Journal Publications

In Press
Apprill, A.M., R.R. Bidigare and R.D. Gates. 2007. Visibly healthy corals exhibit variable pigment concentrations and symbiont phenotypes. Coral Reefs, In Press.

Buenau, K., R. Rassweiler and R.M. Nisbet. 2007. The effects of landscape structure on space competition and alternative stable states. Ecology, In Press.

Elahi, R. and P.J. Edmunds. 2007. Indeterminate growth of the solitary coral, Fungia concinna (Verrill): does photosynthetic energy intake limit maximum size? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, In Press.

Gamino-Padilla, J.L. and R.C. Carpenter. 2007. Thermal ecophysiology of Laurencia pacifica and Laurencia nidifica (Ceramiales) from tropical and warm-temperate regions. Journal of Phycology, In Press.

Lesser, M. P., J.C. Bythell, R.D. Gates, R.W. Johnstone and O.H. Guldberg. 2007. Are infectious diseases really killing corals? Alternative interpretations of the experimental and ecological data. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, In Press.

Mayfield, A.B. and R.D. Gates. 2007. Osmoregulation and osmotic stress in coral dinoflagellate symbiosis: role in coral bleaching. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, In Press.

Rosman, J. H., J.L. Hench, J.R. Koseff and S.G. Monismith. 2006. Extracting Reynolds stresses from acoustic Doppler current profiler measurements in wave-dominated environments. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, In Press.

2007
Apprill, A.M. and R.D. Gates. 2007. Recognizing the complexity of coral endosymbiotic communities. Molecular Ecology 16:1127-1134.

Brooks, A.J., S.J. Holbrook and R.J. Schmitt. 2007. Patterns of microhabitat use by fishes in the patch-forming coral Porites rus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 14:227-236.

Carpenter, R.C. and S.L. Williams. 2007. Mass transfer limitation of photosynthesis of coral algal turf communities. Marine Biology 151:435-450.

Gamino-Padilla, J.L. and R.C. Carpenter. 2007. Seasonal acclimatization of Asparagopsis taxiformis from different biogeographic regions. Limnology and Oceanography 52:833-842.

Penin, L., M. Adjeroud, M. Schrimm and H.S. Lenihan. 2007. High spatial variability in coral bleaching around Moorea (French Polynesia): patterns across locations and water depths. Comptes Rendus Biologies 330:171-181.

Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 2007. Predicting the magnitude of temporal variation in young-of-year class strength of surfperch (Teleostei: Embiotocidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 14:155-160.

Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 2007. The scale and cause of spatial heterogeneity in the strength of temporal density dependence. Ecology 88:1241-1249.

Stewart, H.L., C.E. Payri and M.A.R. Koehl. 2007. The role of buoyancy in mitigating reduced light interception for macroalgae in aggregations. Journal of Marine Biology and Ecology 343:11-20.

2006
Brooks, A.J. 2006. Digital Moorea: The implementation of a wireless sensor network for the monitoring of coral reefs. Proceedings of the Workshop on the Adoption of Sensor Networks by Coastal Managers. www.coralreefeon.org. Pp. 11-16.

Bruno, J.F., S.C. Lee, J.S. Kertesz, R.C. Carpenter, Z.T. Long and J.E. Duffy. 2006. Partitioning the effects of algal species identity and richness on benthic marine primary production. Oikos 115(1):170-178.

Carpenter, R.C. and P.J. Edmunds. 2006. Local and regional scale recovery of Diadema promotes recruitment of scleractinian corals. Ecology Letters 9(3):268-277.

Holbrook, S.J., A.J. Brooks and R.J. Schmitt. 2006. Relationships between live coral cover and reef fishes: implications for predicting effects of environmental disturbances. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium 241-249.

Ridgeway, T. and R.D. Gates. 2006. Why are there so few genetic markers available for coral population analyses? Symbiosis 41:1-7. Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 2006. Developmental delays, recruitment storage and adult attrition rates in local populations of a tropical damselfish. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium 232-240.

Stewart, H.L. 2006. Hydrodynamic consequences of flexural stiffness and buoyancy for seaweeds: a study using physical models. Journal of Experimental Biology 209(11):2170-2181.

Stewart, H.L. 2006. Morphological variation and phenotypic plasticity of buoyancy in the macroalga Turbinaria ornata across a barrier reef. Marine Biology 149(4):721-730.

Stewart, H.L. 2006. Ontogenetic changes in buoyancy, breaking strength, extensibility, and reproductive investment in a drifting macroalga Turbinaria ornata (Phaeophyta). Journal of Phycology 42(1):43-50.

Stewart, H.L., S.J. Holbrook, R.J. Schmitt and A.J. Brooks. 2006. Symbiotic crabs maintain coral health by clearing sediments. Coral Reefs 25:609-615.

Thompson, A.R., R.M. Nisbet and R.J. Schmitt. 2006. Dynamics of mutualist populations that are demographically open. Journal of Animal Ecology 75(6):1239-1251.

Van Oppen, M.J.H. and R.D. Gates. 2006. Understanding the resilience of reef corals: the roles of molecular biology and genetics. Molecular Ecology 15(13):3863-3883.

2005
Maritorena, S. and D.A. Siegel. 2005. Consistent merging of satellite ocean color data sets using a bio-optical model. Remote Sensing of Environment 94:429-440.

Siegel, D.A., S. Maritorena, N.B. Nelson, M.J. Behrenfeld and C.R. McClain. 2005. Colored dissolved organic matter and its influence on the satellite-based characterization of the ocean biosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 32:L20605.

Siegel, D.A., S. Maritorena and N.B. Nelson. 2005. Independence and interdependencies among global ocean color properties: reassessing the bio-optical assumption. Journal of Geophysical Research 110:C07011.

Book Contributions

In Press
Leichter, J.J. 2007. Internal waves. in M.W. Denny and S.D. Gaines, editors. Encyclopedia of the Rocky Intertidal, University of California Press, In Press.

2007
Holbrook, S.J., R.J. Schmitt, A.J. Brooks, T. Margalith, J. Burnsed, K. Seydel and H. Masui. 2007. The use of LED light lures to enhance larval settlement of coral reef fish. Pages 326-338 in T. Murata, editor. State of the Art: High Power LED Application Practices, Technical Information Institute Co. Ltd., Japan.

Dissertations and Theses

2006
Talmage, S. 2006. Variation in abundance and carbon allocation for Sargassum mangarevense across gradients in herbivory and hydrodynamic exposure in Moorea, French Polynesia. MS Thesis, California State University, Northridge, CA.

Elahi, R. 2006. The interactive effects of age and size in determining phenotypic plasticity in reef corals. MS Thesis, California State University, Northridge, CA.

Kane, C. 2006. Habitat preference, social behavior and patterns of abundance in the coral reef fish Paracirrhites arcatus. MS Thesis, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.

2005
Lape, J.C.P. 2005. Factors influencing the quality of a refuge for coral reef fish: effects of microhabitat setting, size and inhabitants. MS Thesis, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.