Social-Ecological modeling
Project Dates: 2017-2021 | Location: Narragansett Bay, RI | Collaborators: Jeremy Collie (URI), Jason McNamee, Conor McManus (RI DEM) | Lab Personnel: Annie Innes-Gold | Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Innes-Gold A, Heinichen M, Gorospe KD, Truesdale C, Collie J, Humphries AT. (2020) Modeling 25 years of food web changes in Narragansett Bay as a tool for ecosystem-based management. Marine Ecology Progress Series 654:17-33. [pdf]
Innes-Gold A, Pavlowich T, Heinichen M, McManus C, McNamee J, Collie J, Humphries AT (2021) Exploring social-ecological tradeoffs in fisheries using a coupled food web and human behavior model. Ecology and Society 26(2):40. [doi] [pdf]
Refulio-Coronado SM, Lacasse KM, Dalton T, Humphries AT, Basu S, Uchida H, Uchida E (2021) Coastal and marine socio-ecological systems: A systematic review of the literature. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:648006. [doi] [pdf]
Social-Ecological Assessment of Coral Restoration
Project Dates: 2016-2021 | Location: Spermonde Islands, Indonesia | Collaborators: Amelia Moore, Carlos Garcia-Quijano (URI) | Lab Personnel: Nicky Roberts, Lauren Josephs | Funding: Private
Vandenberg J, Humphries AT, Garcia-Quijano C, Moore A, Pollnac R, Abdullah S. (2021) Assessing indicators and limitations of food security objectives in coral reef restoration. Conservation and Society 19(1):68-79. [doi] [pdf]
Improved Nutrition Security through Increased Consumption of Marine Fish
Project Dates: 2018-2020 | Location: Kenya | Collaborators: Lora Iannotti (Washington University in St. Louis), Terezie Mosby (Mississippi State University); Andrew Wamukota (Pwani University); Elizabeth Kamau-Mbuthia (Egerton University) | Lab Personnel: Lauren Josephs, Ivy Blackmore, Rachel Cohn | Funding: USAID
Iannotti, L., Blackmore, I., Cohn, R., Chen, F., Chapnick, M., and Humphries, A. (submitted). Fish foods for nutrition security and equity. Global Food Security.
Cartmill, M.K., Blackmore, I., Sarange C., Mbeyu, R., Cheupe, C., Cheupe, J., Kamau-Mbuthia E., Iannotti, L., Wamukota, A., Humphries, A., and Lesorogol, C. (in review). Fish and complementary feeding practices for young children: qualitative research findings from coastal Kenya. PLOS One.
Kamau-Mbuthia E., Sarange C., Mbeyu, R., Wamukota, A., Cheupe, C., Cheupe, J., Humphries, A., Nunez-Garcia, A., Lesorogol, C., Blackmore, I., and Iannotti, L. (in review). Child nutrition in fishing versus non-fishing households of coastal Kenya. Maternal & Child Nutrition.
Integrated Kelp Aquaculture
Project Dates: 2017-2020 | Location: Rhode Island | Collaborators: Carol Thornber, Lindsay Green, David Ullman, Chris Kincaid (URI); Autumn Oczkowski (US EPA); Romain Lavaud (Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski); RI oyster farmers | Lab Personnel: Celeste Venolia | Funding: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Venolia CV, Lavaud R, Green-Gavrielidis LA, Thornber C, Humphries AT (2020) Modeling the Growth of Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima) in Aquaculture Systems using Dynamic Energy Budget Theory. Ecological Modelling. [pdf]
Underwater Sonar
Project Dates: 2017-2019 | Location: Narragansett Bay, RI | Collaborators: Jeremy Collie, Steve Barber (URI); Matt Zimmerman (FarSounder Inc.); Jason McNamee (RI Department of Environmental Management) | Funding: Rhode Island Research Alliance (STAC)
This was a pilot project as a proof-of-concept to determine if our methodology was feasible. It wasn’t!
Sardinella Fisheries
Project Dates: 2016-2019 | Location: Ghana | Collaborators: Jeremy Collie, Kathy Castro (URI); Denis Aheto (University of Cape Coast) | Lab Personnel: Evans Arizi | Funding: US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Arizi EK, Collie JS, Castro K, Humphries AT (in review) Dynamics and Catch Composition of the Sardinella Fishery in Ghana indicate immediate management is needed.
Arizi EK, Collie JS, Humphries AT (in review) Modeling the Effects of Seasonal Closures and Gear Restrictions on Sardinella Populations in the Coastal Waters of Ghana, West Africa.
Living Shorelines
Project Dates: 2015-2017 | Location: Martha’s Vineyard, MA | Collaborators: Suzanne Ayvazian, Marty Chintala (US EPA), Suzan Bellincampi (Mass Audubon), David Grunden (Oak Bluffs Shellfish Dept.) | Lab Personnel: Lauren Josephs | Funding: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Josephs LI, Humphries AT (2018) Identifying social factors that undermine support for nature-based coastal management. Journal of Environmental Management. [doi] [pdf]
Josephs LI, Humphries AT (2017) The role of stakeholder values and norms in selecting ecosystem services associated with living shorelines restoration. 8th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and 25th Biennial Meeting of The Coastal Society, New Orleans, LA, USA. (presentation)