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Reginald B. Blaylock, Ph.D.

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Phone: (228) 872-4237, 872-4293

Fax: (228) 872-4204

reg.blaylock@usm.edu

Position:

  • Associate Research Professor, fish diseases and aquaculture

Education:

  • Ph.D., Biological Sciences. 1996. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  • M.S., Biology. 1989. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
  • B.S., Biology. 1986. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Research Interests:

  • Development of aquaculture technology
  • Marine stock enhancement
  • Health management in aquaculture
  • Factors affecting susceptibility to diseases and parasites
  • Ecological and epidemiological patterns in diseases and their use in the study and management of fisheries
  • Spotted Seatrout Culture 

Selected Primary Publications:

  • Blaylock, R. B. , R. M. Overstreet, and A. Morton. 2005. The pathogenic copepod Phrixocephalus cincinnatus (Copepoda: Penellidae) in the eye of arrowtooth flounder, Atherestes stomias, and rex sole, Glyptocephalus zachirus, from British Columbia. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 25:73-80.
  • Blaylock, Reginald B. , Stephen A. Bullard, Christopher M. Whipps. 2004. Kudoa hypoepicardialis n. sp. (Myxozoa: Kudoidae) and associated lesions from the heart of seven perciform fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico . Journal of Parasitology 90:584-593.
  • Blaylock, R. B. , L. Margolis, and J. C. Holmes. 2003. The use of parasites in discriminating stocks of Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, in the northeast Pacific. Fishery Bulletin 101:1-9.
  • Blaylock, Reginald B. , Robin M. Overstreet, and Maren A. Klich. 2001. Mycoses in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) caused by two deuteromycete fungi (Penicillium corylophilum and Cladosporium sphaerospermum). Hydrobiologia 460:221-228.
  • Blaylock, R. B. , and R. M. Overstreet. 1999. Margolisianum bulbosum n. gen. n. sp. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma (Teleostei: Bothidae) from Mississippi Sound, USA. Journal of Parasitology 85:306-312.
  • Blaylock, R. B. , L. Margolis, and J. C. Holmes. 1998. Zoogeography of the parasites of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) in the northeast Pacific. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:2262-2273.
  • Blaylock, R. B. , J. C. Holmes, and L. Margolis. 1998. The parasites of Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, in the northeast Pacific: host-level influences. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:536-547.
  • Margolis, L., J. M. Groff, S. C. Johnson, T. E. McDonald, M. L. Kent, and R. B. Blaylock. 1997. Helminth parasites of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from Prince William Sound, Alaska, comparisons with other populations of sea otters, and comments on the origin of their parasites. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 64:161-168.
  • Johnson, S. C., R. B. Blaylock, J. Elphick, and K. D. Hyatt. 1996. Disease caused by the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) in wild sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) stocks of Alberni Inlet, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53:2888-2897.

Selected Secondary Publications:

  • Blaylock, R. B., R. M. Overstreet, and J. M. Lotz. 2001. Health management in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) culture. Bulletin of the National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Supplement 5:5-9.

Selected Conference Abstracts:

  • Apeitos, A., Blaylock, R. B., Hawkins, W. E., Lotz, J. M., Leber, K. M., and D. A. Ziemann.  2005. The U. S. Gulf of Mexico Marine Stock Enhancement Program: assessment of cultured red snapper released in the Gulf of Mexico.  American Fisheries Society, 11-15 September, Anchorage, AK, Abstract No. SO-46-03. 
  • Cook, Joshua O., Stephen A. Bullard, Robin M. Overstreet, and Reginald B. Blaylock.  2005.  Kudoa sp. from the brain of gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) in the northern Gulf of Mexico.  Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 16-18 February, Oxford, MS, Abstract No. ABS-104.
  • Blaylock, Reginald B. and Daryl S. Whelan.  2005.  Fish health management for offshore aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico, Aquaculture America, 17-20 January, New Orleans, LA, p. 35.
  • Apeitos, Angelos, David A. Ziemann, Jeffrey M. Lotz, Reginald B. Blaylock, and Kenneth M. Leber.  2005.  The U.S. Gulf of Mexico Marine Stock Enhancement Program: Pilot releases of hatchery-reared red snapper Lutjanus campechanus on artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Aquaculture America, 17-20 January, New Orleans, LA, p. 10.
  • Ogle, J. T., Blaylock, R. B., and J.M. Lotz. 2003. Culture of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, larvae. 27 th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Santa Cruz, CA, p. 82.
  • Blaylock, R. B. , S. A. Bullard, and C. Whipps. 2002. Patterns in pathological changes associated with Kudoa spp. from the pericardium of fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 4 th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health, New Orleans, LA, p. 38.
  • Blaylock, Reginald B. , and Jeffrey M. Lotz. 2002. Habitat preference in wild and cultured juvenile red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus. World Aquaculture 2002, Beijing, China, p. 456.
  • Blackburn , B. R., R. B. Blaylock, K. M. Leber, J. M. Lotz, and D. A. Ziemann. 2001. Assessment of pilot releases of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. 30 th Annual U.S. - Japan Natural Resources Aquaculture Panel Meeting, Sarasota, FL, p. 22.
  • Blaylock, R. B., R. M. Overstreet, T. K. A. Ogawa, and D. A. Ziemann. 2001. Preliminary comparisons of health among juvenile wild, cultured, and released-recaptured red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus). American Fisheries Society Fish Health Section, Victoria, BC, Abstract No. 37.
  • Blaylock, R. B. , and R. M. Overstreet. 2000. Health management in a red snapper Lutjanus campechanus enhancement program. Aquaculture America 2000, New Orleans, LA, p. 28.
  • Blaylock, R. B., and R. M. Overstreet. 1998. Biologic and taxonomic aspects of a new philometrid nematode. 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Kona, HI, p. 83-84.

Selected Invited Contributions:

  • Blaylock, Reginald B.  2005.  Piscine pestilences - a plethora of perplexing puzzles.  Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Summer School Seminar Series.10 June.
  • Blaylock, Reginald B. and Daryl S. Whelan. 2004. Fish health management for offshore aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico. In Efforts to Develop a Responsible Offshore Aquaculture Industry in the Gulf of Mexico: A Compendium of Offshore Aquaculture Consortium Research, C. J. Bridger (ed). Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Ocean Springs, MS, MASGP-04-029, pp. 129-161.
  • Blaylock, R. B. , and R. M. Overstreet. 2003. Diseases and parasites of the spotted seatrout. In Biology of the spotted seatrout, S. A. Bortone (ed). CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 197-225.
  • Blaylock, R. B. 2003. Dead fish tell many tales: augury, parasitology, and marine science. Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi. 24 July. Seminar.
  • Ogle, J. T., R. B. Blaylock, and J. M. Lotz. 2003. The US Gulf of Mexico Marine Stock Enhancement Program (GMSEP): developing the techniques for culture of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus. 2003 Annual Meeting, Western Division, American Fisheries Society, San Diego, CA, Abstract No. 5705.
  • Blaylock, R. B. , K. M. Leber, J. M. Lotz, K. C. Stuck, and D. A. Ziemann. 2000. The US Gulf of Mexico Marine Stock Enhancement Program (USGMMSEP): the use of aquaculture technology in “responsible” stock enhancement. Bulletin of the Aquaculture Association of Canada 100-3:16-22.
  • Blaylock, R. B. 1999. Fisheries Science Incognito. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 19 Nov. Seminar.
  • Blaylock, R. B. and R. M. Overstreet. 1998. Book Review: Fish Diseases and Disorders, Volume 1: Protozoan and Metazoan Infections (edited by P.T.K. Woo). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34:416.

Teaching:

  • Marine Aquaculture (COA 524, 524L). An introduction to principles and technologies applied to the culture of commercially important marine organisms.
  • Coastal Processes II (COA 602). Biotic processes and interactions among pelagic, benthic, and land margin subsystems. Team taught.
  • Special Problems in Coastal Sciences (COA 692/792).
  • Special Topics in Coastal Sciences (COA 690/790).

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Gulf Coast Research Laboratory - School of Ocean and Earth Sciences - College of Science and Technology
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