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Contact Information

School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
319 Lena Point
17101 Point Lena Loop Rd
Juneau, AK 99801-8344
Phone: (907) 796-5458
Fax: (907) 796-5447
gordon.kruse@alaska.edu

Gordon Kruse Full Professor

Commercial Fisheries • Fisheries Ecology • Fisheries Oceanography • Fisheries Population and Biometry • Fishery Management • Marine Invertebrates

Affiliations

Vice-chairman, Fishery Science Committee, PICES -- the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (former Chair))
Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Alaska Research (CIFAR), University of Alaska Fairbanks
American Fisheries Society
National Shellfisheries Association
American Statistical Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Scientific and Statistical Committee (former chair, former vice-chair) of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council

Specialties

ecology
biology
biological oceanography
population dynamics and management of commercially important fish and shellfish

Education

B.S. 1977 Rutgers University (Mathematics)
M.S. 1981 Oregon State University (Fisheries)
Ph.D. 1984 Oregon State University (Fisheries)

Office Hours

Wed/Fri 1:30-3:30 pm or by appointment

Research Overview

I maintain broad interests in applied fisheries research on marine invertebrates and fishes, including: (1) stock assessment methods, especially size-based approaches for species lacking age structures, (2) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications to marine populations and fisheries management, (3) effects of oceanographic conditions on distribution, growth, reproduction and recruitment, (4) marine ecosystem dynamics in response to humans (e.g., commercial harvests, trawling effects) and climate and (5) fishery management strategies, including ecosystem approaches to fisheries.

Current Research Projects

Effects of climate and gadid predation on red king crab population dynamics in Alaska
Recruitment mechanisms for Tanner crabs in the eastern Bering Sea
Population dynamics of northern pink shrimp in the Kodiak area
Developing biological reference points for crustacean fisheries
Dynamics of benthic invertebrate communities on weathervane scallop beds with respect to variations in climate and fishing
Impacts of trawl intensity, depth and sediments on prey consumption by flatfishes and their competition with king and Tanner crabs
Improved aging techniques and growth models for spiny dogfish in the Gulf of Alaska
Biomass dynamics modeling of principal groundfish in the eastern Bering Sea
Use of rockfish growth chronologies to investigate dynamics and mechanisms of productivity in the Alaska and California Current ecosystems
Dynamics of reproductive biology of walleye pollock with respect to climate and stock size and their implications for fisheries management

Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications (Since 2005)

Tribuzio, C.A., and G.H. Kruse. 2011. Demographic and risk analyses of spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi) in the Gulf of Alaska using age- and stage-based population models. Marine and Freshwater Research, in press.

Livingston, P.A., G.H. Kruse, and L. Richards. 2011. Progress toward ecosystem-based approaches for the assessment of fisheries under data-limited situations – preface to special issue. Fisheries Research, in press.

Livingston, P.A., G.H. Kruse, and L. Richards, editors. 2011. Ecosystem-based approaches for the assessment of fisheries under data-limited situations. Fisheries Research, in press.

Grant, W.S., S.E. Merkouris, G.H. Kruse, and L.W. Seeb. 2011. Low allozyme heterozygosity in North Pacific and Bering Sea populations of red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus): adaptive specialization, population bottleneck or metapopulation structure? ICES Journal of Marine Science 68: 499-506.

Hammer, C., O.S. Kjesbu, G.H. Kruse, P.A. Shelton. 2010. Rebuilding depleted fish stocks: biology, ecology, social science and management strategies. ICES Journal of Marine Science 67: 1825-1829.

Siddeek, M.S.M., J. Zheng, F. Morado, G.H. Kruse, and W. Bechtol. 2010. Effects of bitter crab disease on rebuilding Alaska Tanner crab stocks. ICES Journal of Marine Science 67: 2027-2032.

Kruse, G.H., J. Zheng, and D.L. Stram. 2010. Recovery of the Bristol Bay stock of red king crabs under a rebuilding plan. ICES Journal of Marine Science 67: 1866-1874.

Kruse, G.H., G.L. Eckert, R.J. Foy, R.N. Lipcius, B. Sainte-Marie, D.L. Stram, and D. Woodby, editors. 2010. Biology and management of exploited crab populations under climate change. Alaska Sea Grant College Program AK-SG-10-01, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 562 p.

Armstrong, D., P.S. McDonald, G.H. Kruse, A.H. Hines, J.M. Orensanz. 2010. A crab for all seasons: the confluence of fisheries and climate as drivers of crab abundance and distribution. Pages 1 – 46 in G.H. Kruse, G.L. Eckert, R.J. Foy, R.N. Lipcius, B. Sainte-Marie, D.L. Stram, and D. Woodby (eds.). Biology and management of exploited crab populations under climate change. Alaska Sea Grant College Program AK-SG-10-01, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks.

Bechtol, W.R., and G.H. Kruse. 2010. Factors affecting historical red king crab recruitment around Kodiak Island, Alaska. Pages 413 – 432 in G.H. Kruse, G.L. Eckert, R.J. Foy, R.N. Lipcius, B. Sainte-Marie, D.L. Stram, and D. Woodby (eds.). Biology and management of exploited crab populations under climate change. Alaska Sea Grant College Program , AK-SG-10-01 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks.

Tribuzio, C.A., G.H. Kruse, and J.T. Fujioka. 2010. Age and growth of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in the Gulf of Alaska: a comparison of alternative growth models. Fishery Bulletin 108: 119-135.

Gröger, J.P., G.H. Kruse, and N. Rohlf. 2010. Slave to the rhythm: How large-scale climate cycles trigger herring regeneration in the North Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 67: 454-465.

Rice, J.S., V.F. Gallucci, and G.H. Kruse. 2009. Evaluation of the precision of age estimates for spiny dogfish. Pages 161 - 168 in V.F. Gallucci, G.A. McFarlane, and G.G. Bargmann, editors. Biology and management of the dogfish sharks. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Kruse, G.H., Y. Ishida, and C.I. Zhang. 2009. Rebuilding of depleted fish stocks through an ecosystem approach to fisheries – preface to special issue. Fisheries Research 100:1-5.

Kruse, G.H., Y. Ishida, E.A. Perry, V.I. Radchenko, and C.I. Zhang, editors. 2009. Ecosystem approach to fisheries: Improvements on traditional management for declining and depleted stocks. Fisheries Research 100: 98 p.

Bechtol, W.R., and G.H. Kruse. 2009. Reconstruction of historical abundance and recruitment of red king crab during 1960–2004 around Kodiak, Alaska. Fisheries Research 100: 86-98.

Bechtol, W.R., and G.H. Kruse. 2009. Analysis of a stock-recruit relationship for red king crab off Kodiak Island, Alaska. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 1:29-44.

Kruse, G.H., K. Drinkwater, J.N. Ianelli, J.S. Link, D.L. Stram, V. Wespestad, and D. Woodby, editors. 2008. Resiliency of gadid stocks to fishing and climate change. Alaska Sea Grant College Program AK-SG-08-01, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Stahl, J.P., and G.H. Kruse. 2008. Spatial and temporal variability in size of maturity of walleye pollock in the eastern Bering Sea. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 1543-1557. [Paper won W.F. Thompson Best Student Paper Award from American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists]

Stahl, J.P., and G.H. Kruse. 2008. Classification of ovarian stages of walleye pollock. Pages 1-23 in G.H. Kruse, K. Drinkwater, J.N. Ianelli, J.S. Link, D.L. Stram, V. Wespestad, and D. Woodby (eds.). Resiliency of gadid stocks to fishing and climate change. Alaska Sea Grant College Program AK-SG-08-01, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Kruse, G.H. 2008. Symposium Dedication to Albert V. Tyler. Page vi in G.H. Kruse, K. Drinkwater, J.N. Ianelli, J.S. Link, D.L. Stram, V. Wespestad, and D. Woodby (eds.), Resiliency of gadid stocks to fishing and climate change. Alaska Sea Grant College Program AK-SG-08-01, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Kruse, G.H., A.V. Tyler, B. Sainte-Marie, and D. Pengilly. 2007. A workshop on mechanisms affecting year-class strength formation of snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio) in the eastern Bering Sea. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 12(2): 277-290.

Tojo, N., G.H. Kruse, and F.C. Funk. 2007. Migration dynamics of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) and response to spring environmental variability in the Southeastern Bering Sea. Deep Sea Research II 54: 2832-2848.

Kruse, G.H. 2007a. Ecosystem structure: crabs and shrimps. Pages 135-145 in R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Kruse, G.H. 2007b. Agents of ecosystem change: species interactions. Pages 187-191 in R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Kruse, G.H. 2007c. Predator control of seals using depth charges. Page 200 in R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Kruse, G.H. 2007d. Long-term change: crabs and shrimps. Pages 378-394 in R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Kruse, G.H. 2007e. Match-mismatch hypothesis. Page 386 in R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Kruse, G.H. 2007f. The oscillating control hypothesis. Page 543-547 in R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Kruse, G.H. 2007g. Trophic cascades. Pages 539-542 in R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Kruse, G.H., and A.M. Springer. 2007. Agents of ecosystem change: marine mammal harvest and fishing. Pages 192-219 in R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Spies, R., and G.H. Kruse. 2007. Is the Gulf of Alaska a self-organized critical system? Pages 551-554 In R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Spies, R., T. Cooney, A.M. Springer, T. Weingartner, and G.H. Kruse. 2007. Long-term changes in the GOA: properties and causes. Pages 521-560 In R.B. Spies, ed. Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

Zheng, J., and G.H. Kruse. 2006. Recruitment variation of eastern Bering Sea crabs: climate forcing or top-down effects? Progress in Oceanography 68: 184-204.

Kruse, G.H., V.F. Gallucci, D.E. Hay, R.I. Perry, R.M. Peterman, T.C. Shirley, P.D. Spencer, B. Wilson, and D. Woodby, editors. 2005. Fisheries assessment and management in data-limited situations. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 948 p.

Collie, J.S., A.K. DeLong, and G.H. Kruse. 2005. Three-stage catch-survey analysis applied to blue king crabs Pages 683-714 in Kruse, G.H., V.F. Gallucci, D.E. Hay, R.I. Perry, R.M. Peterman, T.C. Shirley, P.D. Spencer, B. Wilson, and D. Woodby (eds.), Fisheries assessment and management in data-limited situations. Alaska Sea Grant College Program AK-SG-05-02, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Kruse, G.H., J.P. Barnhart, and G.E. Rosenkranz. 2005. Management of the data-limited weathervane scallop fishery in Alaska. Pages 51-68 In Kruse, G.H., V.F. Gallucci, D.E. Hay, R.I. Perry, R.M. Peterman, T.C. Shirley, P.D. Spencer, B. Wilson, and D. Woodby (eds.), Fisheries assessment and management in data-limited situations. Alaska Sea Grant College Program AK-SG-05-02, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Schumacher, J.D., and G.H. Kruse. 2005. Toward sustainable ecosystem services from the Aleutian Archipelago. Fisheries Oceanography 14(Suppl. 1): 277-291.

Schumacher, J.D., G.H. Kruse, and S.A. Macklin, guest editors. 2005. The Aleutian ecosystem: processes controlling variability in productivity and ecosystem structure. Fisheries Oceanography 14 (Suppl. 1), 306 p.