Jeffrey A. Runge
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
350 Commercial Street\
Portland, Maine 04101
(207)228-1652
jeffrey.runge@maine.edu
Personal history
Born: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citizenship: USA and Canada
Education
B.A. (Biology), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1973
Ph.D. (Oceanography), University of Washington, Seattle, 1981
Professional history
2006Research Professor of Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, University
of Maine
2001-2006
Research Professor, Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, Institute for Earth,
Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire
1999-2000
Guest Investigator, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
1990-2002
Professeur associé, Département d'Océanographie, Université du Québec à
Rimouski (UQAR)
1987- 2001
Research scientist/Section Head, Secondary Production and Recruitment
Processes, Division of Ocean Sciences, Maurice-Lamontagne Institute,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont Joli, Québec
1987-2001
Professeur associé, Département de biologie, Université Laval
1985-1987
Attaché de recherche, Département de biologie, Université Laval
1982-1984
Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie
University, Halifax
Honors and Awards
1998
Merit Award, Team Achievement. Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
1998
Deputy Minister's Prix d’Excellence, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows (as supervisor or co-supervisor)
Christine Tremblay
M.Sc.
Univ. Laval
1988
Serge Tourangeau
M.Sc.
Univ. Laval
1988
Stéphane Plourde
M.Sc.
Univ. Laval
1992
Nancy Turriff
M.Sc.
UQAR
1994
Carolina Alonso Rodriguez M.Sc.
UQAR
1998
Marc Ringuette
Frédéric Maps
Michael Bates
Erin Gordon
Stéphane Plourde
Julia Kouwenberg
Bruno Zakardjian
Catherine Johnson
Martin Huret
M.Sc.
M.Sc.
M.Sc.
M.Sc.
Ph.D.
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Courses taught
Zooplankton in Marine Ecosystems (University of Maine: Fall, 2007)
Climate and Fisheries (UNH: Spring 2003, 2005)
Marine Ecosystem Fluxes and Dynamics (UNH, with R. Morrison: Spring, 2004, 2006)
Biological Oceanography (UNH,team taught: Fall, 2004)
Recent Service in Ocean Science Community
 Chair, Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM) (2003-present)
 Member, Scientific Steering Committee, IGBP-IOC-SCOR GLOBEC (2003-present)
 Member, Executive Committee, U.S. Northwest Atlantic/ Georges Bank GLOBEC program
(2002-present)
 Co-Chair, ICES Workshop on the Impact of Zooplankton on Cod Abundance and Production,
June, 2005. Copenhagen.
 Editorial Board, Fisheries Oceanography (1996-present)
Bibliography
Johnson, C.J. A.W. Pershing, J.A. Runge, E. Head, P. Pepin, .S.Plourde, and E. G. Durbin. In
press. Characteristics of Calanus dormancy patterns in the northwest Atlantic. ICES Jour.
Mar. Sci.
Huret, M., J. A. Runge, C. Chen, G. Cowles, Q. Xu and J. M. Pringle. 2007. Dispersal modeling of
fish early life stages: Application to Atlantic cod in the western Gulf of Maine. Mar. Ecol.
Prog. Ser.
Runge, J.A., S. Plourde, P. Joly, E. Durbin and B. Niehoff. 2006. Characteristics of egg
production of the planktonic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus, on Georges Bank: 19941999. Deep-Sea Res. II. 53: 3618-2631.
Runge, J.A. and R.J. Jones. 2006. PULSE: A Cooperative Partnership for Coastal Ocean
Ecosystem Monitoring in the Gulf of Maine. Final Report. Northeast Consortium
Cooperative Research projects.
Runge, J. A. and E. Braasch (eds.). 2005. Modeling needs related to the regional observing system
in the Gulf of Maine. RARGOM Report 05-1. 79pp.
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Runge, J.A., P.J.S. Franks, W.C. Gentleman, B.A. Megrey, K. A. Rose, F.E.Werner and B.
Zakardjian. 2005. Diagnosis and prediction of variability in secondary production and fish
recruitment processes: developments in physical-biological modelling. Pp. 413-473 in The
Sea. Vol. 13: The Global Coastal Ocean: Multi-Scale Interdisciplinary Processes. A.R.
Robinson and K. Brink, eds.
Maps, F., J.A. Runge, B. Zakardjian and P. Joly. 2005. Egg production and hatching success of
Temora longicornis (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Mar.Ecol. Prog. Ser.285:117-128
Ohman, M. D., K., Eiane, E.G. Durbin, J.A. Runge and H.-J. Hirche. 2004. A comparative study
of Calanus finmarchicus mortality patterns in five localities in the North Atlantic. ICES J.
Mar. Sci. 61: 687-697.
Niehoff, B. and J. A. Runge. 2003. A revised methodology for prediction of egg production of the
marine planktonic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus from preserved samples. Jour. Plank.
Research 25: 1581-1587.
Plourde, S. P. Joly, J.A. Runge, J. Dodson and B. Zakardjian. 2003. Life cycle of Calanus
hyperboreus in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary: is it coupled to local environmental
conditions? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 255: 219-233.
Zakardjian, B. A., J. Sheng, J.A. Runge, K.R. Thompson, Y. Gratton, I.A. McLaren and S. Plourde.
2003. Effects of temperature and circulation on the population dynamics of Calanus
finmarchicus in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Scotian Shelf: Study with a coupled threedimensional hydrodynamic, stage-based life-history model. J. Geophys. Res. 108 (C11):
8016.
Durbin, E., G., R.G. Campbell, M. C. Casas, M. D. Ohman, B. Niehoff, J. Runge and M. Wagner.
2003. Interannual variation in phytoplankton blooms and zooplankton productivity and
abundance in the Gulf of Maine during winter. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 254: 81-100.
Irigoien, X., R.P. Harris, H.M.Verheye, P. Joly, J.Runge, M. Starr, D. Pond, R. Campbell, R.
Shreeve, P. Ward, A.N. Smith, H.G. Dam, W. Peterson, V. Tirelli, M. Koski, T. Smith, D.
Harbour and R. Davidson. 2002. Copepod hatching success in marine ecosystems with high
diatom concentrations. Nature.419: 387-389.
Ohman, M.D., J.A. Runge, E.G. Durbin, D.B. Field, and B. Niehoff. 2002. On birth and death in
the sea. Hydrobiologia. 480:55-68.
Ringuette, M., L. Fortier, M. Fortier, J. Runge, S. Bélanger, P. Larouche, J.-M. Weslawski, S.
Kwasniewski. 2002.. Spring and summer population development of Arctic copepods in and
outside polynyas : the North Water versus Barrow Strait. Deep Sea Res.49: 5081-5099.
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Plourde, S., J. Dodson, J. A. Runge, and J.-C. Therriault. 2002. Spatial and temporal variations
in copepod community structure in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser.
230: 211-224.
Ringuette, M., M. Castonguay, J. A. Runge, and F. Grégoire. 2002. Atlantic mackerel (Scomber
scombrus) recruitment fluctuations in relation to copepod production and juvenile growth.
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59:646-656.
Plourde, S., P. Joly, J.A. Runge , B. Zakardjian and J.Dodson. 2001. Life cycle of Calanus
finmarchicus in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary: the imprint of circulation and late timing
of the spring phytoplankton bloom. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58: 647-658.
McGillicuddy, D.J., Lynch, D.R., Wiebe, P., Runge, J., Gentleman, W.C., and C.S. Davis. 2001.
Evaluating the synopticity of the U.S. Globec Georges Bank broadscale sampling pattern
with observational system simulation experiments. Deep-Sea Res. II. 48: 483-499.
Campbell, R.G., J.A. Runge, and E.G. Durbin. 2001. Evidence for food limitation of Calanus
finmarchicus production rates on the southern flank of Georges Bank during April, 1997.
Deep-Sea Res. II. 48: 531-550.
Runge, J.A., J. Quinlan, E. Durbin, C. Werner, G. Lough, L. Buckley, E. Caldarone, L. Incze, J.
Manning, D. Mountain, B. Niehoff, and S. Plourde. 2000. The effect of spatial and
temporal variation in zooplankton concentrations on larval cod growth and survival on
Georges Bank: a sensitivity analysis based on modelling and observations. ICES. C.M.
2000/M:17
Werner, F. E., R.G. Lough, J.A. Quinlan, L. J. Buckley, E. Durbin, L.S. Incze and J.A. Runge.
2000. Modeling growth of larval cod and haddock on Georges Bank: a synthesis of
observations and model results for Spring, 1995. ICES. C.M. 2000/M:24
Browman, H.I., C. Alonso Rodriguez, F. Béland, J.J. Cullen, R.F. Davis, J.H.M. Kouwenberg, P.
Kuhn, B. McArthur, J.A. Runge, J.-F. St-Pierre, & R.D. Vetter. 2000. The impact of
ultraviolet radiation on marine zooplankton and ichthyoplankton: a case study from the
Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 199:293-311.
Runge, J.A. and J.C. Roff. 2000. The measurement of growth and reproductive rates. Ch..9 (pp.
401-454) in R.P. Harris, P. Wiebe, J. Lenz, M. Huntley, H.R. Skjoldal (eds.) ICES
Zooplankton Methodology Manual. Academic Press.
Sameoto, D. , P. Wiebe, J. Runge, L. Postel, J. Dunn, C. Miller and S. Coombs. 2000. Collecting
zooplankton. Ch. 3 (pp. 55-81) in R.P. Harris, P. Wiebe, J. Lenz, M. Huntley, H.R.
Skjoldal (eds.) ICES Zooplankton Methodology Manual. Academic Press.
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Alonso Rodriguez, C., H.I. Browman, J.A. Runge & J.-F. St-Pierre. 2000. Impact of solar
ultraviolet radiation (280 - 400 nm) on the hatching success of a marine copepod, Calanus
finmarchicus. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 193: 85-93.
Harvey, M., J.A, Runge, J.F. St-Pierre and P. Joly. 2000. Oceanographic conditions in the
Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1999: Zooplankton. DFO Can. Stock Assessment
Sec. Res. Doc. 2000/117. 19 p.
Zakardjian, B. A., Runge, J.A., Plourde, S., and Y. Gratton. 1999. A biophysical model of the
interaction between vertical migration of crustacean zooplankton and circulation in the
Lower St. Lawrence Estuary. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 56: 2420-2432.
Starr, M., Runge, J.A. and J.-C. Therriault. 1999. Effects of diatom diets on the reproduction of
the planktonic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus. Sarsia. 84: 378-389.
Runge, J.A., M. Castonguay, Y. de Lafontaine, M. Ringuette, and J.-L. Beaulieu. 1999.
Covariation in climate, zooplankton biomass and mackerel recruitment in the southern
Gulf of St. Lawrence. Fish Oceanogr. 8: 139-149.
Kouwenberg, J.H.M., Browman, H.I., Cullen, J.J., Davis, R.F., St-Pierre J.-F., Runge J.A. 1999.
Biological weighting ultraviolet-B induced mortality in marine zooplankton and fish. I.
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L) eggs. Mar. Biol. 134: 269-284.
Kouwenberg, J.H.M., Browman, H.I., Runge, J.A., Cullen, J.J., Davis, R.F., St-Pierre J.-F. 1999.
Biological weighting of ultraviolet-B induced mortality in marine zooplankton and fish. II.
Calanus finmarchicus G. (Copepoda) eggs. Mar. Biol. 134: 285-293.
Castonguay, M., J.A. Runge, and Y. de Lafontaine. 1998. Annual and Spatial Variability in
Zooplankton Biomass and Species Composition and in Eggs and Larvae of Cod and
Mackerel in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Can. Data Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1035:86
pp.
Therriault, J.C., B. Petrie, P.Pepin, J. Gagnon, D. Gregory, J. Helbig, A. Herman, D. Lefaivre, M.
Mitchell, B. Pelchat, J. Runge and D. Sameoto. 1998. Proposal for a Northwest Atlantic
Zonal Monitoring Program. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. and Ocean Sci. 194: 1-57.
Ohman, M., J.A. Runge and E. Durbin. 1998. Solving the unsolvable: mortality rates of C.
finmarchicus on Georges Bank. The TASC Newsletter. 11: 14-16.
Ban, S., C. Burns, J. Castel, Y. Chaudron, E. Christou, R. Escribano, S. Fonda Umani, S.
Gasparini, F. Guerrero Ruiz, M. Hoffmeyer, A. Ianora, H.-K. Kang, M. Laabir, A.
Lacoste, A. Miralto, X. Ning, S. Poulet, V. Rodriguez, J.A. Runge, J. Shi, M. Starr, S.
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Uye, and Y. Wang. 1997. The paradox of diatom-copepod interactions. Mar. Ecol. Prog.
Ser. 157: 287-293.
Durbin, E., J.A. Runge, R. Campbell, P. Garrahan, M. Casas and S. Plourde. 1997. Late fall-early
winter recruitment of Calanus finmarchicus on Georges Bank. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 151:
103-114.
Runge, J.A , E. Durbin, S. Plourde and Y. Gratton. 1997. Spatial and temporal variation in egg
production of Calanus finmarchicus on Georges Bank: implications for the productivity of
prey of cod and haddock larvae. ICES CM 1997/T:49.
McGillicuddy, D., D. Lynch, P. Wiebe, J.A. Runge, W. Gentleman and C. Davis. 1997.
Evaluating the synopticity of the U.S. Globec Georges Bank broad-scale sampling pattern
with observational system simulation experiments. GLOBEC: Results from
Interdisciplinary Programs in the North Atlantic. ICES CM 1997/T:20.
Runge, J.A. 1997. Grâce au programme Globec, une meillure compréhension des changements
dans les écosystèmes marins. Nouvelles des Sciences, Ministere de Peches et Oceans.
8(1): 5-10.
Runge, J.A. and Y. de Lafontaine. 1996. Characterization of a pelagic food web in the northern
Gulf of St. Lawrence: the larval redfish-Calanus- microplankton interaction. Fish.
Oceanogr. 5: 21-37.
Runge, J.A. and S. Plourde. 1996. Fecundity of Calanus finmarchicus in coastal waters of eastern
Canada. Ophelia. 44:171-187.
Ohman, M.D., D.L. Aksnes, and J.A. Runge. 1996. The interrelation of copepod fecundity and
mortality. Limnol.Oceanogr. 41: 1470-1477.
Madin,L.P., S.Bollens, E.Horgan, M.Butler, J.A. Runge, B.Sullivan, G.Klein-MacPhee,
E.Durbin, A.Durbin, S.Plourde, A. Bucklin and M.E. Clarke. 1996. Voracious planktonic
hydroids: Unexpected impact on a coastal marine ecosystem. Deep-Sea Res. 43: 18231830.
St-Pierre, J. -F., J.A. Runge, P. Joly, and Y. deLafontaine. 1996. Revue des données physiques,
chimiques et biologiques récoltées lors d'une étude portant sur les liens trophiques et la
productivité biologique du plancton, dans le nord du golfe du St-Laurent à l'été 1989.
Rapp. Stat. Can. Sci. Hal. Aquat. 986: 92 pp.
Starr, M., Runge,J.A. and J.-C. Therriault. 1996. Harmful effects of certain diatoms on the
reproductive success of copepods. Proceedings of the Fifth Canadian Workshop on
Harmful Marine Algae. Can.Tech.Rep.Fish.Aquat.Sci. 2138: 128-134.
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Gifford, D.J. , M.E. Sieracki, and J.A. Runge. 1996. The diet of Calanus finmarchicus during
development of stratification on Georges Bank. ICES CM 1996/l:9.
Runge, J.A. and P. Joly. 1995. Zooplancton (Euphausiacés et Calanus) de l'estuaire et du Golfe
du Saint-Laurent. p.128-137. In: L. Savard (ed.) Rapport sur l'état des invertebrés en 1994:
crustacés et mollusques des côtes du Québec et crevette nordique de l'estuaire et du golfe
du Saint-Laurent. Rapp. manuscr. can. des sci. hal. aquat. 2323.
Turriff, N., J.A.Runge and A. Cembella 1995. Toxin accumulation and feeding behaviour of the
planktonic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus exposed to the toxic dinoflagellate,
Alexandrium excavatum. Mar. Biol. 123: 55-64.
Ohman, M. D. and J. A. Runge. 1994. Sustained fecundity when phytoplankton resources are in
short supply: omnivory by Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Limnol.
Oceanogr. 39: 21-36.
Runge, J.A. , J.Gamble, L. Hutchings, G.-A. Paffenhofer, W. Peterson, and S. Sundby. 1994.
Zooplankton variability and fish population dynamics. Globec Int. News. 2:11-14.
deYoung, B, D. Mackas, D. Deibel, W. Leggett, I. McLaren, I.Perry, J.A. Runge and K Thompson.
1994. GLOBEC-Canada: Science Plan.
Plourde, S. and J. A. Runge. 1993. Reproduction of the planktonic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus,
in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary: relation to the cycle of phytoplankton production and
evidence for a Calanus pump. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 102: 217-227.
Runge, J.A.. Experimental studies. p.19-20 in D.H. Cushing (ed.). Population Dynamics and
Physical Variability. International GLOBEC Report No.2.
Hutchings, L., M.Ohman, G. Paffenhofer and J.A.Runge. 1992. Sources of variation in the
populations of zooplankton. p. 20-24 in D.H. Cushing (ed.). Population Dynamics and
Physical Variability. International GLOBEC Report No.2.
Runge, J.A. 1992. Report of the working group on effects of phycotoxins in the marine food web.
Can.Tech.Rep.Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1893: 73-80.
Tourangeau, S. and J. A. Runge. 1991. Reproduction of Calanus glacialis in relation to an ice
microalgal bloom in southeastern Hudson Bay. Mar. Biol. 108: 227-233.
Runge, J.A. , J.-C. Therriault, L. Legendre, R. G. Ingram and S. Demers. 1991. Coupling between
ice algal productivity and the pelagic, metazoan food web in southeastern Hudson Bay: a
synthesis of results. Polar Res. 10: 325-338.
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de Lafontaine, Y., S. Demers, and J.A. Runge. 1991. Pelagic food web interactions and productivity
in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: a perspective. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 113: 99-124.
Runge, J.A. 1991. Comments on working proposal on fish migrations. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat.
Sci. 113: 37-42.
Runge, J.A. and R. Grant Ingram. 1991. Under ice feeding and diel migration by the planktonic
copepods Calanus finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus minutus in relation to the ice algal
production cycle in southeastern Hudson Bay. Mar. Biol. 108: 217-226.
Roche-Mayzaud, O., J.A. Runge and J.-C. Therriault. 1991. Variations spatio-temporelles de
l'activité des enzymes digestives et de la ponte chez les femelles de Calanus finmarchicus
dans le Golfe du Saint-Laurent. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 113: 231-240.
Runge, J.A. and Y. Simard. 1990. Zooplankton of the St. Lawrence Estuary: the imprint of physical
processes on its composition and distribution. pp. 297-320 in M.I. El-Sabh and N.
Silverberg (eds), Oceanography of a large-scale estuarine system: the St. Lawrence.
Springer-Verlag.
Tremblay, C., J.A. Runge, and L. Legendre. 1989. Grazing and sedimentation of ice algae during
and immediately after a bloom at the ice-water interface. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 56: 291-300.
Therriault, J.-C., S. Demers, L. Legendre, R.G. Ingram and J.A. Runge. 1989. Physical control of
biological production at the seasonal sea ice/water interface and in the underlaying water
column in Hudson Bay (Canada). Rapp. P-v. Réun. Cons. int. Explor. Mer. 188: 123.
Runge, J.A. and G.R. Ingram. 1988. Underice grazing by planktonic, calanoid copepods in relation
to a bloom of ice microalgae in southeastern Hudson Bay. Limnology and Oceanography
33: 280-286.
Runge, J.A. 1988. Should we expect a relationship between primary production and fisheries? The
role of copepod dynamics as a filter of trophic variability. Hydrobiologia 167/168: 61-71.
Runge, J.A. , P. Pepin, and W. Silvert. 1987. Feeding behavior of Atlantic mackerel, Scomber
scombrus, on the hydromedusan, Aglantha digitale. Mar. Biol. 94: 329-333.
Runge, J.A. 1987. Measurement of egg production rate of Calanus finmarchicus from preserved
samples. Can. Jour. Fish Aquat. Sci. 44: 2009-2012.
Myers, R.A. and J.A. Runge. 1986. Seasonal changes in copepod adult size: an evolutionary
hypothesis. Syllogeus 58: 375-378.
Runge, J.A. and R.A. Myers. 1986. Constraints on the evolution of copepod body size. Syllogeus
58: 443-447.
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Runge, J.A., I.A. McLaren, C.J. Corkett, R.N. Bohrer, and J.A. Koslow. 1985. Molting rates and
cohort development of Calanus finmarchicus in the Browns Bank area during June, 1982.
Mar. Biol. 86: 241-246.
Runge, J.A. 1985a. Relationship of egg production of Calanus pacificus Brodsky to seasonal
changes in phytoplankton availability in Puget Sound, Washington. Limnology and
Oceanography 30: 382-396.
Runge, J.A. 1985b. Egg production of Calanus finmarchicus in the sea off SW Nova Scotia. Arch.
Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergeb. Limnol. 21: 33-40.
Runge, J.A. 1984. Egg production of Calanus pacificus Brodsky: Laboratory observations. J. Exp.
Mar. Biol. Ecol. 74: 53-66.
Myers, R.A. and J. A. Runge. 1983. Predictions of seasonal natural mortality rates in a copepod
population using life-history theory. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser. 11: 189-194.
Runge, J.A. and M.D. Ohman. 1982. Size fractionation of phytoplankton as an estimate of food
available to herbivores. Limnology and Oceanography 27: 570-575.
Runge, J.A. 1981. Egg production of Calanus pacificus Brodsky and its relationship to seasonal
changes in phytoplankton availability. Ph.D. thesis, University of Washington. 115 pp.
Runge, J.A. 1980. Effects of hunger and season on the feeding behavior of Calanus pacificus.
Limnology and Oceanography. 25: 135-145.
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