Tanya Darden
Research Scientist
Hollings Marine Laboratory
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
331 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8802
dardent@dnr.sc.gov
Ph.D., 2004, University of Southern Mississippi
M.S., 1992, University of Southern Mississippi
Research emphasis: Ecology and evolution of fishes; ichthyology; population genetics; fisheries science
Current and planned research projects:
- Red drum, cobia, and American shad: population structure; recruitment limitations; migrations; estuarine fidelity; stock enhancement
- Striped bass: conservation genetics; population restoration; thermal stress; habitat partitioning
- non-lethal technologies for aging and sex determination for a variety of fishes
Selected Publications:
- Fountain, J., T. Darden, W. Jenkins, M. Denson. 2009. Three multiplexed microsatellite panels for striped bass, Morone saxatilis. Southeastern Naturalist TBD.
- Robbins, S. N., T. L. Darden, A. O. Ball and M. R. Denson. 2008. Genetic parentage analysis of red drum in SC and the use of genotypic data from archived otoliths. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28: 1796-1801.
- Darden, Tanya L. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships and historic biogeography within the Enneacanthus sunfishes (Perciformes, Centrarchidae). Copeia 3: 630-636.
- Darden, Richard L., Tanya L. Darden and Brian Kreiser. 2002. Mussel fauna of the Strong River, Mississippi. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17(4): 651-653.
- Peterson, Tanya L. 1997. Effects of salinity on survival, growth, behavior, and metabolism in juvenile hogchokers, Trinectes maculatus (Achiridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 49:323-331.