Field of Focus
  • Ecology
  • Fisheries
  • Population Biology
  • Endangered Species
  • Biological Oceanography
Area of Expertise
Trophic Ecology of Zooplankton Communities
Education
  • Ph.D. in Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A., 1993
  • M.S. in Marine Biology, Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1983
  • B.S. in Fisheries Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1978

I moved from Massachusetts to Florida to attend graduate school at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science. While a graduate student I worked for the Florida Institute of Oceanography and the Florida Marine Research Institute. Now back in the northeast, I teach marine biology most summers at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs Mississippi.

Conley, W.J. and J.V. Gartner, Jr. 2009. Growth among larvae of lanternfishes (Teleostei: Myctophidae) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 84:123-135.

Conley, W.J. and T.L. Hopkins 2004. Feeding ecology of lanternfish (Pisces: Myctophidae) larvae: Diet preferences reflected in morphology. Bulletin of Marine Science 75:361-379

Gartner, J.V., W.J. Conley and T.L. Hopkins. 1989. Escapement by fishes from midwater trawls: A case study using lanternfishes (Pisces: Myctophidae). Fish. Bull. 87:213-222.

W.J. Conley and B. Hoffman. 1988. Nesting activity of sea turtles in Florida: 1979-1985. Florida Scientist 50:201-210

B.A. Hoffman and W.J. Conley. 1987. Public aid to help assess nesting sea turtle populations in Florida. The Fifth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. Volume 1:519-535.

DeLeon, M.F., R.O. Reese and W.J. Conley. 1991. Effects of fixation and serial dehydration on shrinkage in common snook prolarvae (Centropomus undecimalis). NOAA Tech. Rep. 95:121-128.

Reese, R.O., M.F. DeLeon, and W.J. Conley. 1991. Morphological effects from long-term storage in fixatives and alcohol in common snook prolarvae (Centropomus undecimalis). NOAA Tech. Rep. 95:129-137.