	Lee A. Fuiman Professor, Section of Integrative Biology at U.T. Austin and Department of Marine Science at the Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas
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E-mail: lee@utmsi.utexas.edu Office: MSP L339, (361) 749-6775 Mailing Address: Marine Science Institute University of Texas 750 Channel View Drive Port Aransas, TX 78373 Campus Mail Code: Mar Sci Inst-Port Aran, T2500	Education B.S., Southampton College of Long Island University, 1974 M.S., Cornell University, 1978 Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1983 Research Interests The past few decades have seen the biology of fish larvae blossom into an exciting field of research. These tiny, usually transparent early life stages had been neglected because of the difficulties in collecting, identifying, and maintaining them. With many of these problems solved, research is directed toward understanding how processes affecting larval fishes have serious consequences for populations of adults. Survival of larvae is a prerequisite for sustained populations, and like adults, larvae must find food and avoid predators. However, unlike adults, they must do so while their abilities vary due to dramatic morphological, physiological, and behavioral changes caused by development. Our research includes both laboratory and field experiments on the behavioral and sensory capabilities of fish larvae. Much of it involves frame-by-frame motion analysis of video taped experiments. This approach has led to important insights into the change in vulnerability of larvae to predators during early life. We combine the behavioral approach with detailed studies of changing sensory and locomotor morphology to understand how behavior may be constrained. We also study the effects of environmental variables (e.g., temperature, salinity, and contaminants) on a larva's capabilities. We incorporate field experiments to form ecological interpretations for the laboratory results. Our research has now expanded to include assessment of sublethal effects of pollutants and their ecological interpretation. More information - Fuiman lab research; fish-related projects and research on marine mammals. Instruction MNS 354C - Biology of Fishes More information - former and current graduate students. Awards/Honors Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of America, National Science Foundation, 2000. Teaching Excellence Award, College of Natural Sciences, 1999 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Biology, 1986-1987 Best Fisheries Paper, 2nd place, 46th Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference, 1984 Fishery Alumni Memorial Award, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, 1982 Publications Fuiman, L.A., D.M. Higgs, and K.R. Poling. In press. Changing structure and function of the ear and lateral line system of fishes during development. American Fisheries Society Symposium. McCarthy, I.D., L.A. Fuiman, and M.C. Alvarez. 2003. Aroclor 1254 affects growth and survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 252:295–301. Fuiman, L.A., and J.H. Cowan, Jr. 2003. Behavior and recruitment success in fish larvae: Repeatability and covariation of survival skills. Ecology 84:53-67. Fuiman, L.A., and R.G. Werner, eds. 2002. Fishery Science: The Unique Contributions of Early Life Stages. Blackwell Science, Oxford. Myrberg, A.A., Jr., and L.A. Fuiman. 2002. The sensory world of coral reef fishes. Pages 123-148. In: P.F. Sale, editor. Coral Reef Fishes: Dynamics and Diversity in a Complex Ecosystem. Academic Press, San Diego. Fuiman, L.A., R.W. Davis, and T.M. Williams. 2002. Behavior of midwater fishes under the Antarctic ice: Observations by a predator. Marine Biology 140:815-822. Williams, T.M., R.W. Davis, L.A. Fuiman, J. Francis, B.J. LeBoeuf, M. Horning, J. Calambokidis, and D.A. Croll. 2000. Sink or swim: Strategies for cost-efficient diving by marine mammals. Science. 288:133-136. Fuiman, L.A., M.E. Smith, and V. Malley. 1999. Ontogeny of routine swimming speed and startle responses in red drum, with a comparison of responses to acoustic and visual stimuli. Journal of Fish Biology 55 (supplement A):215-226. Rooker, J.R., S.A. Holt, G.J. Holt, and L.A. Fuiman. 1999. Spatial and temporal variability in growth, mortality, and recruitment potential of post settlement red drum. Sciaenops occellatus, in a subtropical estuary. Fishery Bulletin 97:581-590. Fuiman, L.A., J.D. Gage, and P.A. Lamont. 1999. Shell morphometry in the deep sea protobranch bivalve Ledella pustulosa in the Rockall Trough, North-east Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79:661-671. Poling, K.R., and L.A. Fuiman. 1999. Behavioral specialization in developing sciaenids and its relationship to morphology and habitat. Environmental Biology of Fishes 54:119-133. Davis, R.W., L.A. Fuiman, T.M. Williams, S.O. Collier, W.P. Hagey, S.B. Kanatous, S. Kohin, and M. Horning. 1999. Hunting behavior of a marine mammal beneath the antarctic fast-ice. Science 283:993-996. Faulk, C.K., L.A. Fuiman, and P. Thomas. 1999. Parental exposure to ortho, para-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane impairs survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogoniasundulatus) larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:254-262. More information - see complete publications list.

Lee A. Fuiman

Professor,
Section of Integrative Biology at U.T. Austin and
Department of Marine Science at the Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas

Lab web page

Education | Research Interests | Instruction | Awards | Publications

E-mail:
lee@utmsi.utexas.edu
Office:
MSP L339,
(361) 749-6775
Mailing Address:
Marine Science Institute
University of Texas
750 Channel View Drive
Port Aransas, TX 78373
Campus Mail Code:
Mar Sci Inst-Port Aran,
T2500

Education

B.S., Southampton College of Long Island University, 1974
M.S., Cornell University, 1978
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1983

Research Interests

The past few decades have seen the biology of fish larvae blossom into an exciting field of research. These tiny, usually transparent early life stages had been neglected because of the difficulties in collecting, identifying, and maintaining them. With many of these problems solved, research is directed toward understanding how processes affecting larval fishes have serious consequences for populations of adults. Survival of larvae is a prerequisite for sustained populations, and like adults, larvae must find food and avoid predators. However, unlike adults, they must do so while their abilities vary due to dramatic morphological, physiological, and behavioral changes caused by development.

Our research includes both laboratory and field experiments on the behavioral and sensory capabilities of fish larvae. Much of it involves frame-by-frame motion analysis of video taped experiments. This approach has led to important insights into the change in vulnerability of larvae to predators during early life. We combine the behavioral approach with detailed studies of changing sensory and locomotor morphology to understand how behavior may be constrained. We also study the effects of environmental variables (e.g., temperature, salinity, and contaminants) on a larva's capabilities. We incorporate field experiments to form ecological interpretations for the laboratory results. Our research has now expanded to include assessment of sublethal effects of pollutants and their ecological interpretation.

More information - Fuiman lab research; fish-related projects and research on marine mammals.

Instruction

MNS 354C - Biology of Fishes

More information - former and current graduate students.

Awards/Honors

Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of America, National Science Foundation, 2000.
Teaching Excellence Award, College of Natural Sciences, 1999
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Biology, 1986-1987
Best Fisheries Paper, 2nd place, 46th Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference, 1984
Fishery Alumni Memorial Award, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, 1982

Publications

Fuiman, L.A., D.M. Higgs, and K.R. Poling. In press. Changing structure and function of the ear and lateral line system of fishes during development. American Fisheries Society Symposium.
McCarthy, I.D., L.A. Fuiman, and M.C. Alvarez. 2003. Aroclor 1254 affects growth and survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 252:295–301.
Fuiman, L.A., and J.H. Cowan, Jr. 2003. Behavior and recruitment success in fish larvae: Repeatability and covariation of survival skills. Ecology 84:53-67.
Fuiman, L.A., and R.G. Werner, eds. 2002. Fishery Science: The Unique Contributions of Early Life Stages. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Myrberg, A.A., Jr., and L.A. Fuiman. 2002. The sensory world of coral reef fishes. Pages 123-148. In: P.F. Sale, editor. Coral Reef Fishes: Dynamics and Diversity in a Complex Ecosystem. Academic Press, San Diego.
Fuiman, L.A., R.W. Davis, and T.M. Williams. 2002. Behavior of midwater fishes under the Antarctic ice: Observations by a predator. Marine Biology 140:815-822.
Williams, T.M., R.W. Davis, L.A. Fuiman, J. Francis, B.J. LeBoeuf, M. Horning, J. Calambokidis, and D.A. Croll. 2000. Sink or swim: Strategies for cost-efficient diving by marine mammals. Science. 288:133-136.
Fuiman, L.A., M.E. Smith, and V. Malley. 1999. Ontogeny of routine swimming speed and startle responses in red drum, with a comparison of responses to acoustic and visual stimuli. Journal of Fish Biology 55 (supplement A):215-226.
Rooker, J.R., S.A. Holt, G.J. Holt, and L.A. Fuiman. 1999. Spatial and temporal variability in growth, mortality, and recruitment potential of post settlement red drum. Sciaenops occellatus, in a subtropical estuary. Fishery Bulletin 97:581-590.
Fuiman, L.A., J.D. Gage, and P.A. Lamont. 1999. Shell morphometry in the deep sea protobranch bivalve Ledella pustulosa in the Rockall Trough, North-east Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79:661-671.
Poling, K.R., and L.A. Fuiman. 1999. Behavioral specialization in developing sciaenids and its relationship to morphology and habitat. Environmental Biology of Fishes 54:119-133.
Davis, R.W., L.A. Fuiman, T.M. Williams, S.O. Collier, W.P. Hagey, S.B. Kanatous, S. Kohin, and M. Horning. 1999. Hunting behavior of a marine mammal beneath the antarctic fast-ice. Science 283:993-996.
Faulk, C.K., L.A. Fuiman, and P. Thomas. 1999. Parental exposure to ortho, para-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane impairs survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogoniasundulatus) larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:254-262.

More information - see complete publications list.