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Michael Vecchione

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Project List:

Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Task Co-Lead, Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 9

2021

Clark, K. A., Vecchione, M., Seibel, B. A., & Judkins, H. L. (2021). Species Abundance, Spatial and Vertical Distributions, and Eye-Size Trends of Large Heteropods (Pterotracheidae and Carinariidae) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. American Malacological Bulletin, 38(2).
Sutton, T. T., Boswell, K. M., Bracken-Grissom, H. D., Lopez, J. V., Vecchione, M., & Youngbluth, M. (2021). Editorial: Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Highly Impacted Water Column: The Gulf of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon. Front. Mar. Sci., 8.

2020

Cook, A. B., Bernard, A. M., Boswell, K. M., Bracken-Grissom, H., D'Elia, M., deRada, S., et al. (2020). A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigate Deep-Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico following Deepwater Horizon. Front. Mar. Sci., 7.
Judkins, H., Lindgren, A., Villanueva, R., Clark, K., & Vecchione, M. (2020). A description of three new bathyteuthid squid species from the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 96(2), 281–296.
Judkins, H., & Vecchione, M. (2020). Vertical Distribution Patterns of Cephalopods in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Mar. Sci., 7.
Romero, I. C., Judkins, H., & Vecchione, M. (2020). Temporal Variability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Deep-Sea Cephalopods of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Mar. Sci., 7.
Timm, L. E., Bracken-Grissom, H. D., Sosnowski, A., Breitbart, M., Vecchione, M., & Judkins, H. (2020). Population genomics of three deep-sea cephalopod species reveals connectivity between the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 158, 103222.

2017

Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., Cook, A., & Sutton, T. (2017). Diversity of midwater cephalopods in the northern Gulf of Mexico: comparison of two collecting methods. Marine Biodiversity, 47(3), 647–657.

2016

Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., & Rosario, K. (2016). Morphological and molecular evidence of Heteroteuthis dagamensis in the Gulf of Mexico. Bms, 92(1), 51–57.

Conference Presentations - 24

2020

Shedler, S., Seibel, B., Vecchione, M., & Judkins, H. (2020). Pteropods of the northern Gulf of Mexico, analysis of their abundance, distribution, and shell thickness. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Sutton, T., Milligan, R., Cook, A., Frank, T., Joye, S., Judkins, H., et al. (2020). A Summary of Post-Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Open-Ocean Faunal Population Dynamics: Vulnerability, Resilience, Data Gaps, and Management Implications. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2018

Clark, K., Seibel, B., Vecchione, M., & Judkins, H. (2018). Species abundance, spatial and vertical distributions of Heteropods (Pterotracheoidea) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Judkins, H., & Vecchione, M. (2018). What have we learned about cephalopods since 2011? In Cephalopod International Advisory Council Conference 2018. St. Petersburg, FL : 11/12/18-11/16/18.
Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., Sosnowski, A., Timm, L., Richards, T., Romero, I., et al. (2018). DEEPEND: What have we learned since 2011 about cephalopods of the northern Gulf of Mexico? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., Timm, L., Romero, I., Richards, T., Cook, A., et al. (2018). Lessons learned since 2011 about cephalopods in the Gulf of Mexico. In 15th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium. Monterey, CA : 09/09/18-09/14/18: Poster.
Timm, L. E., Judkins, H., Sosnowski, A., Vecchione, M., & Bracken-Grissom, H. D. (2018). DEEPEND: Does the Atlantic serve as a genetic reservoir for the Gulf of Mexico? A comparative population genomics investigation of six midwater invertebrate species. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Judkins, H., Lindgren, A., Clark, K., & Vecchione, M. (2017). New bathyteuthid species in the Gulf of Mexico and the western central Atlantic. In American Malalogical Society 2017. Newark, DE : 07/16/17-07/20/17.
Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., Cook, A., & Sutton, T. (2017). Cephalopod vertical distribution in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., Cook, A., & Sutton, T. (2017). Cephalopod vertical distribution in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17.
Sosnowski, A., Breitbart, M., Judkins, H., & Vecchione, M. (2017). Genetic identification and population characteristics of deep-sea cephalopod species in the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic Ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Sutton, T., Cook, A., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2017). Research in the Gulf of Mexico; The DEEPEND Consortium. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17: Poster.
Sutton, T., Cook, A., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2017). DEEPEND Consortium Science poster for Research Board Reception. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Judkins, H. J., Cook, A., Sutton, T., & Vecchione, M. (2016). Vertical Distribution Patterns of the Cephalopod Fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Sutton, T., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., Cook, A., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2016). DEEPEND: Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico. In Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. New Orleans, LA : 07/06/16-07/10/16: Poster.
Sutton, T., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., Cook, A., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2016). DEEPEND: Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico. In National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Conference: Discovering the Deep Blue Sea. Irvine, CA : 11/09/16-11/12/16: Poster.
Sutton, T., Cook, A., Frank, T., Boswell, K., Vecchione, M., Judkins, H., et al. (2016). The Dynamics of Vertical Movement in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon: Active Linkage of Large Vertebrates and Deep-pelagic Realm. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Sutton, T., Cook, A., Frank, T., Boswell, K., Vecchione, M., Judkins, H., et al. (2016). The Dynamics of Vertical Movement in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico after Deepwater Horizon: Active Linkage of Large Vertebrates and Deep-Pelagic Nekton. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16.

2015

Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., Cook, A., & Sutton, T. (2015). What have we learned about the cephalopod fauna of the Gulf of Mexico? Initial results of the NOAA/NRDA Offshore nekton sampling and analysis program. In Cephalopod International Advisory Council 2015 Conference. Hakodate, Japan : 11/06/15-11/14/15.
Sutton, T. T., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., Cook, A. B., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2015). Dynamics of epi-, meso- and bathypelagic fish assemblages: A Gulf of Mexico case study and new research initiative (DEEPEND). In 2015 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Reno, NV : 07/16/15-07/19/15.
Sutton, T. T., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., Cook, A. B., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2015). Understanding deep-pelagic ecosystem dynamics: A new research initiative in the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND). In Fish at Night: an international symposium. Miami, FL : 11/17/15-11/20/15.
Sutton, T. T., Cook, A. B., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2015). DEEPEND: Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2015 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Reno, NV : 07/16/15-07/19/15: Poster.
Sutton, T. T., Cook, A. B., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2015). DEEPEND: Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico. In 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium. Aveiro, Portugal : 08/31/15-09/04/15: Poster.
Sutton, T. T., Cook, A. B., Boswell, K., Bracken-Grissom, H., deRada, S., English, D., et al. (2015). Understanding deep-pelagic ecosystem variability in an age of increasing deep-ocean commercial activity: A Gulf of Mexico case study and new research initiative (DEEPEND). In 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium. Aveiro, Portugal : 08/31/15-09/04/15.