Ophiodon

iSCB Lecturers

Asst. Prof. Scott A. Heppell, PhD

iSCB instructor
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, USA


Dr. Scott A. Heppell is a fish biologist with research interests in the physiological ecology of fishes, in particular how physiology, behavior, and life history traits affect the interactions between fish populations and their respective fisheries. He has worked on bluefin tuna on the Atlantic high seas, Mediterranean, and east coast of the United States, on groupers throughout the southeast Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico, on rockfish in Oregon and Alaska, and on trout, steelhead, and salmon in Japan and the high deserts of eastern Oregon and Northern Nevada. His work allows him to collaborate with academic scientists, state and federal agencies, foreign agencies and universities, and commercial and recreational fishermen, working together to try and address issues related to the sustainability of marine and freshwater resources and their ecosystems. He also works on investigating the impacts that fishing gear and practices can have on benthic habitats and the fish communities that inhabit them.

 

Education

  • Ph.D. - North Carolina State University, Department of Zoology. 1988. Dissertation title: „The reproductive physiology of gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis)“.
  • M.Sc. - North Carolina State University, Department of Zoology. 1994. Thesis title: „Development of universal vertebrate vitellogenin antibodies“.
  • B.Sc. - University of Washington, Biology. 1990.

Adjunct Appointments

  • Oregon State University, Marine Resource Management Program, College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Oregon State University, Coastal Marine Experiment Station, College of Agricultural Science

Classes taught

  • Marine Biology
  • Fishery Biology
  • Investigations in Population Dynamics
  • Coastal Ecology and Resource Management
  • Sampling and Analysis Marine Fish Stocks
  • Environmental Phyisiology of Fish
  • The Groundfish Crisis
  • Principles of Pacific salmon management in the Northwest
  • Group Problem Solving - Marine Fisheries

Selected References

Heppell, SA, J Porter and S Smith (in review). The summer reproductive status of the epi-pelagic fishes of the Central North Atlantic. Submitted to:  Copeia

Coleman, FC, CC Koenig, K Scanlon, SA Heppell, SS Heppell, and MW Miller. 2010. Benthic habitat modification through excavation by red grouper Epinephelus morio in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. The Open Fish Science Journal 3: 1-15.

Feldhaus, JW, SA Heppell, MG Mesa, and HW Li. 2008.  Hepatic Heat Shock Protein 70 and Plasma Cortisol Levels in Rainbow Trout after Tagging with a Passive Integrated Transponder.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 690-695.

Bellman, MA and SA Heppell. 2007. Trawl Effort Distribution off the U.S. Pacific Coast: Regulatory Shifts and Seafloor Habitat Conservation. In: J Heifetz, J DiCosimo, AJ Gharrett, MS Love, VM O’Connell, and RD Stanley (eds.) Biology, assessment, and management of North Pacific rockfishes. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Goldstein, J, SA Heppell, A Cooper, S Brault and M Lutcavage. 2007. Reproductive Status and Body Condition of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Maine, 2000-2002. Journal of Marine Biology.

Bellman, MA and SA Heppell. 2007. Trawl Effort Distribution off the U.S. Pacific Coast: Regulatory Shifts and Seafloor Habitat Conservation. In: J Heifetz, J DiCosimo, AJ Gharrett, MS Love, VM O’Connell, and RD Stanley (eds.) Biology, assessment, and management of North Pacific rockfishes. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Heppell, SS, SA Heppell, FC Coleman and CC Koenig. 2006. Models to compare management scenarios for a protogynous fish. Ecological Applications 16: 238-249.

Bellman, MA, SA Heppell, and C Goldfinger. 2005. Evaluation of a US West coast groundfish habitat conservation regulation via spatial and temporal patterns of trawl fishing effort. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 62: 2886-2900.

Heppell, SA. 2005. Seasonal fluctuations in androgen levels in female gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, with an emphasis on juvenile animals. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 142: 84-91.

Heppell, S.S., S.A. Heppell, A. Read, and L. B. Crowder. 2005. Effects of fishing on long-lived marine organisms. Pp. 211-231 in E.A. Norse and L.B. Crowder, eds. Marine Conservation Biology. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Granek, EF, DR Brumbaugh, SA Heppell, SS Heppell, and D Secord. 2005. A Blueprint for the Oceans: Implications of Two National Commission Reports for Conservation Practitioners. Conservation Biology 19: 1008–1018.

Heppell, SA, and CV Sullivan. 2000. Identification of gender and reproductive maturity in the absence of gonads: muscle tissue levels of sex steroids and vitellogenin in gag (Mycteroperca microlepis). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57:148-159.

Heppell, SA, and CV Sullivan. 2000. Reproduction of bluefin tuna: assessing maturity using sex specific compounds present in muscle. p. 860-865, In: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Collective Volume of Scientific Papers, Volume 51. ICCAT, Corazon de Naria 8-60 28002, Madrid.