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SERC Publications 2007

  1. Altman, S. and Whitlatch, R. B. Effects of small-scale disturbance on invasion success in marine communities. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2007; 342:15-29.

  2. Bai, X.; Adolf, J. E.; Bachvaroff, T.; Place, A. R., and Coats, D. W. Interplay between host toxins and parasitism by Amoebophrya. Harmful Algae. 2007; 6:670-678.

  3. Baker, M. E.; Weller, D. E., and Jordan, T. E. Effects of stream map resolution on measures of riparian buffer distribution and nutrient retention potential. Ecology. 2007; 22:973-992.

  4. Bisson, Isabelle-Anne; Marra, Peter P.; Burtt, Edward H. Jr.; Sikaroodi, Masourneh, and Gillevet, Patrick M. Molecular comparison of plumage and soil bacteria across biogeographic, ecological, and taxonomic scales. Microbial Ecology. 2007; 54:65-81.

  5. Blum, J. C.; Chang, A. L.; Liljesthrom, M.; Schenk, M. E.; Steinberg, M. K., and Ruiz, G. M. Non-native solitary ascidian Ciona intestinalis (L.) depresses species richness. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2007; 342:5-14.

  6. Boomer, K. B.; Weller, D. E., and Jordah, T. E. Empirical models based on the Universal Soil Loss Equation fail to predict sediment descharges from Chesapeake Bay catchments. Journal of Environmental Quality. 2007; 37:79-89.

  7. Brown, A. L. P.; Day, F. P.; Hungate, B. A.; Drake, B. G., and Hinkle, C. R. Root biomass and nutrient dynamics in a scrub-oak ecosystem under the influence of elevated atmospheric CO2. Plant and Soil. 2007; 292:219-232.

  8. Bullard, S. G.; Lambert, G.; Carman, M. R.; Byrnes, J.; Whitlatch, R. B.; Ruiz, G.; Miller, R. J.; Harris, L.; Valentine, P. C.; Collie,

  9. J. S.; Pederson, J.; McNaught, D. C.; Cohen, A. N.; Asch, R. G.; Dijkstra, J., and Heinonen, K. Colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. A: Current distribution, basic biology and potential threat to marine communities of northeast and west coasts of North America. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2007; 342:99-108.

  10. Carney, K. M.; Hungate, B. A.; Drake, B. G., and Megonigal, J. P. Altered soil microbial community at elevated CO2 leads to loss of soil carbon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 2007; 104:4990-4995.

  11. Cheng, W.; Yagi, K.; Akiyama, H.; Nishimura, S.; Sudo, S.; Fumoto, T.; Hasegawa, T.; Hartley, A. E., and Megonigal, P. P. Empirical model of soil chemical properties that regulte methane production in Japanese rice paddy soils. Journal of Environmental Qulaity. 2007; 36:1920-1925.

  12. Classen, A. E. T.; Chapman, S. K.; Whitham, T. G.; Hart, S. C., and Koch, G. W. Genetic-based plant resistance and susceptibility traits to herbivory influence needle and root litter nutrient dynamics. Journal of Ecology. 2007; 95:1181-1194.

  13. Day, J. W. Jr.; Boesch, D. F.; Clairain, E. J.; Kemp, G. P.; Laska, S. B. Mitsch W. J.; Mashriqui, H.; Reed, D. J.; Shabman, L.; Simenstad, C. A.; Streever, B. J.; Twilley, R. R.; Watson, C. C.; Wells, J. T., and Whigham, D. F. Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Science. 2007; 315:1679-1684.

  14. deRivera, C. E.; Hitchcock, N. G.; Teck, S. J.; Hines, A. H., and Ruiz, G. M. Larval development rate predicts range expansion of an introduced crab. Marine Biology. 2007; 150:1275-1288.

  15. deRivera, C. E.; Steves, B. P.; Ruiz, G. M.; Fofonoff, P., and Hines, A. H. Northward spread of marine NIS along western North America: Forecasting risk of colonization in Alaskan waters using environmental niche modeling. Portland, OR: Aquatic Invasion Research & Policy Institute, Portalnd State University; 200764 p.

  16. Dinerstein, E.; Loucks, C.; Wikramanyake, E.; Ginsberg, J.; Sanderson, E.; Seidensticker, J.; Forrest, J.; Bryia, G.; Heydlaluff, A.; Klenzendorf, S.; Leimgruber, P.; Mills, J.; O'Brien, T. O.; Shretha, M.; Simons, R., and Songer, M. Fate of wild tigers. BioScience. 2007; 57:508-514.

  17. Espeleta, J. F. and Clark, D. A. Multi-scale variation in fine-root biomass in a tropical rain forest: a seven-year study. Ecological Monographs. 2007; 77:377-404.

  18. Feller, I. C. and Chamberlain, A. H. Herbivore responses to nutrient enrichment and landscape heterogeneity in a mangrove ecosystem. Oecologia. 2007; 153:607-616.

  19. Feller, I. C.; Lovelock, C. E., and McKee, K. L. Nutrient addition differentially affects ecological processes of Avicennia germinans in nitrogen vs. phosphorus limited mangrove ecosystems . Ecosystems. 2007; 10:347-359.

  20. Field, M. P.; LaVigne, M.; Murphy, K. R.; Ruiz, G. M., and Sherrell, R. M. Direct determination of P, V, Mn, As, Mo, Ba and U in seawater by SF-ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spevtrometry. 2007; 22:1145-1152.

  21. Fulford, R. S.; Breitburg, D. L.; Newell, R. I. E.; Kemp, W. M., and Luckenbach, M. Effects of oyster population restoration strategies on phytoplankton biomass in Chesapeake Bay: a flexible modeling approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2007; 336:43-61.

  22. Griffing, S. M.; Kilpatrick, A. M.; Clark, L., and Marra, P. P. Mosquito landing rates on nesting American robins ( Turdus migratorius) . Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2007; 7:437-443.

  23. Harris, R. C.; Rudd, J. W. M.; Almyot, M.; Babiarz, C. L.; Beaty, K. G.; Blanchfield, P. J.; Bodaly, R. A.; Branfireun, B. A.; Gilmour, C. C.; Graydon, J. A.; Heyes, A.; Hintelmann, H.; Hurley, J. P.; Kelly, C. A.; Krabbenhoft, D. P.; Lindberg, S. E.; Mason, R. P.; Paterson, M. J.; Podemski, C. L.; Robinson, A.; Sandilands, K. A.; Southworth , G. R.; Louis, V. L. S., and Tate, M. T. Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to change in mercury deposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2007; 104:16586-16591.

  24. Harris, R. C.; Rudd, W. M.; Amyot, M.; Babiarz, C. L.; Beaty , K. G.; Blanchfield, P. J.; Bodaly, R. A.; Brandireun, B. A.; Gilmour, C. C.; Graydon, J. A.; Heyes, A.; Hintelmann, H.; Jurley, J. P.; Kelly, C. A.; Krabbenhoft, D. P.; Lindberg, S. E.; Mason, R. P.; Paterson, M. J.; Podemski, C. L.; Robinson, A.; Sandilands, K. A.; Southworth, G. R.; St. Louis, V. L., and Tate, M. T. Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to changes in mercury deposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2007; 104:16586-16591.

  25. Herborg, L-M.; Jerde, C. L.; Lodge, D. M.; Ruiz, G. M., and MacIsaac, H. J. Predicting invasion risk using measures of introduction effect and environmental niche models. Ecological Applications. 2007; 17:663-674.

  26. Hines, A. H. Chapter 14: Ecology of juvenile and adult blue crabs. in: Kenney, V. S. and E. Cronin. Biology of the Blue Crab. College Park, MD: Maryland Sea Grant Program; 2007; pp. 575-665.

  27. Ikegami, M.; Whigham, D. F., and Werger, M. J. A. Responses of rhizome length and ramet production to resource availability in the clonal sedge Scirpus olneyi A. Gray. Plant Ecology. 2007; 189:247-259.

  28. Jacobs, A. D.; Whigham, D. F.; Fillis, D., and Rehm, E. Delaware Comprehensive Assessment Procedure Version 2.0. Dover, Delaware: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; 2007. 68 pp.

  29. Jivoff, P. R.; Hines, A. H., and Quackenbush, S. Chapter 7: Reproduction and embryonic development. in: Kennedy, V. S. and Cronin L. E. editors. Blue crab: Callinectes sapidus. College Park, MD: Maryland Sea Grant Program; 2007; pp. 181-223.

  30. Jordan, T. E.; Andrews, M P.; Szuch, R. P.; Whigham, D. F.; Weller, D. E., and Jacobs, A. D. Comparing functional assessments of wetlands to measurements of soil characteristics and nitrogen processing. Wetlands. 2007; 27:479-497.

  31. Keller, J. K. and Bridgham, S. D. Pathways of anaerobic carbon cycling across an ombrotrophic-minerotrophic peatland gradient. Limnology and Oceanography. 2007; 52:96-107.

  32. Kettenring, K. M. and Galatowitsch, S. M. Tools for Carex vegetation in freshwater wetlands: understanding dormancy loss and germination temperature requirements. Plant Ecology. 2007; 193:157-169.

  33. Kettenring, Karin. M. and Galatowitsch, Susan. M. Temperature requirements for dormancy break and seed germination vary greatly among 14 wetland Carex species. Aquatic Botany. 2007; 87:209-220.

  34. Kilpatrick, A. M.; Kramer, L. D.; Jones, M. J.; Marra, P. P.; Daszak, P., and Fonseca, D. M. Genetic influences on mosquito feeding behavior and the emergence of zoonotic pathogens. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2007; 77:667-671.

  35. King, R. S.; DeLuca, W. V.; Whigham, D. F., and Marra, P. P. Threshold effects of coastal urbanization on Phragmites australis (common reed) abundance and foliar nitrogen in Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries and Coasts. 2007; 30:469-481.

  36. Krabbenhoft, D.; Engstrom, D.; Gilmour, C.; Harris, R.; Hurley, J., and Mason, R. Monitoring and evaluating trends in sediment and water. Harris, R., Ed. Ecosystem responses to mercury contamination: Indicators of change. Boca Raton, FL.: CRC Press; 2007; pp. 47-86.

  37. Li, J. H.; Johnson, D. P.; Dijkstra, P.; Hungate, B. A.; Hinkle, C. R., and Drake, B. G. Elevated CO2 mitigates the adverse effects of drought on daytime net ecosystem CO2 exchange and photosynthesis in a Florida scrub-oak ecosystem. Photosynthetica. 2007; 45:51-58.

  38. Li, J. H.; Powell, T. L.; Seiler, T. J.; Johnson, D. P.; Anderson, H. P.; Bracho, R.; Hungate, B. A.; Hinkle, C. R., and Drake, B. G. Impacts of Hurricane Frances on Florida scrub-oak ecosystem processes: defoliation, net CO2 exchange and interactions with elevated CO2. Global Change Biology. 2007; 13:1101-1113.

  39. Li, X.; Weller, D. E.; Gallegos, C. L.; Jordan, T. E., and Kim, H-C. Effects of watershed and estuarine characteristics on the abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts. 2007; 30:840-854.

  40. Long, W. C. and Burke, R. P. Habitat size, flora, and fauna: Interactions in a tidal saltwater marsh. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology . 2007; 353:80-88.

  41. Lovelock, C. E.; Feller, I. C.; Ellis, J.; Schwartz, Hancock N., and Sorrell, B. Mangrove growth in New Zealand estuaries: The role of nutrient enrichment at sites with contrasting rates of sedimentation. Oecologia. 2007; 153:633-641.

  42. McCann, L. D.; Gray-Hitchcock, N.; Winston, J. E., and Ruiz, G. M. Non-native bryozoans in coastal embayments of the southern United States: New records for the Western Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science. 2007; 80:319-342.

  43. McCollin, T.; Quilez-Badia, G.; Josefsen, K. D.; Gill, M. E.; Mesbahi, E., and Frid, C. L. J. Ship board testing of a deoxygenation ballast water treatment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2007; 54:1170-1178.

  44. McKee, K. L.; Cahoon, D., and Feller, I. C. Caribbean mangroves adjust to rising sea-level through biotic controls on soil elevation change. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2007; 16:545-566.

  45. McKee, K. L.; Rooth, J. E., and Feller, I. C. Mangrove recruitment after forest disturbance is facilitated by herbaceous species common to the Caribbean region. Ecological Applications. 2007; 17:1678-1693.

  46. Miller, A. Whitman; Ruiz, Gregory M.; Minton, Mark S., and Ambrose, Richard F. Differentiating successful and failed molluscan invaders in estuarine ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2007; 332:41-51.

  47. Miller, C. L.; Mason, R. P.; Gilmour, C. C., and Heyes, A. Influence of dissolved organic matter on the complexation of mercury under sulfidic conditions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2007; 26:624-633.

  48. Miller, T. E.; Burns, J. H.; Munguia, P.; Walters, E. L.; Kneitel, J. M.; Richards, P. M.; Mouquet, N., and Buckley, l H. Evaluating support for the Resource-ratio Hypothesis: A response to Wilson, et al. 2007; 169, 707-708.

  49. Munguia, P.; Mackie, C., and Levitan, D. R. Influence of stage-dependent dispersal on the population dynamics of three amphipod species. Oecologia. 2007; 153:533-541.

  50. Munguia, Pablo. Spatial structure of communities on dead pen shells (Atrina rigida) in sea grass beds. Marine Biology. 2007; 152:149-156.

  51. Munthe, J.; Bodaly, R. A. Drew; Branfireun, B. A.; Driscoll, C. T.; Gilmour, C. C.; Harris, R.; Horvat, M.; Lucotte, M., and Malm,

  52. O. Recovery of mercury-contaminated fisheries. Ambio. 2007; 36:33-44.
  53. National Research Council. Review of the Final Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy. Committee to Review the JSOST Research PrioritiesPlan. Washington, D. C.: National Academies Press; 2007148 pp.

  54. Neale, P. J.; E. Walter Helbling, and Thomas A. Day, co-editor. Symposium-in-Print: UV Effects in Aquatic and Terrestrial

  55. Environments Introduction. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 2007; 83775-776.
  56. Nordstrom, K. F.; Hartman, J.; Freestone, A. L.; Wong, M., and Jackson, N. L. Changes in topography and vegetation near gaps in a protective foredune. Ocean and Coastal Management. 2007; 50:945-959.

  57. Osman, R. W. Variation in the ability of Dedemnum sp to invade established communities. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2007; 342:40-53.

  58. Rawlings, T. K.; Ruiz, G. M., and Colwell, R. R. Association of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor and O139 Bengal with the copepods Acartia tonsa and Eurytemora affinis. Applied and Environmental Mirobiology. 2007; 73:7926-7933.

  59. Rodriguez, W.; August, P. V.; Wang, Y. Q.; Paul, J. F.; Gold, A., and Rubinstein, N. Empirical relationships between land use cover and estuarine condition in the Northeastern United States. Landscape Ecology. 2007; 11:403-417.

  60. Roux, K. E. and Marra, P. P. Presence and impact of environmental lead in passerine birds along an urban to rural land use gradient. Archives of Environmental Toxicology. 2007; DOI: 10:107//s00244-006/0174-4.

  61. Ruiz, G. M. and Reid, D. F. Current State of Understanding about the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) Introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and Anaysis of Existing Information. 2007; NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-142. 127 pp.

  62. Russell, M. J. and Montagna, P. A. Spatial and temporal variability and drivers of new ecosystem metabolism in western Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts. 2007; 30:137-153.

  63. Santagata, S. and Ruiz, G. Characterization of source invertebrate popultion and assessing salinity toxicity as a barrier to revent transfers of "high risk" species to the Great Lakes in ballast tanks Task 3Reid, D> F.; Johengen, T.; MacIsaac, H. J.; Dobbs, F. C.; Doblin, M.; Drake, L.; Ruiz, G. M.; Jenkins, P. T.; Santagata, S.; van Overdijk, C.; Gray, D.; Ellis, S.; Hong, Y.; Tang, Y.; Thomson, F.; Heinemann, S., and Rondon, S. Final report for the project "Identifying, verifying, and establishing options for best management practices for NOBOB Vessels". Ann Arbor, MI: Great Lakes Protection Fund by University of Michigan, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research; 2007.

  64. Shefferson, R. P.; Taylor, D. L.; Weib, M.; Garnica, S.; McCormick, M. K.; Adams, S.; Gray, H. M.; McFarland, J. W.; Kull, T.; Tali, K.; Yukawa, T.; Kawahara, T.; Miyoshi, K., and Lee, Y-I. Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal specificity among Lady's Slipper orchids. Evolution. 2007; 61:1380-1390.

  65. Shimamura, R.; Kachi, N.; Kudoh, H., and Whisham, D. F. Hydrochory as a determinant of genetic distribution of seeds within Hibiscus mosmeutos (Malvaceae) populations. American Journal of Botany. 2007; 94:1137-1145.

  66. Sobrino, C. and Neale, P. J. Short-term and long-term effects of temperature on photosynthesis in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana under UVR exposure. Journal of Phycology. 2007; 43:426-436.

  67. Stover, D. B.; Day, F. P.; Butnor, J. R., and Drake, B. G. Effect of elevated CO-2 on coarse-root biomass in Florida scrub detected by ground-penetrating radar. Ecology. 2007; 88:1328-1334.

  68. Tzortziou, M.; Osburn, C. L., and Neale, P. J. Photobleaching of dissolved organic material from a tidal marsh-estuarine system of the Chesapeake Bay. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 2007; 83:782-792.

  69. Wanek, W.; Hofmann, J., and Feller, I. C. Canopy interactions of rainfall in an off-shore mangrove ecosystem dominated by Rhizophora mangle (Belize). Journal of Hydrology. 2007; 345:70-79.

  70. Weiss, J. V.; Rentz, J. A.; Plaia, T.; Neubauer, S. C.; Merrill-Floyd, M.; Lilburn, T.; Bradburne, C.; Megonigal, J. P., and Emerson,

  71. D. Characterization of neutrophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of wetland plants and description of Ferritrophicum radicicola gen. nov sp nov., and Sideroxydans palludicola sp nov. Geomicrobiology Journal. 2007; 24:559-570.
  72. Weller, D. E.; Snyder, M. N.; Whigham, D. F.; Jacobs, A. D., and Jordan, T. E. Landscape indicators of wetland condition in the Nanticoke River watershed, Maryland and Delaware, USA. Wetlands. 2007; 27:498-514.

  73. Whigham, D. F.; Jacobs, A. D.; Weller, D. E.; Jordan, T. E.; Kentula, M. E.; Jensen, S. F., and Stevens, D. L. Combining HGM and EMAP procedures to assess wetlands at the watershed scale - Status of flats and non-tidal riverine wetlands in the Nanticoke River watershed, Delaware and Maryland. Wetlands. 2007; 27:462-478.

  74. Zabin, C. J. and Altieri, A. Hawaiian limpet facilitates recruitment of a competitively dominant invasive barnacle. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2007; 337(1175-185).

  75. Zabin, C. J.; Zardus, J.; Pitombo, F. B.; Fread, V., and Hadfield, M. G. Tale of three seas: consistency of natural history traits in a Caribbean-Atlantic barnacle introduced to Hawaii. Biological Invasions. 2007; 9:523-544.



 
   
 
 

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