Jim Bence’s Publications (Updated May 2008)
Journal
Articles, Book Chapters, and other Peer-Reviewed Publications
Fenichel, E.P., R.D. Horan, and J.R. Bence. Submitted (May
2008). Indirect Management of Invasive
Species through Bio-controls: A bioeconomic model of
salmon and alewife in
Linton, B.C., and J.R. Bence. Submitted
(March 2008). Evaluating
methods for estimating process and observation errors in statistical
catch-at-age analysis. Fisheries Research.
Linton, B. and J.R. Bence. Submitted. Sensitivity
analysis of lake whitefish stock assessment models used
in the 1836 treaty waters of
Deroba, J.J., and J.R. Bence. In press. Developing
model-based indices of lake whitefish abundance using
commercial fishery catch and effort data in
Irwin, B.J., M.J. Wilberg, J.R. Bence, and M.L. Jones. In press. Evaluating alternative harvest policies for yellow perch in southern
Wilberg, M.J., B.J. Irwin, M.L. Jones, and
J.R. Bence. In press. Effects of source-sink dynamics on harvest
policy performance for Yellow Perch in southern
Jones, M.L. and J.R. Bence. In press. Uncertainty
and fishery management in the North American Great Lakes: lessons from
applications of decision analysis. Chapter in American
Fisheries Society book. Sustainability of the Artic-Yukon-Kuskowkwim
Salmon Fisheries.
Wilberg, M.J. and J.R. Bence. In press. Performance of deviance information criterion model selection in
statistical catch-at-age analysis.
Fisheries
Research.
Brenden, T.O., and J.R. Bence. In press. Comment:
Use of Piecewise Regression Models to Estimate Changing Relationships in
Fisheries. Transactions
of the American Fisheries Society.
He, J.X.E., J. E. Johnson, D. F.
Clapp, J. R. Bence, M. P. Ebener. In press. Modeling variation in mass-length relations and condition indices
of lake trout and Chinook salmon in
Deroba, J.J. and J.R. Bence. In press. Assessing model-based indices of lake trout abundance in 1836 treaty
waters of
Deroba, J.J. and J.R. Bence. In press. A review of
harvest policies: understanding relative performance of control rules. Fisheries Research.
Haeseker, S.L., M.L. Jones, R.M. Peterman, J.R. Bence, W. Dai,
and G.C. Christie. 2007. Explicit consideration of uncertainty in
Great Lakes fishery management: decision analysis of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
control in the
Wagner, T., J.R. Bence, M.T. Bremigan, D.B. Hayes, and M.J. Wilberg. 2007. Regional
trends in fish mean length at age: components of variance and the statistical
power to detect trends. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences. 64: 968-978.
Peters, A.K., M.L. Jones, D.C. Honeyfield, and J.R. Bence. 2007. Monitoring energetic status of Lake Michigan
Chinook salmon using water content as a predictor of whole-fish lipid content.
Journal of
He, X.J. and J.R. Bence. 2007. Modeling annual growth variation using a
hierarchical Bayesian approach and the von Bertalanffy
growth function, with application to lake trout in southern
Hayes, D.B., B. Thompson, J. Bence
and T. Kwak. 2007. Biomass, Density and
Yield Estimators. Chapter
8 in Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data. Michael Brown and Christopher Guy, eds. American Fisheries Society Special Publication.
Wilberg, M.J., and J.R. Bence. 2006. Performance of time-varying catchability estimators in statistical catch-at-age analysis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:
2275-2285.
Wilberg, M.J., J.R. Bence, B.T. Eggold, D. Makauskas, and D.F.
Clapp. 2005.
Yellow Perch Dynamics in
Dobiesz, N.E., D.A. McLeish, R.L. Eshendroder,
J.R. Bence, L.C. Mohr, B.A. Henderson, M.P.
Ebener, T. Nalepa, A.P. Woldt, J.E. Johnson, R.L. Argyle, and J.C. Makarewicz. 2005. Ecology of the
Radomski, P., J.R. Bence, and T.J. Quinn II. 2005. Comparison of virtual population analysis and statistical kill‑at‑age analysis for a recreational, kill‑dominated fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 436-452.
Madenjian, C.P., T.O. Höök, E.S. Rutherford,
D.M. Mason, T.E. Croley II, E.B. Szalai,
and J.R. Bence. 2005. Recruitment Variability of Alewives in
Ebener, M.P., J.R. Bence,
K. Newman and P. Schneeberger. 2005. Application of
Statistical catch-at-age models to assess lake whitefish
stocks in the 1836 treaty-ceded waters of the upper
Benjamin, D.M., and J.R. Bence. 2003. Spatial and temporal changes in the Lake
Michigan Chinook Salmon fishery, 1985-1996.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries
Division, Fisheries Research Report 2065.
Benjamin, D.M., and J.R. Bence. 2003. Statistical catch-at-age assessment of
Chinook salmon in Lake Michigan, 1985-1996.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries
Division, Fisheries Research Report 2066.
Bence, J.R.
2003. Book Review of Modelling and Quantitative Methods in Fisheries,
Revised Printing, by M. Haddon.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132: 1033-1034.
Rutter, M.A., and J.R. Bence. 2003. An improved method to estimate sea lamprey
wounding rate on hosts with application to lake trout in
Bence, J.R, R.A. Bergstedt,
G.C. Christie, P.A. Cochran, M.P. Ebener, J.F. Koonce, M.A. Rutter, and W.D. Swink, 2003. Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
parasite-host interactions in the
Haeseker, S., M. Jones, and J. Bence. 2003.
Estimating uncertainty in the stock-recruitment relationship for
Stewart, T.J., J.R. Bence, R.A. Bergstedt, M.P. Ebener, F. Lupi, and M.A. Rutter. 2003.
Recommendations for assessing sea lamprey damages: toward optimizing the
control program in the
Ebener, M.P., J.R. Bence, R.A. Bergstedt, and K.M. Mullett. 2003. Classifying sea lamprey marks on
Young, R.J., M.L. Jones, J.R. Bence, R.B. McDonald, K.M. Mullett, and R.A. Bergstedt. 2003.
Estimating parasitic sea lamprey abundance in
Szalai, E.B., G.W. Fleischer, and J.R.
Bence. 2003. Modeling time‑varying growth using a
generalized von Bertalanffy model with application to
bloater (Coregonus hoyi)
growth dynamics in
Ralston, S., J.R. Bence, M.B. Eldridge, and W.H. Lenarz. 2003. An approach to estimating rockfish biomass
based on larval production, with application to Sebastes
jordani.
Fishery Bulletin 101: 129‑146.
Madenjian, C.P., G. L. Fahnenstiel,
T.H. Johengen, T.F. Nalepa,
H.A. Vanderploeg, G.W. Fleischer, P.J.Schneeberger,
D.M. Benjamin, E.B. Smith, J.R. Bence, E.S. Rutherford, D.S. Lavis, D.M. Robertson, D.J. Jude, and M.P. Ebener. 2002. Dynamics of the
Krause, A.E., D.B. Hayes, J.R.
Bence, C.P. Madenjian, and R.M. Stedman. 2002. Measurement variability in nine
Wilberg, M., J.R. Bence, and J.E. Johnson. 2002. Survival of juvenile lake trout stocked in western
Stewart-Oaten, A., and J.R. Bence. 2001. Temporal and spatial variation in environmental
assessment. Ecological Monographs
71:305-339
Ward, C., R.L. Eshenroder,
and J.R. Bence. 2000. Relative abundance of lake trout and burbot in the main
Sitar, S.P., J.R. Bence, J. Johnson,
M.P. Ebener, and W.W. Taylor. 1999. Lake trout mortality and abundance in
Lockwood, R.N., D.M. Benjamin, and
J.R. Bence. 1999.
Estimating angling effort and catch from
Bence, J.R., and K.D. Smith. 1999. An overview of recreational fisheries of the
Thomas, D.H., B. Erwin, G.J. Kobylinski, and J.R. Bence. 1997. Groundfish data collection in
Bence, J.R., P. Crone, and D. Sampson. 1997. Comparison of
Bence, J.R. Federally coordinated sampling programs. 1997. Chapter 5 in D.B. Sampson, and P.R.
Crone, editors. Commercial fisheries data collection procedures for U.S.
Pacific coast groundfish. NOAA Technical Memorandum
NMFS-NWFSC-31.
Hansen, M.J., J.R. Bence, J.W. Peck,
and W.W. Taylor. 1997. Evaluation
of the relative importance of hatchery-reared and wild fish in the restoration
of
Sitar, S.P., J.R. Bence, W.W.
Taylor, and J.E. Johnson. 1997.
Sea Lamprey wounding rates on lake trout in Lake Huron, 1984-1994.
Bence, J.R., A. Stewart-Oaten, and
S.C. Schroeter. 1996. Estimating the size of an effect from a
Before-After-Control-Impact-Pairs design:
the predictive approach applied to a power plant study. Pages 133‑149 in
R.J. Schmitt, and C.W. Osenberg, editors. Detecting Ecological
Impacts: Concepts and Applications in Coastal Habitats. Academic Press,
Bence, J.R.
1995. Analysis of short
time-series: correcting for
autocorrelation. Ecology
76:628-639.
Bence, J.R., A. Gordoa,
and J.E. Hightower. 1993. The influence of age-selective surveys on the
reliability of stock synthesis assessments.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:827-840.
Thomas, D.H., and J.R. Bence. 1993. Bocaccio. In W.S. Leet,
editor.
Stewart-Oaten, A., J.R.
Bence, and C. Osenberg. 1992. Assessing
effects of unreplicated perturbations: no simple
solutions. Ecology 73:1396-1404.
Laidig, T.E., S. Ralston, and J.R. Bence. 1991. Dynamics of growth in the early life history
of shortbelly rockfish, Sebastes
jordani.
Fishery Bulletin 89:611-621
Bence, J.R.
1991. Bocaccio. Pages 23-24 in
Status of living marine resources of the Pacific coast of the
Orr, B.K., W.W. Murdoch, and J.R.
Bence. 1990.
Population regulation, convergence, and cannibalism in Notonecta (Hemiptera). Ecology 71:68-82.
Bence, J.R., and R.M. Nisbet. 1989. Space-limited recruitment in open systems: the importance of time delays. Ecology 70:1434-1441.
Nisbet, R.M., and J.R. Bence. 1989. Alternative dynamic regimes for
canopy-forming kelp: a variant on density-vague population regulation. American Naturalist 134:377-408.
Bence, J.R.
1988. Indirect effects and
biological control of mosquitoes by mosquitofish. Journal of Applied Ecology 25:505-521.
Murdoch, W.W., and J.R. Bence. 1987. General predators and unstable prey
populations. Pages
17-29 in W.C. Kerfoot, and A. Sih, editors. Predation: direct and indirect impacts on
aquatic communities, pages 17-29, University Press of New England, Hanover and
Bence, J.R.
1986. Feeding rate and attack
specialization: the roles of predator experience and energetic tradeoffs. Environmental Biology of Fishes
16:113-121.
Bence, J.R., and W.W. Murdoch. 1986. Prey size selection by the mosquitofish: relation to optimal diet theory. Ecology 67:324-336.
Bence, J.R., with S.M. Butler. 1984. A diet model for planktivores
that follow density-independent rules for prey selection. Ecology 65:1885-1894.
Bence, J.R., and W.W. Murdoch. 1983. Some indirect effects of Gambusia
upon Culex tarsalis
survival in rice fields. Bulletin of the
Society for Vector Ecology 8:37.
Bence, J.R., and W.W. Murdoch. 1982. Ecological studies of insect predators and Gambusia in rice fields: a preliminary report. Proceedings of the
Bence, J.R., and W.W. Murdoch. 1982. Gambusia as
a predator on Notonecta: laboratory
experiments. Proceedings of the
Technical Reports Published
2000 and later (annual update/progress reports excluded)
Jones, M.L., J.R. Bence, E.B. Szalai, and Wenjing Dai. Assessing stocking policies for
Bence, J.R. Approaches to weighting data components and addressing concerns
about density-dependent catchability for
Irwin,
B.J., Bence, J.R., Jones, M.L., and Liu, W.
2008. Defining targets for sea
lamprey control in the
Sitar, S.P., Bence, J.R., and Woldt, A.P. 2007. Stock assessment models, pages 8-16 in Woldt, A.P., and Sitar, S.P. (eds.). Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2006: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2005, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2006. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/2006-status-report_215230_7.pdf
Woldt, A.P., Bence, J.R., and Ebener, M.P. 2007. Executive Summary, pages 4-7 in Woldt, A.P., and Sitar, S.P. (eds.). Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2006: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2005, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2006. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/2006-status-report_215230_7.pdf
Woldt, A.P., Bence, J.R., and Ebener, M.P. 2007. Recommendations and future directions to improve assessments, pages 17-22 in Woldt, A.P., and Sitar, S.P. (eds.). Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2006: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2005, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2006. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/2006-status-report_215230_7.pdf
Woldt, A.P.,
S.P. Sitar, J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener. 2006.
Summary Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836
Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and
Woldt, A.P.,
S.P. Sitar, J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener. 2005.
Summary Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836
Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and
Dobiesz, N.E., and J.R. Bence. 2005. Predator-prey interactions. Pages 91-98 in: M. Ebener, ed. State of
Bence, J.R., M.P. Ebener, and R.L. Eshenroder. 2005. A critique of fish community objectives. Pages 119-123 in: M. Ebener,
ed. State of
Jonas, J.L, D.F. Clapp, J.R. Bence,
and M.E. Holey. 2005. Salmonine Community.
Pages 33-48 in Holey, M.E., and Trudeau, T.N. [EDS.] The
state of
Szalai, E.B., J. R. Bence, and M.L. Jones. 2005. Estimating
Sea Lamprey Damage to Fish Populations in Lakes
Bence, J.R. 2004.
Woldt, A.P.,
S.P. Sitar, J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener. 2004.
Summary Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836
Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and
Dobiesz, N.E., and Bence, J.R. 2004. CPM Version 2.0 User’s Manual.
Peters, A.K., M.L. Jones, D. Honeyfield, and J. Bence. 2003. Energy dynamics of
Bence,
J.R. 2003. An evaluation of retrospective patterns and
use of tagging estimates of abundance in age-structured walleye assessment
models for
Bence, J.R. 2003. Evaluation of the MI-2 Statistical Catch-at-age Model. Report submitted to Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, March 2003.
Bence,
J.R., M.P. Ebener, S.P. Sitar, and A.P. Woldt (eds). 2003. Summary status of lake trout and lake
whitefish populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and
Bence, J.R., and M.P. Ebener
(eds). 2002.
Summary status of lake trout and lake whitefish populations in 1836
treaty‑ceded waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and
Szalai, E., and J.R. Bence. 2002. Review of procedures for estimating wild
production of chinook salmon
through marking experiments: evaluation of needed sampling of marked fish on
Myers, R.A., and J.R. Bence. 2001.
The 2001 Assessment of Perch in
Myers,
R.A.,, and J.R. Bence.
2001. The walleye of western and
central
Bence, J.R. and N.E. Dobiesz. 2000.
Estimating forage fish consumption by predators in
Ralston, S., J.R. Bence, W.G. Clark,
R.J. Conser, T. Jagielo,
and T.J. Quinn II. 2000.
Panel Report: West Coast Groundfish
Harvest Rate Policy Workshop AFSC,