Cai, Y, JR Rooker, and G Gill (2006).  Bioaccumulation of mercury in pelagic fishes from the Gulf of Mexico: evaluating links to dietary history and trophic position. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
 

Turner, JP and JR Rooker (2006) Fatty acid composition of flora and fauna associated with Sargassum mats in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology    [PDF]
 

Rooker, JR, DH Secor, G De Metrio, and E Rodríquez-Marín  (2006)  Evaluation of population structure and mixing rates of Atlantic bluefin tuna from chemical signatures in otoliths.  ICCAT Collective Volume of Scientific Papers
 

Rooker, JR, JP Turner, and SA Holt (2006)  Trophic ecology of Sargassum-associated fishes in the Gulf of Mexico determined from stable isotope and fatty acid analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 313: 249-259     [PDF]
 

Alvarado Bremer, JR, Mejuto J, Gómez-Márquez J, Boán F,  Carpintero P, Rodríguez JM, Greig TW and B Ely (2005) Hierarchical analyses of genetic variation of samples from breeding and feeding grounds confirm the genetic partitioning of northwest Atlantic and South Atlantic populations of swordfish. J. Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 326, 167-182
 

Turner, JP and JR Rooker (2005)  Effect of dietary fatty acids on the body tissues of larval and juvenile cobia and their prey.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 322: 13-27
 

Alvarado Bremer, JR, J Viñas, B Ely and C Pla. 2005. Comparative phylogeography of Atlantic bluefin tuna and swordfish: The combined effects of vicariance, secondary contact, introgression, and population expansion on the regional phylogenies of two highly migratory pelagic fishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 169-187.
 

Viñas, JJ,  JR Alvarado Bremer, and C Pla (2004). Inter-oceanic genetic differentiation among albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga Bonaterre 1788) Populations. Marine Biology 145: 225-232
 

Rooker, JR and Secor DH (2004) Stock structure and mixing of Atlantic bluefin tuna: evidence from stable d¹³C and d¹⁸O isotopes in otoliths. ICCAT Collective Volume of Scientific Papers 56(3) 1115-1120    [PDF]
 

Rooker, JR, SA Holt, RD Wells, JP Turner and C Pratt  (2004) Retrospective determination of trophic relationships among pelagic fishes associated with Sargassum mats in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceeding of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 55: 257-266
 

Wells, RJD and JR Rooker  (2004) Distribution, age, and growth of young-of-the year greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, associated with pelagic Sargassum.  Fishery Bulletin 102:545-554
 

Wells, RJD and JR Rooker (2004)  Spatial and temporal habitat use by fishes associated with Sargassum mats in the NW Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 74: 81-99
 

Rooker JR, Secor DH, Zdanowicz VS, DeMetrio G, Relini LO (2003)  Identification of Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks from putative nurseries using otolith chemistry. Fisheries Oceanography 12: 75-84    [PDF]

Secor DH, Campana SE, Zdanowicz VS, Lam JWH, McLaren JW, Rooker JR (2002) Inter-laboratory comparison of Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna otolith microconstituents. ICES Journal of Marine Science 59:1294-1304    [PDF]
 

Rooker JR, Secor DH, Zdanowicz VS, Relini LO, Santamaria N, Deflorio M, Palandri G, Relini M (2002)  Otolith elemental fingerprints of Atlantic bluefin tuna from eastern and western nurseries.  ICCAT Collective Volume of Scientific Papers 54: 498-506    [PDF]
 

Ely,  B., D. S. Stoner, J. R. Alvarado Bremer, J. M. Dean, P. Addis, A. Cau, E. J. Thelen, W. J. Jones, D. E. Black, L. Smith, K. Scott, I. Naseri and J. M. Quattro. 2002. Analyses of nuclear ldhA gene and mtDNA control region sequences of Atlantic northern bluefin tuna populations.Marine Biotechnology 4: 583-588.
 

Rooker, JR, Secor DH, Zdanowicz VS, Itoh T  (2001)  Discrimination of northern bluefin tuna from nursery areas in the Pacific Ocean using otolith chemistry. Marine Ecology Progress Series 218: 275-282   [PDF]
 

Rooker JR, Zdanowicz VS, Secor DH.  (2001)  Otolith chemistry of tunas: assessment of base composition and post-mortem handling effects. Marine Biology 139: 35-43    [PDF]
 

Alvarado Bremer, J. R., T. W. Greig and M. G. Hinton. 2000. Genetic Analysis of Population Structure of swordfish in the EPO. In Proceedings of the 51st Annual Tuna. La Jolla, California: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.
 

Greig, T. W., J. R. Alvarado Bremer, and B. Ely. 1999. Nuclear markers provide additional evidence for population subdivision among Atlantic swordfish. SCRS/99/89. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Madrid, Spain.
 

Alvarado Bremer, J. R., B. Stequert,  N. W. Robertson, and B. Ely. 1998. Genetic evidence for inter-oceanic subdivision of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus Lowe) populations. Marine Biology 132:547-557
 

Alvarado Bremer. J. R., G. M. Leclerc, and B. Ely,  1998.  Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analyses in the study of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, population structure.   In I. Barrett, O. Sosa-Nishizaki, and N. Bartoo (eds.), Biology and fisheries of swordfish, Xiphias gladius.  Papers from the first international symposium on Pacific swordfish, 11-14 December 1994, Ensenada, Mexico. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 142:211-217
 

Alvarado Bremer, J. R. and B. Ely. 1998. Pronounced levels of genetic differentiation between two trans-Atlantic samples of little tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus) SCRS/98/130. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Madrid, Spain.