Publications

· DG Bolser, JP Egerton, PM Souza Jr, KM Boswell, BE Erisman. 2022. Assessing the size spectra of marine fish communities with hydroacoustics: Examining the challenges of abundant schools, diverse assemblages, and variable orientations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79 (8), 1255-1268

· Gallaway, B.J., Raborn, S.W., McCain, K.A., Beyea, R.T., Dufault, S., Heyman, W., Putman, N.F. and Egerton, J., 2021. Absolute abundance estimates for Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus, Greater Amberjack Seriola dumerili and other federally‐managed fish on offshore petroleum platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.

· Egerton, J.P., Bolser, D.G., Grüss, A. and Erisman, B.E., 2021. Understanding patterns of fish backscatter, size and density around petroleum platforms of the US Gulf of Mexico using hydroacoustic data. Fisheries Research, 233.

· Bolser, D.G., Egerton, J.P., Grüss, A. and Erisman, B.E., 2021. Optic–acoustic Analysis of Fish Assemblages at Petroleum Platforms. Fisheries.

· Bolser, D.G., Egerton, J.P., Grüss, A., Loughran, T., Beyea, T., McCain, K. and Erisman, B.E., 2020. Environmental and Structural Drivers of Fish Distributions among Petroleum Platforms across the US Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 12(2), 142-163.

· Bolser, D. G., J. P. Egerton, B.E. Erisman. 2018. Spatio-temporal variation in fish density and distribution in a large shipping channel in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Accepted

· Egerton, J.P, Johnson, A.F, Le Vay, L, McCoy C. et al. 2018. Linking hydroacoustics with simple optical groundtruthing for the assessment of spawning aggregations, a case study with Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus). Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Accepted.

· Egerton, J.P, Al-Ansi, M, Abdallah,M Walton, M, et al. 2018, Hydroacoustics to examine fish association with shallow offshore habitats in the Gulf. Fisheries Research 199, 127-136.

· Egerton, J.P., Johnson, A.F., Le Vay, L. et al. 2018. Hydroacoustics as a tool to examine the effects of Marine Protected Areas and habitat type on marine fish communities. Nature Scientific Reports 8, 47.

· Egerton, J.P., Johnson, A.F., Le Vay, L. et al. 2017. Hydroacoustics for the discovery and quantification of Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) spawning aggregations. Coral Reefs 36(2).

· Walton, M.E., Hayes, J., Al-Ansi, M., Abdallah, M., Al Maslamani, I., Al-Mohannadi, M., Al-Shaikh, I., D’Urban Jackson, T., Szostek, C., Egerton, J. and Kaiser, M.J., 2017. Towards spatial management of fisheries in the Gulf: benthic diversity, habitat and fish distributions from Qatari waters. ICES Journal of Marine Science. fsx116. 

· A. Blight, R. Foster-Smith, I. Sotheran, J. Egerton, 2011. Development of a Methodology for the Quantitative Assessment of Ireland’s Inshore Kelp Resource. Marine Institute. Galway. Ireland.

· Egerton. J. 2011. Management of the seagrass bed at Porth Dinllaen. Initial investigation into the use of alternative mooring systems. Report for Gwynedd Council.

· Egerton, J., Morris, L., and Goudge, H. 2010. Intertidal Phase 1 mapping from Pen‑ychain to Criccieth, Pen Llŷn a'r Sarnau SAC CCW Science Report No 953 3pp, Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor.

· Egerton, J. & Sotheran, I. 2010. The testing and validation of an echosounder approach for density and extent mapping of the subtidal seagrass Zostera marina. Envision Report Prepared for the Environment Agency.

· Foster-Smith, R., Egerton, J., Foster-Smith, D. Sotheran, I. and Meadows, W. (2010). Developing new ground truth techniques for seabed mapping. Marine Aggregate Sustainability Levy Fund - MEPF 08/64. 

· Egerton J. 2009.Monitoring methods for the survey of subtidal seagrass under the Water Framework Directive. Envision Report 2009-1022 Prepared for the Environment Agency.

· Egerton. J, 2009.Contributing author in “The Guidelines on the conduct of benthic surveys at aggregate extraction sites – Acoustic methods”. CEFAS/Marine Environment Protection Fund.

· Egerton, J & Sotheran, I. 2008. Mapping seagrass in Sangachal Bay, Azerbaijan. Envision Report 2008-1012 Prepared for Briggs Marine/BP.

For the published research papers please see my Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YH1_iywAAAAJ&hl=en