Kevin L Stierhoff

Research Interests:

-Habitat ecology of marine organisms

-In situ (ROV) visual surveys of marine benthic habitats and biological communities

-Physiological ecology and early life history (ELH) biology of estuarine and marine fishes

-Effects of hypoxia on estuarine and marine ecosystems

Education:

• B.S., Biology, Salisbury State University, 1998
• B.S., Environmental Science, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore, 1998
• Ph.D., Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 2005

Selected Publications:

• Grecay, P.A and K.L. Stierhoff (2002) A device for precisely controlling dissolved oxygen levels in laboratory experiments. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 280: 53-62
• Stierhoff, K.L., T.E. Targett, and P.A. Grecay (2003) Hypoxia tolerance of the mummichog: the role of access to the water surface. J Fish Biol 63: 580-592
• Stierhoff KL, Targett TE, Miller K (2006) Ecophysiological responses of juvenile summer and winter flounder to hypoxia: experimental and modeling analyses of effects on estuarine nursery quality. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 325:255-266
• Sansone FJ, Pawlak G, Stanton TK, Glazer BT, McManus MA, DeCarlo EH, Bandet M, Sevadjian J, Stierhoff K, Colgrove C, Hebert AB, Chen I (2008) Kilo Nalu: Physical/biogeochemical dynamics above and within permeable sediments. Oceanography 21:173-178
• Stierhoff KL, Tyler RM, Targett TE (2009) Hypoxia tolerance of juvenile weakfish (Cynoscion regalis): Laboratory assessment of growth and behavioral avoidance responses. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 381:S173-S179
• Stierhoff KL, Targett TE, Power JH (2009) Hypoxia-induced growth limitation of juvenile fishes in an estuarine nursery: assessment of small-scale temporal dynamics using RNA:DNA. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 66:1033-1047

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