Dr. Bruce H. Comyns
Area of Expertise
Fisheries Ecology
Education
- Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A., 1997
- M.A. Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A., 1987
Dr. Comyns is an Assistant Professor of Fisheries Ecology at the Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi. His research interests include:
- Taxonomy and early life history of marine fishes; patterns of larval and post-larval growth and survival (particularly multi-species comparisons) and subsequent effects on recruitment
- Reproduction of fishes; environmental control of reproductive processes
- Use of estuarine habitats by post-larval and juvenile fishes
Current Research Projects:
Investigation of Juvenile Fishes Associated with Pelagic Sargassum Habitat in the North Central Gulf of Mexico (NGI,BP-GRI)
Assessing Possible Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Summer Plankton Assemblages of the Inner Continental Shelf in the North-central Gulf of Mexico (NGI,BP-GRI)