Publications

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2010

Beck, M., R. Brumbaugh, L. Airoldi, A. Carranza, L. Coen, C. Crawford, O. Defeo, G. Edgar, B. Hancock., M. Kay, H. Lenihan, M. Luckenbach, C. Toropova, C. Shepard, and G. Zhang, submitted. Oyster reefs at risk globally and recommendations for ecosystem revitalization. BioScience.

Coen, L.D., M.L. Judge and B.R. Dumbauld, 2010. Ecological services of shellfish as ecosystem engineers: parallels between natural and cultured species. In: Shellfish aquaculture and the environment, S.E. Shumway, ed., Wiley-Blackwell.

Hadley, N.H., M. Hodges, D.H. Wilber, and L.D. Coen, in press. Evaluating intertidal oyster reef development in South Carolina using associated faunal indicators. Restoration Ecology

Harris, R.J., E.C. Milbrandt, B. Brovard, E. Everham, in press. The effects of reduced tidal flushing on mangrove structure and function across a disturbance gradient. Estuaries and Coasts

Milbrandt, E.C., A.J. Martignette, A. Rybak, L.D. Coen, J. Siwicke, and R.D. Bartleson, in review. A high resolution, multi-node system for observing spatio-temporal changes in coastal processes in the Caloosahatchee River and estuary, FL, USA. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.

Milbrandt, E.C., P.G. Coble, R.M. Comny, A.J. Martignette, and J. Siwicke, in press. Chromophoric dissolved organic matter production in shallow, subtropical estuaries and export to the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Limnol. Oceanogr.

2009

Beck, M.W., R.D. Brumbaugh, L. Airoldi, A. Carranza, L.D. Coen, C. Crawford, O. Defeo, G.J. Edgar, B. Hancock, M. Kay, H. Lenihan, M.W. Luckenbach, C.L. Toropova, and G. Zhang, 2009. Shellfish reefs at risk: A global analysis of problems and solutions, 52pp.

Brumbaugh, R.D. and L.D. Coen, 2009. Contemporary approaches for small-scale oyster reef restoration to address substrate versus recruitment limitation: a review and comments relevant for the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida (Carpenter, 1864). J. Shellfish Res. 28:147-161.

Milbrandt, E.C., 2009. The effects of root zone manipulation on microcosm Thalassia testudinum transplants. Florida Scientist 72:406-417.
2008

Grizzle, R.E., J.K. Greene, and L.D. Coen, 2008. Seston removal by natural and constructed intertidal eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reefs: a comparison with previous laboratory studies, and the value of in situ methods. Estuaries and Coasts 31:1208-1220.

Milbrandt, E.C., J.M. Greenawalt, P.D. Sokoloff, 2008, Short-term indicators of seagrass transplant stress in response to rhizosphere and bacterial community disruption. Botanica Marina 51:103-111.

2007

Bolton-Warberg, M., L.D. Coen and J. Weinstein, 2007. Acute toxicity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition in grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) and oysters (Crassostrea virginica) exposed to the organophosphate dichlorvos: laboratory and field studies. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 52:207-216.

Coen, L.D. and R. Grizzle, 2007. ASMFC, The Importance of Habitat Created by Shellfish and Shell Beds Along the Atlantic Coast of the U.S., with contributions by J. Lowery and K.T. Paynter, Jr., 108pp.

Coen, L.D., R.D. Brumbaugh, D. Bushek, R. Grizzle, M.W. Luckenbach, M.H. Posey, S.P. Powers, and G. Tolley, 2007. AS WE SEE IT. A broader view of ecosystem services related to oyster restoration. Mar Ecol. Prog. Ser. 341: 303–307.

Hiller, T.L., F.S. Guthery, A.R. Rybak, S.D. Fuhlendorf, S.G. Smith, W.H. Puckett Jr., and R.A. Baker, 2007. Management implications of cover selection data: Northern bobwhite example. J. of Wildlife Management 71:195-201.

Greenawalt-Boswell, J., T.K. Frazer, C.A. Jacoby, and W.S. Arnold, 2007. Mortality and exploitation rate estimates for the recreational bay scallop fishery off the gulf coast of Florida, USA. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:1230-1242.

Milbrandt, E.C., and J.T. Evans, 2007. Hydrological restoration and ecological response in an impounded mangrove lagoon. Ecosystem Restoration and Creation Conference Proceedings, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL.

Walters, L.J., P.E. Sacks, M.Y. Bobo, D.L. Richardson and L.D. Coen, 2007. Impact of hurricanes on intertidal oyster reefs in Florida: reef profiles and disease prevalence. Florida Scientist 70:506-521.

2006

Bortone, S.A., A.J. Martignette, J.P. Spinelli, 2006. Spotted seatrout (Faminly Sciaenidae) growth as an indicator of estuarine conditions in San Carlos Bay, Florida. Florida Scientist 69 (OOS-2):127-139.

Bortone, S.A., 2006. A perspective of artificial reef research: the past, present, and future. Bulletin of Marine Science 78:1-8.
Bortone, S.A., 2006. Recommendations on establishing a research strategy in the Gulf of Mexico to assess the effects of hurricanes on coastal ecosystems. Estuaries and Coasts 29:1062-1066.

Brumbaugh, R.D., M.W. Beck, L.D. Coen, L. Craig and P. Hicks, 2006. A practitioners' guide to the design and monitoring of shellfish restoration projects: An ecosystem services approach. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, 28pp.

Greenawalt-Boswell, J., J.A. Hale, K.S. Fuhr, and J.A. Ott, 2006. Seagrass species composition and distribution trends in relation to salinity fluctuations in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Florida Scientist. 2006:24-35.

Grizzle, R.E., J.K. Greene, M.W. Luckenbach, and L.D. Coen, 2006. A new in situ method for measuring seston uptake by suspension-feeding bivalve mollusks. J. Shellfish Res. 25:643-649.

Milbrandt, E.C., J.M. Greenawalt-Boswell, P.D. Sokoloff, S.A. Bortone, 2006. Impact and response of southwest Florida mangroves to the 2004 hurricane season. Estuaries and Coasts 29:979-984.

Milbrandt, E.C. and M.L. Tinsley, 2006. The role of saltwort (Batis maritima) on mangrove forest succession. Hydrobiologia 568:369-377.

Proffitt, C.E., E.C. Milbrandt, and S.E. Travis, 2006. Reproduction and recruitment of Rhizophora mangle (Red Mangroves) in Charlotte Harbor following hurricane Charley, Estuaries and Coasts 29:972-978.

Walters, K., and L.D. Coen, 2006. A comparison of statistical approaches to analyzing community convergence between natural and constructed oyster reefs. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 330:81-95.

2005

Bartleson R.D., W.M. Kemp, J.C. Stevenson, 2005. Model analysis of effects of trophic complexity on Potamogeton perfoliatus biomass and growth in microcosms. Ecological Modelling 185:483-512.

Bortone, S.A., 2005. Estuarine Indicators. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 560pp.
Bortone, S.A., W.A. Dunson, and J.M. Greenawalt, 2005. Fishes as estuarine indicators, pp 381-391. In: , S.A. Bortone , Ed. Estuarine Indicators. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Burrows, F., J.M. Harding, R. Mann, R. Dame and L. Coen, 2005. Chapter 4, Restoration monitoring of oyster reefs, pages 4.2-4.73. In: G.W., Thayer, T.A. McTigue, R.J. Salz, D.H. Merkey, F.M. Burrows, and P.F. Gayaldo, Eds., Science-Based Restoration Monitoring of Coastal Habitats, Volume Two: Tools for Monitoring Coastal Habitats. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. 23. NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, M.D.

Guthery, F.S., A.R. Rybak, S.D. Fuhlendorf, T.L. Hiller, S.G. Smith, W.H. Puckett, Jr., and R.A. Baker, 2005. Aspects of the thermal ecology of bobwhites in North Texas. Wildlife Monographs 159:1-37.

Guthery, F.S., A.R. Rybak, W.R. Walsh, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and T.L. Hiller, 2005. Quantifying usable space for wildlife with use-availability data. J. of Wildl. Manag. 69:655-663.

Luckenbach, M.W., L.D. Coen, P. G. Ross, Jr., and J.A. Stephen, 2005. Oyster reef habitat restoration: relationships between oyster abundance and community development based on two studies in Virginia and South Carolina. J. of Coastal Research, Special Issue 40:64-78.

Milbrandt, E.C., 2005. Bacteria communities as an indicator of estuarine and sediment conditions, pp 99-110. In: Bortone, S.B., Ed. Estuarine Indicators, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Smith, F.G.F., D. Loy, G. Florence, R.F. Van Dolah, W.D. Anderson, L.D. Coen, M. Finkbeiner, B. Stevenson, 2005. South Carolina oyster bed mapping. ASPRS 2005 Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, March 7 11, 2005.

2004

Bushek, D., D. Richardson, M.Y. Bobo, and L.D. Coen, 2004. Short term shell pile quarantine reduces the abundance of Perkinsus marinus remaining in tissues attached to oyster shell. J. Shellfish Res. 23:369 37

Greenawalt, J.M., T.K. Frazer, S.R. Keller and C.A. Jacoby. 2004. Abundance and sizes of bay scallops in heterogeneous habitats along the Gulf coast of Florida. Gulf of Mexico Science. 2004: 74-84.

Guthery, F.S., T.L. Hiller, W.H. Puckett Jr., R.A. Baker, S.G. Smith, and A.R. Rybak, 2004. Effects of feeders on dispersion and mortality of bobwhites. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:1248-1254.

Kemp, W.M., R. Batiuk, R.D. Bartleson, P. Bergstrom, V. Carter, C.L. Gallegos, W. Hunley, L. Karrh, E.W. Koch, and J.M. Landwehr, 2004. Habitat requirements for submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay: water quality, light regime, and physical-chemical factors. Estuaries 27:363-377.

2003

Milbrandt, E.C., 2003. Microbial Ecology of South Slough: community composition of bacteria and patterns of occurrence, Ph. D. dissertation, University of Oregon.

Milbrandt, E.C., 2003. Genetic Diversity of Bacteria in Restored and Mature Estuarine Wetland Sediments, Report to Sanctuary and Reserves Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, 18 pp.

Petersen J.E., W.M. Kemp, R.D. Bartleson, W.R. Boynton, C.C. Chen, J.C. Cornwell, R.H. Gardner, D.C. Hinkle, E.D. Houde, T.C. Malone, W.P. Mowitt, L. Murray, L.P. Sanford, and S.E. Suttles, 2003. Multiscale experiments in coastal ecology: improving realism and advancing theory. BioScience 53:1181-1197.

2002

Coen, L.D. and M.Y. Bobo, 2002. Bio for V.G. Burrell, Jr. Honored Life Member. J. Shellfish Res. 21:449 450.
Hadley, N. H. and L.D. Coen, 2002. Community-based program engages citizens in oyster reef restoration (South Carolina). Ecological Restoration 20:297 298.

Heck, K.L., Jr., L.D. Coen, and D.M. Wilson, 2002. Growth Comparisons of Northern, Mercenaria mercenaria (L.) and Southern, M. campechiensis (Gmelin) Quahogs: Influence of Seagrass Habitat and Latitude. Journal of Shellfish Research 21(2):635 642.

Milbrandt, E.C., 2002. Communities of bacteria as a metric for gauging restoration success, Earth Systems Monitor 12(2): 5-8.
 

2001

Cordova, C.E., A.R. Rybak, and P.H. Lehman, 2001. Vegetation patterns and conservation issues in Southern Crimea. Eurasian Geography and Economics 42:362-385.

Heck, K.L., Jr., L.D. Coen, and S.G. Morgan, 2001. Pre- and post-settlement factors as determinants of juvenile blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) abundance: results from the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 222:163-176.

Locascio J.V. and P. J. Rudershausen, 2001. Mercury levels in Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus) From Tarpon Bay, Sanibel, Florida, USA. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 67:510-518.

Nadeau, T-N., E.C Milbrandt, and R.W. Castenholz, 2001. Phylogeny of Antarctic oscillatorian Cyanobacteria. Journal of Phycology 37:650-654.

Updated March 2010