个人简介

I am a marine ecologist, with general interests in the ecology and behavioral dynamics of coastal and marine nekton and surface oriented vertebrates. My research program broadly focuses on the interacting factors that mediate the distributional patterns, behavior, habitat use, energetics and natural ecology of coastal and oceanic animals, including the implications of ecosystem variability, particularly for rapidly changing environments. To address many of these interests, my lab integrates advanced sampling techniques, such as active and passive underwater acoustics, with observations from autonomous aerial and aquatic platforms to collect high-resolution data to simultaneously describe spatial and temporal patterns of interest, ranging from individual-level interactions to broad ecosystem dynamics. The observational and analytical techniques my lab employs are robust across an array of ecosystems and animal types facilitating a high-level interdisciplinary and collaborative research program.

研究领域

Active and Passive Acoustics; Estuarine, Coastal and Pelagic Ecology; Behavior; Population Biology; Habitat Loss; Oil and Gas Development; Biological Oceanography

My research focuses on understanding the processes that mediate behavioral and distributional patterns in coastal and marine nekton. Through the development and application of advanced sampling techniques, we seek to understand the processes that influence and structure coastal marine communities with an emphasis on habitat and resource utilization, predator-prey interactions and behavior.

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Boswell K.M., PG. Rieucau, J. Martin, D.A. Jacques, M.E. Kimball, and D.M. Allen. (In review) Periodic asynchrony in predator and prey nekton density in an estuarine highway is mediated by tidal phase. Submitted to Estuaries and Coasts. Jacques D.A., W.W. Wakefield, J.C. Taylor, and K.M. Boswell. (In revision) Using imaging sonars to measure changes in the behavior and distribution of fishes in the presence of unmanned underwater vehicles. Submitted to Fisheries Research Mohan, J., T.T. Sutton, A. Cook, K.M. Boswell and R.J.D. Wells. (In revision) Influence of mesoscale features on Carangidae (jacks) fishes. Submitted to Fisheries Oceanography. Straley J.M., J. J. Moran, K.M. Boswell, J.J. Vollenweider, R.A. Heintz, T.J. Quinn II, B. Witteveen and S. Rice. (In review). Seasonal presence and potential influence of foraging humpback whales upon Pacific herring wintering in the Gulf of Alaska. Submitted to Deep Sea Research II. Zenone, M.A., D. E. Burkepile, and K.M. Boswell. (In revision) A comparison of diver vs. acoustic methodologies for surveying nekton in a shallow water coral reef ecosystem. Fisheries Research. Kurvers, R.H.J.M, S. Krause, P.E. Viblanc, J.E. Herbert-Read, P. Zalansky, P. Domenici, S. Marras, J.F. Steffensen, M.B.S. Svendsen, A.D.M. Wilson, P. Couillaud, K.M. Boswell and J.Krause. (Accepted) The Evolution of Lateralisation in Group Hunting Sailfish. Current Biology. Catano, L.B., M.B. Barton, K.M. Boswell, D.E. Burkepile. (Accepted) Predator hunting mode and time of day shape the risk-reward trade-off in feeding behavior of herbivorous fishes on a coral reef. Oceologia. Boswell KM, Rieucau G, JJ Vollenweider, JM Moran, RA Heintz, JK Blackburn, DJ Csepp. 2016. Changes in over-wintering Humpback whale abundance structure Pacific herring school distribution, morphology and internal organization. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0192. D'elia M, Warren JD, Rodriguez-Pinto I, Sutton TT, Cook A, Boswell KM. 2016. Diel variation in the vertical distribution of deep-water scattering layers in the Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Churnside, J.H., R.J.D. Wells, K.M. Boswell, J.A. Quinlan, R.D. Marchbanks, B.J. McCarty, and T.T. Sutton. 2016. Surveying the distribution and abundance of flyingfishes and other epipelagics in the northern Gulf of Mexico using airborne lidar. Bulletin of Marine Science. 93:1-19. Demer, D.A., L. Berger, M. Bernasconi, E. Bethke, K.M. Boswell, D. Chu, R. Domokos, et al . (2015) Calibration of acoustic instruments. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 326. 133 pp. Svendsen M.B.S., P. Domenici, S. Marras, J. Krause, K.M. Boswell, I. Rodriguez-Pinto, A.D.M. Wilson, R.H. Kurvers, P.E. Viblanc, J.S. Finger, and J.F. Steffensen. 2016. Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species based on muscle contraction time and stride lengths: A myth revisited. Biology Open. 5: 1415-1419; doi: 10.1242/bio.019919 Barton M.B., K.M. Boswell, R.A. Heintz, J.R. Moran, J.J. Vollenweider. 2016. Latitudinal variation of diet and energy allocation in Capelin (Mallotus villosus). DOI 10.1007/s00300-016-2041-8. Kimball M.E., K.M. Boswell and L.P. Rozas. 2016. Estuarine nekton behavior around slotted water control structures in a managed salt marsh. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 10.1007/s11273-016-9517-8 Lin J., C. Li, K.M. Boswell, M.E. Kimball, and L. Rozas. 2016. Examination of winter circulation in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. Estuaries and Coasts. 10.1007/s12237-015-0048-y Copeman L, B Laurel, A Stremba, K Klinck, RA Heintz, JJ Vollenweider, and KM Boswell. 2015. Ontogenetic variability in the lipid content of saffron Cod (Eleginus gracilis) from the Western Arctic and Northern Chukchi. Polar Biology. Polar Biology. 10.1007/s00300-015-1792-y Kimball ME, LP Rozas, KM Boswell and JH Cowan. 2015. Effect of slotted water control structures on nekton movement within salt marshes. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science. 7:177–189. Marras, S, T Noda, JF Steffensen, MBS Svendsen, J Krause, ADM Wilson, RHJM Kurvers, J Herbert-Read, KM Boswell and Paolo Domenici. 2016. Sailfish rely on morphological body adaptations rather than high speed to capture their prey. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Rieucau G, KM Boswell, ME Kimball, DM Allen and UG Diaz. 2105. Tidal and diel variations in schooling behavior of estuarine fish within an intertidal salt marsh creek. Hydrobiologia. Handegard NO, A DeRobertis, G Rieucau, KM Boswell and G Macaulay. 2015. The reaction of a captive herring school to playbacks of a noisy and a conventional research vessel. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72:491-499. Video Abstract. Saari, CR, KM Boswell and JH Cowan. 2014. Regional differences in the age and growth of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) across the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science. 112:261-273. Rieucau G, A DeRobertis, KM Boswell and NO Handegard. 2014. School density affects the strength of collective avoidance responses in wild-caught Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): a simulated-predator encounter experiment. Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/jfb.12520 Shoup, DE, KM Boswell, and DH Wahl. 2014. Diel littoral-pelagic movements by juvenile bluegill in a small lake. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 143: 796-801. Simonsen KA, JH Cowan and KM Boswell. 2014. Habitat differences in the feeding ecology of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus): A comparison between artificial and natural reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Biology of Fishes: DOI 10.1007/s10641-014-0317-9. Rieucau G, KM Boswell, A De Robertis, GJ Macaulay and NO Handegard. 2014. Experimental evidence of threat-sensitive collective avoidance responses in a large wild-caught herring school. PLoS One. 9: e86726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086726.