowen (2010) Larval assemblages of large and medium sized pelagic species. Progress in Oceanography 86: 8-20


Llopiz JK, DE Richardson, A Shiroza, SL Smith and RK Cowen (2010) Distinctions in the diets and distributions of larval tunas and the important role of appendicularians. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 983-996


Sponaugle S, KD Walter, K Denit, JK Llopiz and RK Cowen (2010) Variation in pelagic larval growth of Atlantic billfishes: The role of prey composition and selective mortality. Marine Biology 157: 839-849


Lowerre-Barbieri SK, N Henderson, JK Llopiz, S Walters, J Bickford and R Muller (2009) Defining a spawning population (spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus) over temporal, spatial, and demographic scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 394: 231-245


Richardson DE, JK Llopiz, KD Leaman, PS Vertes, FE Muller-Karger and RK Cowen (2009) Sailfish spawning and larval environment in a Florida Current frontal eddy. Progress in Oceanography 82: 252-264


Llopiz JK and RK Cowen (2009) Variability in the trophic role of coral reef fish larvae in the oceanic plankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series 381: 259-272


Sponaugle S, JK Llopiz, L Havel and TL Rankin (2009) Spatial variation in growth and feeding success in a coral reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 383: 239-249


Llopiz JK and RK Cowen (2008) Precocious, selective and successful feeding of larval billfishes in the oceanic Straits of Florida. Marine Ecology Progress Series 358: 231-244 (or here)


Luckhurst BE, ED Prince, JK Llopiz, D Snodgrass and EB Brothers (2006) Evidence of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) spawning in Bermuda waters and elevated mercury levels in large specimens. Bulletin of Marine Science 79: 691-704


Prince ED, RK Cowen, ES Orbesen, SA Luthy, JK Llopiz, DE Richardson and JE Serafy (2005) Movements and spawning of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) off Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Fishery Bulletin 103: 659-669


Guigand CM, RK Cowen, JK Llopiz and DE Richardson (2005) A coupled asymmetrical multiple opening closing net with environmental sampling system. Marine Technology Society Journal 39: 22-24


Other publications


Uriarte A, C Johnstone, R Laiz-Carrion, A Garcia, JK Llopiz, JM Quintanilla, D Lozano-Peral, P Reglero, F Alemany (2017) First report on cannibalistic feeding behaviour in post-flexion bluefin larvae (Thunnus thynnus) of the Balearic Sea (NW Mediterranean). ICCAT Col. Vol. Sci. Pap. SCRS/2017/014


Llopiz JK, BA Muhling, JT Lamkin. Feeding dynamics of Atlantic bluefin tuna larvae in the Gulf of Mexico. ICCAT Col. Vol. Sci. Pap. 71(4): 1710-1715


Muhling BA, Y Liu, SK Lee, JT Lamkin, E Malca, JK Llopiz, GW Ingram, JM Quattro, JF Walter, K Doering, MA Roffer, F Muller-Karger. Past, ongoing and future research on climate change impacts on tuna and billfishes in the western Atlantic. ICCAT Col. Vol. Sci. Pap. 71(4): 1716-1727


Llopiz JK and RK Cowen (2009) The successful and selective feeding of larval fishes in the low-latitude open ocean: Is starvation an insignificant source of mortality? ICES Annual Science Conference Proceedings, T:14


Llopiz JK (2009) Book review of Early Life History of Marine Fishes by BS Miller and AW Kendall. Bulletin of Marine Science 85: 184-185


Llopiz JK (2008) The trophic ecologies of larval billfishes, tunas, and coral reef fishes in the straits of Florida: piscivory, selectivity, and niche separation. PhD Dissertation.

Publications

Fisheries Oceanography and Larval Fish Ecology Lab