James D. Parrish

PhD University of Rhode Island (Oceanography), 1972

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Zoology
Leader, Hawai'i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit

Department of Zoology, University of Hawai`i

2538 McCarthy Mall, Edmondson 152

Honolulu, HI 96822

phone: (808) 956-8350

FAX: (808) 956-4238, 956-9812

parrishj@hawaii.edu

Marine community ecology

[publications] [graduate students] My major research interests are in aquatic species interactions and community ecology. I am particularly interested in various aspects of predation, in trophic ecology, and in the trophic structure of communities. Approaches include theoretical models and field studies. My long range aim is to incorporate realistic data from sizable aquatic systems into practical analytical frameworks. I am glad to work with students on projects of smaller scope, particularly where results can be contributory to describing a larger system. The group I am most familiar with is the fishes, particularly coastal marine fishes.

The Hawai'i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit conducts research projects in fishery biology and related ecology.

Representative publications

Friedlander AM, Parrish JD. 1998. Temporal dynamics of fish communities on an exposed shoreline in Hawaii. Environ Biol Fishes 253:1-18.

Friedlander AM, Parrish JD. 1998. Habitat characteristics affecting fish assemblages on a Hawaiian coral reef. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 224:1-30

Friedlander AM, Parrish JD. 1997. Fisheries harvest and standing stock in a Hawaiian bay. Fisheries Res 32:33-50

DeMartini EE, Parrish FA, Parrish JD. 1996. Interdecadal change in reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: statistical power in retrospect. Bull Mar Sci 58:804-825.

Dee AJ, Parrish JD. 1994. Reproductive and trophic ecology of the soldierfish, Myripristis amaena, in tropical fisheries. Fish Bull 92:516-530.

Haight WR, Parrish JD, Hayes TA. 1993. Feeding ecology of deepwater lutjanid snappers at Penguin Bank, Hawai'i. Trans Am Fish Soc 122:328-347.

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Current students

Ralph DeFelice (PhD): taxonomy and biogeography of Hawaiian sponges
Kanesa Duncan (MS): ecology and population biology of hammerhead sharks
Brett Schumacher (MS): ecology of demersal fishes

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