William Pine

Department of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences

Dr. William (Bill) E. Pine, III

Assistant Professor

B.S. Fisheries Management, Auburn University

M.S. Fisheries Science, The University of Florida

Ph.D. Zoology, North Carolina State University

Dr. Bill Pine joined the FAS faculty in June, 2005. He comes to us from the Mote Marine Laboratory where he is Assistant Program Manager, Fisheries Assessment and Ecosystem Management

Bill's research focuses on processes that structure aquatic ecosystems with an emphasis on fish communities. Much of his research is in river or estuarine environments where he and his students work to address aquatic resource management problems with information derived from field studies, computer simulations, and experimental manipulations.

Recent research activities have involved examining the role of an introduced apex predator in structuring coastal Atlantic slope rivers and modeling trends in Gulf sturgeon populations in several Florida rivers. Current research topics include estimating movement, habitat use, and exploitation patterns of common snook in Sarasota Bay and the Caloosahatchee River, Florida and also helping to develop management plans for endangered Colorado River fishes in Grand Canyon, Arizona.

E-mail: billpine@ufl.edu

Phone (352)-392-9617 ext 270

Link to Bill's lab page:

http://floridarivers.ifas.ufl.edu

Selected Publications:

Coggins, L. G., W. E. Pine, III, C. J. Walters, D. R. Van Haverbeke, D. Ward, and L. Johnstone. 2006. Abundance trends and status of the Little Colorado River population of humpback chub Gila cypha. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:233-245.

Coggins, L. G., W. E. Pine, III, C. J. Walters, and S. J. D. Martell. 2006. Age Structured Mark Recapture Analysis (ASMR): A VPA Based Model for Analyzing Age Structured Capture-Recapture Data. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:201-205.

Kwak, T. J. W. E. Pine, III, and D. S. Waters. 2006. Age, Growth, and Mortality of introduced flathead catfish in Atlantic rivers and a review of other populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:73-87.

Pine, W. E., III, T. J. Kwak, D. S. Waters, and J. A. Rice. 2005. Diet selectivity of introduced flathead catfish in coastal rivers. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:901-909.

Waters, D. S., T. J. Kwak, J. B. Arnott, and W. E. Pine, III. 2004. Evaluation of stomach tubes and gastric lavage for sampling diets from blue catfish and flathead catfish. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:258-261.

	As an introduced apex predator along the Atlantic slope and parts of the Gulf of Mexico, flathead catfish play an important role in structuring riverine foodwebs.
	Grad students Lauren Marcinkiewicz (left) and Jason Bennett (right) are working cooperatively with the Florida Wildlife Research Institute and Mote Marine Lab to examine movement, habitat use, and exploitation patterns of common snook in Sarasota Bay.
	Humpback chubs are one of several threatened or endangered species in the Colorado River that Dr. Pine is helping to develop management plans for. (Photo from the Arizona Daily Star)

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