Miriam Doyle

Research Scientist
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, RACE Division

PhD in Biological Oceanography 1988

National University of Ireland – University College Galway

E-mail: miriam.doyle@noaa.gov

Office: AFSC Bldg. 4, Room 2073, NOAA Sand Point

Phone: 206-526-4318

Fax: 206-526-6723

Research Interests

Early life history ecology of marine fish species; ichthyoplankton dynamics as related to population recruitment processes; evaluation of vulnerability and resilience of marine fish species to environmental change in Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) based on life history strategies and links between species metrics and climate-ocean variables.

See website: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/

Current Research Projects

• Investigation of relationships between larval fish abundance and physical forcing in the Gulf of Alaska, based on time-series of ichthyoplankton collections and climate and ocean variables.
• A review of the early life history of Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) in the Gulf of Alaska, with emphasis on its status as an important forage species.
• Evaluation of life history groups of fish species as proxies for population response to environmental change in the Gulf of Alaska, and other Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of the U.S.

Selected Publications

Doyle, M.J., Picquelle, S.J., Mier, K.L., Spillane, M., and Bond, N. (2009). Larval fish abundance and physical forcing in the Gulf of Alaska, 1981-2003. Progress in Oceanography 80: 163-180.

Duffy-Anderson, J.T., Doyle, M.J., Mier, K.L., and Stabeno, P.J. (in press). Early life ecology of Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) in the eastern Bering Sea: seasonality, distribution, and dispersal. Journal of Sea Research.

Doyle, M.J., Mier, K.L., Brodeur, R.D., and Busby, M.S. (2002). Regional variation in springtime ichthyoplankton assemblages in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Prog. Oceanogr. 53(2-4): 247-282.

Doyle, M.J., Busby, M.S., Duffy-Anderson, J.T., Picquelle, S.J., and Matarese, A.C. (2002). Early life history of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the northwest Gulf of Alaska: A historical perspective based on larval collections 1977-79. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 59(5): 997-1005.

Doyle, M.J. 1995. The El-Niño event of 1983 as reflected in the ichthyoplankton off Washington, Oregon, and northern California, p. 161-180. In R.J. Beamish [ed.] Climate change and northern fish populations. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 121