Grants and Publications

Faculty Grants

Aronson, R. B.  National Geographic Society (2006-7): Land Use and Reef Development in Central America.  Principal Investigator. $21,000.

Cebrian, J.  Bank of Bilbao-Vizcaya-Argentaria Foundation (2005-8): Seagrass Conservation: Causes of Seagrass Decline and Effects on Ecosystem Functioning.  Co-Principal Investigator.  $145,000.

Heck, K. L., Jr.  National Science Foundation (2005-7): REU Site: Undergratuate Research Experiences in Coastal and Nearshore Marine Systems of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico.  Principal Investigator. $157,797.

Valentine, J. F.  Alabama Center for Estuarine Research (2005-6): Invasion Ecology: Effects of Habitat Alteration on the Survival of an Exotic Species.  Co-Principal Investigator with D. Blackmon. $140, 000.

Valentine, J. F. USEPA Gulf of Mexico Program (2004-5): Environmental Assessment of Hydrological Modifications on Ecosystem Function in lower Mobile Tensaw Delta. Principal Investigator. $150,000.

Publications

Armitage, A.R., T.A. Frankovich, K.L. Heck, Jr. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2005. Complexity in the response of benthic primary producers within a seagrass community to nutrient enrichment. Estuaries 28: 422-434.

Aronson, R. B., I. G. Macintyre and W. F. Precht. 2005. Event preservation in lagoonal reef systems. Geology 33: 717-720 (cover story).

Cebrian, J. 2004: Grazing on benthic primary producers. In: S.L. Nielsen, G.T. Banta & M.F. Pedersen (eds.): Estuarine nutrient cycling: the influence of primary producers. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, pp. 153-185.

Goecker, M. E., K. L. Heck, Jr., J. F. Valentine. 2005. Effects of nitrogen concentrations in turtlegrass,Thalassia testudinum, on consumption by the bucktooth parrotfish, Sparisoma radians. Marine Ecology Progress Series 286: 239-248.

Pergent-Martini, C., V. Leoni, V. Pasqualini, G. D. Ardizzone, E. Balestri, R. Bedini, A. Belluscio, T. Belsher, J. Borg, C. F. Boudouresque, S. Boumaza, J. M. Bouquegneau, M. C. Buia, S. Calvo, J. Cebrian, E. Charbonnel, F. Cinelli, A. Cossu, G. Di Maida, B. Dural, P. Francour, S. Gobert, G. Lepoint, A. Meinesz, H. Molenaar, H. M. Mansour, P. Panayotidis, A. Peirano, G. Pergent, L. Piazzi, M. Pirrotta, G. Relini, J. Romero, J. L. Sanchez-Lisazo, R. Semroud, P. Shembri, A. Shili, A. Tomasello and B. Velimirov. 2005.  Descriptors of Posidonia oceanica meadows: use and application. Ecological Indicators 5: 213-230.

Valentine, J. F. and K. L. Heck, Jr. 2005. Perspective review of the impacts of overfishing on coral reef food web linkages. Coral Reefs 24: 209-213.

Special interest

Turner, J., L. Allen, A. Anton, M. Miller, R. Swann and J. Cebrian. 2005.  SAVing the Gulf: Education, Restoration, Conservation.  Mobile Bay National Estuary Program and Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, 32 pages.