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D-Index
56
Citations
20132
World Ranking
2780
National Ranking
980

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Edward D. Houde is affiliated with the University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular emphasis on marine and fisheries research and fish ecology and management studies.

The scientist has contributed to numerous studies covering a range of topics including marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, coral and marine ecosystems, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, and the physiology and ecology of marine invertebrates.

Among their frequent co-authors are Robert J. Latour, Andre Buchheister, Alan K. Whitfield, I. C. Potter, and Francisco J. Neira. These collaborations highlight a network within the fields of fish ecology and marine science.

Edward D. Houde's recent publications include:

  • The Path to an Ecosystem Approach for Forage Fish Management: A Case Study of Atlantic Menhaden (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Modes of ingress by larvae and juveniles of marine fishes into estuaries: From microtidal to macrotidal systems (2023, Fish and Fisheries)
  • Fewer Copepods, Fewer Anchovies, and More Jellyfish: How Does Hypoxia Impact the Chesapeake Bay Zooplankton Community? (2020, Diversity)
  • Importance of marine-estuarine-riverine connectivity to larvae and early juveniles of estuary-associated fish taxa (2023, Environmental Biology of Fishes)
  • Environmental Drivers of Forage Fishes and Benthic Invertebrates at Multiple Spatial Scales in a Large Temperate Estuary (2020, Estuaries and Coasts)

Publication venues frequently associated with Edward D. Houde include Frontiers in Marine Science, Fish and Fisheries, Diversity, Environmental Biology of Fishes, and Estuaries and Coasts.

Their work spans several subfields within environmental science, such as global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, oceanography, and paleontology. These subfields provide a breadth of context to their specialized research in aquatic ecosystems.

Edward D. Houde was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management

    E. K. Pikitch;C. Santora;E. A. Babcock;A. Bakun

  • Fish early life dynamics and recruitment variability

    E. D. Houde

  • Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: historical trends and ecological interactions

    W. M. Kemp;W. R. Boynton;J. E. Adolf;D. F. Boesch

  • Predation on Eggs and Larvae of Marine Fishes and the Recruitment Problem

    K.M. Bailey;E.D. Houde

  • Comparative Growth, Mortality, and Energetics of Marine Fish Larvae: Temperature and Implied Latitudinal Effects

    Edward D. Houde

  • Emerging from Hjort's Shadow

    Edward D. Houde

  • The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems

    Ellen K Pikitch;Konstantine J Rountos;Timothy E Essington;Christine Santora

  • Subtleties and episodes in the early life of fishes

    E. D. Houde

  • Patterns and trends in larval‐stage growth and mortality of teleost fish*

    E. D. Houde

  • Little Fish, Big Impact: Managing a Crucial Link in Ocean Food Webs

    Ellen Pikitch;Patricia Dee Boersma;Ian Boyd;David Conover

  • The ctenophore Mnemiopsis in native and exotic habitats: U.S. estuaries versus the Black Sea basin

    Jennifer E. Purcell;Tamara A. Shiganova;Mary Beth Decker;Edward D. Houde

  • Recent trends in estuarine fisheries: Predictions of fish production and yield

    Edward D. Houde;Edward S. Rutherford

  • Differences between marine and freshwater fish larvae: implications for recruitment

    E. D. Houde

  • Feeding by marine fish larvae: developmental and functional responses

    Edward D. Houde;Richard C. Schekter

  • Patterns and consequences of selective processes in teleost early life histories

    Edward D. Houde

  • Effects of bottom-layer hypoxia on abundances and depth distributions of organisms in Patuxent River, Chesapeake Bay

    Julie E. Keister;Edward D. Houde;Denise L. Breitburg

  • Predation mortality of bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli eggs and larvae due to scyphomedusae and ctenophores in Chesapeake Bay

    JE Purcell;DA Nemazie;SE Dorsey;ED Houde

  • Size-dependent vulnerability of marine fish larvae to predation: An individual-based numerical experiment

    James H. Cowan;Edward D. Houde;Kenneth A. Rose

  • Effects of low dissolved oxygen on predation on estuarine fish larvae

    DL Breitburg;N. Steinberg;S. DuBeau;C. Cooksey

  • Interactive Effects of Hypoxia and Temperature on Coastal Pelagic Zooplankton and Fish

    Michael R. Roman;Stephen B. Brandt;Edward D. Houde;James J. Pierson

  • Factors in the decline of coastal ecosystems.

    Donald Boesch;Eugene Burreson;William Dennison;Edward Houde

  • The Early Life History of Fish.

    Edward D. Houde

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence W. Harding
Lawrence W. Harding University of California, Los Angeles
James H. Cowan
James H. Cowan Louisiana State University
David H. Secor
David H. Secor University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Kenneth A. Rose
Kenneth A. Rose University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Timothy E. Essington
Timothy E. Essington University of Washington
Michael R. Roman
Michael R. Roman University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Jennifer E. Purcell
Jennifer E. Purcell Western Washington University
Ellen K. Pikitch
Ellen K. Pikitch Stony Brook University
Phillip S. Levin
Phillip S. Levin University of Washington
David O. Conover
David O. Conover University of Oregon

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