The Frisk laboratory works in collaboration with Sean Lucey (NOAA, Woods Hole, MA) and Benjamin Planque (IMR, Norway) to develop a food-web model based on the principles of Chance and Necessity (CaN, Planque and Mullon, 2020) to reconstruct past trophic dynamics of Winter Flounder in the Southern New England and Mid-Atlantic Bight areas. Using the model, we investigate the drivers (fisheries, predation, or climate) of the Winter Flounder collapse.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Frisk
Post-doctoral researcher: Dr. Elliot Sivel
Planque, B., and Mullon, C. 2020. Modelling chance and necessity in natural systems. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77: 1573–1588.
The Frisk laboratory members are currently collaborating on a review of ecosystem modelling practices for the Northeastern US Shelf. This work consists of reviewing published literature and identifying major topics addressed by modelers for this area. Doing so, we hope to identify knowledge gaps and provide recommendations on the applications we think are worth developing in the future in order to better inform management. This process is essential to improve existing models that are currently being used for ecosystem-management frameworks.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Frisk
Post-doctoral researcher: Dr. Elliot Sivel
Students: Tatum Eigenberger, Maria Manz, Madison Muehl, Ashley Nicoll
Technicians: Allegra Ervin, Farrah Leone, Amanda Stigliano
Sagarese, Skyler R., Frisk, Michael G., Cerrato, Robert M., Sosebee, Kathy A., Musick, John A., and Rago, Paul J.. 2014. Application of generalized additive models to examine ontogenetic and seasonal distributions of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in the Northeast (US) shelf large marine ecosystem. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 71(6): 847-877. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0342