Eric J. Ward

Correcting trend bias from preferential sampling in fishery-dependent indices

This paper corrects time-varying trend bias in fishery-dependent abundance indices caused by preferential sampling using two methods, showing the joint spatiotemporal model is more robust.

Thermal niche warming is more consistent than range shifts in marine species under climate change

The paper shows that marine species' thermal niches have warmed more than their spatial redistribution under climate change.

Spatiotemporal Models Reveal Dynamic Growth Patterns in U.S. West Coast Groundfish

The paper uses geostatistical models to analyze spatiotemporal variability in growth rate and body condition of nine U.S. West Coast groundfish species, revealing interspecific differences influenced by niche partitioning.

Increasing spatial approximation complexity can degrade prediction quality in distribution models

This study shows that increasing spatial resolution in ecological models can reduce prediction quality for some species, highlighting the need for careful spatial complexity selection.

'surveyjoin': A Standardized Database of Fisheries Bottom Trawl Surveys in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

The paper introduces surveyjoin, a database and R package that standardizes and integrates bottom trawl survey data from the Northeast Pacific Ocean to improve fisheries management and ecosystem assessments.

Advancing spatially explicit fisheries management with age-specific species distribution models

This paper develops age-specific species distribution models to improve fisheries management by forecasting age classes and bycatch risk.

Pseudoreplication in genomics-scale datasets

The paper quantifies pseudoreplication in genomics-scale datasets by measuring effective degrees of freedom for FST and r2, showing that variance components analysis reveals sampling uncertainty as the limiting factor.