joey ballenger

Joseph Ballenger

Associate/Assistant Marine Scientist - SCDNR Inshore Fisheries

Education

Ph.D., 2011, Old Dominion University
M.S., 2007, Auburn University
B.S., 2004, Winthrop University

Research Interests

  • Fish life history and population demographics
  • Natural and anthropogenic changes in relative abundance
  • Climate impacts to community structures and recruitment patterns
  • Fisheries science and fish stock assessment.

Publications

  • Tribble, C., A. Monczak, L. Transue, A. Marian, P. Fair, B. Balmer, J. Ballenger, H. Baker, M. Galipeau, A. Robertson, M. Hughes, A. Strand, & E.W. Montie. In Prep. Enhancing interpretation of cetacean acoustic monitoring: investigating factors that influence vocalization patterns of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in an urbanized estuary, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, USA. Aquatic Mammals. 
  • Transue, L., A. Monczak, C. Tribble, A. Marian, P. Fair, J. Ballenger, B. Balmer, & E.W. Montie. In Press. The biological and anthropogenic soundscape of an urbanized port – the Charleston Harbor estuary, South Carolina, USA. PlosOne. 
  • Anstead, K., K. Drew, D. Chagaris, M. Cieri, A. M. Schueller, J. McNamee, A. Buchheister, G. Nesslage, J. H. Uphoff, M. Wilberg, A. Sharov, M. Dean, J. Brust, M. Celestino, S. Madsen, S. Murray, M. Appelman, J. Ballenger, J. Brito, E. Cosby, C. Craig, C. Flora, K. Gottschall, R. J. Latour, E. Leonard, R. Mroch, J. Newhard, D. Orner, C. Swanson, J. Tinsman, E. D. Houde, T. Miller, and H. Townsend. 2021. The past, present, and future of forage fish management: a case study of Atlantic Menhaden. Frontiers in Marine Science. 
  • Erickson, K., J. West, M. Dance, T. Farmer, J. Ballenger, and S. Midway. 2021. Changing climate associated with the range-wide decline of an estuarine finfish. Global Change Biology. 
  • Passerotti, M. S., T. E. Helser, I. M. Benson, B. K. Barnett, J. C. Ballenger, W. J. Bubley, M. J. M. Reichert, J. M. Quattro. 2020. Age estimation of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) using FT-NIR spectroscopy: feasibility of application to production ageing for management. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsaa 131, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa131.  
  • Parker, B. W., B. A. Beckingham, B. C. Ingram, J. C. Ballenger, J. E. Weinstein, and G. Sancho. 2020. Microplastic and tire wear particle occurrence in fishes from an urban estuary: Influence of feeding characteristics on exposure risk. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60:111539. 
  • Adams, G.D., R.T. Leaf, J.C. Ballenger, S.A. Arnott, & C. J McDonough. 2018. Spatial variability in the individual growth of Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) in the Southeast US: Implications for assessment and management. Fisheries Research 206: 35-43. 
  • Bacheler, N & J.C. Ballenger. 2018. Decadal-scale decline of Scamp (Mycteroperca phenax) abundance along the southeast United States coast. Fisheries Research 204: 74-87. 
  • Sinkus W., V. Shervette, J. Ballenger, L.A. Reed, C. Plante, & B. White. 2017. Mercury bioaccumulation in offshore reef fishes from waters of the Southeastern USA. Environmental Pollution 228: 222-233. 
  • Farmer, N.A., W.D. Heyman, M. Karnauskas, S. Kobara, T.I. Smart, J.C. Ballenger, M.J.M. Reichert, D.M. Wyanski, M.S. Tishler, K.C. Lindeman, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, T.S. Switzer, J.J. Solomon, K. McCain, M. Marhefka, G.R. Sedberry. 2017. Timing and locations of reef fish spawning off the southeastern United States. PloS One 12(3): e0172968. 
  • Lytton, A.R., J.C. Ballenger, M.J.M. Reichert, & T.I. Smart. 2016. Age validation of the North Atlantic stock of wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), based on bomb radiocarbon (14C), and new estimates of life history parameters. Fishery Bulletin 114(1):77-89. 
  • Bacheler, N. M. & J.C. Ballenger.  2015. Spatial and temporal patterns of Black Sea Bass sizes and catches in the southeastern United States inferred from spatially explicit nonlinear models.  Marine & Coastal Fisheries 7: 523-536 
  • Bacheler, N.M., D.J. Berrane, W.A. Mitchell, C.M. Schobernd, Z.H. Schobernd, B.Z. Teer, & J.C. Ballenger. 2014. Environmental conditions and habitat characteristics influence trap and video detection probabilities for reef fish species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 517: 1-14.