Publications by G. Joan Holt
 

• Faulk, C.K., J.B. Kaiser and G.J. Holt. (in press). Growth and survival of larval and juvenile cobia Rachycentron canadum in a recirculating raceway system. Aquaculture.



• Bortone, S.A., G.J. Holt and D. Engle. (accepted). Perspectives on Tarpon based on the Historical Recreational Fishery in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute.



• Lazo, J.P., R. Mendoza, G.J. Holt, C. Aguilera, and C.R. Arnold. (accepted). Characterization of digestive enzymes during larval development of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Aquaculture.



• Olivotto, I., G.J. Holt and O. Carnevali. (submitted). An overview of the marine ornamental fish trade: aquaculture as a potential solution to reef impairments. Aquaculture.



• Faulk, C.K., A.D. Benninghoff and G.J. Holt. 2007. Ontogeny of the gastrointestinal tract and selected digestive enzymes in cobia Rachycentron canadum (L.). Journal of Fish Biology 70:567-583.



• Holt, G.J., C.K. Faulk and M.H. Schwarz. 2007. A review of the larviculture of cobia Rachycentron canadum, a warm water marine fish Aquaculture 268: 181-187.



• Lazo, J.P., R. Mendoza, G.J. Holt, C. Aguilera and C.R. Arnold. 2007. Characterization of digestive enzymes during larval development of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Aquaculture 265:194-205.



• Mohamed, J.S., A.D. Benninghoff, G. J. Holt and I.A Khan. 2007. Developmental expression of the G protein-coupled receptor 54 and three GnRH mRNAs in the teleost fish cobia. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 38:235-244.



• Palmtag, M.R. and G. J. Holt. 2007. Experimental studies to evaluate larval survival of the Fire Shrimp, Lysmata debelius, to the juvenile stage. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 38(1):102-113.



• Webb.K.A., G.M. Hitzfelder, C.K. Faulk and G.J. Holt. 2007. Growth of juvenile cobia, Rachycentron canadum, at three different densities in a recirculating aquaculture system. Aquaculture 264:223-227.



• Holt, G.J., J.B. Kaiser and C.K. Faulk. 2007. Advances in cobia research in Texas. pp. 45-56. In: Cobia Aquaculture:Research,Development and Commercial Production, I.C. Liao and E.M. Leano(eds). Asian Fisheries Society, World Aquaculture Society, the Fisheries Society of Taiwan and National Taiwan Ocean University.



• Perez-Dominguez., S.A. Holt and G.J. Holt. 2006. Environmental variability in seagrass meadows: effects of nursery environment cycles on growth and survival in larval red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 321:41-53.



• Caldarone, E.M., C.M. Clemmesen, E. Berdalet, T.J. Miller, A. Fokvord, G.J. Holt, M. P. Olivar and I. M. Suthers. 2006. Intercalibration of four spectrofluorometric protocols for measuring RNA/DNA ratios in larval and juvenile fish. Limnology and Oceanography:Methods 4: 153-163.



• Hitzfelder, G.M., G.J.Holt, J.M. Fox and D.A. McKee. 2006. The effect of rearing density on growth and survival of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, larvae in a closed recirculating aquaculture system. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 37(2): 204-209.



• Faulk, C.K. and G.J. Holt. 2006. Responses of cobia Rachycentron canadum larvae to abrupt or gradual changes in salinity. Aquaculture 254:275-283.



• Olivotto, I., S.A. Holt, O. Carnevali and G.J. Holt. 2006. Spawning, early development, and first feeding in the lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissimus. Aquaculture 253: 270-278.



• Resley, M.J., K.A. Webb and G.J. Holt. 2006. Growth and survival of juvenile cobia, Rachycentron canadum, at different salinities in a recirculating aquaculture system. Aquaculture 253:398-407.



• Palmtag, M.R., C.K. Faulk and G.J. Holt. 2006. Highly unsaturated fatty acid composition of rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) and Artemia fed various enrichments. Journal of World Aquaculture Society 37(1):126-131.



• Perez-Dominguez, R and G. J. Holt. 2006. Interrenal and thyroid development in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus): Effects of nursery environment on larval growth and cortisol concentration during settlement. General and Comparative Endocrinology 146:108-118.



• Holt, G.J. Red drum Aquaculture. 2006. In: Aquaculture in the 21st Century, A.M. Kelly and J.T. Silverstein (eds). Bethesda, MD, American Fisheries Society.



• Kaiser, J.B. and G.J. Holt. 2006. Cobia Aquaculture. In: Aquaculture in the 21st Century, A.M. Kelly and J.T. Silverstein (eds). Bethesda, MD, American Fisheries Society.



• Holt, G.J., S.A. Holt and K.T. Frank. 2005. What can historic tarpon scales tell us about the tarpon fishery collapse in Texas? Contributions in Marine Science Vol. 37:65-76.



• Faulk, C.K. and G.J. Holt. 2005. Advances in rearing cobia Rachycentron canadum larvae in recirculating aquaculture systems: live prey enrichment and greenwater culture. Aquaculture 249:231-243.



• Faulk, C.K., G.J. Holt and D.A. Davis. 2005. Evaluation of fatty acid enrichment of live food for yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus larvae. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 36(3):271-281.



• Brown, C.A., G.A. Jackson, S.A. Holt and G.J. Holt. 2005. Spatial and temporal patterns in modeled particle transport to estuarine habitat with comparison to larval fish settlement patterns. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 64:33-46.



• Kaiser, J.B. and G. J. Holt. 2005. Species Profile COBIA. Southern Regional Aquaculture Center Publication No. 7202.



• Kaiser, J.B. and G.J. Holt. 2004. Cobia: A new species for aquaculture in the U.S. World Aquaculture. 35 (2):12-14.



• Brown, C., S.A. Holt, G.A. Jackson, D.A. Brooks and G.J. Holt. (2004). Simulating larval supply to estuarine nursery areas: How much variation in larval supply to Aransas Pass inlet is explained by physical processes? Fisheries Oceanography (3):181-196.



• Applebaum, S.L. and G.J. Holt. 2003. The digestive protease, chymotrypsin, as an indicator of nutritional condition in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Marine Biology.



• Applebaum, S.L., R. Perez, J.P. Lazo, and G.J. Holt. 2003. Characterization of chymostrypsin activity during early ontogeny of larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry.



• Faulk, C.K. and G.J. Holt. 2003. Lipid nutrition and feeding of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) larvae. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 34(3):368-378.



• Holt, G.J. 2003. Research on culturing the early life history stages of marine ornamental species. In: Marine Ornamental Species: Collection, Culture and Conservation. J.C. Cato and C.L. Brown (eds.). Iowa State Press. pp. 252-254.



• Holt, G.J. and S.A. Holt. 2003. Effects of variable salinity on reproduction and early life stages of spotted seatrout. In: Biology of Spotted Seatrout. S.A. Bartone (ed.). CRC Press. pp. 135-145.



• Arnold, C.R., J.B. Kaiser, and G.J. Holt. 2002. Spawning of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in captivity. Journal of World Aquaculture 33(2):205-208.



• Herzka, S.Z., G.J. Holt, and S.A. Holt. 2002. Stable isotope ratios as tracers of migration during the early life stags of marine fishes. Fisheries Science.



• Herzka, S.Z., S.A. Holt and G.J. Holt. 2002. Characterization of settlement patterns of red drum Sciaenops ocellatus larvae to estuarine nursery habitat: a stable isotope approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series 226: 143-156.



• Herzka, S. and G.J. Holt. 2002. Stable isotope turnover rates for red drum Sciaenops ocellatus larvae: potential applications to settlement studies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.



• Holt, G.J. 2002. Ecophysiology, growth and development of larvae and juveniles for aquaculture. Fisheries Science.



• Holt, G.J. 2002. Human Impacts. In: Concepts in Fisheries Sciences: The Unique Contribution of Early Stages, pp. 222-242. L.A. Fuiman and R.G. Werner (eds.), Blackwell Science.



• Holt, G.J. and S.A. Holt. 2002. Effects of variable salinity on reproduction and early life stages of spotted seatrout. In: Biology of the Spotted Seatrout. P.L. Lutz (ed.). CRC Press.



• Johnson, M.W., J.R. Rooker, D.M. Gatlin III, and G.J. Holt. 2002. Effects of variable ration levels on direct and indirect measures of growth in juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 274: 141-157.



• Kucera, C.J., C.K. Faulk, and G.J. Holt. 2002. The effect of spawning salinity on eggs of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus, Cuvier) from two bays and historically different salinity regimes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 272:147-158.



• Kucera, C.J., C.K. Faulk, and G.J. Holt. 2002. The effect of parental acclimation to spawning salinity on the survival of larval spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus, C. Journal of Fish Biology 61:726-738.



• Lazo, J.P., G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 2002. Towards the development of suitable microdiets for substitution of live prey in the rearing of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae: Applications of studies on digestive physiology. Fisheries Science.



• Mendoza, R., C. Aguilera, J. Montemayor, A. Revol and G.J. Holt. 2002. Studies on the physiology of Atractosteus Spatula larval development and its applications to early weaning onto artificial diets. In: Cruz-Suarez, L.E., Ricque-Marie, D. Tapia-Salazar, M. Gaxiola-Cortes, M. G., Simoes, N. (Eds.) Avances en Nutricion Acuicola VI. Memorias del VI Simposium Internacional de Nutricion Acuicola. 3 al 6 de Septiembre del 2002. Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.



• Perez, R.P. and G.J. Holt. 2002. Effects of nursery environmental cycles on larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) growth and survival. Fisheries Science.



• Herzka, S.Z., G.J. Holt, and S.A. Holt. 2001. Documenting the settlement history of individual fish larvae using stable isotope rations: Model development and validation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 265:49-74.



• Holt, G.J. and C.M. Riley. 2001. Laboratory spawning of coral reef fishes: effects of temperature and photoperiod. Proceedings of the 28th US-Japan Natural Resources Aquaculture Panel: Spawning and Maturation of Aquaculture Species. November 6-15, 1999. Honolulu, Hawaii. UJNR Technical Report No. 28: 33-38.



• Palmtag, Matthew an G.J. Holt. 2001. Captive rearing of fire shrimp (Lysmata debelius). TAMU-02-201. Sea Grant Texas. NSG, NOAA, September.



• Drass, D.M., K.L. Bootes, J. Lyczkowski-Schultz, B.H. Comyns, G.J. Holt, C.M. Riley, and R.P. Phelps. 2000. Comparison of larval development of reared and wild red snapper Lutjanus campechanus. Fishery Bulletin 98(3).



• Herzka, S.Z. and G.J. Holt. 2000. Changes in isotopic composition of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae in response to dietary shifts: potential applications to settlement studies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57:137-147.



• Holt, G.J. 2000. Marine Ornamental Fish Culture. In: Encyclopedia of Aquaculture. pp 610-614, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.



• Holt, G.J. 2000. Symposium on recent advances in larval fish nutrition. Aquacultural Nutrition 6(3): 141.



• Holt, G.J., and S.A. Holt. 2000. Vertical distribution and the role of physical processes in the feeding dynamics of two larval sciaenids Sciaenops ocellatus and Cynoscion nebulosus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 193:181-190.



• Lazo, J.P. G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 2000. Ontogeny of pancreatic enzymes in larval red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. Aquaculture Nutrition 6(3): 183-192.



• Lazo, J.P., M.T. Dinis, G.J. Holt, C. Faulk and C.R. Arnold. 2000. Co-feeding microparticulate diets with algae: toward eliminating the need of zooplankton at first feeding in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Aquaculture 188:339-351.



• Powell, J.B., E.H. Laban, S.A. Holt and G.J. Holt. 2000. Validation of age estimates from otoliths of larval and juvenile spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Fishery Bulletin 98(3):650-654.



• Arnold, C.R. and G.J. Holt. 1999. Eureka! Currents. Caldwell, S. (ed.) February/March, 1999. pp. 1, 5-6.



• Davis, D.A., C. R. Arnold, G. J. Holt. 1999. Research summary on potential mariculture species for the Gulf of Mexico. In: Joining Forces With Industry: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Open Ocean Aquaculture. TAMU-SG-99-103. Corpus Christi, Texas, May 10-15, 1998. pp. 120-131.



• Holt, G.J. and C.M. Riley. 1999. Larval and juvenile development of the cubbyu Pareques umbrosus with notes on the high hat Pareques acuminatus larvae. Bulletin of Marine Science 65(3):825-838.



• Rooker, J.R., S.A. Holt, G.J. Holt, and L.A. Fuiman. 1999. Spatial and temporal variability in growth, mortality, and recruitment potential of post-settlement red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in a subtropical estuary. Fishery Bulletin 1:297-310.



• Westerman, M.E., G.J. Holt, and L. DiMichele. 1999. Quantitative assay of cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) activity as a sensitive marker of cell proliferation in marine teleost larvae. Marine Biotechnology 1:297-310.



• Whitledge, T.E., D.A. Stockwell, E.J. Buskey, K.C. Dunton. G.J. Holt, S.A. Holt and P.A. Montagna. 1999. Persistent Brown Tide Bloom in Laguna Madre, Texas. In: Herb Kumpf, Karen Steidinger and Kenneth Sherman (Eds.). The Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem, pp. 338-358.



• Bauer, R.T. and G.J. Holt. 1998. Simultaneous hermaphroditism in the marine shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni) (Caridea: Hippolytidae): an undescribed sexual system in the decapod Crustacea. Marine Biology 132: 223-235.



• Brinkmeyer, R.L. and G.J. Holt. 1998. Highly unsaturated fatty acids in diets of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae. Aquaculture 161:253-268.



• Holt, G.J. 1998. The State of the Bay- A Report For the Future. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Coastal Bend Bays&Estuaries Program-SFR-61/CBBEP-3, 65 p.



• Rooker, J.R., G.J. Holt, and S.A. Holt. 1998. Vulnerability of newly settled red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) to predatory fish: is early-life survival enhanced by seagrass meadows? Marine Biology 131:145-151.



• Rooker, J.R., S.A. Holt, M.A. Soto, and G.J. Holt. 1998. Post-settlement patterns of habitat use by sciaenid fishes in subtropical seagrass meadows. Estuaries 21(2):318-327.



• Soto, A.M., G.J. Holt, S.A. Holt, and J.R. Rooker. 1998. Food habits and dietary overlap of newly settled red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) form Texas seagrass meadows. Gulf Research Reports 10:41-55.



• Douillet, P. and G.J. Holt. 1997. Further advances toward the microbial management in closed recirculating production systems of marine fish larvae. Interactions Between Cultured Species and Naturally Occurring Species in the Environment. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth U.S.-Japan Aquaculture Panel Symposium. Corpus Christi, TX. Oct. 8-10, 1995.



• Rooker, J.R., Q.R. Dokken, C.V. Pattengill, and G.J. Holt. 1997. Fish assemblages on artificial and natural reefs in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, U.S.A. Coral Reefs 16:83-92.



• Rooker, J.R., G.J. Holt, and S.A. Holt. 1997. Condition of larval and juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) from estuarine nursery habitats. Marine Biology 127:387-394.



• Rooker, J.R and G.J. Holt. 1996. Application of RNA:DNA ratios to evaluate the condition and growth of larval and early juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Mar. Freshwater Res. 47:283-290.



• Stockwell, D.A., T.E. Whitledge, E.J. Buskey, H. DeYoe, K.C. Dunton, G.J. Holt, S.A. Holt, P.A. Montagna and C.A. Suttle. 1996. Texas coastal lagoons and a persistent brown tide. In: Proceedings of the Brown Tide Summit, pp. 81-85. October 20-21, 1995, New York Sea Grant Institute.



• Brinkmeyer, R.L. and G.J. Holt. 1995. Response of red drum larvae to graded levels of menhaden oil semipurified microparticulate diets. Progressive Fish-Culturist 57(1):30-36.



• Henny, D.C., G.J. Holt, and C.M. Riley. 1995. Recirculating-water system for the culture of marine tropical fish larvae. Progressive Fish-Culturist 57:219-225.



• Riley, C.M., G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1995. Growth and morphology of larval and juvenile captive bred yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791). Fishery Bulletin 93:179-185.



• Thomas, P., C.R. Arnold, and G.J. Holt. 1995. Red Drum and Other Sciaenids. In: N.R. Bromage and R.J. Roberts (eds.), Broodstock Management and Egg and Larval Quality, pp. 118-137., Blackwell Scientific Publishers.



• Craig, S.R., G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1994. The effects of enriching live foods with highly unsaturated fatty acids on the growth and fatty acid composition of larval red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 25(3):424-431.



• Douillet, P. and G.J. Holt. 1994. Surface disinfection of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) eggs leading to bacteria-free larvae. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 179:253-266.



• Stearns, D.E., G.J. Holt, R.B. Forward, Jr., and P.L. Pickering. 1994. Ontogeny of photosensitivity in red drum larvae (Sciaenidae: Sciaenops ocellatus). Marine Ecology Progress Series 104:1-11.



• Westerman, M.E. and G.J. Holt. 1994. The RNA-DNA ratio during the critical period and early larval growth in the red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. Marine Biology 121:1-9.



• Chung, K.S., G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1993. Influence of salinity and food deprivation on growth and RNA-DNA ratio in red drum Sciaenops ocellatus (Pisces, Sciaenidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 41: 2:187-195.



• Douillet, P.A. and G.J. Holt. 1993. Advances towards the microbial management in closed recirculating production systems of marine fish larvae. European Aquaculture Society (Spec. Publ.) 19:352.



• Holt, G.J. 1993. Feeding larval red drum on microparticulate diets in a closed recirculating water system. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 24(2):225-230.



• Holt, G.J. 1993. The potential role of larval fish culture in alleviating population and habitat losses. American Fisheries Society Symposium 14:167-172.



• Lemus, M.J., K.S. Chung, and G.J. Holt. 1993. Efecto de la temperatura sobre el crecimiento de juveniles de Petenia kraussii (Steindachner, 1978) (Pisces: Cichlidae): Relación ARN/AND. Revista de Biologia Tropical 41 (Suppl. 1):45-48. [Translated: Effects of temperature on the growth of juvenile Petenia kraussii (Steindachner, 1978) (Pisces: Cichlidae): RNA/DNA report].



• Pickering, P.L. and G.J. Holt. 1993. Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) trochophores as a first food for red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae. Proceedings of the Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society 15:27-37.



• Riley, C.M. and G.J. Holt. 1993. Gut contents of larval fishes from light trap and plankton net collections at Enmedio Reef near Veracruz, Mexico. Revista de Biologia Tropical 41(1):53-57.



• Chung, K.S., G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1992. Efecto termohalino sobre el crecimiento, tolerancia termica y acidos nucleicos en juveniles del pez rojo (Sciaenops ocellatus) bajo condiciones de laboratorio. Frente Maritimo 11A:71-78. [Translated: Thermal effects on growth, heat tolerance and nucleic acids of juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) under laboratory conditions].



• Holt, G.J. 1992. Experimental studies of feeding in larval red drum. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 23(4):265-270.



• National Research Council/Committee on Assessment of Technology and Opportunities for Marine Aquaculture in the United States. 1992. Marine Aquaculture - Opportunities for Growth, 290 pp. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C.



• Arnold, C.R. and G.J. Holt. 1991. Various methods for the culture of the rotifer, Brachionus plicatilis, in Texas. Proceedings of a U.S.-Asia Workshop.



• Banks, M.A., G.J. Holt, and J.M. Wakeman. 1991. Age-linked changes in salinity tolerance of larval spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus, Cuvier). Journal of Fish Biology 39(4):505-514.



• Chung, K.S., G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1991. Influencia de la privacion de la dieta y realimaentacion sobre el crecimiento y la relacion ARN-AND en los juveniles del pez rojo. Biologia Marina 42:335-344. [Translated: Influence of short term diet deprivation on growth and the RNA-DNA relationship in juvenile redfish].



• Holt, G.J. and F. Sun. 1991. Lipase activity and total lipid content during early development of red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. In: Symposium on fish and crustacean larviculture. (P. Lavens, P. Sorgeloos, E. Jaspers, and F. Ollevier, eds.). pp. 30-33. European Aquaculture Society, Gent, Belgium.



• Riley, C.M., S.A. Holt, G.J. Holt, E.J. Buskey and C.R. Arnold. 1991. Mortality of larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) associated with a Ptychodiscus brevis red tide. Contributions in Marine Science 31:137-146.



• Craig, Steven R., Sherri J. Hatch, and G. Joan Holt. 1990. A biological filter for conical tanks. Progressive Fish Culturist 52(1):61-62.



• Holt, G. Joan. 1990. Growth and development of red drum eggs and larvae. In: Red Drum Aquaculture. pp. 46-50. Texas A&M Sea Grant College Program No. TAMU-SG-90-603.



• Holt, G. Joan, C.R. Arnold, and Cecilia M. Riley. 1990. Intensive culture of larval and post-larval red drum. In: Red Drum Aquaculture. pp. 53-56. Texas A&M Sea Grant College Program No. TAMU-SG-90-603.



• Holt, S.A., G.J. Holt and C.R. Arnold. 1990. Abundance and distribution of larval fishes and shrimps in the Laguna Madre, Texas: A hypersaline lagoon. Texas Water Development Board. Tech Rpt TR/90-007.



• Holt, Scott A., G. Joan Holt, and Connie R. Arnold. 1989. Tidal stream transport of larval fishes in non-stratified estuaries. Rapp. P.-v. Réun. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer 191:100-104.



• Anderson, R.K., M.L. Dickson, G. Joan Holt, D. Ritz, and P.L. Parker. 1988. The use of stable isotope tracers in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) culture. Contributions in Marine Science, Supplement to Vol. 30:87-92.



• Chung, K.S., M. Nirchio, G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1988. Acidos nucleicos en la musculatura blanca y roja de juveniles del pez rojo Sciaenops ocellatus. Boletim del Instituto de Oceanografico Venezuela, Universidad Oriente 27(1&2):123-127. [Translated: Nucleic acids in the white and red muscles of juvenile redfish Sciaenops ocellatus].



• Holt, S.A., G. Joan Holt, and L. Young-Abel. 1988. A procedure for identifying sciaenid eggs. Contributions in Marine Science, Supplement to Vol. 30:99-108.



• Holt, G.J. and M.A. Banks. 1988. Salinity tolerance and development of osmoregulation in larval sciaenids. Early Life History Symposium, ICES, #63.



• Thomas, P., M.E. Westerman, P.F. Dehn, E. Nowicki, G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1988. Growth of juvenile red drum: adenylate metabolism, RNA-DNA ratio and effects of ovine growth hormone. Contributions in Marine Science, Supplement to Vol. 30:29-36.



• Westerman, M.E., and G.J. Holt. 1988. The RNA-DNA ratio: Measurement of nucleic acids in larval Sciaenops ocellatus. Contributions in Marine Science, Supplement to Vol. 30:117-124.



• Crocker, P.A., M. Gotto, J.A. DeBoer, G.J Holt, and CR. Arnold. 1985. Notes on the surface structure of the gill arch epithelium in juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus exposed to salt and fresh water. Copeia 1985(2):515-518.



• Holt, G.J. and C.R. Arnold. 1985. An overview of factors controlling growth and development in lab-cultured red drum. 2^nd International Conference on Warm Water Aquaculture Finfish, Feb. 5-8, 1985. Proceedings of the Office of Continuing Education, Brigham Young University/Hawaii Campus, Laie, Hawaii 96762.



• Holt, G.J., S.A. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1985. Diel periodicity of spawning in sciaenids. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 27:1-7.



• Lee, W.Y., G.J. Holt, and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Growth of red drum larvae in the laboratory. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 113:243-246.



• Snyder, D.E. and G.J. Holt. 1984. Terminology Workshop Report. Early Life History Section-American Fisheries Society Newsletter 5(2). June 1984.



• Crocker, P.A., C.R. Arnold, J.A. DeBoer, and G.J. Holt. 1983. Blood osmolality shift in juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus L. exposed to fresh water. Journal of Fish Biology 23:315-319.



• Holt, G.J. and C.R. Arnold. 1983. Effects of ammonia and nitrite on growth and survival of red drum eggs and larvae. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 112:314-318.



• Holt, J. and K. Strawn. 1983. Community structure of macrozooplankton in Trinity and upper Galveston Bays. Estuaries 6(1):66-75.



• Holt, G.J., S.A. Holt and C.R. Arnold. 1983. Spawning synchrony in sciaenid fishes. Estuaries 6:261.



• Holt, S.A. and G.J. Holt. 1983. Cold death of fishes at Port Aransas, Texas: January 1982. Southwestern Naturalist 28(4):464-466.



• Yoshiyama, R.M., J. Holt, S. Holt, R. Godbout, and D.E. Wohlschlag. 1982. Abundance and distribution patterns of demersal fishes on the South Texas Outer Continental Shelf. A statistical description. Contributions in Marine Science 25:61-84.



• Crocker, P.A., C.R. Arnold, J.A. DeBoer, and J. Holt. 1981. Preliminary evaluation of survival and growth of juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellata), in fresh and salt water. Journal of the World Mariculture Society 12:122-134.



• Holt, J., R. Godbout, and C.R. Arnold. 1981. Effects of temperature and salinity on egg hatching and larval survival of red drum, Sciaenops ocellata. Fishery Bulletin 79(3):569-573.



• Holt, J., A.G. Johnson, C.R. Arnold, W.A. Fable, Jr., and T.D. Williams. 1981. Description of eggs and larvae of laboratory reared red drum, Sciaenops ocellata. Copeia 1981(4):751-756.



• Holt, G.J. , R. Godbout and C.R. Arnold. 1981. Effects of temperature and salinity on egg hatching and larval survival of red drum, Sciaenops ocellata. Fishery Bulletin 79(3): 569-573.



• DeBusk (Holt), Joan and Thomas E. Kennerly, Jr. 1975. Homing in the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord. The American Midland Naturalist 93(1):149-157.



• DeBusk (Holt), Joan and Jerry R. Glidewell. 1972. Social dominance in the South American iguanid lizard Plica plica. Journal of Herpetology 6(2):139-141.



• Takeda, Toshio, Joan DeBusk (Holt), and Arthur Grollman. 1969. Physiological role of reninlike constituent of submaxillary gland of the mouse. American Journal of Physiology 215(5):1194-1198.

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