James D. Parrish
PhD University of Rhode Island (Oceanography), 1972
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Zoology
(Leader, Hawai'i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit)
University of Hawai`i
2538 McCarthy Mall, Edmondson 152
Honolulu, HI 96822
phone: (808) 956-8350
fax: (808) 956-4238, 956-9812
parrishj@hawaii.edu

Dr. Parrish is no longer accepting new graduate students he retired in December 2006

Marine community ecology
My major research interests are in aquatic species interactions and community ecology. I am particularly interested in various aspects of predation, in trophic ecology, and in the trophic structure of communities. Approaches include theoretical models and field studies. My long range aim is to incorporate realistic data from sizable aquatic systems into practical analytical frameworks. I am glad to work with students on projects of smaller scope, particularly where results can be contributory to describing a larger system. The group I am most familiar with is the fishes, particularly coastal marine fishes.

The Hawai'i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit conducts research projects in fishery biology and related ecology.

Contracts and grants:

Current:
NOAA Sea Grant. Mortality, habitat & growth of aquarium fishes $48,900
NOAA (HCRI Yr.7) Life history coral fishes $57,700
NOAA (HCRI Yr.7) Diseases Maui fish & corals $85,100
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Mgmt. Council (WPRFMC) Invasive snapper species $50,000
WPRFMC Parrotfish biology $80,000

Last five years:

NOAA (HCRI Yr.6) Life history coral fishes $39,000
NOAA (HCRI Yr.6) Diseases of reef fishes $60,600
NOAA Coral Conservation. Invasive snapper species $50,000
NOAA SeaGrant. Habitat & movement of native & alien fisheries species $95,600
Hawaii DLNR. Interactions of alien snapper with native fishery species $175,400
US Geological Survey. Effects of marine protected areas on reef communities (with Dr. C.E.Birkeland) $72,000

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Refereed articles published in the last 5 years:

DeFelice, R.C. and J.D. Parrish. 2001. Physical processes dominate in shaping invertebrate assemblages in reef-associated sediments of an exposed Hawaiian coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series 215:121-131.

DeFelice, R.C. and J.D. Parrish. 2003. Importance of Benthic Prey for fishes in coral reef-associated sediments. Pacific Science 57(4):359-384.

Friedlander, A.M., J.D.Parrish and R.C. DeFelice. 2002. Ecology of the introduced snapper Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskal) in the reef fish assemblage of a Hawaiian bay. Journal of Fish Biology 60(1):28-48.

Schroeder, R.E. and J.D. Parrish. In press. Resilience of predators to fishing pressure on coral patch reefs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

Schroeder, R.E. and J.D. Parrish. In press. Ecological characteristics of coral patch reefs at Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian islands. Proceedings of the Third Scientific Symposium on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Schumacher, B.D. and J.D. Parrish. In press. Spatial relationships between an introduced snapper and native goatfishes on Hawaiian reefs. Biological Invasions.

Smith, G.C. and J.D.Parrish. 2002. Estuaries as nurseries for the jacks Caranx ignobilis and Caranx melampygus (Carangidae) in Hawaii. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 55(3):347-359.

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Talks in the last 5 years:

Several contributed papers presented at scientific meetings.

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Published abstracts in the last 5 years:

A few in symposium and meeting proceedings of limited circulation.

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Service work to department, university, state, or profession:

Normally serve on usual full range of departmental and university committees except personnel committees.

Provide technical consulting on request to the university's Environmental Center, other university components, and a variety of State and Federal agencies in the areas of fishery biology, aquatic ecology, and aquatic environmental problems.

Have served for many years on the Scientific and Statistical Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.

Have served in some years as a member-at-large on the board of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean.

Charter member of the Hawaii chapter of the American Fisheries Society, have served on its membership committee, chaired a committee to organize an international symposium on introduced aquatic organisms in the Pacific basin at the 17th Pacific Science Congress, and moderated the symposium. For the national Society, served by request as a judge for best professional paper published in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society for 1992.

Served on the membership committee of the Hawaii chapter of Sigma Xi.

Routinely serve as reviewer of manuscripts for editors of scientific journals and of proposals for various agencies and laboratories.

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