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.