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Dr. Cecil Jennings

Adjunct Professor

Prior Positions:

Research Fisheries Biologist - Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center, La Crosse, WI

Fisheries Biologist - Virgin Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife, St. Thomas, VI

 

Education:
  • Ph.D. Forest Resources Conservation (Fisheries Science) University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
  • M.S. Wildlife Ecology (Fisheries Management Option) Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
  • B.A. Biology, Natural Science, and Conservation Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Selected Publications:

TenHarmsel, H. J., B. B. Boley, B. J. Irwin, and C. A. Jennings. 2019. An Importance-Satisfaction Analysis of trout license holders in Georgia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39(6):1227-1241. doi:10.1002/nafm.10353 

Roop, H. J., N. C. Poudyal, and C. A. Jennings. 2019. Catch and harvest of targeted sportfishes at Marben Public Fishing Area in middle Georgia. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 6:28-34.

Roop, H. J., N. C. Poudyal, and C. A. Jennings. 2018. Efficacy of a passive use-estimation system for estimating fishing effort on a multi-lake fishery.  Fisheries Management and Ecology 2018;25:512-514.

Roop, H.J., N.C. Poudyal, and C. A. Jennings.  2018. Assessing angler effort, catch, and harvest on a multi-lake fishery in middle Georgia.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 38:833-841. (DOI) - 10.1002/nafm.10179 —

Jennings, C. A., G. E. Mitchell, C. Nelson. 2018. Seasonal Food Habits of Introduced Blue Catfish in Lake Oconee, Georgia.  Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 5:39-45. —

Parr, R. T., Bringolf, R. B. and Jennings, C. A. 2018. Efficacy of Otoliths and First Dorsal Spines for Preliminary Age and Growth Determination in Atlantic Tripletails. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 10: 71–79. doi:10.1002/mcf2.10008

Sundmark, A. P. and C. A. Jennings. 2017. Influence of lake surface area and total phosphorous on annual bluegill growth in small impoundments of central Georgia.  Southeastern Naturalist 16(4):546-566.

Parr, R.T., C.A. Jennings, N.D. Denslow, K.J. Kroll, and R.B. Bringolf. 2016. Evaluation of reproductive status in Tripletail by traditional and non-lethal approaches.  Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 8(1):16-22.

Homer, M.D., J. T. Peterson, and C. A. Jennings. 2015.  Evaluation of Three Aging Techniques and Back-calculated Growth for Introduced Blue Catfish from Lake Oconee, Georgia.  Southeastern Naturalist 14(4):740–756.

Kellock, K., B. E. Trushel, P. C. Ely, C.A. Jennings, and R. B. Bringolf.  2014. Survey of intersex Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides from impoundments in Georgia USA.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143:565-572.

Robinson, K. F. and C.A. Jennings. 2014. Productivity of functional guilds of fishes in managed wetlands in coastal South Carolina.  Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 5(1):70-86.

Robinson, K.F. and C.A. Jennings.  2014. A comparison of resident fish communities in managed and unmanaged coastal wetlands in North Carolina and South Carolina, USA.  Southeastern Naturalist 13:(2):237-260.

Boone, S. S., S. J. Divers, A. C. Camus, D. L. Peterson, C. A. Jennings, J. L. Shelton, & S. M. Hernandez.  2013.  Pathologic and Physiologic Effects Associated with Long-Term Intracoelomic Transmitters in Captive Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii).  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 33:869-877.

Boone, S. S., S. M. Hernandez, A. C. Camus, D. L. Peterson, C. A. Jennings, J. L. Shelton & S. J. Divers. 2013.  Evaluation of four suture materials for surgical incision closing in Siberian sturgeon.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society  142:649-659.

Jennings, C.A., B. L. Sloss, B. A. Lasee, G. J. Burtle, and G. R. Moyer. 2013.  Care, Handling, and Examination of Sampled Organisms.  Pp 163-221 in A. V. Zale, D. L. Parrish, and T. M. Sutton, editors.  Fisheries Techniques 3rd Edition.  American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.Jennings, C. A., T. E. Lauer, and B. Vondracek, Editors. 2012.  Scientific Communication for Natural Resource Professionals.  American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, MD. 180 p.

Jennings, C. A.  2012.  Communicating science: from cuneiform to the contemporary and beyond.  pp 1-6. in C. A. Jennings, T. E. Lauer, and B. Vondracek (editors). Scientific Communication for Natural Resource Professionals. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, MD. 180 p.

Dennerline, D.E., C.A. Jennings, and D.J. Degan. 2012. Relationships between hydroacoustic derived density and gill net catch: Implications for Fish Assessments. Fisheries Research 123-124: 78-89.

Robinson, K. F. and C. A. Jennings.  2012.  Maximizing Age-0 Spot export form a South Carolina estuary: an evaluation of coastal impoundment management via structured decision making.  Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 4(1):156-172.

Peterson, R. C., C. A. Jennings, and J. T. Peterson. 2012.  River discharge effects on abundance of age-0 redhorses (Moxostoma spp.) in the Oconee River, Georgia, USA, with implications for robust redhorse.  River Research and Application. 29:734-742.

Bonvehcio, T. F. and C. A. Jennings, and D. R. Harrison. 2011.  Diet and population metrics of the introduced blue catfish population in the Altamaha, River, GA.  Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 65:112-118.

Belcher, C. N. and C. A. Jennings. 2011. Identification and evaluation of sub-adult shark bycatch in Georgia’s commercial trawl fisheries.  Fisheries Management and Ecology 18:104-112.

Homer, M. D. Jr, and C. A. Jennings. 2011.  Historical catch, age structure, sizes, and relative growth for an introduced population of blue catfish in Lake Oconee, GA.  Pages 383-394 in P. H. Michaletz and V. H. Travnichek, editors.  Conservation, ecology, and management of catfish: the second international symposium.  American Fisheries Society, Symposium 77.  Bethesda, MD

Reinert, T. R. and C. A. Jennings. 2011.  Effect of egg sampling efficiency on estimates of historic striped bass egg production in the Savannah River Estuary, Georgia-South Carolina.  Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 65:71-77.

Belcher, C.N. and Jennings, C. 2010. Utility of Mesohabitat Features for Determining Habitat Associations of Sub-adult Sharks in Georgia's Estuaries. Environmental Biology of Fishes 88:349-359.

Jennings, C. A., E. W. Dilts, J. S. Shelton and R. C. Peterson.  2010.  Fine sediment affects on survival to emergence of robust redhorse.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 87:43-53.

Jennings, C. A., and S. J. Zigler. 2010. Biology and life history of paddlefish in North America: an update.  Pages 1- 22 in C. P. Paukert and G. D. Scholten, Editors.  Paddlefish Management, Propagation, and Conservation in the 21st Century: Building from 20 years of Research and Management.  American Fisheries Society, Symposium 66.  Bethesda, MD.

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