JOSE J. PEREIRA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Northeast Fisheries Science Center

National Marine Fisheries Service

Milford Laboratory

212 Rogers Avenue

Milford, Connecticut 06460

CURRENT POSITION

Fisheries Biologist (Research) GS-12/08

EDUCATION

B.S. (Cum Laude) Biology (1972-1976) - Nasson College

M.S. Biology (1979-1980) - University of Bridgeport

SPECIAL TRAINING

Lehigh University, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis (1986)

Introduction to ArcInfo - Woods Hole, MA. (1998)

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

1985 - Present Fishery Biologist (Research), NMFS, Milford Laboratory, Milford CT

1982 - 1985 General Biologist, NMFS Milford Laboratory, Milford CT

1980 - 1982 Laboratory Technician, NMFS Milford Laboratory, Milford CT

AWARDS

Cash Award 1998

Cash Award 1996

QSI 1994

Cash Award 1994

QSI 1993

Cash Award 1992

Cash Award 1991

Cash Award 1990

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Pereira, J. J. and K. Kanungo 1981. Effects of silver on respiration and on ion and water balance in Neanthes virens. In: Biological Monitoring of Marine Pollutants, J. Vernberg, A. Calabrese, F.P. Thurberg and W. B. Vernberg (eds.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 107 - 125

Greig, R.A., S. Schurman, J. Pereira, and P. Naples. 1983. Metals and PCB concentrations in windowpane flounder from Long Island Sound. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 31:257-262

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (cont.)

Pereira, J.J. 1988. Morphological Effects of Mercury Exposure on Windowpane Flounder Gills as Observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy. Journal of Fish Biology. 33: 571-580.

Pereira, J.J., E.J. Lewis, Jr., R.L. Spallone, and C. Sword. 1992. Bifurcation of Gill Filaments in Winter Flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) from Long Island Sound. Journal of Fish Biology. 41: 327-338.

Pereira, J.J., J. Ziskowski, R. Mercaldo-Allen, C.A. Kuropat, D.A. Luedke and E. Gould. 1992 Vitellogenin studies in winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) from Long Island Sound and Boston Harbor. Estuaries. 15(3): 289-297.

Greig, R.A. and J.J. Pereira. 1993. Metal concentrations in American lobster and channeled whelk from two dredge spoil dump sites in Long Island Sound. Bull. Env. Contam. Toxicol. 50(4):626-632

Pereira, J.J., R. Mercaldo-Allen, C.A. Kuropat, and D.A. Luedke. 1993 Effect of cadmium exposure on vitellogenin production and on hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices of winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 24:427-431

Ziskowski, J., R. Spallone, D. Kapareiko, R. Robohm, A. Calabrese and J. Pereira. 1995. Shell disease in American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the offshore, northwest-Atlantic region around the 106-mile sewage-sludge disposal site. J. Marine Env. Engg. 3:247-271

Hartling, R. C., J. J. Pereira and J. G. Kunkel. 1997. Characterization of a heat-stable fraction of lipovitellin and development of an immunoassay for vitellogenin and yolk protein in winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). J. Exp. Zool. 278(3):156-66

Goldberg, J. Pereira, and P. Clark. (in press.) Strategies for enhancement of natural bay scallop populations, Argopecten irradians irradians; A case study in the Niantic River estuary, Connecticut, USA. Aquaculture International.

Phelan, B.A., R. Goldberg, A.J. Bejda, J. Pereira, S. Hagan, P. Clark, A. L. Studholme, A. Calabrese, and K.W. Able. (in press.) Differences in habitat growth rates of young-of-the-year winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, in three northeastern U.S. esturaries. Journ. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol

Goldberg, R., B. Phelan, J. Pereira, S. Hagan, P. Clark, A. L. Studholme, A. Calabrese, and K. W. Able. (in final rev.) Habitat-Specific patterns of abundance and distribution of young-of-the-year, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, in three northeastern U.S. esturaries Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

Pereira, J .J., D.A. Nelson, P.E. Clark, G. Sennefelder, R. Mercaldo-Allen, and C.A. Kuropat (in prep.) Effects of cadmium on reproduction in winter flounder.

NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Pereira, J.J. R. Goldberg, and J. Ziskowski (in press) Winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Life History and Habitat Characteristics. NOAA Tech. Memo.

ABSTRACTS

Pereira, J.J. Scanning electron microscopy of windowpane flounder gills exposed to mercury or copper. Abstract. SETAC Fifth Annual Meeting. Interface of Laboratory and Field Data: Predicting and Understanding Environmental Effects. Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, Arlington VA. November 4 -7 1984, pg.44

Ziskowski, J., J.J. Pereira, R. Mercaldo-Allen, and C. Kuropat. New perspectives on fin erosion disease on New Haven Harbor fish from prevalence, physiological, and radiographic studies, Abstract. Workshop on Winter Flounder Biology, Mystic, Connecticut, December 1989

Pereira, J.J., R. Mercaldo-Allen, C.A. Kuropat, and D.A. Luedke. Effect of cadmium exposure on vitellogenin production and on hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices of winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). Abstract. Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. Portland, Maine. May 12-15, 1991

Ziskowski, J., J.J. Pereira, D. Miller, and J. Sewell Winter flounder: Living in a hypoxic world. Abstract. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Research Meeting. Woods Hole, MA.. May 1991

Pereira, J. J., D.A. Nelson, P.E. Clark, C.A. Kuropat, R. Mercaldo-Allen, and G. Sennefelder. Effects of cadmium exposure on reproduction of winter flounder. Abstract. Second International Symposium of Flatfish Ecology, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ 't Horntje, Texel, The Netherlands. September 30 - October 6 1993. p.52

Hartling, R. C., J. J. Pereira, and J. G. Kunkel. 1995. processing and degradation of lipovitellin during embryonic and larval development of the winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). Abstract. Biological Research Meeting and Scientific Exposition. Atlanta, Georgia. April 9 - 13

Goldberg, R., J. J. Pereira, P. Clark. 1996. Abundance and growth of young-of-the-year winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus in harbor and open-water habitats in Long Island Sound (Connecticut, USA). Abstract Prepared for: Third International Symposium on Flatfish Ecology. Texel, The Netherlands; Nov. 2-8, 1996; p. 50.

Mroczka, M.; P. Dinwoodie, R. Goldberg, J .J. Pereira, P. Clark, S. S. Stiles, J. Choromanski, D. Schweitzer and D. Balcom.. 1996. Culture of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, within a small- boat marina on Long Island Sound (Connecticut). Abstract. Prepared for: 16th Milford Aquaculture Seminar; Milford, CT; Feb. 26-28, 1996. J. Shellfish Res. 15(2):458.

ABSTRACTS (cont.)

Phelan, B.A., R. Goldberg, J. J. Pereira, P. Clark, A. J. Bejda, J. T. Finn, S. A. Fromm, C. A. Kuropat, and R. Mercaldo-Allen.1996. Habitat specific use patterns and growth of young- of-the-year winter flounder and tautog in three northeastern estuaries. Abstract. Prepared for: Sixth Science Symposium of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Falmouth, MA May 7-9, 1996

Thurberg, F. P., D. A Nelson, and J. J. Pereira 1996. Effects of contaminated environments on reproductive success of the winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus. [Abstr. No. 1996/Q:2; ] Prepared for: 1996 ICES [Int. Counc. Explor. Sea] Annual Science Conference; Reykjavik, Iceland; Sep. 27 - Oct. 4, 1996; p. 229.

Pereira, J.J., P. Clark and R. Goldberg. 1999. Abundance and distribution of juvenile tautog (Tautoga onitis) and cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) in Morris Cove. Abstract. First Biennial Conference on the Biology of Tautog and Cunner. November 30 - December 1, 1999, Mystic Connecticut. pg. 48-49

REPORTS

Nelson, D., J. Miller, J. Pereira and A. Calabrese 1983. Monitoring water quality at a dredge spoil dump site using oyster larvae. I.C.E.S. C.M. 1983/E 59

Hughes, J. B., D.A. Nelson, D. M. Perry, J. E. Miller, G. R. Sennefelder, J.J. Pereira. 1986. Reproductive Success of the winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in Long Island Sound. I.C.E.S. C.M. 1986/E:10 13 pp.

Pereira, J. J., R. Goldberg, P.E. Clark and D. M. Perry. 1994. Utilization of the Quinnipiac River and New Haven Harbor by Winter Flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) as a Spawning Area, Final Report to the Community Foundation of New Haven. (Funding provided by the

Quinnipiac River Fund). 28 pp.

Pereira, J. J., R. Goldberg, P.E. Clark, J. J. Ziskowski, R.A. Greig, and J. B. Hughes. 1994. Utilization of the Quinnipaic River and New Haven Harbor as a Nursery Area by Winter Flounder (Pleuronectes americanus), Final Report to the Community Foundation of New Haven (Funding provided by the Quinnipiac River Fund). 30 pp.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Mroczka, M.; P. Dinwoodie, R. Goldberg, J .J. Pereira, P. Clark, S. S. Stiles, J. Choromanski, D. Schweitzer and D. Balcom.. 1996. Culture of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, within a small- boat marina on Long Island Sound (Connecticut). Oral presentation. Prepared for: 16th Milford Aquaculture Seminar; Milford, CT; Feb. 26-28, 1996.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS (cont.)

Phelan, B.A., R. Goldberg, J. J. Pereira, P. Clark, A. J. Bejda, J. T. Finn, S. A. Fromm, C. A. Kuropat, and R. Mercaldo-Allen.1996. Habitat specific use patterns and growth of young- of-the-year winter flounder and tautog in three northeastern estuaries. Oral presentation. Prepared for: Sixth Science Symposium of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Falmouth, MA May 7-9, 1996

Hartling, R. C., J. J. Pereira, and J. G. Kunkel. 1995. processing and degradation of lipovitellin during embryonic and larval development of the winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). Oral presentation. Biological Research Meeting and Scientific Exposition. Atlanta, Georgia. April 9 - 13

Pereira, J., R. Goldberg and P. Clark. Utilization of New Haven Harbor as a spawning and nursery area by winter flounder. Oral presentation at Flatfish Biology Workshop. Mystic, CT December 6 -7 , 1994

Ziskowski, J., R. Spallone, D. Kapareiko, R. Robohm, A. Calabrese and J. Pereira. Shell disease in American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the offshore, northwest-Atlantic region around the 106-mile sewage-sludge disposal site. Oral presentation at DWD-106 Symposium SUNY, Stony Brook, NY. September 1993

Pereira, J.J., R. Mercaldo-Allen, C.A. Kuropat, and D.A. Luedke. Effect of cadmium exposure on vitellogenin production and on hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices of winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). Oral presentation. Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. Portland, Maine. May 12-15, 1991

Ziskowski, J., J.J. Pereira, D. Miller, and J. Sewell Winter flounder: Living in a hypoxic world. Oral presentation Northeast Fisheries Science Center Research Meeting. Woods Hole, MA.. May 1991

Ziskowski, J., J.J. Pereira, R. Mercaldo-Allen, and C. Kuropat. New perspectives on fin erosion disease on New Haven Harbor fish from prevalence, physiological, and radiographic studies, Oral presentation. Workshop on Winter Flounder Biology, Mystic, Connecticut, December 1989

Pereira, J.J. Scanning electron microscopy of windowpane flounder gills exposed to mercury or copper. Oral presentation. SETAC Fifth Annual Meeting. Interface of Laboratory and Field Data: Predicting and Understanding Environmental Effects. Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, Arlington VA. November 4 -7 1984

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Ziskowski, J., J. Pereira, and S. Atran. Gross observations of winter flounder lesions from Long Island Sound and other northwest Atlantic sites. Poster presentation. Winter Flounder Workshop, Mystic, Connecticut, December 1986.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (cont.)

Ziskowski, J., J.J. Pereira, D. Luedke, G. Ciccone. Gross lesions on winter flounder from Boston Harbor, Poster Presentation Eastern Fish Health Workshop, Orono ME June 1988

Pereira, J. J., J. Ziskowski, R. Mercaldo-Allen, and C. Kuropat. Serum vitellogenin in tumored and non tumored winter flounder from the Boston Harbor area. Poster Presentation. Workshop on Winter Flounder Biology. Mystic, Connecticut December 5 - 6 1989

Pereira, J. J., D.A. Nelson, P.E. Clark, C.A. Kuropat, R. Mercaldo-Allen, and G. Sennefelder. Effects of cadmium exposure on reproduction of winter flounder. Poster Presentation. Second International Symposium of Flatfish Ecology, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ 't Horntje, Texel, The Netherlands. September 30 - October 6 1993

Goldberg, R., J. J. Pereira, P. Clark. 1996. Abundance and growth of young-of-the-year winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus in harbor and open-water habitats in Long Island Sound (Connecticut, USA). Poster presentation. Prepared for: Third International Symposium on Flatfish Ecology. Texel, The Netherlands; Nov. 2-8, 1996

Thurberg, F. P., D. A Nelson, and J. J. Pereira 1996. Effects of contaminated environments on reproductive success of the winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus. Poster presentation. Prepared for: 1996 ICES [Int. Counc. Explor. Sea] Annual Science Conference; Reykjavik, Iceland; Sep. 27 - Oct. 4, 1996; p. 229.

Pereira, J.J., P. Clark and R. Goldberg. 1999. Abundance and distribution of juvenile tautog (Tautoga onitis) and cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) in Morris Cove. Poster presentation. First Biennial Conference on the Biology of Tautog and Cunner. November 30 - December 1, 1999, Mystic Connecticut.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Fisheries Society

New England Estuarine Research Society

AGENCY SERVICE