Tanya Darden

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Address: Hollings Marine Laboratory, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412
Phone: 843.460.9853
E-mail: dardent@dnr.sc.gov



Education

Ph.D., 2004, University of Southern Mississippi 
M.S., 1992, University of Southern Mississippi


Research Interests

        • Ecology and evolution of fishes
        • ichthyology
        • population genetics
        • fisheries science

        Current and planned research projects

        • Red drum, cobia, and American shad: population structure; recruitment limitations; migrations; estuarine fidelity; stock enhancement
        • Striped bass: conservation genetics; population restoration; thermal stress; habitat partitioning
        • Non-lethal technologies for aging and sex determination for a variety of fishes

                Publications

                • Fountain, J., T. Darden, W. Jenkins, M. Denson. 2009. Three multiplexed microsatellite panels for striped bass, Morone saxatilis. Southeastern Naturalist TBD.
                • Robbins, S. N., T. L. Darden, A. O. Ball and M. R. Denson. 2008. Genetic parentage analysis of red drum in SC and the use of genotypic data from archived otoliths. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28: 1796-1801.
                • Darden, Tanya L. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships and historic biogeography within the Enneacanthus sunfishes (Perciformes, Centrarchidae). Copeia 3: 630-636.
                • Darden, Richard L., Tanya L. Darden and Brian Kreiser. 2002. Mussel fauna of the Strong River, Mississippi. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17(4): 651-653.
                • Peterson, Tanya L. 1997. Effects of salinity on survival, growth, behavior, and metabolism in juvenile hogchokers, Trinectes maculatus (Achiridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 49:323-331.