Murawski, S.A., J. Fleeger, W.F. Patterson III, C. Hu, K.L. Daly, I. Romero and G.A. Toro-Farmer. 2016. How did the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill affect nearshore ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico? Oceanography 29:160–173.
Dahl, K.A, W.F. Patterson III, and R.A. Snyder. 2016. Experimental assessment of lionfish removals to mitigate reef fish community shifts on northern Gulf of Mexico artificial reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 558:207-221.
Addis, D.T., W.F. Patterson III and M.A. Dance. 2016. The potential of unreported artificial reefs to serve as refuges from fishing mortality for Gulf of Mexico reef fishes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36:131-139.
Lewis, J.A. W.F. Patterson III, J.K. Carlson and K. McLachlin. 2016. Vertebral chemical signatures distinguish juvenile blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) nursery regions in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Freshwater Research 67:1014-1022.
Barnett, B.K., W.F. Patterson III, T.D. Kellison, S.B. Garner and A.M. Shiller. 2016. Nursery sources of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) off the southeastern USA simulated with otolith chemical signatures. Marine and Freshwater Research 67: 992–1001.
Tarnecki, J.H. and W.F. Patterson III. 2015. Changes in red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, diet and trophic ecology in the northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 7:135–147.
Garner, S.B. and W.F. Patterson III. 2015. Direct observation of charterboat effort, catch, and discarding of northern Gulf of Mexico reef fishes. US Fishery Bulletin 113:157-166.
Dahl, K.A. and W.F. Patterson III. 2014. Density and diet of rapidly expanding invasive lionfish populations in the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE 9(8): e105852. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105852
Garner, S.B., W.F. Patterson III, C.E. Porch, and J.H. Tarnecki. 2014. Experimental assessment of circle hook performance and selectivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico recreational reef fish fishery. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 6:235–246.
Patterson, W.F., III, B.K. Barnett, M.Z. Sluis, J.H. Cowan Jr., and A.M. Shiller. 2014. Interspecific variation in juvenile snapper otolith chemical signatures. Aquatic Biology 21:1-10.
Scharer, R.M., W.F. Patterson III, J.K. Carlson and G.R. Poulakis. 2012. Age and growth of smalltooth sawfish verified with LA-ICP-MS analysis of vertebrae. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47850.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047850.
Patterson, W.F., III, C.E. Porch, J.H. Tarnecki and A.J. Strelcheck. 2012. Effect of circle hook size on reef fish catch rate, size distribution, and selectivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico recreational fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science 88:647-665.
Patterson, W.F., III, J.H. Cowan, Jr., D.A. Nieland, and G.R. Gitzhugh, editors. 2007. Population Ecology and Fisheries of U.S. Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda,
Maryland. 361 pp.