Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Mike Vecchione

Adjunct Zoologist, NOAA, Curator of Cephalopoda
Department / Division
Education
  • B.S., University of Miami, 1972.
  • Ph.D., College of William and Mary (Biological Oceanography), 1979.
Collections Areas
  • Mollusca
    • Cephalopoda
    • Pteropoda
Publications
Journal Article
Dataset
Book Chapter
  • Ingels, Jeroen, Clark, Malcolm R., Vecchione, Michael, Perez, Jose Angel, and Levin, Lisa A. 2016. "Southern Ocean." In The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I. 729–748. New York: United Nations.
  • Ingels, Jeroen, Clarke, M. R., Vecchione, Michael, and Gaever, Van S. 2016. "Open Ocean Deep Sea." In The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I. 685–704. New York: United Nations.
  • Jorgensen, L. L., Archambault, C., Armstrong, A., Dolgov, E., Edinger, T., and Vecchione, Michael. 2016. "Arctic marine biodiversity." In The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I. 705–728. New York: United Nations.
  • Koslow, J. Anthony, Auster, Peter, Bergstad, Odd Aksel, Roberts, J. Murray, Rogers, Alex, Vecchione, Michael, Bernal, Patricio, Harris, Peter, and Rice, Jake. 2016. "Biological Communities on Seamounts and Other Submarine Features Potentially Threatened by Disturbance." In The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I. 899–911. New York: United Nations.
  • Judkins, H. L., Vecchione, Michael, and Roper, Clyde F. E. 2009. "Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico." In Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters and Biota Vol. 1, Biodiversity. Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., editors. 701–710. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press.
  • Vecchione, Michael, Allcock, Louise, Piatkowksi, Uwe, Jorgensen, Elaina, and Barratt, Iain. 2009. "Persistent Elevated Abundance of Octopods in an Overfished Antarctic Area." In Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science. Krupnik, Igor, Lang, Michael A., and Miller, Scott E., editors. 197–204. In IPY. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.097884601X.14.
  • Jereb, P., Roper, Clyde F. E., and Vecchione, Michael. 2006. "Introduction." In Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Natilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). Jereb, P. and Roper, Clyde F. E., editors. 1–19. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.
  • Vecchione, Michael. 2004. "Cephalopoda." In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 475–490. Detroit: Gale. 2
  • Vecchione, Michael. 2003. "Cephalopoda. FAO Guide for Identification of Invertebrates of the Western Central Atlantic." In The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Carpenter, Kent E., editor. 150–244. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1
  • Shea, E. and Vecchione, Michael. 2002. "Phylum Mollusca: Cephalopoda." In Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Young, Craig M., Sewell, Mary A., and Rice, Mary E., editors. 327–329. San Diego, California: Academic Press.
  • Roper, Clyde F. E., Lu, C. C., and Vecchione, Michael. 1998. "A Revision of the Systematics and Distribution of Illex Species (Cephalopoda:Ommastrephidae)." 405–423. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586.
  • Sweeney, M. J. and Vecchione, Michael. 1998. "Generic and specific names introduced in the squid Family Loliginidae (Cephalopoda: Myopsida)." In Systematics and Biogreography of Cephalopds; Volume 1. Voss, Nancy A., Vecchione, Michael, Toll, Ronald B., and Sweeney, Michael J., editors. 223–237. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586.
  • Felley, J. D., Vecchione, Michael, and Roper, Clyde F. E. 1994. "Multimedia computer applications for species identification: prototypes from a cooperative venture between the Smithsonian Institution and NMFS." In MTS94. Challenges and Opportunities in the Marine Environment. 333–337.
  • Roper, Clyde F. E. and Vecchione, Michael. 1993. "A geographic and taxonomic review of Taningia danae Joubin, 1931 (Cephalopoda: Octopoteuthidae), with new records and observations on bioluminescence." In Recent Advances in Cephalopod Fisheries Biology. 441–456.
  • Young, R. E., Mangold, K. M., and Vecchione, Michael. 1992. "The enoploteuthid group of families." 55–66. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 513.
  • Vecchione, Michael. 1991. "Long-term trends in the abundance of the copepod Acartia tonsa in the Calcasieu Estuary." Parker, Patrick L., editor. 89–101. Port Aransas, Texas: Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin. In Contributions in Marine Science, 32.
  • Vecchione, Michael. 1987. "Juvenile ecology." In Cephalopod Life Cycles. Vol II. 61–84.
  • Vecchione, Michael. 1987. "Variability in the distribution of late-stage oyster larvae in the Calcasieu Estuary." Wohlschlag, Donald E., editor. 77–90. Port Aransas, Texas: Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin. In Contributions in Marine Science, 30.
  • Vecchione, Michael, Maples, R. S., and Donahoe, R. 1986. "Changes in chlorophyll a concentrations in a shallow water column during a solar eclipse." Wohlschlag, Donald E., editor. 37–44. Port Aransas, Texas: Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin. In Contributions in Marine Science, 29.
  • Stubblefield, C. L. and Vecchione, Michael. 1985. "Zooplankton distribution in a wind-driven estuary before and after a major storm." Wohlschlag, Donald E., editor. 55–67. Port Aransas, Texas: Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin. In Contributions in Marine Science, 28.
  • Stubblefield, C. L., Lascara, C. M., and Vecchione, Michael. 1984. "Vertical distribution of zooplankton in a shallow turbid estuary." Wohlschlag, Donald E., editor. 93–104. Port Aransas, Texas: Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin. In Contributions in Marine Science, 27.
Book
  • Voss, Nancy A., Vecchione, Michael, Toll, Ronald B., and Sweeney, Michael J., editors. 1998. Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume II. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586.277.
  • Turgeon, D. and Vecchione, Michael. 1998. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates for the US and Canada. Mollusks, Second Edition. American Fisheries Society.
  • Bartol, I. K. and Vecchione, Michael. 1997. Distribution of the euryhaline squid Loliguncula brevis in the Chesapeake Bay Relationships between movement patterns and physical gradients. Theme Session on Spatial Gradients in Estuarine Systems.
Book Review
  • Vecchione, Michael. 1997. [Book review] "Cephalopod Behaviour." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 126, 723–724.
  • Vecchione, Michael. 1984. [Book review] "Life in the Chesapeake Bay." Estuaries, 7, 265–266.
Conference Proceedings