Ashley Knight, Research Biologist

Education

• B.S. Environmental Systems: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (2005), University of California San Diego

PIER project involvement

• Maintaining the California Channel Islands Acoustic Receiver Array
• Movement of Fishes at the Anacapa Island State Marine Reserve (California sheephead and kelp bass)
• Movement Behavior of Fishes: The Role of Scale and No-Take Protection in the Conch Reef SPA/RO
• Site Fidelity and Movement of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) on Piled Boulder Reefs as Determined by Acoustic Telemetry
• Studying Seafloor Habitat Recovery Following the Cessation of Fishing Along the Coast of California
• Satellite Tagging of Swordfish in the Southern California Bight

Selected Publications

Lindholm, J., A. Knight, L. Kaufman, and S. Miller. 2006. Site Fidelity and Movement of the Parrotfishes Scarus coeruleus and Scarus taeniopterus at Conch Reef (northern Florida Keys). Caribbean Journal of Science 42:138-144.

Lindholm, J., A. Knight, L. Kaufman, and S. Miller. 2006. A pilot study of hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus Walbaum 1972) movement at the Conch Reef Research Only Area (northern Florida Keys). National Marine Sanctuary Program NMSP-06-06. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Sanctuary Program, Silver Spring, M.D. 14 pp.