Nancy J. Brown Peterson

Department of Coastal Sciences

The University of Southern Mississippi 
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Phone: (228) 872-4288

Fax: (228) 872-4204

nancy.brown-peterson@usm.edu

Position:

• Research Associate 

Education:

• M.A. Degree - College of William and Mary in Virginia (College of Marine Science), 1981. Marine Science. Specialization: Fisheries Biology.
• B.A. Degree -University of Delaware, 1978. Biological Sciences.

Research Interests:

• My primary research interest centers around the reproductive biology of fishes. My research involves investigations of spawning seasons, fecundity and spawning frequency of important recreational species such as spotted seatrout, cobia, tripletail, wahoo, blue marlin and sheepshead. Additionally, I am interested in the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on the reproduction of fishes, particularly as they relate to histological changes of the ovaries and testis.
• Gonadal Histology of Fishes

Selected Publications:

• Brouwer, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, V. Patel, N. Denslow, S. Manning and T. Hoexum Brouwer. 2006. Molecular and whole animal responses of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, exposed to chronic hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. In press. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.049)
• Waggy, G.L., N.J. Brown-Peteraon and M.S. Peterson. 2006. Evaluation of the reproductive life history of the Sciaenidae in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: “Greater” vs. “Lesser” strategies?  Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 57:263-282. PDF
• Brown-Peterson, N.J., P. Larkin, N. Denslow, C. King, S. Manning and M. Brouwer. 2005. Molecular indicators of hypoxia in blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 288:203-215. PDF
• Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. (2005). Special section on research activities at the Iztacala campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17(1):121.
• Morán-Silva, A., L.A. Martínez-Franco, R. Chávez-López, J. Franc- López, C.M. Bedia-Sánchez, F. Contreras-Espinosa, F. Gutiérrez-Mendieta, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2005. Seasonal patterns in hydrology, nutrients and chlorophyll a in the Alvarado lagoonal system, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17(1):133-144. PDF
• Chávez-López, R., M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, Morales-Gómez, A.A. and J. Franco-López. 2005. Ecology of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlasoma urophthalmus Günther, in the Alvarado lagoonal system, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17(1):123-132. PDF
• Pelaez-Rodríguez, E., J. Franco-López, W.A. Matamoros, R. Chavez-López and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2005. Trophic relationships of demersal fishes in the shrimping zone off Alvarado LAgoon, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17 (1):157-168. PDF
• Brouwer, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, S. Manning, N. Denslow and K. Rose. 2005. Molecular indicators and organismal effects of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in marine crustacean. Pp. 267-276 In Estuarine Indicators. (S. Bortone, Ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. PDF
• Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, N.J. Brown-Peterson and J.L. McDonald. 2004. Reproduction in nonnative environments: establishment of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, in coastal Mississippi watersheds. Copeia 2004:842-849. PDF
• Marure-Miranda, M.E., J.A. Martínez-Peréz and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004. Reproductive biology of the opossum pipefish, Microphis brachyurus lineatus, in Tecolutla estuary, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:101-108. PDF
• Hernandez-Saavedra, R., J.A. Martínez-Peréz, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2004. Gonadal development and sexual dimorphism of Gobiomorus dormitor from the estuarine system of Tecolutla, Veracruz. Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:95-100. PDF
• Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004. Introduction of special section on research activities at the Iztacala campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:77-78.
• Delgado, G.A., C.T. Bartels, R.A. Glazer, N. J. Brown-Peterson and K.J. McCarthy. 2004. Translocation as a strategy to rehabilitate the queen conch (Strombus gigas) population in the Florida Keys. Fishery Bulletin 102:278-288. PDF
• Brouwer, M., P. Larkin, N.J. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2004. Effects of hypoxia on gene and protein expression in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Marine Environmental Research 58:787-792
• Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, B. H. Comyns, L. A. Hendon, E.R. Hoffmayer, J.R. Hendon and R.S. Waller. 2004. Aspects of the reproduction of large pelagic fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 55:1016-1017.
• Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2003. The reproductive biology of spotted seatrout. Pp. 99-133 In The Biology of Seatrout (S. Bortone, Ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 
• Brown-Peterson, N.J., H.J. Grier and R.M. Overstreet. 2002. Annual changes in the germinal epithelium determine male reproductive classes of cobia, Rachycentron canadum. Journal of Fish Biology 60: 178-202.
• Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, D.L. Nieland, M.D. Murphy, R.G. Taylor and J.R. Warren. 2002. Reproductive biology of female spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in the Gulf of Mexico: differences among estuaries? Environmental Biology of Fishes 63:405-415.
• Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.W. Warren. 2001. The reproductive biology of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, along the Mississippi Gulf coast. Gulf of Mexico Science 2001:61-73. PDF
• Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.M. Overstreet, J.M. Lotz, J.S. Franks and K.M. Burns. 2001. Reproductive biology of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, from coastal waters of the southern United States. Fishery Bulletin 99:15-28.
• Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.S. Franks. 2001. Aspects of the reproductive biology of tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 52:586-597.
• Brown-Peterson, N. J., J.S. Franks and A.M. Burke. 2000. Preliminary observations on the reproductive biology of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico and Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 51:414-427.
• Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.M. Krol, Y. Zhu and W.E. Hawkins. 1999. N-nitrosodiethylamine initiation of carcinogenesis in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): hepatocellular proliferation, toxicity and neoplastic lesions resulting from short term, low level exposure. Toxicological Sciences: 50:186-194.
• Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, D.A. Rydene and R.W.Eames. 1993. Fish assemblages in natural versus well-established recolonized seagrass meadows. Estuaries 16:177-189.
• Peterson, M.S. and N. Brown-Peterson. 1992. Growth under stressed conditions in juvenile channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) as measured by nucleic acids. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 103A:323-327.
• Brown-Peterson, N. and R.W. Eames. 1990. Ichthyofauna associated with spoil islands in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Florida Scientist 53:226-238.
• Brown-Peterson, N. and M.S. Peterson. 1990. Comparative life history of female mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats. Environmental Biology of Fish, Vol. 27 (1): 33-41.
• Brown-Peterson, N. and P. Thomas. 1988. Differing reproductive characteristics of temperate and subtropical groups of Cynoscion nebulosus. Contributions in Marine Science, supplement to Vol. 30:71-78.
• Brown-Peterson, N.J., P. Thomas and C. R. Arnold. 1988. Reproductive biology of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in south Texas. U.S. Fishery Bulletin 86:373-388.