Mark Collins
Senior Marine Scientist
Marine Resources Research Institute
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422
Phone: 843-953-9815
collinsm@dnr.sc.gov
Ph.D., 1984, University of Florida
Research emphasis: Life history of marine and diadromous fishes, fish migration patterns and habitat use, restoration of depleted fish populations
Current research projects:
- status of the shortnose sturgeon population in the Savannah River
- identification of sturgeon spawning sites in the Santee River
- impacts of commercial harvest on Fundulus heteroclitus
- development of captive spawning and rearing techniques for Atlantic sturgeon
Selected Publications:
- Collins, M., Smith, T., Jenkins, W., Denson, M. 2002. Small marine reserves may increase escapement of red drum. Fisheries. 27(2):20-24.
- Collins, M., Cooke, D., Post, B., Crane, J., Bulak, J., Smith, T., Greig, T., Quattro, J. 2003. Shortnose sturgeon in the Santee-Cooper reservoir system, South Carolina. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 132(6)
- Collins, M., Cooke, D., Smith, T., Post, W., Russ, D., Walling, D. 2002. Evaluation of four methods of transmitter attachment on shortnose sturgeon. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 18:491-494
- Collins, M. Smith, T., Mudrak, V., Bakal, R., Ware, K. 2004. Use of propagated shortnose sturgeon as surrogates for wild fish. Pages 371-376 in M. Nickum, P. Mazik, J. Nickum, and D. MacKinlay, eds. Propagated fish in resource management. American Fisheries Society Symposium 44