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About me

Brief Bio: I have worked with colleagues, fishers, and the public to promote the non-invasive use of passive acoustics to fisheries and ecology questions for over 20 years. In doing so, I have recorded soundscapes in estuaries from Florida to Maine, on the commercial fishing grounds of the Gulf of Maine, in the deep-sea off of New England, and in freshwater habitats from the Amazon, Canyons of Utah, and in rivers, lakes, and ponds throughout New England. Today I’m known as “The Fish Listener” a title I promote to emphasize the act of listening to the natural environment. I got my BS (with honors) working on the symbiosis of fish and jellyfish with the late Dr. David Lindquist at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. My MS was in Marine Biology at the Charleston Higher Education Consortium, working on fish aggregation devices (FADs) with Dr. George Sedberry. My Ph.D. is in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University working on the importance of tidal marsh creeks to fishes and invertebrates with Dr. Kenneth Able. In the past I have managed multidisciplinary estuarine and fisheries programs for the National Marine Fisheries Service and University of Massachusetts. To date I have published over 80 papers and my work has been chronicled in the New York Times, NPR, Discover Magazine, and on-line. Curriculum Vitae The online version of my CV contains links to papers or abstracts from many of my publications, as well as links to past seminars including talks on summer flounder, Gulf of Maine fish diets, Georges Bank guild structure, Ontogenetic shifts in predator types, estuarine habitat use patterns of marsh nekton, passive acoustics and fish sounds. My full Curriculum Vitae and One page resume are also availabe as pdfs. You can also find a lot of my publications and information on some research projects through my Researchgate page. I was recently honored to be profiled by the Charleston College Alumni magazine, read all about it at: The Fish Listener

My youtube site   Includes videos of fish behavior and videos of some of my student's class research reports. Also check out my new blog with the National Geographic Field Notes program (formerly Explorer program). Listening to Fish with National Geographic

Passive acoustics research on fish sounds

Soniferous fish ecology The study of fish soniferous behavior (sound production) and the applications of passive acoustics technology to fisheries and to the exploration of the sea is one of my major research interests. These pages provide extensive examples of fish sounds. You can also find brief summaries of some of my current passive acoustics research projects. Those interested in more detailed information can download published papers and reports from my CV page. Includes a gallery of underwater fish sounds, deep sea fish sounds, sounds of the Gulf of Maine, my e-book "Listening to fish", sounds of the cusk-eel, fish songs ringtones (updated ringtones!), and many more topics. Go to the Soniferous main page for a list of many projects and examples of fish sounds Soniferous fish ecology

Past research on what fish eat, estuarine habitats and fish aggregation devices

Estuarine Research Archived: These pages describe some of my past research on estuarine fishes, essential fish habitat for estuarine fishes, and saltmarsh community structure. One of these days I'll update the information.

Trophic Research Archived: What do fish eat? What are the predators of a given fish or invertebrate? Find the answers here. I have conducted extensive research of marine fish food habits and include extensive tabulated data and analyses in my web page. This include extensive summaries of the diets of NW Atlantic fishes, including over 1,000 pie charts and diet composition tables for over 150 species of fish and two squids, plus tables of all predators for a given species (Analyses based on data provided by the NMFS). It also includes summaries of diet analysis for several unpublished papers.

Fish Aggregation Devices (FADs) Archived: These pages provide pictures and information on FAD research that I conducted some time ago, but which is still frequently requested from fishers, and resource managers around the world, especially from developing countries and subsistence fishers.

Other topics

Children's Stories New for kids, I've decided to post some of the fictional (and some nonfiction) children's stories I've written over the years for my family.

Archived: Miscellaneous Photographs of myself, colleagues, and fish (many more photographs under other sections).

Fish facts and web links Brief collection of interesting fish facts compiled by Rodney Rountree, including lists of the biggest fish in the world, and links to other web pages on marine ecology, fish and fish sounds. It includes a fun page of "find the fish" picture puzzles. Can you find the hidden fish, crabs and lobsters?

My writings and art Web page with selections of my poetry, songs, art, and Christian theology writings.

Old and inactive blog sites - but information still interesting

My old personal blog site. "My Thoughts", contains my musing and philosophy on topics ranging from ecologial issues, Christian philosophy, and current events.