{"id":1492,"date":"2021-09-12T17:27:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T21:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=1492"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:40:08","slug":"dr-elizabeth-babcock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/faculty\/dr-elizabeth-babcock\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Elizabeth Babcock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR (University of Miami-Rosenstiel School<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology<\/em>
University of Miami-Rosenstiel School<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (305) 421 4852 | Email: ebabcock@rsmas.miami.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Washington<\/strong> (1998)<\/em>
Ph.D., Fisheries Biology <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of California, Berkeley<\/strong> (1990)<\/em>
B.A., Biology and Environmental Science <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Fisheries stock assessment and quantitative ecological modelling, with focal species including sharks, tunas, billfishes, sturgeons, conchs, lobsters, and sea turtles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The use of innovative data sources and analysis methods to inform conservation and management of fisheries for which traditional fisheries data are lacking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The interface between marine reserves and fishery management.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    1. O\u2019Farrell, H.B., E.A. Babcock<\/strong>, and K. McCarthy. 2024. Bycatch mitigation for commonly caught shark species in in the Gulf of Mexico reef bottom longline fishery. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science. 2024;16:e10310: -12. Doi:10.1002\/mcf2.10310<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Karlovic, T.C., F. S. M. Chioatto, E.A. Babcock<\/strong>, and J. F. Dias. 2024.Secondary sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic shifts in habitat use by the lesser guitarfish Zapteryx brevirostris. Journal of Fish Biology. 1\u201313. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jfb.15833<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Chigbu, P, E.A. Babcock<\/strong>, D.M. Gibson, D. Hoskins-Brown, R. Jagus, J.A. Miller, M.A. Sexton, S.L. Smith, B. Stevens, D.J. Die, E. Schott, and V. Young. 2023. Preparing a diverse future workforce in marine and fisheries science: The NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center. Oceanography 36(4) preprint doi:10.5670\/oceanog.2024.139<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Urquhart, J. P., D. B. Olson and E. A. Babcock<\/strong>. 2023. Generalized additive models for categorical count data: An exploration of the decline of queen triggerfish Balistes vetula in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. Fisheries Management and Ecology 00:1-12 DOI: 10.1111\/fme.12617<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Tewfik, A., E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, M. Phillips, J. F. Moreira-Ram\u00edrez, F. Polanco, J. Marroquin, M. Castillo, N. Auil Gomez, and R. McNab. 2022. Simple length-based approaches offer guidance for conservation and sustainability actions in two Central American small-scale fisheries. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32:1372\u20131392. DOI: 10.1002\/aqc.3827<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Quennessen, V. I., E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, and J. W. White. 2023. Accounting for transient dynamics could improve the use of marine protected areas as a reference point for fisheries management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80: 85-104. Doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfas-2022-012<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Flowers, K. I., E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, Y. P. Papastamatiou, M. E. Bond, N. Lamb, A. Miranda, R. Nu\u00f1ez, J. Valentin-Albanese, G. M. Clementi, M. C. Kelley and D. D. Chapman. 2022. Varying reef shark abundance trends inside a marine reserve: evidence of a Caribbean reef shark decline. Marine Ecology Progress Series 683:97-107. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3354\/meps13954<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. O\u2019Farrell, H. and E. A. Babcock<\/strong>. 2021. Shortfin mako hot sets \u2013 Defining high bycatch conditions as a basis for bycatch mitigation. Fisheries Research 244 (2021) 106123 doi: 10.1016\/j.fishres.2021.106123<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Karlovic, T.C., R.R. Gomes, P.C. Paiva, E.A. Babcock<\/strong> and J. F. Dias. 2021. Functionality and effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Southeastern Brazilian waters for demersal elasmobranchs. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:694846. doi: 10.3389\/fmars.2021.694846<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Omori, K.L., C.A. Tribuzio, E.A. Babcock<\/strong>, and J.M. Hoenig. 2021. Methods for identifying species complexes using a novel suite of multivariate approaches and multiple data sources: A case study with Gulf of Alaska rockfish. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:663375. doi: 10.3389\/fmars.2021.663375<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. Ramirez, M. D., T. Popovska, and E. A. Babcock<\/strong>. 2021. Global synthesis of sea turtle von Bertalanffy growth parameters through Bayesian hierarchical modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 657:191-207. doi: 10.3354\/meps13544<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. Forrestal, F. C., M. Schirripa, C. P. Goodyear, H. Arrizabalaga, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, R. Coelho, W. Ingram, M. Lauretta, M. Ortiz, R. Sharma, and J. Walter. 2019. Testing robustness of CPUE standardization and inclusion of environmental variables with simulated longline catch datasets. Fisheries Research<\/em> 210: 1\u201313. doi:10.1016\/j.fishres.2018.09.025<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Gr\u00fcss, A., M. D. Drexler, C. H. Ainsworth, J. J. Roberts, R. H. Carmichael, N. F. Putman, P. M. Richards, E. Chancellor, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, M. S. Love. 2018. Improving the spatial allocation of marine mammal and sea turtle biomasses in spatially explicit ecosystem models. Marine Ecology Progress Series<\/em> 602: 255\u2013274. doi:10.3354\/meps12640<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Babcock, E. A.<\/strong>, A. Tewfik, and V. Burns-Perez. 2018. Fish community and single-species indicators provide evidence of unsustainable practices in a multi-gear reef fishery. Fisheries Research<\/em> doi: 10.1016\/j.fishres.2018.07.003<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. Carde\u00f1osa, D., A.T. Fields, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, H. Zhang, K. Feldheim, S. K. H. Shea, G. A. Fischer, D. D. Chapman. 2018. CITES-listed sharks remain among the top species in the contemporary fin trade. Conservation Letters<\/em> 2018;e12457. doi: 10.1111\/conl.12457<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. Gr\u00fcss, A., H. A. Perryman, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, S. R. Sagarese, J. T. Thorson, C. H. Ainsworth, E. J. Anderson, K. Brennan, M. D. Campbell, M. C. Christman, S. Cross, M. D. Drexler,  J. M.  Drymon, C. L. Gardner, D. S. Hanisko, J. Hendon, C. C. Koenig, M. Love, F. Martinez-Andrade, J. Morris, B. T. Noble, M. A. Nuttall, J. Osborne, C. Pattengill-Semmens, A. G. Pollack, T. T. Sutton, and T.S. Switzer. 2018. Monitoring programs of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: inventory, development and use of a large monitoring database to map fish and invertebrate spatial distributions. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries<\/em> doi: 10.1007\/s11160-018-9525-2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. Bond, M. E., J. Valentin\u2011Albanese, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, N. E. Hussey, M. R. Heithaus, D. D. Chapman. 2018. The trophic ecology of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi<\/em>) relative to other large teleost predators on an isolated coral atoll. Marine Biology <\/em>165:67. doi: 10.1007\/s00227-018-3322-2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    18. Gr\u00fcss, A., D. D. Chagaris, E. A. Babcock <\/strong>and J. H. Tarnecki. 2018 Assisting ecosystem-based fisheries management efforts using a comprehensive survey database, a large environmental database, and generalized additive models. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science <\/em>10:40\u201370. doi: 10.1002\/mcf2.10002<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    19. Fields, A.T., G. A. Fischer, S. K. H. Shea, H. Zhang, D. L. Abercrombie, K. A. Feldheim, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, and D. D. Chapman. 2018. Species composition of the international shark fin trade assessed through a retail-market survey in Hong Kong. Conservation Biology <\/em>doi:10.1111\/cobi.13043<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    20. Goes, M., E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, F. Bringas, P. Ortner, and G. Goni. 2017. The impact of improved thermistor calibration on the expendable bathythermograph profile data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology<\/em> 9:1947-1961. doi:10.1175\/JTECH-D-17-0024.1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    21. Tewfik, A., E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, J. Gibson, V. R. Burns-Perez, S. Strindberg. 2017. Benefits of a replenishment zone revealed through trends in focal species at Glover\u2019s Atoll, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series<\/em> 580: 37\u201356. doi:10.3354\/meps12290<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    22. Bond, M. E.,  J. Valentin-Albanese, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, D. Abercrombie, N. F. Lamb, A. Miranda, E. K. Pikitch, D. D. Chapman. 2017. Abundance and size structure of a reef shark population within a marine reserve has remained stable for more than a decade. Marine Ecology Progress Series<\/em> 576:1-10. doi:10.3354\/meps12241<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    23. Gr\u00fcss, A., J.T. Thorson, E.A. Babcock<\/strong>, and J. H. Tarnecki. 2017. Producing distribution maps for informing ecosystem-based fisheries management using a comprehensive survey database and spatio-temporal models. ICES Journal of Marine Science<\/em> doi:10.1093\/icesjms\/fsx120<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    24. O\u2019Farrell H, A. Gr\u00fcss, S. R. Sagarese, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, and K. A. Rose. 2017. Ecosystem modeling in the Gulf of Mexico: current status and future needs to address ecosystem-based fisheries management and restoration activities. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries <\/em>27(3): 587\u2013614. DOI 10.1007\/s11160-017-9482-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    25. Gr\u00fcss, A., K. A. Rose, J. Simons, C. H. Ainsworth, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, D. D. Chagaris, K. De Mutsert. J. Froeschke, P. Himchak, I. C. Kaplan, H. O\u2019Farrell and M. J. Zetina-Rejon. 2017. Recommendations on the Use of Ecosystem Modeling for Informing Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management and Restoration Outcomes in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Coastal Fisheries<\/em>. 9:1, 281-295, DOI:10.1080\/19425120.2017.1330786 <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    26. Gr\u00fcss, A., J. T. Thorson, S. R. Sagarese, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, M. Karnauskas, J. F. Walter III, M. Drexler. 2017. Ontogenetic spatial distributions of red grouper (Epinephelus morio) and gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis) in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Fisheries Research 193:129-142 doi:10.1016\/j.fishres.2017.04.006<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    27. McDonald, G., B. Harford, A. Arrivillaga, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, R. Carcamo, J. Foley, R. Fujita, T. Gedamke, J. Gibson, K. Karr, J. Robinson and J. Wilson. 2017. An indicator-based adaptive management framework and its development for data-limited fisheries in Belize. Marine Policy 76: 28\u201337. doi:10.1016\/j.marpol.2016.11.027<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    28. Harford, W. J., T. Gedamke, E.A. Babcock<\/strong>, R. Carcamo, G. McDonald and J.R. Wilson. 2016. Management strategy evaluation of a multi-indicator adaptive framework for data-limited fisheries management. Bulletin of Marine Science<\/em> 92(4) doi: 10.5343\/bms.2016.1025<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    29. Gr\u00fcss, A., E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, R. Sagarese, M. Drexler, D. D. Chagaris, C. H. Ainsworth, B. Penta, S. deRada and T. T. Sutton. 2016. Improving the spatial allocation of functional group biomasses in spatially-explicit ecosystem models: insights from three Gulf of Mexico models. Bulletin of Marine Science<\/em> 92(4) doi:10.5343\/bms.2016.1057<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    30. Hoenig, J., A.Y-H. Then, E. A. Babcock<\/strong>, N. G. Hall, D. Hewitt and S. A. Hesp. The logic of comparative life history studies for estimating key parameters, with a focus on natural mortality rate. ICES Journal of Marine Science<\/em> 73: 2453-2467. doi:10.1093\/icesjms\/fsw089<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    31. Harford, W.H., and E. A. Babcock<\/strong>. 2016. Aligning monitoring design with fishery decision-making: examples of management strategy evaluation for reef-associated fisheries. Aquatic Living Resources<\/em> 29 (205). doi:10.1051\/alr\/2016018<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    32. Harford, W. J., S. G. Smith, J. S. Ault and E. A. Babcock<\/strong>. 2016. Cross-shelf habitat occupancy probabilities for juvenile groupers in the Florida Keys coral reef ecosystem. Marine and Coastal Fisheries<\/em> 8:147-159. doi:10.1080\/19425120.2015.1074967<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    33. Ortiz de Z\u00e1rate, V. and E. A. Babcock. 2015. Estimating individual growth variability in albacore (Thunnus alalunga) from the North Atlantic stock; aging for assessment purposes. Fisheries Research. doi:doi:10.1016\/j.fishres.2015.07.030<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    34. Harford, W. J., C. Ton, and E. A. Babcock. 2015. Simulated mark-recovery for spatial assessment of a spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) fishery. Fisheries Research 165:42-53. doi: 10.1016\/j.fishres.2014.12.024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    35. Babcock, E. A., W. J. Harford, R. Coleman, J. Gibson, J. Maaz, J. Foley and M. Gongora. 2015. Bayesian depletion model estimates of spiny lobster abundance at two marine protected areas in Belize with or without in-season recruitment. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72 (Suppl. 1):i232\u2013 i243. doi: 10.1093\/icesjms\/fsu226<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    36. Karnauskas, M. and E. A. Babcock. 2014. An analysis of indicators for the detection of effects of marine reserve protection on fish communities. Ecological Indicators 46:454-465. doi:10.1016\/j.ecolind.2014.07.006<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    37. Feldheim, K.A., S. H. Gruber, J. D. Dibattista, E. A. Babcock, S. T. Kessel, A. P. Hendry, E. K. Pikitch, M. V. Ashley and D. D. Chapman. 2014. Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long-term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks. Molecular Ecology 23:110-117. doi: 10.1111\/mec.12583<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    38. Babcock. E. A., R. Coleman, M. Karnauskas and J. Gibson. 2013. Length-based indicators of fishery and ecosystem status: Glover\u2019s Reef Marine Reserve, Belize. Fisheries Research 147:434- 445 doi:10.1016\/j.fishres.2013.03.011 <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      Dr. Beth Babcock<\/strong> is a fisheries biologist with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, School of Fisheries whose dissertation research focused on the Oregon trawl fishery.  She spent five years at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York, conducting scientific analyses in support of conservation efforts for tuna, swordfish, marlins and sharks.  Since 2003, she has been on the faculty of the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Babcock’s research focuses on analyzing fisheries data to determine how to make fisheries more sustainable, particularly for vulnerable species like sharks. She uses and teaches Bayesian statistical methods for fisheries stock assessment and decision analysis.  She focuses on species and fisheries for which conventional fisheries data are lacking, and, with limited data, has developed methods to determine what levels of fishing are sustainable. For example she has used monitoring data from inside and around marine protected areas to determine whether fish populations are over exploited.  She is also a collaborator on an 18 year field research project studying abundance, and movement behavior of sharks at Glover’s Reef atoll, Belize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
      University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)
      (410) 651-7870
      Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005
      Funding Agency:\u00a0      NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP\/MSI)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      PROGRAM DIRECTOR (University of Miami-Rosenstiel School) Professor in Marine Biology and EcologyUniversity of Miami-Rosenstiel School Phone: (305) 421 4852 | Email: ebabcock@rsmas.miami.edu  Website\u00a0 Education University of Washington (1998)Ph.D., Fisheries Biology  University of California, Berkeley (1990)B.A., Biology and Environmental Science  Research Interests Selected Publications Biosketch Dr. Beth Babcock is a fisheries biologist with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, School…Read more Dr. Elizabeth Babcock<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1396,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1492","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1492\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}