Coastal Nature Destinations Group

April 23, 2013 - The Coastal Nature Destinations Group held its first public event Tuesday morning, a nature tour of the Pascagoula River with contributions by GCRL personnel.
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James S. Franks

Selected Publications (recent years only)

Franks, J.S., J.R. Warren and M.V. Buchanan. 1999. Age and growth of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Fish. Bull, U.S. 97(4):459-471.
Franks, J.S., J.R. Warren, D.P. Wilson, N.M. Garber and K.M. Larsen. 1999. Potential of fin spines and fin rays for estimating the age of tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 50:1,022-37.
Franks, J. S. and K. E. VanderKooy. 2000. Feeding habits of juvenile lane snapper, Lutjanus synagris, from Mississippi coastal waters, with comments on the diet of gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus. Gulf Carib. Res. 1(1).
Franks, J.S. 2000. Pelagic fishes at offshore petroleum platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico: diversity, interrelationships, and perspective. Colloque Caraibe, Actes de Colloques Ifremer. Aquat. Living Resour (France). 13(4):502-515.
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. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 51:414-427.
Franks, J.S., N. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Griggs, N.M. Garber, J.R. Warren and K.M. Larsen. 2000. Potential of the first dorsal spine for estimating the age of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico, with comments on specimens from Bimini ,Bahamas. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 51:428-440.
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. Fish. Bull., U.S. 99:15-28.
Franks, J.S., J.T. Ogle, J. Read Hendon, D.N. Barnes and L.C. Nicholson. 2001. Growth of captive juvenile tripletail Lobotes surinamensis. Gulf Carib. Res. 13:75-78.
Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.S. Franks. 2001. Aspects of the reproductive biology of tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 52:586-597.
Franks, J.S., J.T Ogle, J.M. Lotz, J.C. Nicholson, D.N. Barnes and K.M. Larsen. 2001. Spontaneous spawning of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, induced by human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), with comments on fertilization, hatching and larval development. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 52:598-609.
Comyns, B.H., N.M. Crochet, J.S. Franks, J.R. Hendon and R.S. Waller. 2002. Preliminary assessment of the association of larval fishes with pelagic Sargassum habitat and convergence zones in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 53:636-645.
Hendon, J.R., J.R. Warren, J.S. Franks and M.V. Buchanan. 2002. Movements of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in Mississippi coastal waters based on tag-recapture. Gulf Mexico Sci. (2):91-97.
Franks, J.S., K.E. VanderKooy and N.M. Garber. 2003. Diet of tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, from Mississippi coastal waters. Gulf Carib. Res. 15(27-32).
Cuevas, K.J., J.S. Franks and M.V. Buchanan. 2004. First record of bonefish, Albula vulpes, from Mississippi coastal waters. Gulf Carib. Res. 16(71-72).
Garber, A.F., M.D. Tringali, and J.S. Franks. 2005. Population genetic and phylogeographic structure of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the western central Atlantic and central Pacific Oceans. Mar. Biol. 147:205-214.
Hoffmayer. E.R., J.S. Franks and J.P. Shelley. 2005. Recent observations on whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Carib. Res. 17:117-120.
Franks, J.S. 2005. First record of goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara, from Mississippi coastal waters with comments on the first documented occurrence of red grouper, Epinephelus morio, off Mississippi. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 56:295-304.
Hoffmayer, E.R., J.S. Franks and J.P. Shelley. 2006. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico: A rationale for research. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 57:255-262.
Hoffmayer, E.R., J.S. Franks and J.P. Shelley. 2007. Identification Guide to Sharks of Mississippi. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, MS. 43 pp.
Peterson, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson and J.S. Franks. 2007. Large pelagic fishes in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: current status and integrated management. Editorial comments in Special Symposium Issue, Large Pelagic Fishes in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, convened 7 November 2006 in conjunction with the 59th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, Belize. Gulf & Carib. Res. 19(2):1-3.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, M.S. Peterson, P. McConney and B. Luckhurst. 2007. Where do we go from here? A summary of issues of concern and recommendations developed during the panel discussion of the large pelagic fishes symposium. In Special Symposium Issue, Large Pelagic Fishes in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, convened 7 November 2006 in conjunction with the 59th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, Belize. Gulf Carib. Res. 19(2):161-162.
Hoffmayer, E.R., J.S. Franks and W.B. Driggers. 2007. Observations of an aggregation of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, feeding in the north central Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Carib. Res. 19(2):69-73.
Franks, J.S. and A.D. Russell. 2007. First record of Cerataspis, a larval oceanic penaeoid crustacean, from the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Carib. Res. 20:87-89.
Franks, J.S. 2008. Pelagic fisheries and their management in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: historical perspective based on published contributions in Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (1948 - 2004). Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 60.
Posada, J.M. and J.S. Franks. 2008. Bibliometric analysis of printed information published in the Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (1948 - 2004): thematic areas and authors. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 60.
Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2008. Do blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, spawn in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 60.
Franks, J.S., E.R. Hoffmayer, J.R. Ballard, N.M. Garber and A.F. Garber. 2008. Diet of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 60.
Cook, M., G.R. Fitzhugh and J.S. Franks. 2009. Validation of yellowedge grouper, Epinephelus flavolimbatus, age using nuclear bomb-produced radiocarbon. Env. Biol. Fish.
Blend, C.K., N.O. Dronen, J.S. Franks and G.W. Benz. 2010. Endohelminths of a snake mackerel, Gempylus serpens (Trichiuroidea: Gempylidae), from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa.
Franks, J.S. and D.M. Gibson. 2011. Investigation of juvenile fishes associated with pelagic Sargassum habitat in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Final Report, Northern Gulf Institute BP Gulf Research Initiative. Northern Gulf Institute, Mississippi State University. 30p.
Hoffmayer, E.R., W.B. Driggers, J.S. Franks, D.S. Hanisko and L.E. Cavitt. 2011. Recent occurrences of basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Chondrichthyes: Cetorhinidae), in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biodiversity Rec. 4:1-4.
Stein, W. III, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.S. Franks and M.T. O’Connell. 2012. Evidence of spawning capable tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) off the Louisiana coast. Gulf Carib. Res. 24:73-74.