Record #:

1297

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.; Saxon, John L.

Abstract:

This survey, corroborating similar earlier studies in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, notes that runoff input into a canal system lowers numbers and varieties of fish and invertebrates. The authors call for increased water flow through the canal system.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 109 Issue 2, Summer 1993, p99-114, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Marine fauna--Pine Knoll Shores; Canal ecology--Pine Knoll Shores

Record #:

1298

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Schwartz has discovered the unusual occurrence of a steelhead (or rainbow) trout in coastal-estuarine waters, and offers a possible explanation.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 109 Issue 2, Summer 1993, p115-118, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rainbow trout; Pettiford Creek

Record #:

28258

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Bonefishes (family Albulidae) are cosmopolitan fishes that inhabit sand and grass flats of tropical seas. The current status of bonefishes in North Carolina was reviewed and a sixth bonefish species (Albula vulpes) was identified near Cape Hatteras.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 1, Spring 2005, p47, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish populations--Research; Fishes--Geographical distribution

Record #:

28340

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Tail spine characteristics of thirty-seven stingray species frequenting the Western Atlantic Ocean and South American freshwater rivers were examined noting spine serrations, presence of a dorsal groove, and other features. Utilizing a combination of tail spine characteristics, one can usually determine whether a species caused death or harm.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 125 Issue 2, Summer 2009, p47-60, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Marine biology; Stingrays--Research; Stingways

Record #:

28416

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Improved sampling by otter trawls, ships that are capable of sampling deeper waters, submersible observations, visual observations and published studies reveal over two-hundred additional fish species inhabiting estuarine to 2,000+ m ocean water depths off North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 2, Summer 2012, p33-38, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish species--North Carolina

Record #:

28202

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Cosmopolitan occurring ocean sunfishes or molas, Mola mola and Mola lanceolata (family Molidae), have been documented in North Carolina waters by a number of marine scientists. Frank Schwartz of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences updated information on both molas in relation to seasonal occurrences in ocean and estuarine waters, food, age, and additional fish associations.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 119 Issue 2, Summer 2003, p57-60, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish--Research; Mola mola

Record #:

28263

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.; Safrit, Glenn, Jr.

Abstract:

Various theories have attempted to explain color abnormalities in the southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma). Specimens of southern flounder were collected in Core Sound, North Carolina and examined. Observations contradict previous theories and suggest ambicoloration and abnormalities may be the result of other developmental factors.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 2, Summer 2005, p77-79, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish--Research; Biology

Record #:

28428

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Atlantic bumper fish were once common, but rarely caught today in North Carolina. Their decline seems to reflect a response to changing water temperatures, cooler pre-1990 and warmer post-1990.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 129 Issue 4, Winter 2013, p184-185, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish species--North Carolina; Fish populations

Record #:

28425

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Atlantic midshipman fish were collected off North Carolina between 1911 to 2012, and four were found in Pamlico Sound. Once abundant their numbers have declined after 1990 when ocean water temperatures changed from cool to warm. Today they are rarely caught or seen in North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 129 Issue 3, Fall 2013, p111-114, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish species--North Carolina; Fish populations

Record #:

5825

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Basking sharks are the second largest sharks in the world, reaching lengths of 9 meters to 13 meters. Over 363 of these creatures have been observed in North Carolina waters between 1901 and 2002.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 118 Issue 3, Fall 2002, p201-204, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Basking sharks

Record #:

28394

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Basking sharks and whale sharks are two of the largest sharks in the world. Observations of these two sharks confirm that they are members of the North Carolinian fish fauna.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 126 Issue 4, Winter 2010, p77-83, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sharks; Fishes--Geographical distribution

Record #:

8436

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Five of seven species of belonid, ten of fourteen species of exocoetids, one scomberesocid, and five of nine species of hemiramphids fishes are known to occur in the western North Atlantic, in or off North Carolina waters. This information is drawn from specimens deposited in the North Carolina State Museum in Raleigh that give the size, distribution, abundance, and length-weight observation for each specimen. Most species frequent marine or brackish waters.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 122 Issue 2, Summer 2006, p63-69, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Beloniformes

Record #:

28201

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences examined the bilateral asymmetry of forty smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) rostral width, rostral tooth number variation, and rostral tooth surface areas by age. The purpose of the study was to resolve confusion regarding these factors, and how they may relate to other species of sawfishes.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 119 Issue 2, Summer 2003, p41-47, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish--Research

Record #:

28233

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Biological features of five species of carangid fishes (African pompano, Atlantic bumper, rainbow runner, leatherjack, and cottonmouth jack) were examined. Abundance and presence of all five species in ocean or inland waters of North Carolina were influenced by habitat or water conditions.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 120 Issue 3, Fall 2004, p99-105, il, por, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fishes--Geographical distribution; Fish--Research; Biology

Record #:

19685

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Between 1965 and 2011, a total of 113 bull sharks have been recorded in North Carolina waters, including Pamlico Sound and the Cape Fear River. The article includes methods of recording, observations, and discussion. There have been forty-one shark attacks in the state's waters between 1870 and 2011. Bull sharks were involved in nine of these between 1990 and 2011, and all victims survived, except one who was killed near Avon on the Outer Banks.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 3/4, Fall/Win 2012, p88-91, il, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sharks--Research; Bull sharks