tracey smart

Tracey Smart

Senior Marine Scientist - SCDNR

Education

Ph.D., 2008, University of Oregon
M.S., 2003, University of Oregon
B.S., 2001, University of Arizona

Research Interests

  • Fisheries science
  • Spatial ecology
  • Recruitment
  • Fish life history

Publications

  • Zimney, A. and T. Smart. 2022. Impacts of incomplete sampling and standardization on indices of
    abundance from a fishery-independent trawl survey off the southeast U.S. Atlantic coast. Fish. Bull.
    120:252-267.
  • Spanik, K.R., T.I. Smart, M.J.M. Reichert, T.L. Darden. 2021. Using DNA barcoding to improve taxonomic resolution of the diet of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) along the Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States. Fish. Bull. 119: 123-134.
  • Pickens, C., T. Smart, M. Reichert, G.R. Sedberry, D. McGlinn. 2021. No effect of marine protected areas on managed reef fish species in the southeastern United States Atlantic Ocean. Regional Studies in Mar. Sci. 44: 1-14.
  • Smart, T.I., W.J. Bubley, D.M. Glasgow, M.J.M. Reichert. 2020. Spatial Distribution and Habitat Use in Red Porgy Pagrus pagrus in waters off the Southeast U.S. Atlantic Coast. Marine and Coastal Fisheries.12:381-394. DOI: 10.1002/mcf2.10135.
  • Bacheler, N.M. and T.I. Smart. 2016. Multi-decadal decline in reef fish abundance and species richness in the southeast USA assessed by standardized trap catches. Mar Biol 163: 1-26. DOI 10.1007/s00227-015-2774-x.