Dr. David Secor

Regents Professor, Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology (IMET)
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)

Phone: (410) 326-7229 | Email: secor@umces.edu | 

Website | Curriculum Vitae 

Education

University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. (1990)
Ph.D., Biology

University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. (1985)
M.S., Biology

Macalester College, Saint Paul, M.N. (1983)
B.A, Biology

Research Interests

  1. Migration ecology of fishes
  2. Telemetry and trace element techniques for determining fish movements and life histories
  3. Fisheries and protected species

Selected Publications

  1. Frey, B.; Lyubchich, V.; Zapp Sluis, M.; Miller, N.; Secor, D. 2023. Examining the periodicity of annular deposition of otolith microconstituents as a means of age validation. NOAA Fishery Bulletin, 121:188–198. DOI: 10.7755/FB.121.4.4
  2. Secor, D. H. (2015). Migration Ecology of marine fishes. John Hopkins University.
  3. Kerr, L. and D. Secor (2012). “Partial Migration Across Populations of White Perch (Morone americana): A Flexible Life History Strategy in a Variable Estuarine Environment.” Estuaries and Coasts 35(1): 227-236.
  4. Woodland, R., Secor, D., 2011, Differences in juvenile trophic niche for two coastal fish species that use marine estuarine nursery habitats, Marine Ecology-Progress Series [P], vol 439, Inter-Research, Germany, pp. 241-254.
  5. Woodland, R.J., Secor, D.H., Wedge, M.E., 2011, Trophic Resource Overlap Between Small Elasmobranchs and Sympatric Teleosts in Mid-Atlantic Bight Nearshore Habitats, Estuaries and Coasts [P], vol 34, issue 2, Estuaries and Coasts, US, pp. 391-404.
  6. Ihde, T. F., M. J. Wilberg, et al. (2011). “The increasing importance of marine recreational fishing in the US: Challenges for management.” Fisheries Research 108(2–3): 268-276.
  7. Ihde, T. F., Wilberg, M. J., Secor, D. H. and Miller, T. J. FishSmart: Harnessing the knowledge of stakeholders to enhance U.S. marine recreational fisheries with application to the Atlantic king mackerel fishery. Proceedings of the 5th World Recreational Fisheries Conference.
  8. Hanks, D. and D. Secor (2011). “Bioenergetic responses of Chesapeake Bay white perch (Morone americana) to nursery conditions of temperature, dissolved oxygen, and salinity.” Marine Biology 158(4): 805-815.
  9. Fenske, K. H., M. J. Wilberg, et al. (2011). “An age- and sex-structured assessment model for American eels (Anguilla rostrata) in the Potomac River, Maryland.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68(6): 1024-1037.
  10. Sims DW. 2010. Swimming behavior and energetics of free-ranging sharks: New directions in movement analysis. In Fish Locomotion: An Eco-ethological Perspective, Domenici P, Kapoor BG (eds). Science Publishers: Enfield, USA; 407–434.
  11. Schloesser, R. W., J. D. Neilson, et al. (2010). “Natal origin of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from Canadian waters based on otolith 13C and 18O.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67(3): 563-569.
  12. Secor, D. (2010). “Is otolith science transformative? New views on fish migration.” Environmental Biology of Fishes 89(3): 209-220.
  13. Restrepo, V. R., G. A. Diaz, et al. (2010). “Updated estimate of the growth curve of Western Atlantic bluefin tuna.” Aquatic Living Resources 23(04): 335-342.
  14. Niklitschek, E., D. Secor, et al. (2010). “Segregation of SE Pacific and SW Atlantic southern blue whiting stocks: integrating evidence from complementary otolith microchemistry and parasite assemblage approaches.” Environmental Biology of Fishes 89(3): 399-413.
  15. Niklitschek, E. J. and D. H. Secor (2010). “Experimental and field evidence of behavioral habitat selection by juvenile Atlantic Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus and shortnose Acipenser brevirostrum sturgeons.” Journal of Fish Biology 77(6): 1293-1308.
  16. Najjar, R. G., C. R. Pyke, et al. (2010). “Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay.” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 86(1): 1-20.

Biography

Dr. Dave Secor is USM Regents Professor at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.  His lab’s interest is how diversity in life history and migration contribute to resilience in exploited species and species of concern. Dr. Secor’s research spans a gamut of species from small forage fishes (menhaden and Atlantic mackerel) to large estuarine/coastal predators (striped bass, bluefish, bluefin tuna), endangered sturgeons, and his favorite model species, white perch. He advises the Chesapeake Bay Program and other state and federal agencies on fisheries stock assessment, climate impacts and ecosystem based fisheries management.   Dr. Secor recently authored the book  “Migration Ecology of Marine Fishes” published in 2015 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

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