Christopher Butler

I received my Master’s Degree from North Carolina State University in 2007 under the guidance of Dr. Jeff Buckel. My Master’s research focused on the winter feeding ecology and predatory impact of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in North Carolina waters. After working for two years as an aquatic veterinary technician with North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, I began my career as a fisheries biologist in 2009 at The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. I am interested in how environmental and biological variables influence the foraging habits of piscivorous fish. Although my work has focused mainly on pelagic species, I am currently working on several projects that examine the feeding ecology of coastal piscivores in the Mississippi Sound.

March 2016