Ecology, conservation and recovery of the Black abalone in California.
I have been involved in long-term monitoring of black abalone population in California since 1982. Early work was focused on the biology and ecology of abalone. More recent studies have examined the conservation of diminishing stocks and methods for restoration of remaining populations.
Publications:
1) Tissot, B. N. 1988. Morphological variation along intertidal gradients in a population of black abalone Haliotis cracherodii Leach 1814. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 117: 71-90.
2) Tissot, B. N. 1988. Multivariate Analysis. Chapter 3 In: M. McKinney, ed. Heterochrony In Evolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Plenum Press, New York.
3) Tissot, B. N. 1990. El Niño responsible for decline of black abalone off southern California. Hawaiian Shell News 38(6): 3-4.
4) Tissot, B. N. 1992. The effects of water movement on the ecology and evolution of the Haliotidae. Chapter 4 In: S. Shepherd and M. Tegner, eds. Proceedings of the First International Abalone Symposium: Biology, Fisheries, and Culture. La Paz, Mexico. Blackwells Sci. Publ. Ltd., Sydney.
5) Lubchenco, J. L., S. A. Navarette, B. N. Tissot, and J. C. Castilla. 1993. Possible ecological responses to global climate change: nearshore benthic biota of northeastern Pacific coastal ecosystems. Chapter 12 In: H. A. Mooney, E. R. Fuentes, and B. I. Kronberg. eds. Earth System Responses to Global Change: Contrasts between North and South America. Academic Press, San Diego.
6) Arnold, J. E. and B. N. Tissot. 1993. Measurement of significant marine paleotemperature variation using black abalone shells from prehistoric middens. Quaternary Research 39: 390-394.
7) Tissot, B. N. 1995. Recruitment, growth, and survivorship of black abalone on Santa Cruz Island following mass mortality. Southern California Academy of Sciences 94(3): 32-47.
8) Tissot, B. N. 2004. Long-term population trends in the black abalone, Haliotis cracheroidii, along the eastern pacific coast and implications for future recovery. Technical Report, SW Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 38 pp.
Grants:
1) Long-term data analysis of population of the black abalone (for Endangered Species Act Status Review Committee). 2003-2004. SW Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, ($24,900).
2) Restocking black abalone populations on Santa Cruz Island: a model for restoring abalone stocks in California. 1997-98. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PI: $10,000).