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David Wyanski

David Wyanski

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
P. O. Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422
(843) 953-9065
wyanskid@dnr.sc.gov

M.A., 1990, College of William and Mary

Research emphasis: Life history and taxonomy of marine fishes, fisheries biology

Current and planned research projects:

  • reproductive biology of speckled hind (grouper), moray eels, and wreckfish
  • monitoring the population size of black sea bass at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Selected publications:

  • McGovern, J.C., G.R. Sedberry, H.S. Meister, T.M. Westendorff, D.M. Wyanski, and P.J. Harris. 2005. A tag and recapture study of gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, off the southeastern U.S. Bull. Mar. Sci. 76:47-59.
  • Meister, H.S., D.M. Wyanski, J.K. Loefer, S.W. Ross, A.M. Quattrini, and K.J. Sulak. 2005. Further evidence for the invasion and establishment of Pterois volitans (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) along the Atlantic coast of the United States. Southeast. Naturalist 4:193-206.
  • Harris, P.J., D.M. Wyanski, D.B. White, and J.L. Moore. 2002. Age, growth, and reproduction of scamp, Mycteroperca phenax, in the southwestern North Atlantic, 1979-1997. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70:113-132.
  • White, D.B., D.M. Wyanski, B.M. Eleby, and C.G. Lilyestrom. 2002. Tiger grouper (Mycteroperca tigris): Profile of a spawning aggregation. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70:233-240.
  • Wyanski, D.M., and T.E. Targett. 2000. Development of transformation larvae and juveniles of Ctenogobius boleosoma, C. shufeldti, and Gobionellus oceanicus (Pisces:Gobiidae) from western North Atlantic estuaries, with notes on early life history. Bull. Mar. Sci. 67:709-728.