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Eric N. Powell is affiliated with the University of Southern Mississippi in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with particular attention to Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's research spans several main topics, including Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth.

Eric N. Powell has contributed to the academic community through publications in frequent venues such as the Journal of Shellfish Research, Fisheries Oceanography, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Continental Shelf Research, and Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Trends and change points in surface and bottom thermal environments of the US Northeast Continental Shelf Ecosystem" (2020) published in Fisheries Oceanography
  • "The Atlantic surfclam fishery and offshore wind energy development: 2. Assessing economic impacts" (2022) published in ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • "Dying, Decaying, and Dissolving into Irrelevance: First Direct in-the-Field Estimate of Crassostrea virginica Shell Loss-a Case History from Mississippi Sound" (2020) published in Journal of Shellfish Research
  • "How Oyster Health Indices Vary between Mass Mortality Events" (2020) published in Journal of Shellfish Research
  • "Novel Shell Stock-Recruitment Models for Crassostrea virginica as a Function of Regional Shell Effective Surface Area, A Missing Link for Sustainable Management" (2020) published in Journal of Shellfish Research

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Powell's work, with frequent coauthors including Sara M. Pace, Roger Mann, John M. Klinck, Kathleen M. Hemeon, and Daphne Munroe, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Infectious Diseases Affect Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics

    Kevin D. Lafferty;C. Drew Harvell;Jonathan M. Conrad;Carolyn S. Friedman

  • WHY OYSTER RESTORATION GOALS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY ARE NOT AND PROBABLY CANNOT BE ACHIEVED

    Roger L. Mann;Eric N. Powell

  • Relative rates of shell dissolution and net sediment accumulation ‐ a commentary: can shell beds form by the gradual accumulation of biogenic debris on the sea floor?

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  • The energetic cost of Perkinsus marinus parasitism in oysters: quantification of the thioglycollate method.

    K.S. Choi;E.A. Wilson;D.H. Lewis;E.N. Powell

  • Modeling oyster populations: I. A commentary on filtration rate. Is faster always better?

    E.N. Powell;E.E. Hofmann;J.M. Klinck;S.M. Ray

  • Taphonomic signature as a function of environmental process: Shells and shell beds in a hurricane-influenced inlet on the Texas coast

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  • Ecological consequences of environmental perturbations associated with offshore hydrocarbon production: A perspective on long-term exposures in the Gulf of Mexico

    Charles H. Peterson;Mahlon C. Kennicutt;Roger H. Green;Paul Montagna

  • Time-averaging, taphonomy, and their impact on paleocommunity reconstruction: Death assemblages in Texas bays

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  • Microdistribution of interstitial meiofauna, oxygen and sulfide gradients, and the tubes of macro-infauna

    MB Meyers;H. Fossing;EN Powell

  • Distribution of Perkinsus marinus in gulf coast oyster populations

    Alison Craig;Eric N. Powell;Roger R. Fay;James M. Brooks

  • Modeling the Vertical Distribution of Oyster Larvae in Response to Environmental Conditions

    Margaret M. Dekshenieks;Eileen E. Hofmann;John M. Klinck;Eric N. Powell

  • The rate of taphonomic loss in modern benthic habitats: How much of the potentially preservable community is preserved?

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  • How long does oyster shell last on an oyster reef

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  • Modeling Diseased Oyster Populations. II. Triggering Mechanisms for Perkinsus marinus Epizootics

    Eric N. Powell;John M. Klinck;Eileen E. Hofmann

  • IS OYSTER SHELL A SUSTAINABLE ESTUARINE RESOURCE

    Eric N. Powell;John M. Klinck

  • LONG-TERM TRENDS IN OYSTER POPULATION DYNAMICS IN DELAWARE BAY: REGIME SHIFTS AND RESPONSE TO DISEASE

    Eric N. Powell;Kathryn A. Ashton-Alcox;John N. Kraeuter;Susan E. Ford

  • Ecosystem effects of shell aggregations and cycling in coastal waters: an example of Chesapeake Bay oyster reefs

    George G. Waldbusser;Eric N. Powell;Roger Mann

  • Rates of burial and disturbance of experimentally-deployed molluscs; implications for preservation potential

    Karla M. Parsons-Hubbard;W. Russell Callender;Eric N. Powell;Carlton E. Brett

  • Quantifying the effects of environmental change on an oyster population: A modeling study

    Margaret M. Dekshenieks;Eileen E. Hofmann;John M. Klinck;Eric N. Powell

  • Movement of oxybiotic and thiobiotic meiofauna in response to changes in pore-water oxygen and sulfide gradients around macro-infaunal tubes

    M. B. Meyers;E. N. Powell;H. Fossing

  • Modeling oyster populations. V. Declining phytoplankton stocks and the population dynamics of American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) populations

    Eric N. Powell;John M. Klinck;Eileen E. Hofmann;Elizabeth A. Wilson-Ormond

  • Relationship of parasites and pathologies to contaminant body burden in sentinel bivalves: NOAA Status and Trends 'Mussel Watch' Program.

    Yungkul Kim;Eric N. Powell;Terry L. Wade;Bobby J. Presley

  • Oyster mortality in Delaware Bay: Impacts and recovery from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee

    D. Munroe;A. Tabatabai;I. Burt;D. Bushek

  • The Proposed Dropping of the Genus Crassostrea for All Pacific Cupped Oysters and Its Replacement by a New Genus Magallana: A Dissenting View

    B. L. Bayne;M. Ahrens;S. K. Allen;M. Anglès D'Auriac

  • Gradients and patterns of sclerobionts on experimentally deployed bivalve shells: Synopsis of bathymetric and temporal trends on a decadal time scale

    Carlton E. Brett;Karla M. Parsons-Hubbard;Sally E. Walker;Chad Ferguson

  • The Rise and Fall of Crassostrea Virginica Oyster Reefs: The Role of Disease and Fishing in Their Demise and a Vignette on Their Management

    Eric N. Powell;John M. Klinck;Kathryn Ashton-Alcox;Eileen E. Hofmann

  • Histological techniques for marine bivalve molluscs: update

    Y. Kim;Kathryn A. Ashton-Alcox;Eric N. Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Klinck
John M. Klinck Old Dominion University
Eileen E. Hofmann
Eileen E. Hofmann Old Dominion University
Carlton E. Brett
Carlton E. Brett University of Cincinnati
Roger Mann
Roger Mann Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Dale B. Haidvogel
Dale B. Haidvogel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Terry L. Wade
Terry L. Wade Texas A&M University
Ximing Guo
Ximing Guo Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John Wilkin
John Wilkin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bob J. Presley
Bob J. Presley Texas A&M University
James M. Brooks
James M. Brooks Texas A&M University

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