Publications:
Aronson, R. B. and D. B. Blake. 2001. Global climate change and the origin of modern benthic communities in Antarctica. American Zoologist 41:27-39.

Aronson, R. B., K. L. Heck Jr. and J. F. Valentine. 2001. The value of tethering experiments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 214:311-312.

Aronson, R. B. 2001. Durophagous predation in the marine environment. Pages 393-397 in D. E. G. Briggs and P. R. Crowther, eds. Palaeobiology II. Blackwell, Oxford.

Aronson, R. B. 2001. The limits of detectability: short-term events and short-distance variation in the community structure of coral reefs. Bulletin of Marine Science 69:331-332.

Aronson, R.B. and W.F. Precht. 2001. Applied paleoecology and the Crisis on Caribbean coral reefs. Palaios 16:195-196.

Aronson, R. B. and W. F. Precht. 2001. White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs. Hydrobiologia 460:25-38.

Beck, M.W., K.L. Heck, Jr., K.W. Able, D.L. Childers, D.B. Eggleston, B.M. Gillanders,
B. Halpern, C.G. Hays, K. Hoshino, T.J. Minello, R.J. Orth, P.F. Sheridan and M.P. Weinstein. 2001.The identification, conservation and management of estuarine and marine nurseries for fish and invertebrates. Bioscience 51: 633-641.

Cebrian, J. 2002. Variability and control of carbon consumption, export, and
accumulation in marine communities. Limnology and Oceanography 47:11-22.

Graham, W.M. 2001. Numerical increases and distributional shifts of Chrysaora
quinquecirrha (Desor) and Aurelia aurita (Linne) (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Hydrobiologia 451: 97-111.

Graham, W.M. and R. Kroutil. 2001. Size-based prey selectivity and dietary shifts in the jellyfish, Aurelia aurita. Journal of Plankton Research 23:67-74.

Graham, W. M., F. Pages, and W. M. Hamner. (2001). A physical context for gelatinous zooplankton aggregations: a review. Hydrobiologia 451:199-212.

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. Marine Ecology Progress Series 222:163-176.

Heck, K.L. Jr. and P.M. Spitzer 2001. Post settlement mortality of juvenile blue crabs:
patterns and processes. Proc. Blue Crab Mortality Symp.:18-27. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Ocean Springs, MS.

Hilbun, N.L. and Koltermann, A.K. 2001. The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas. Chapter 5: Ranching Heritage, pp. 59-69. Edited by J.W. Tunnell, Jr. and F.W. Judd. Texas A&M Press-College Station.

Kirsch, K.D., J.F. Valentine and K.L. Heck, Jr. 2002. Parrotfish grazing on turtlegrass
Thalassia testudinum: evidence for the importance of seagrass consumption in food web dynamics of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 227: 71-85.

Peterson B.J. and , K.L. Heck, Jr. 2001. An experimental test of the mechanism by which suspension feeding bivalves elevate seagrass productivity Marine Ecology Progress Series 218:115-125.

Peterson, B.J., K.R. Thompson, J.H. Cowan and K.L. Heck, Jr. 2001. Comparison of
predation pressure in temperate and subtropcial seagrass habitats based on chronographic tethering. Marine Ecology Progress Series 224:77-85.

Purcell, J. E., D. L. Breitburg, M. B. Decker, W. M. Graham, M. J. Youngbluth, and K.
Rastoff. (2001). Pelagic Cnidarians and Ctenophores in Low Dissolved Oxygen Environments. Effects of hypoxia on living resources, with emphasis on the northern Gulf of Mexico. In NN Rabalais and RE Turner (eds.), pp. 77-100. American Geophysical Union.

Purcell, J. E., W. M. Graham and H. J. Dumont (eds), 2001. Jellyfish Blooms: Ecological and Societal Importance. Developments in Hydrobiology 155. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Reprinted from Hydrobiologia. Dordrecht: xviii+334 pp.

Precht, W. F., R. B. Aronson and D. W. Swanson. 2001. Improving scientific decision-making in the restoration of ship-grounding sites on coral reefs. Bulletin of Marine Science 69:1001-1012.

Precht, W. F., A. W. Bruckner, R. B. Aronson and R. J. Bruckner. 2002. Endangered acroporid corals of the Caribbean. Coral Reefs 21:41-42.

Turner, R.E., D. Stanley, D. Brock, J.R. Pennock and N.N. Rabelais. 2000. A comparison of independent N-loading estimtes for U.S estuaries. Pp. 107-118, In: Valigura, R.W., R.B. Alexander, M.S. Castro, T.P. meyers, H.W. Paerl, P.E. Stacey, R.E. Turner (eds.) 2000. Nitrogen Loading in Coastal Water Bodies: An Atmospheric Perspective. Coastal and Estuarine Studies Volume No. 57. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.

Grants:
Aronson, R.B. National Geographic Society. Degradation of Caribbean coral reefs in space and time. 2001-2003, $25,000.

Cebrian, J. Alabama Center for Estuarine Studies (ACES). Evaluating trophic processes as indicators of anthropogenic eutrophication in coastal ecosystems: an exploratory analyses. 2001 -2002,$22,000 .

Cebrian, J. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. Preliminary evaluation of the ecological role of the seagrass Halodule wrightii in coastal ecosystems: towards an
assessment of the impact of anthropogenic eutrophication on that role. 2002-2003, $21,588.

Graham, W.M. EPA Gulf of Mexico Program. Continuation and Expansion of DockWatch: A Volunteer Observer Program for Monitoring Jellyfish Blooms and Invasions. 2002-2003, $35,000.

Graham, W.M. National Sea Grant Office. Assessing the potential of nuisance jellyfish predation on the eggs and larvae of red drum and red snapper in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 2001-2003, $290,144.

Graham, W.M. National Sea Grant Office. Deriving the origin and nature of the invasive jellyfish, Phyllorhiza punctata, through molecular studies of native and non-native populations. 2001-2002, $152,210.

Graham, W.M. Minerals Management Service, Cooperative Agreement: Study of oil and gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico as habitat for jellyfish polyps. 2001-2002, $117,407.

Graham, W.M. and J. Martin. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Marine Science
Scholars Program. A multi-scale analysis of the spatial variability of gelatinous zooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 2001-2002, $10,000. (Student award to Jonathan Martin).

Heck, K.L. Jr. and S. Harter. Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. The effects of predation risk on growth rate of juvenile pinfish in Big Lagoon, Florida. 2001-2002, $5,000 (Student Award to Stacey Harter).

Heck, K.L. Jr., J.F. Valentine and J.R. Pennock. Alabama Center for Estuarine Studies (ACES). Predicting seagrass survival; towards a new view of an existing paradigm. 2001-2002. $105,000.

Pennock, J.R. EPA - Gulf of Mexico Program. Alabama harmful algal bloom information exchange network. 2001-2002, $13,500.

Pennock, J.R. EPA - Gulf of Mexico Program. HABSOS - Integrated case study for the
Gulf of Mexico. 2001-2002, $49,943.

Valentine, J. F., K.L. Heck, Jr. and B. Peterson. MARFIN. Marine reserve effectiveness in restoring coastal food webs: an experimental test using special protection areas and an ecological reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. 2002-2004,
$183,584.

Italics indicate current DISL graduate student or technician.
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