Michael Dance
Position: Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Email: mdance1@lsu.edu
Office: 2255 Energy, Coast & Environment Building
Phone: 225-578-1243
Lab: Fisheries and Movement Ecology
Degrees
Ph.D.(s): Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Master’s Degree(s): M.S., University of West Florida
Bachelor’s Degree(s): B.S., Auburn University
Research Interests
Movement ecology, fisheries science, population connectivity, stock assessment, seascape ecology, habitat use, early life history of marine fishes
Recent Publications
Wetmore LS, Dance MA, Hill RL, Rooker JR. (2020). Community dynamics of fish assemblages on mid-shelf and outer-shelf coral reefs in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7:152. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00152/full
Rooker JR, Wells RJD, Addis P, Arrizabalaga H, Baptista M, Bearzi G, Dance MA, Fraile I, Lacoue-Labarthe T, Lee JM, Megalofonou P, Rosa R, Sobrino I, Sykes A, Vilanueva R. (2020). Natural geochemical markers reveal environmental history and population connectivity of common cuttlefish in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2020309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0309
Plumlee JD, Dance KM, Dance MA, Rooker JR, TinHan TC, Shipley JB, Wells RD. (2020). Fish assemblages associated with artificial reefs assessed using multiple gear types in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 96(0). https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/pre-prints/content-bms_9605
Dance, MA, Rooker, JR. (2019). Cross-shelf habitat shifts of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 14(3), e0213506. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0213506
Rooker, J. R., Dance, M.A., Wells, R. D., Ajemian, M. J., Block, B. A., Castleton, M. R., Drymon, J. M., Falterman, B. J., Franks, J. S., Hammerschlag, N., others (2019). Population connectivity of pelagic megafauna in the Cuba-Mexico-United States triangle. Nature Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1663. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38144-8