2024

Bhave, R.S., H.A. Seears, A.M. Reedy, T.N. Wittman, C.D. Robinson, R.M. Cox. 2024. Behavioral estimates of mating success corroborate genetic evidence for pre-copulatory selection, Behavioral Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 1, arad099. View here.

De Battisti, D., C. Angelini, M. Joyce, S. Crotty, T.P. Fairchild, H.S. Fischman, J.N. Griffin. 2024. Foredune-forming grass and plant diversity shows contrasting responses along the southeastern United States coast after hurricane disturbance. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35, e13230. View here.

Endris, C., Shull, S., Woolfolk, A., Brophy, L.S., Brumbaugh, D.R., Crooks, J.A., Reinl, K.L., Fuller, R., Sanger, D.M., Stevens, R.A. and Almeida, M., 2024. Lost and found coastal wetlands: Lessons learned from mapping estuaries across the USA. Biological Conservation, 299, 110779. View here

Fischman, H. S., A.R. Smyth, & C. Angelini. 2024. Invasive consumers provoke ecosystem-wide disruption of salt marsh functions by dismantling a keystone mutualism. Biological Invasions, 26(1), 169-185. View here.

Hobbs, H. L., Eastman, C. B., Eastman, S. F., McGinley, E., & Kimbro, D. L. (2024). Epibiosis by Florida Crown Conch (Melongena corona) on Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a Northern Florida Estuary. Southeastern Naturalist, 23(4), N58-N62.Epibiosis by Florida Crown Conch (Melongena corona) on Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a Northern Florida Estuary

Kimmel, S.D., H.J. Prevost, A. Knoell, P. Marcum, N. Dix. 2024. Spatial and temporal variability in oyster settlement on intertidal reefs support site-specific assessments for restoration practices. J. Marine Science and Engineering, 12, 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12050766. View here.

Pinton, D. and Canestrelli, A., 2024. Bank erosion drastically reduces oyster reef filtration services in estuarine environments. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 15812. View here.

Storch, L.S., L.K. Kimbro, N. Dix, P. Marcum, J. Garwood, C.D. Stallings, J.W. White. 2024. Stark differences in spatial gradients of Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) productivity in two Florida, USA, estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 297 (2024), 108602. View here.

Verutes, G.M., P.F. Yang, S.F. Eastman, C.L. Doughty, T.E. Adgie, K. Dietz, N.G. Dix, A. North, G. Guannel, S.K. Chapman. 2024. Using vulnerability assessment to characterize coastal protection benefits provided by estuarine habitats of a dynamic intracoastal waterway. PeerJ, 12, e16738. View here.

Wargat, B., C. Morgan, M. McCallister, B.S. Frazier, & J. Gelsleichter. 2024. Identification of estuarine nursery habitat for young-of-year scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in the Tolomato River, Florida, USA. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 70, 103396. View here.

Williams, S. (2024). Ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) influence on geochemical and ecological functioning in southeastern U.S. salt marshes. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida. https://www.proquest.com/openview/641c14d34231fefd5b65aaf8464693c6/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

2023

Breithaupt, J. L., H. E. Steinmuller, A. S. Rovai, K. M. Engelbert, J. M. Smoak, L. G. Chambers, K. R. Radabaugh, R. P. Moyer, A. Chappel, D. R. Vaughn, T. S. Bianchi, R. R. Twilley, P. Pagliosa, M. Cifuentes-Jara, D. Torres. 2023. An improved framework for estimating organic carbon content of mangrove soils using loss-on-ignition and coastal environmental setting. Wetlands, 43(6), 57. View here.

Brown, M.T., N. Dix, T. Osborne, A. Castle, W. Woodward, A. Hartnett, S. Dunnigan, S. Tanner, and E. McGinley. 2023. The impacts of a restoration dredging project and storm events on water quality in a northeast Florida barrier island estuary. Journal of Coastal Research, 39(4), 722–739. ISSN 0749-0208. View here.

Brown, M. T. & E. J. McGinley. 2023. The nearshore nekton community in relation to phytoplankton biomass, biodiversity, and water quality in a northeast Florida lagoonal estuary system. Southeastern Naturalist 22(1), 91-122. View here.

Buelo, C. D., A.F. Besterman, J.A. Walter, M.L. Pace, D.T. Ha, S.J. Tassone. 2023. Quantifying disturbance and recovery in estuaries: Tropical cyclones and high-frequency measures of oxygen and salinity. Estuaries and Coasts. View here.

Chaya, T., T.B. Schafer, T.Z. Osborne. 2023. Assessing water quality dynamics in tidally influenced blackwater rivers along a rural–urban gradient. Water, 15(23), 4154. View here.

Chen, J., I. Cordero, D. L. Moorhead, J. K. Rowntree, L. T. Simpson, R. D. Bardgett, & H. Craig. 2023. Trade-off between microbial carbon use efficiency and specific nutrient-acquiring extracellular enzyme activities under reduced oxygen. Soil Ecology Letters, 5(2), 1-11. View here.

Hurley, A. 2023. Microbial communities in The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve: An assessment of the responses of Spartina alterniflora epiphytes to nitrogen enrichment, and a characterization of benthic cyanobacterial diversity. [Unpublished master’s thesis]. University of North Florida. View here.

Karasik, R., A. Pickle, M. O’Shea, K. Reilly, M. Bruce, R. Earnhardt, & I. Ahmed. 2023. State of the coast: A review of coastal management policies for six states. Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Duke University. View here.

Mathews, H., M. J. Uddin, C. W. Hargis, & K. Smith. 2023. First-year performance of the pervious oyster shell habitat (POSH) along two energetic shorelines in Northeast Florida. Sustainability 15, 7028. View here.

McGinley, E., A. Cogley, L. Palmer, P. McCaul, L. Longo, J. Silvennoinen, A. Martin, J. Gomez, S. Bachmaier, M. Mackey, C. Kao, S. Eastman, C. Eastman. 2023. Marina observation of sea Turtles: establishing a database of intracoastal waterway green sea turtles in Northeast Florida. Animals, 13, 279. View here.

Morris, J., J. A. Langley, W. C. Vervaeke, N. Dix, I. C. Feller, P. Marcum, & S. K. Chapman. 2023. Mangrove trees outperform saltmarsh grasses in building elevation but collapse rapidly under high rates of sea-level rise. Earth’s Future, 11(4). View here.

Nathan, M., & D. S. Gruner. 2023. Sustained mangrove reproduction despite major turnover in pollinator community composition at expanding range edge. Annals of Botany, mcad085. View here.

Nelson Sella, K. A., M. Ware, S. A. Ceriani, N. Desjardin, S. Eastman, D. Addison, M. Kraus, R. Trindell, & M. M. P. B. Fuentes. 2023. Urban pocket beaches as nesting habitat for marine turtles: their importance and risk from inundation. Global Ecology and Conservation, 41. View here.

Priestas, A. M., R. Styles, R. Bain. 2023. Vessel Wake Impact Forces on Marsh Scarps. Journal of Coastal Research, 39(2), 207-220. View here.

Robbins, J. 2023. Mangrove vagrants and satellites: Comparing patterns of mangrove expansion among sites along Florida’s northeastern coast. Master’s thesis, Villanova University. View here.

Southwell, M., J. Veenstra, C. Blanco, S. Bowen, T. Chaya, T. Cooper-Kolb, P. Marcum, P. McCaul. 2023. Controls on surface and downcore sedimentary organic matter in a constructed oyster reef. Sustainability, 15(16). View here.

Sturchio, M. A., J. Chieppa, L. T. Simpson, I. C. Feller, S. K. Chapman, & M. J. Aspinwall. 2023. Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on leaf photosynthesis and respiration in black mangrove in north Florida. Estuaries and Coasts, 46(1), 182-197. View here.

Testagrose, C., M. Shabbir, B. Weaver, & X. Liu. 2023. Comparative study between vision transformer and efficient net on marsh grass classification. The International FLAIRS Conference Proceedings, 36(1). View here.

Welch, L. W. & X. Liu. 2023. MarshCover: A web-based tool for estimating vegetation coverage in marsh images using convolutional neural networks. The International FLAIRS Conference Proceedings, 36(1). View here.

2022

Atkins, R. L., K.M. Clancy, W.T. Ellis, & C.W. Osenberg. 2022. Thermal traits vary with mass and across populations of the marsh periwinkle, Littoraria irrorata. The Biological Bulletin, 242(3), 173-196. View here.

Butler, J. A., J. D. Lambert, M. DeDeo, & D. P. Murphy. 2022. Population and nesting site evidence for Diamondback terrapins, Malaclemys terrapin, in northeast Florida. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. View here.

Chamberlin, J., C. Soehnlein, J. Evans, & B. Tanner. 2022. A 1900 year sediment record suggests recent establishment of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) stands within a salt marsh in St. Augustine, Florida, USA. Quaternary, 5(1): 2. View here.

Ehnert‐Russo, S. L., C.E. Crowley, & K.L. Becker. 2022. Assessing northeast Florida offshore blue crab fishing effort within Florida’s state waters. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 0, 1-16. View here.

Fargevieille, A., A. M. Reedy, A. F. Kahrl, T. S. Mitchell, A. M. Durso, D. M. Delaney, P. R. Pearson, R. M. Cox, & D. A Warner. 2022. Propagule size and sex ration influence colonisation dynamics after introduction of a non-native lizard. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(4): 845-857. View here.

Farrell, J. A., L. Whitmore, N. Mashkour, D. R. Rollinson Ramia, R. S. Thomas, C. B. Eastman, B. Burkhalter, K. Yetsko, C. Mott, L. Wood, B. Zirkelbach, L. Meers, P. Kleinsasser, S. Stock, E. Libert, R. Herren, S. Eastman, W. Crowder, C. Bovery, D. Anderson, D. Godfrey, N. Condron, & D. J. Duffy. 2022. Detection and population genomics of sea turtle species via noninvasive environmental DNA analysis of nesting beach sand tracks and oceanic water. Molecular Ecology Resources, 1-23. View here.

Feller, I.C., U. Berger, S.K. Chapman, E.M. Dangremond, N.G. Dix, J.A. Langley, C.E. Lovelock, T.Z. Osborne, A.C. Shor, L.T. Simpson. 2022. Nitrogen addition increases freeze resistance in black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) shrubs in a temperate-tropical ecotone. Ecosystems, 26, 800–814. View here.

Keplinger, M. 2022. Microplastic abundance in the Guana River estuary in northeast Florida. [Unpublished honors undergraduate thesis]. University of Central Florida. View here.

Kimbro, D. L., J.W. White, A. Breef-Pilz, N. Peckham, A. Noble, & C. Chaney. 2022. Evidence for local adaptation of oysters to a within-estuary gradient in predation pressure weakens with ontogeny. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 555, 151784. View here.

Martinez, B., B. F. Da Silva, J. J. Aristizabal-Henao, N. D. Denslow, T. Z. Osborne, E. S. Morrison, T. S. Bianchi, & J. A. Bowden. 2022. Increased levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) during Hurricane Dorian on the east coast of Florida. Environmental Research, 208: 112635. View here.

Saintilan, N., K.E. Kovalenko, G. Guntenspergen, K. Rogers, J.C. Lynch, D.R. Cahoon, D. R., C.E. Lovelock, D.A. Friess, E. Ashe, K.W. Krauss, N. Cormier, T. Spencer, J. Adams, J. Raw, C. Ibanez, F. Scarton, S. Temmerman, P. Meire, T. Maris, K. Thorne, J. Brazner, G.L. Chmura, T. Bowron, V.P. Gamage, K. Cressman, C. Endris,, C. Marconi, P. Marcum, K. St. Laurent, W. Reay, K. Raposa, J. Garwood, & N. Khan. 2022. Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise. Science, 377(6605), 523-527. View here.

Schafer, T., N. Dix, S. Dunnigan, K. R. Reddy, & T. Z. Osborne. 2022. Impacts of hurricanes on nutrient export and ecosystem metabolism in a blackwater river estuary complex. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(661): 1-18. View here.

Tanner, J. S. 2022. It's a small world after all: insights, interferences, and implications of in situ chlorophyll fluorescence monitoring in estuaries. [Unpublished master’s thesis]. University of North Florida. View here.

Wittman, T. N., T.A. Carlson, C.D. Robinson, R.S. Bhave, & R.M. Cox. 2022. Experimental removal of nematode parasites increases growth, sprint speed, and mating success in brown anole lizards. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 1-15. View here.

2021

Adgie, T. & S. Chapman. 2021. Salt marsh plant community structure influences success of Avicennia germinans during poleward encroachment. Wetlands 41: 82. View here.

Bacopoulos, P. & R. R. Clark. 2021. Coastal erosion and structural damage due to four consecutive-year major hurricanes: Beach projects afford resilience and coastal protection. Ocean and Coastal Management, 209: 105643. View here.

Baker, R., K. Abrantes, & I. C. Feller. 2021. Stable isotopes suggest limited role of wetland macrophyte production supporting aquatic food webs across a mangrove-salt marsh ecotone. Estuaries and Coasts, 1-9. View here.

Barker, A. M., B. S. Frazier, D. H. Adams, C. N. Bedore, C. N. Belcher, W. B. Driggers III, A. S. Galloway, J. Gelsleichter, D. Grubbs, E. A. Reyier, & D. S. Portnoy. 2021. Distributions and relative abundance of scalloped (Sphyrna lewini) and Carolina (S. gilberti) hammerheads in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fisheries Research, 242: 106039. View here.

Blonder, B. I., K. J. Liedtke, & S. E. Stephens. 2021. Changes in coastal Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrow characteristics and density following hurricane events in Northeast Florida, USA: Implications for conservation planning. Global Ecology and Conservation, 25: e01437. View here

Canas, G. M. 2021. Benthic microalgae response to a warming climate and shift in foundational vegetation species in a saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone. Master’s thesis, University of North Florida. View here.

Chapman, S. K., I. C. Feller, G. Canas, M. A. Hayes, N. Dix, M. Hester, J. Morris, & J. A. Langley. 2021. Mangrove growth response to experimental warming is greatest near the range limit in northeast Florida. Ecology, e03320. View here.

Craig, H., R. E. Antwis, I. Cordero, D. Ashworth, C. H. Robinson, T. Z. Osborne, R. D. Bardgett, J. K. Rowntree, & L. T. Simpson. 2021. Nitrogen addition alters composition, diversity, and functioning of microbial communities in mangrove soils: An incubation experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 153: 108076. View here.

Dix, N., R. Brockmeyer, S. Chapman, C. Angelini, S. Kidd, S. Eastman, & K. R. Radabaugh. 2021. Northeast Florida.  In K. R. Radabaugh, C. E. Powell, and R. P. Moyer (Eds.). Coastal Habitat Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Program Report for the State of Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. FWRI Technical Report No. 21, Version 2. View here.

Goldberg, N. A. & J. N. Heine. 2021. Growth and survivorship of red mangrove seedlings under a mangrove canopy and in a saltmarsh community in Northeastern Florida. Flora, 278: 151804. View here.

Gray, M. W., D. Pinton, A. Canestrelli, N. Dix, P. Marcum, D. Kimbro, & R. Grizzle. 2021. Beyond residence time: Quantifying factors that drive the spatially explicit filtration services of an abundant native oyster population. Estuaries and Coasts. View here.

Hall, J. M., J. Miracle, C. D. Scruggs, & D. A. Warner. 2021. Natural nest substrates influence squamate embryo physiology but have little effect on hatchling phenotypes. Integrative Zoology, 1-17. View here.

Jessop, B. M. 2021. Oceanic water temperatures less than 20°C may partly account for bias in American eel elver otolith age estimates. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 13(5): 614-624. View here.

Kahrl, A. F., M. C. Kustra, A. M. Reedy, R. S. Bhave, H. A. Seears, D. A. Warner, & R. M. Cox. 2021. Selection on sperm count, but not on sperm morphology or velocity, in a wild population of Anolis lizards. Cells, 10(9): 2369. View here.

Kennedy, J. P., R. E. Antwis, R. F. Preziosi, & J. K. Rowntree. 2021. Evidence for the genetic similarity rule at an expanding mangrove range limit. American Journal of Botany, 108(8): 1331-1342. View here.

Kimball, M. E. & W. E. Eash-Loucks. 2021. Estuarine nekton assemblages along a marsh-mangrove ecotone. Estuaries and Coasts, 1-13. View here.

Kyzar, T., I. Safak, J. Cebrian, M. W. Clark, N. Dix, K. Dietz, R. K. Gittman, J. Jaeger, K. R. Radabaugh, A. Roddenberry, C. S. Smith, E. L. Sparks, B. Stone, G. Sundin, M. Taubler, & C. Angelini. 2021. Challenges and opportunities for sustaining coastal wetlands and oyster reefs in the southeastern United States. Journal of Environmental Management, 296: 113178. View here; View story map here.

Permeh, S., K. Lau, M. E. Boan, & M. Duncan. 2021. Electrochemical characteristics of antifouling coated steel structure submerged in Florida natural waters to mitigate micro- and macrofouling. Construction and Building Materials, 274(8): 122087. View here.

Pruett, J. E. & D. A. Warner. 2021. Spatial and temporal variation in phenotypes and fitness in response to developmental thermal environments. Functional Ecology, 35(12): 2635-2646. View here.

Qualls, W. A., M. R. Steck, J. R. Weaver, Y. Zhang, R. Xue, & M. F. Sallam. 2021. Shift in the spatial and temporal distribution of Aedes taeniorhynchus following environmental and local developments in St. Johns County, Florida. Wetlands Ecology and Management. View here.

Safak, I., C. Angelini, & A. Sheremet. 2021. Boat wake effects on sediment transport in intertidal waterways. Continental Shelf Research, 222: 104433. View here.

Schafer, T., L. Powers, M. Gonsior, K. R. Reddy, & T. Z. Osborne. 2021. Contrasting responses of DOM leachates to photodegradation observed in plant species collected along an estuarine salinity gradient. Biogeochemistry, 152: 291-307. View here.

Shamblin, B. M., M. H. Godfrey, S. F. Eastman, J. Altman, J. Burns, & C. J. Nairn. 2021. Caretta caretta nesting dispersal. Natural History Notes, Herpetological Review, 52(1): 125. View here.

Sharp, S. J. & C. Angelini. 2021. Predators enhance resilience of a saltmarsh foundation species to drought. Journal of Ecology, 109(2): 975-986. View here.

Smith, R. S., J. Beauvais, & J. E. Byers. 2021. Traits of resident saltmarsh plants promote retention of range-expanding mangroves under specific tidal regimes. Estuaries and Coasts. View here.

Smith R. S., J. A. Blaze, & J. E. Byers. 2021. Dead litter of resident species first facilitates and then inhibits sequential life stages of range-expanding species. Journal of Ecology, 109(4): 1649-1664. View here.

Stevens, H. B. 2021. Effect of belowground warming on Avicennia germinans and Spartina alterniflora growth responses and interactions. Master’s thesis, University of Lousiana at Lafayette. View here.

Sturchio, M. A., J. Chieppa, S. K. Chapman, G. Canas, & M. J. Aspinwall. 2021. Temperature acclimation of leaf aspiration differs between marsh and mangrove vegetation in a coastal wetland ecotone. Global Change Biology, 28(2): 612-629. View here.

Uddin, M. J., K. J. Smith, & C. W. Hargis. 2021. Development of pervious oyster shell habitat (POSH) concrete for reef restoration and living shorelines. Construction and Building Materials, 295. View here.

Vaughn, D. R., T. S. Bianchi, M. R. Shields, W. F. Kenney, & T. Z. Osborne. 2021. Blue carbon soil stock development and estimates within northern Florida wetlands. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9: 552721. View here.

Veenstra, J., M. Southwell, N. Dix, P. Marcum, J. Jackson, C. Burns, C. Herbert, & A. Kemper. 2021. High carbon accumulation rates in sediment adjacent to constructed oyster reefs, Northeast Florida, USA. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 25: 40. View here.

2020

Cannizzo, Z. J., S. Q. Lang, B. Benitez-Nelson, & B. D. Griffen. 2020. An artificial habitat increases the reproductive fitness of a range-shifting species within a newly colonized ecosystem. Scientific Reports, 10: 554. View here.

Dangremond, E. M., L. T. Simpson, T. Z. Osborne, & I. C. Feller. 2020. Nitrogen enrichment accelerates mangrove range expansion in the temperate- tropical ecotone. Ecosystems, 23(4): 703-714. View here.

DeSana, A., A. Fargevieille, & D. A. Warner. 2020. Survival of lizard eggs varies with microhabitat in the presence of an invertebrate nest predator. Evolutionary Ecology, 34(4): 483-499. View here.

Eastman, C. B., J. A. Farrell, L. Whitmore, D. R. Rollinson Ramia, R. S. Thomas, J. Prine, S. F. Eastman, T. Z. Osborne, M. Q. Martindale, & D. J. Duffy. 2020. Plastic ingestion in post-hatchling sea turtles: assessing a major threat in Florida near shore waters. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 693. View here.

Garvis, S., M. Donnelly, E. Hernandez, L. Walters, J. Weishampel, & R. Brockmeyer. 2020. Remote sensing of live and dead intertidal oyster reefs using aerial photo interpretation in Northeast Florida. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 24(1): 1-11. View here.

Geoghegan, E. K., J. A. Langley, & S. K. Chapman. 2020. A comparison of mangrove and marsh influences on soil respiration rates: A mesocosm study. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 106877. View here.

Hayes, M. A., S. K. Chapman, A. Jesse, E. O’Brien, J. A. Langley, R. Bardou, J. Devaney, J. D. Parker, & K. C. Cavanaugh. 2020. Foliar water uptake by coastal wetland plants: A novel water acquisition mechanism in arid and humid subtropical mangroves. Journal of Ecology, 108(6): 2625-2637. View here.

Kennedy, J. P., E. M. Dangremond, M. A. Hayes, R. F. Preziosi, J. K. Rowntree, & I. C. Feller. 2020. Hurricanes overcome migration lag and shape intraspecific genetic variation beyond a poleward mangrove range limit. Molecular Ecology, 29(14): 2583-2597. View here.

Kennedy, J. P., R. F. Preziosi, J. K. Rowntree, & I. C. Feller. 2020. Is the central-marginal hypothesis a general rule? Evidence from three distributions of an expanding mangrove species, Avicennia germinans (L.) L. Molecular Ecology, 29(4): 704–719. View here.

Kennedy, J. P., J. M. Sammy, J. K. Rowntree, & R. F. Preziosi. 2020. Mating system variation in neotropical black mangrove, Avicennia germinans, at three spatial scales towards an expanding northern distributional limit. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 106754. View here.

Kimbro, D. L., H. G. Tillotson, & J. W. White. 2020. Environmental forcing and predator consumption outweigh the nonconsumptive effects of multiple predators on oyster reefs. Ecology, 101(7): e03041. View here.

Mazzoil, M., Q. Gibson, W. N. Durden, R. Borkowski, G. Biedenbach, Z. McKenna, N. Gordon, K. Brightwell, M. Denny, E. Howells, J. Jakush, L. Moreland, A. Perna, G. Pinto, & M. Caldwell. 2020. Spatiotemporal movements of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) in northeast Florida, USA. Aquatic Mammals, 46(3): 285-300. View here.

Pinton, D. & A. Canestrelli. 2020. Understanding how the release of E. coli and nutrients from septic tanks into the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas estuary and the adjacent ocean affect human, plant and animal health. One Health Final Report. View here.

Pruett, J. E., A. Fargevieille, & D. A. Warner. 2020. Temporal variation in maternal nest choice and its consequences for lizard embryos. Behavioral Ecology, 31(4): 902-910. View here.

Raabe, J. M. & M. R. Gilg. 2020. Native and nonnative bivalve settlement: potential competition for spatial resources in a northeast Florida estuary. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 86(4): 372-381. View here.

Safak, I., P. L. Norby, N. Dix, R. Grizzle, M. Southwell, J. J. Veenstra, A. Acevedo, T. Cooper-Kolb, L. Massey, A. Sheremet, & C. Angelini. 2020. Coupling breakwalls with oyster restoration structures enhances living shoreline performance along energetic shorelines. Ecological Engineering, 158: 106071. View here.

Safak, I., C. Angelini, P.L. Norby, N. Dix, A. Roddenberry, D. Herbert, E. Astrom, & A. Sheremet. 2020. Wave transmission through living shorelines. Continental Shelf Research, 211: 104268. View here.

Schafer, T., N. Ward, P. Julian, K. R. Reddy, & T. Z. Osborne. 2020. Impacts of hurricane disturbance on water quality across the aquatic continuum of a blackwater river to estuary complex. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(6): 412. View here.

Schwarzer, A. C., W. A. Cox, & B. Tornwall. 2020. Factors influencing occupancy and density of salt marsh songbirds in northeast Florida. Journal of Field Ornithology, 91(2): 156-159. View here.

Simpson, L. T., J. A. Cherry, R. S. Smith, & I. C. Feller. 2020. Mangrove encroachment alters decomposition rate in saltmarsh through changes in litter quality. Ecosystems: 1-15. View here.

Simpson, L. T., C. E. Lovelock, J. A. Cherry, & I. C. Feller. 2020. Short-lived effects of nutrient enrichment on Avicennia germinans decomposition in a saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 235: 106598. View here.

Smith, R. S., J. A. Blaze, & J. E. Byers. 2020. Negative indirect effects of hurricanes on recruitment of range-expanding mangroves. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 644: 65-74. View here.

Temmink, R. J. M., M. J. A. Christianen, G. S. Fivash, C. Angelini, C. Boström, K. Didderen, S. M. Engel, N. Esteban, J. L. Gaeckle, K. Gagno, L. L. Govers, E. Infantes, M. M. van Katwijk, S. Kipson, L. P. M. Lamers, W. Lengkeek, B. R. Silliman, B. I. van Tussenbroek, R. K. F. Unsworth, S. M. Yaakub, T. J. Bouma, & T. van der Heide. 2020. Mimicry of emergent traits amplifies coastal restoration success. Nature Communications, 11: 3668. View here.

Vaughn, D. R., T. S. Bianchi, M. R. Shields, W. F. Kenney, & T. Z. Osborne. 2020. Increased organic carbon burial in northern Florida mangrove‐salt marsh transition zones. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34(5): e2019GB006334. View here.

2019

Bersoza Hernández, A. & C. Angelini. 2019. Wood traits and tidal exposure mediate shipworm infestation and biofouling in southeastern U.S. estuaries. Ecological Engineering 132:1-12. View here.

Cannizzo, Z. J. & B. D. Griffen. 2019. An artificial habitat facilitates a climate-mediated range expansion into a suboptimal novel ecosystem. PLoS ONE, 14(2): e0211638. View here.

Cannizzo, Z. J., S. K. Nix, I. C. Whaling, & B. D. Griffen. 2019. Individual morphology and habitat structure alter social interactions in a range-shifting species. Diversity 11(1): 6. View here.

Cavanaugh, K. C., Dangremond, E. M., Doughty, C. L., Williams, A. P., Parker, J. D., Hayes, M. A., Rodriguez, W., & Feller, I. C. 2019. Climate-driven regime shifts in a mangrove–salt marsh ecotone over the past 250 years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(43), 21602-21608. View here.

Chaya, T., J. Veenstra, & M. Southwell. 2019. After hurricanes Irma and Matthew: living shorelines stabilize sediments. American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 16(2): 63-72. View here.

Dix, N., L. Walters, E. Hernandez, A. Roddenberry, S. Garvis, M. Anderson, & K. R. Radabaugh. 2019. Northeast Florida. In K.R. Radabaugh, R.P. Moyer, S.P. Geiger, editors. Oyster Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Program Report for the State of Florida. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. FWRI Technical Report 22, pp. 143-159. View here.

Hyde, C. 2019. Climate change and belowground function in the marsh-mangrove ecotone. Master’s thesis, Villanova University. View here.

Walker, J. E., C. Angelini, I. Safak, A. H. Altieri, & T. Z. Osborne. 2019. Effects of changing vegetation composition on community structure, ecosystem functioning, and predator–prey interactions at the saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone. Diversity, 11(11): 208. View here.

Wasson, K., K. Raposa, M. Almeida, K. Beheshti, J. A. Crooks, A. Deck, N. Dix, C. Garvey, J. Goldstein, D. S. Johnson, S. Lerberg, P. Marcum, C. Peter, B. Puckett, J. Schmitt, E. Smith, K. St. Laurent, K. Swanson, M. Tyrrell, & R. Guy. 2019. Are crabs killing the nation’s salt marshes? Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 100(4): e01600. View here.

Wasson, K., K. Raposa, M. Almeida, K. Beheshti, J. A. Crooks, A. Deck, N. Dix, C. Garvey, J. Goldstein, D. S. Johnson, S. Lerberg, P. Marcum, C. Peter, B. Puckett, J. Schmitt, E. Smith, K. St. Laurent, K. Swanson, M. Tyrrell, & R. Guy. 2019. Pattern and scale: evaluating generalities in crab distributions and marsh dynamics from small plots to a national scale. Ecology, 100(10): e02813. View here.

Wright, W., E. N. Starkey, & S. Cooper. 2019. Assessment of estuarine water and sediment quality at Fort Matanzas National Monuments: 2017 Data Summary. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SECN/NRDS—2019/1202. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. View here.

2018

Angelini, C., S. G. van Montfrans, M. J. Hensel, Q. He, & B. R. Silliman. 2018. The importance of an underestimated grazer under climate change: how crab density, consumer competition, and physical stress affect salt marsh resilience. Oecologia, 187: 205-217. View here.

Bacopoulos, P., A. Tritinger, & N. G. Dix. 2018. Sea-level rise impact on salt marsh sustainability and migration for a subtropical estuary: GTMNERR (Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve). Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 24(2): 163-184. View here.

Barbas, R. & M. Gilg. 2018. Quantification of reproductive isolating barriers between two naturally hybridizing killifish species. Evolutionary Biology, 45(4): 425-436. View here.

Blonder, B. I., J. M. Wooldridge, & M. B. Garrard. 2018. Assessing postfire vegetative changes and implications for management in a Northeast Florida coastal strand ecosystem. Castanea, 83(1): 104-121. View here.

Booth, H. S., T. J. Pusack, J. W. White, C. D. Stallings, & D. L. Kimbro. 2018. Intraspecific predator inhibition, not a prey size refuge, enables oyster population persistence during predator outbreaks. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 602: 155-167. View here.

Cannizzo, Z. J. 2018. Impacts of natural and anthropogenic colonized habitats on the range shifting mangrove tree crab (Aratus pisonii). Doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina.. View here. 

Cannizzo, Z. J., & B. D. Griffen. 2018. Habitat-specific impacts of Hurricane Matthew on a range-expanding species. Hydrobiologia, 809(1): 79-89. View here.

Herbert, D., E. Astrom, A. C. Bersoza, A. Batzer, P. McGovern, C. Angelini, S. Wasman, N. Dix, & A. Sheremet. 2018. Mitigating erosional effects Induced by boat wakes with living shorelines. Sustainability, 10(2): 436. View here.

Holmquist, J.R., L. Windham-Myers, N. Bliss, S. Crooks, J. Morris, J. P. Megonigal, T. Troxler, D. Weller, J. Callaway, J. Drexler, M. C. Ferner, M. Gonneea, K. Kroeger, L. Schile-Beers, I. Woo, K. Buffington, J. Breithaupt, B. M. Boyd, L.N. Brown, N. Dix, L. Hice, B. Horton, G. M. MacDonald, R. P. Moyer, W. Reay, T. Shaw, E. Smith, J. Smoak, C. Sommerfield, K. Thorne, D. Velinsky, E. Watson, K. Wilson Grimes, & M. Woodrey. 2018. Accuracy and precision of tidal wetlands soil carbon mapping in the conterminous United States. Scientific Reports, 8: 9478. View here.

James, M. J. & D. R. Strong. 2018. Light trap capture of live Elenchus koebelei (Strepsiptera: Elenchidae). Florida Entomologist, 101(2): 279-289. View here.

Johnston, C. A. & D. S. Gruner. 2018. Marine fauna sort at fine resolution in an ecotone of shifting wetland foundation species. Ecology, 99(11): 2546-2557. View here.

Miller, S. E. & E. J. Murray. 2018. Heritage Monitoring Scouts: Engaging the public to monitor sites at risk across Florida. Conservation & Management of Archaeological Sites, 20(4): 234-260. View here.

Pearson, P. R. & D. A. Warner. 2018. Early hatching enhances survival despite beneficial phenotypic effects of late-season developmental environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1874): 20180256. View here.

Raabe, J. M. 2018. Vertical distribution of meroplankton and bivalve competition in a well-mixed estuary. Master’s thesis, University of North Florida. View here.

Schuman, C. 2018. Ecosystem service provision by the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, within the St. Augustine region of Florida. Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida. View here.

Seidensticker, L. E., R. G. Najjar, M. Hermann, J. N. Boyer, H. O. Briceño, W. M. Kemp, & D. J. Tomaso. 2018. Seasonal and interannual variability in net ecosystem production of a subtropical coastal lagoon inferred from monthly oxygen surveys. Estuaries and Coasts, 42(2): 455-469. View here.

Sherwood, C. R., J. A. Warrick, A. D. Hill, A. C. Ritchie, B. D. Andrews, & N. G. Plant. 2018. Rapid, remote assessment of Hurricane Matthew impacts using four-dimensional structure-from-motion photogrammetry. Journal of Coastal Research, 34(6): 1303-1316. View here.

Smith, R. S., J. A. Blaze, T. Z. Osborne, & J. E. Byers. 2018. Facilitating your replacement? Ecosystem engineer legacy affects establishment success of an expanding competitor. Oceologia, 188(1): 251-262. View here.

2017

Bacopoulos, P. & S. C. Hagen. 2017. The intertidal zones of the South Atlantic Bight and their local and regional influence on astronomical tides. Ocean Modelling, 119: 13-34. View here.

Balthis, W. L., J. L. Hyland, C. L. Cooksey, M. H. Fulton, & E. F. Wirth. 2017. Integrated assessment of ecosystem condition and stressor impacts in submerged habitats of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). NOAA Technical Memorandum. View here.

Booth, H. S. 2017. Changing predator-prey dynamics: effects of crown conch population increases on oyster persistence. Master's thesis, Northeastern University. View here.

Dix, N., A. Noel, R. Brockmeyer, H. J. Cho, S. R. Allen, & K. R. Radabaugh. 2017. Northeast Florida. In K. R. Radabaugh, C. E. Powell, and R. P. Moyer (Eds.). Coastal habitat integrated mapping and monitoring program report for the state of Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. FWRI Technical Report No. 21. View here.

Goldberg, N. A. & J. N. Heine. 2017. Life on the leading edge: Phenology and demography of the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle L. at the northern limit of its expanding range. Flora, 235: 76-82. View here.

Johnston, C. A. and O. N. Caretti. 2017. Mangrove expansion into temperate marshes alters habitat quality for recruiting Callinectes spp. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 573: 1-14. View here.

Kennedy, J. P., L. Garavelli, N. K. Truelove, D. J. Devlin, S. J. Box, L. M. Chérubin, & I. C. Feller. 2017. Contrasting genetic effects of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) range expansion along West and East Florida. Journal of Biogeography, 44(2): 335–347. View here.

Kimbro, D. L., J. H. Grabowski, A. R. Hughes, M. F. Piehler, & J. W. White. 2017. Nonconsumptive effects of a predator weaken then rebound over time. Ecology, 98(3): 656-667. View here.

Korsman, B. M., M. E. Kimball & F. J. Hernandez Jr. 2017. Spatial and temporal variability in ichthyoplankton communities ingressing through two adjacent inlets along the southeastern US Atlantic coast. Hydrobiologia, 95(1): 219-237. View here.

Lewandowski, E. J., & K. S. Oberhauser. 2017. Butterfly citizen scientists in the United States increase their engagement in conservation. Biological Conservation, 208: 106-112. View here.

Lonthair, J., R. Ern, & A. J. Esbaugh. 2017. The early life stages of an estuarine fish, the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), are tolerant to high pCO2. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74(4): 1042-1050. View here.

Simpson, L. T., T. Z. Osborne, L. J. Duckett, & I. C. Feller. 2017. Carbon storages along a climate Induced coastal wetland gradient. Wetlands, 37: 1023-1035. View here.

Simpson, L. T., T. Z. Osborne, & I. C. Feller. 2017. Establishment and biomass allocation of black and red mangroves: response to propagule flotation duration and seedling light availability. Journal of Coastal Research, 33(5): 1126-1134. View here.

Southwell, M. W., J. J. Veenstra, C. D. Adams, E. V. Scarlett, & K. B. Payne. 2017. Changes in sediment characteristics upon oyster reef restoration, NE Florida, USA. Journal of Coastal Zone Management 20: 442. View here.

2016

Barbas, R. E. 2016. Tests of Reproductive Isolation Between the Fishes Fundulus heteroclitus and F. grandis. Master’s thesis, University of North Florida. View here.

Bonvechio, K. I. 2016. Comparison of glass eel stages of American eel and speckled worm eel in a northeast Florida estuary. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 23(5): 350-355. View here.

Cannizzo, Z. J. & B. D. Griffen. 2016. Changes in spatial behavior patterns by mangrove tree crabs following climate-induced range shift into novel habitat. Animal Behaviour, 121: 79-86. View here.

Cantwell, L. R. 2016. The role of hearing in the Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei, Polychrotidae): A Behavioral Perspective. Doctoral dissertation, University of Tennessee. View here.

Dangremond, E. M. and I. C. Feller. 2016. Precocious reproduction increases at the leading edge of a mangrove range expansion. Ecology and Evolution, 6(14): 5087-5092. View here.

Hanley, T. C., A. R. Hughes, B. Williams, H. Garland & D. L. Kimbro. 2016. Effects of intraspecific diversity on survivorship, growth, and recruitment of the eastern oyster across sites. Ecology, 97(6): 1518-1529. View here.

McGinley, E., A. O’Connor, E. Vazquez & J. Veenstra. 2016. Analysis of the nearshore fish community in a northeast Florida estuary. Southeastern Naturalist, 15(4): 613-630. View here.

Nifong, J. C. 2016. Living on the Edge: Trophic ecology of Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator) with access to a shallow estuarine impoundment. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 54(2): 13-49. View here.

Rodriguez, W., I. C. Feller & K. C. Cavanaugh. 2016. Spatio-temporal changes of a mangrove–saltmarsh ecotone in the northeastern coast of Florida, USA. Global Ecology and Conservation, 7: 245-261. View here.

2015

Byers, J. E., J. H. Grabowski, M. F. Piehler, A. R. Hughes, H. W. Weiskel, J. C. Malek & D. L. Kimbro. 2015. Geographic variation in intertidal oyster reef properties and the influence of tidal prism. Limnology and Oceanography, 60(3): 1051-1063. View here.

Cook‐Patton, S. C., M. Lehmann, & J. D. Parker. 2015. Convergence of three mangrove species towards freeze‐tolerant phenotypes at an expanding range edge. Functional Ecology, 29(10): 1332-1340. View here.

Crickenberger, S. 2015. Predicting a range shift and range limits in an introduced tropical marine invertebrate using species distribution models. Hydrobiologica, 763(1): 193-205. View here.

Davis, J. R., R. J. Figueiredo, Y. P. Sheng, J. Fortes, A. Ganguly, V. A. Paramygin, D. I. Wolinsky, J. Zhang & B. Tutak. 2015. Application of emerging cyberinfastructure technologies to aid in the education and training of coastal and estuarine scientists. Journal of Ocean Technology: Reviews and Papers, 5: 58-80. View here.

Dunnigan, S. K. 2015. Habitat value of restored intertidal shoreline for fish and macrobenthic communities in Northeast Florida. Master’s thesis, University of North Florida. View here.

Garland, H. G. & D. L. Kimbro. 2015. Drought increases consumer pressure on oyster reefs in Florida, USA. PLoS ONE, 10(8): e0125095. View here.

Hart, J. A., E. J. Philips, S. Badylak, N. Dix, K. Petrinec, A. L. Matthews, W. Green, & A. Srifa. 2015. Phytoplankton biomass and composition in a well-flushed, sub-tropical estuary: the contrasting effects of hydrology, nutrient loads and allochthonous. Marine Environmental Research, 112: 9-20. View here.

Linhoss, A. C., G. Kiker, M. Shirley, & K. Frank. 2015. Sea-level, inundation and marsh migration: simulating impacts on developed lands and environmental systems. Journal of Coastal Research, 31(1): 36-46. View here.

McGinley, E. J., M. T. Brown, & T. J. Seron. 2015. Occurrence of a nine-armed sea star larvae, Luidia senegalensis (Lamark, 1816)(Asteroidea Luidiidae), further north along Florida’s east coast. Biodiversity Journal, 6(3): 683-686. View here.

Rosenblatt, R. E., J. C. Nifong, M. R. Heithaus, F. J. Mazzotti, M. S. Cherkiss, B. M. Jeffery, R. M. Elsey, R. A. Decker, B. R. Silliman, L. J. Guillette Jr., R. H. Lowers & J. C. Larson. 2015. Factors affecting individual forging specialization and temporal diet stability across the range of a large “generalist” apex predator. Oecologia, 178: 5-16. View here.

Tritinger, A. 2015. Numerical modeling and analysis of tidal variance and marsh productivity in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida. Master’s thesis, University of North Florida. View here.

Zhu, M., T. Hoctor, M. Volk, K. Frank, & A. Linhoss. 2015. The conservation value of elevation data accuracy and model sophistication in reserve design under sea‐level rise. Ecology and Evolution, 5(19): 4376-4388. View here.

Zhu, M., X. Xi, T. S. Hoctor & M. Volk. 2015. Integrating conservation costs into sea level rise adaptive conservation prioritization. Global Ecology and Conservation, 4: 48-62. View here.

2014

Baker, J.W. 2014. Ecological characteristics of spoil islands along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and their potential to support maritime forest communities. Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida. View here.

Brant, K. M., & M. R. Gilg. 2014. Testing the relative effectiveness of traditional and non-traditional antifouling substrates on barnacle and macroalgae settlement. Marine Biology Research, 10(10): 1027-1032. View here.

Burford, M. O., J. Scarpa, B. J. Cook & M. P. Hare. 2014. Local adaptation of a marine invertebrate with a high dispersal potential: evidence from a reciprocal transplant experiment of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 505: 161-175. View here.

Byers, J. E., T. L. Rogers, J. H. Grabowski, A. R. Hughes, M. F. Piehler & D. L. Kimbro. 2014. Host and parasite recruitment correlated at a regional scale. Oecologia, 174: 731-738. View here.

Eash-Loucks, W.E., M. E. Kimball & K. M. Petrinec. 2014. Long-term changes in an estuarine mud crab community: evaluating the impact of non-native species. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 34(6): 731-738. View here.

Garland, H. 2014. Investigating the causes of sudden spatial shifts in oyster (Crassostrea virginica) abundance and traits in northeast Florida. Master’s thesis, Florida State University. View here.

Gilg, M. R., R. Howard, M. Middlebrook, M. Abdulnour, E. Lukaj, Y.P. Sheng, T. Liu, & B. Tutak. 2014. Estimating the dispersal capacity of the introduced green mussel, Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758), from field collections and oceanographic modeling. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 461: 233-242. View here.

Nifong, J. C., R. L. Nifong, B. R. Silliman, R. H. Lowers, L. J. Guillette Jr., J. M. Ferguson, M. Welsh, K. Abernathy, & G. Marshall. 2014. Animal-borne imaging reveals novel insights into the foraging behaviors and diel activity of a large-bodied apex predator, the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). PLoS ONE, 9(1): 1-11. View here.

Pawelek, J. C. & M. E. Kimball. 2014. Gopher Tortoise ecology in coastal upland and beach dune habitats in Northeast Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 13(1): 27-34. View here.

Tellez, M. & J. Nifong. 2014. Gastric nematode diversity between estuarine and inland freshwater populations of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis, Daudin 1802), and the prediction of intermediate hosts. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 3(3): 227-235. View here.

Williams, A. A., S. F. Eastman, W. E. Eash-Loucks, M. E. Kimball, M. L. Lehmann, & J. D. Parker. 2014. Record northernmost endemic mangroves on the United States Atlantic coast with a note on latitudinal migration. Southeastern Naturalist, 13(1): 56-63. View here.

2013

Cavanaugh, K. C., J. R. Kellner, A. J. Forde, D. S. Gruner, J. D. Parker, W. Rodriguez & I.C. Feller. 2013. Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events. PNAS, 111(2): 723-727. View here.

Dix, N., E. Phlips, & P. Suscy. 2013. Factors controlling phytoplankton biomass in a subtropical coastal lagoon: relative scales of influence. Estuaries and Coasts, 36: 981-996. View here.

Ho, C-K. & S. C. Pennings. 2013. Preference and performance in plant–herbivore interactions across latitude–a study in US Atlantic salt marshes. PLoS ONE, 8(3): e59829. View here.

Korsman, B. M. 2013. The spatial and temporal community structure of Ichthyoplankton in a northeast Florida estuary: a study of Ingress at a faunal boundary. Master’s thesis, University of North Florida. View here.

Lau, A. & C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2013. Multiscale burrow site selection of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in coastal sand dune habitat. Journal of Coastal Research, 31(2): 305-314. View here.

McCallister, M., R. Ford, & J. Gelsleichter. 2013. Abundance and distribution of sharks in northeast Florida waters and identification of potential nursery habitat. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 5(1): 200-210. View here.

Nifong, J. C., R. H. Lowers, B. R. Silliman, K. Abernathy, & G. Marshall. 2013. Attachment and deployment of remote video/audio recording devices (Crittercams) on wild American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Herpetological Review, 44(2): 243-247. View here.

Nifong, J.C. & B. R. Silliman. 2013. Impacts of a large-bodied, apex predator (Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801) on salt marsh food webs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 440: 185–191. View here.

Rudd, M., K. Jennette, B. Duey, A. Selman, & T. J. Seron. 2013. The effects of increased acidity on the shell integrity and body size of C. Virginica: A comparison of oyster populations in northeast Florida. Journal of Young Investigators, 25(2): 19-25. View here.

Spinuzzi, S., K. R. Schneider, L. J. Walters, W. S. Yuan, & E. A. Hoffman. 2013. Tracking the distribution of the non-native marine invertebrates (Mytella charruana, Perna viridis and Megabalanus coccopoma) along the south-eastern USA. Marine Biodiversity Records, Vol 6: 1-13. View here.

Verhulst, S. 2013. Response of the epiphytic algal communities to experimentally elevated nutrient levels in intertidal salt marsh habitats. Master’s thesis, University of North Florida. View here.

Waterhouse, A. F., B. Tutak, A. Valle-Levinson, & Y. P. Sheng. 2013. Influence of two tropical storms on the residual flow in a subtropical tidal inlet. Estuaries and Coasts, 36(5): 1037-1053. View here.

Williams, A. A. & M. E. Kimball. 2013. Evaluation of long-term trends in hydrographic and nutrient parameters in a southeast U.S. coastal river. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185: 10495–10509. View here.

2012

Eastman S. F. & C. E. Eastman. 2012. Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle) Reproduction. Herpetological Review, 43(3): 473. View here.

Gilg, M. R., E. G. Johnson, J. Gobin, B. M. Bright, & A. I. Ortolaza. 2012. Population genetics of introduced and native populations of the green mussel, Perna viridis: determining patterns of introduction. Biological Invasions, 15(2): 459-472. View here.

Hare J. A., M. J. Wuenschel & M. E. Kimball. 2012. Projecting range limits with coupled thermal tolerance - climate change models: An example based on gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) along the U.S. east coast. PLoS ONE, 7(12): e52294. View here.

Kimball, M. E. & K. W. Able. 2012. Tidal migrations of intertidal salt marsh creek Nekton examined with underwater video. Northeastern Naturalist, 19(3): 475–486. View here.

Lau, A. & J. P. Burgess. 2012. Coluber (=Masticophis) flagellum flagellum (Eastern Coachwhip). Diet. Herpetological Review, 43(3): 493. View here.

Massaro, R., J. Zinnert, J. Anderson, J. Edwards, E. Crawford, & D. Young. 2012. Lidar flecks: modeling the influence of canopy type on tactical foliage penetration by airborne, active sensor platforms. In Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems and Applications IX (Vol. 8360, p. 836008). International Society for Optics and Photonics. View here.

Nifong J. C., A. E. Rosenblatt, N. Johnson, W. Barichivich, B. Silliman, & M. R. Heithaus. 2012. American Alligator digestion rate of Blue Crabs and its implications for stomach contents analysis. Copeia, 2012(3): 419-423. View here.

Wuenschel M. J., J. A. Hare, M. E. Kimball, & A. W. Able. 2012. Evaluating juvenile thermal tolerance as a constraint on adult range of gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus): A combined laboratory, field and modeling approach. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 436-437: 19–27. View here.

2011

Humphries, A. T., M. K. La Peyre, M. E. Kimball, & L. P. Rozas. 2011. Testing the effect of habitat structure and complexity on nekton assemblages using experimental oyster reefs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 409(1-2): 172-179. View here.

Krysko, K. L., J. P. Burgess, M. R. Rochford, C. R. Gillette, D. Cueva, K. M. Enge, L. A. Somma, J. L. Stabile, D. C. Smith, J. A. Wasilewski, G. N. Kieckhefer III, M. C. Granatosky, & S. V. Nielsen. 2011. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa, 3028(1): 1-64. View here.

Lau, A. Y. K. 2011. Spatial ecology of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in coastal sand dune habitat: burrow site selection, home range, and seasonal activity patterns. Master’s thesis, University of Florida. View here.

Nash, E. F. 2011. Understanding the Invasion of Florida's Intertidal Crassostrea virginica Reefs by non-native marine invertebrate species. Master’s thesis, University of Central Florida. View here.

Nifong J. C. & M. G. Frick. 2011. First record of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) as a host to the Sea Turtle Barnacle (Chelonibia testudinaria). Southeastern Naturalist, 10(3): 557-560. View here.

Nifong J. C., M. G. Frick, & S. F. Eastman. 2011. Putative predation and scavenging of two sea turtle species by the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, in coastal southeastern United States. Herpetological Review, 42(4):511–513. View here.

Riley L. W., N. Dix, & E. J. Philips. 2011. A new attachment device for deployment of monitoring equipment in estuaries and other high-energy environments. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 173: 743-746. View here.

Tutak B. & P. Sheng. 2011. Effect of tropical cyclones on residual circulation and momentum balance in a subtropical estuary and inlet: observation and simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(C6): 1-13. View here.

Urian, A. G., J. D. Hatle, & M. R. Gilg. 2011. Thermal constraints for range expansion of the invasive green mussel, Perna viridis, in the southeastern United States. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 315A(1): 12-21. View here.

2010

Dix, N. 2010. Nutrient, phytoplankton, and oyster dynamics in a highly flushed subtropical lagoon, northeast Florida. Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida. View here.

Foust, C. M. 2010. Seeking generalities in salt stress effects on herbivores: a multi-species approach. Master’s thesis, University of North Florida. View here.

Galleher, S. N., M. R. Gilg, & K. J. Smith. 2010. Comparison of larval thermal maxima between Fundulus heteroclitus and F. grandis. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 36(3): 731-740. View here.

Gilg, M. R., E. Lukaj, M. Abdulnour, M. Middlebrook, E. Gonzalez, R. Turner, & R. Howard. 2010. Spatio-temporal settlement patterns of the non-native titan acorn barnacle, Megabalanus coccopoma, in northeastern Florida. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 30(1): 146-150. View here.

Shamblin, B. M., M. G. Dodd, D. A. Bagley, L. M. Ehrhart, A. D. Tucker, C. Johnson, R. R. Carthy, R. A. Scarpino, E. E. McMichael, D. S. Addison, K. L. Williams, M. G. Frick, S. Ouellette, A. B. Meylan, M. H. Godfrey, S. R. Murphy, & C. J. Nairn. 2010. Genetic structure of the southeastern United States loggerhead turtle nesting aggregation: evidence of additional structure within the peninsular Florida recovery unit. Marine Biology, 158(3): 571-587. View here.

Thornton, A. & M. Love. 2010. North American marsh bird monitoring. Technical Report 2010-001. Guana Tolomato Matanzas National. Estuarine Research Reserve. View here.

Turtora, M. & E. M. Schotman. 2010. Seasonal and spatial distribution patterns of Finfish and selected invertebrates in coastal lagoons of northeastern Florida, 2002-2004. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5131. View here.

Zhang, H., J. Scarpa, & M. P. Hare. 2010. Differential fertilization success between two populations of eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Biological Bulletin, 219(2): 142-150. View here.

2009

Frazel, D. W. 2009. Site profile of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. View here.

Galleher, S. N., I. Gonzalez, M. R. Gilg, & K. J. Smith. 2009. Abundance and distribution of larval and juvenile Fundulus heteroclitus in northeast Florida marshes. Southeastern Naturalist, 8(3): 495-502. View here.

Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, E. M. Donlan, E. A. Golden, J. P. Burgess, & K. W. Larson. 2009. The non-marine herpetofauna of Key Biscayne, Florida. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 5(1): 132-142. View here.

Murt, J. & F. Juanes. 2009. Cohort-specific winter growth rates of YOY bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, in northeast Florida estuaries: implications for recruitment. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 41: 221-231. View here.

2008

Burgess, J. P. & C. E. Eastman. 2008. Dermochelys coriacea (Atlantic Leatherback Sea Turtle). Reproduction. Herpetological Review, 39(2): 213. View here.

Dix, N., E. J. Phlips, & R. A. Gleeson. 2008. Water quality changes in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida, associated with Four Tropical Storms. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 55: 26-37. View here.

Leitholf, S. 2008. Assessing and modeling mangrove forest dynamics along the temperate-subtropical ecotone in eastern Florida. Master’s thesis, University of Central Florida. View here.

Schmid, J. L., D. S. Addison, M. A. Donnelly, M. A. Shirley, & T. Wibbels. 2008. The effect of Australian pine (Casuarina equisetifolia) removal on loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) incubation temperatures on Keewaydin Island, Florida. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 55: 214–220. View here.

Sheng, Y. P., B. Tutak, J. R. Davis, & V. Paramygin. 2008. Circulation and flushing in the lagoonal system of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR), Florida. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 55: 9-25. View here.

2007

Webb, B. M., J. N. King, B. Tutak, & A. Valle-Levinson. 2007. Flow structure at a trifurcation near a North Florida inlet. Continental Shelf Research, 27(10-11): 1528-1547. View here.

2006

Dix, N. 2006. Temporal changes in salinity and nutrient regimes of a tidal creek within the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, FL associated with the 2004 hurricanes. Master’s thesis, University of Florida. View here.

Price, F. 2006. Quantification, analysis, and management of Intracoastal Waterway channel margin erosion in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida. NERRS Technical Report Series 2006: 1. View here.

Powell, M. A., R. J. Thieke, & A. J. Mehta. 2006. Morphodynamic relationships for ebb and flood delta volumes at Florida’s tidal entrances. Ocean Dynamics, 56(3-4): 295-307. View here.

Zomlefer W. B., W. S. Judd, & D. E. Giannasi. 2006. Northernmost limit of Rhizophora mangle (Red Mangrove; Rhizophoraceae) in St. Johns County, Florida. Castanea, 71(3): 239–244. View here.

2005

Price, F. 2005. Quantification, analysis, and management of Intracoastal Waterway channel margin erosion in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida. Master’s thesis, Florida State University. View here.

2004

Johnson, A. M. 2004. Estuary use planning and the application of terrestrial zoning principles in an estuarine system: a case study of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida. View here.

Kennish M. J. 2004. NERRS research and monitoring initiatives. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 45: 1-8. View here.

Phlips E. J., N. Love, S. Badylak, P. Hansen, J. Lockwood, C. V. John, & R. A. Gleeson. 2004. A comparison of water quality and hydrodynamic characteristics of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Indian River Lagoon of Florida. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 45: 93-109. View here.

2001

Albertus, J. A. & R. O. Laine. 2001. Enhanced xenobiotic transporter expression in normal teleost hepatocytes: response to environmental and chemotherapeutic toxins. Journal of Experimental Biology, 204(2), 217-227. View here.

2000

Harwood, V. J., J. Whitlock, & V. Withington. 2000. Classification of antibiotic resistance patterns of indicator bacteria by discriminant analysis: use in predicting the source of fecal contamination in subtropical waters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66(9): 3698-3704. View here.