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FISHERIES ECOLOGY LAB PUBLICATIONS
Lab members in bold
Manuscripts in Review or Revision (Please email authors for a copy)
Kim, C.K., K. Park, S.P. Powers, W.M. Graham and K.M. Bayha (In review). Oyster larval transport in Coastal Alabama: Dominance of physical processes over biological behavior in a shallow estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans.
Powers, S.P., D. Gaskill, C.H. Peterson and F.J. Fodrie (In review). Densiety-dependent predation by migratory predators creates sink populations in a marine benthic landscape. Ecology.
Toscano, B.J., F.J. Fodrie, S.L. Madsen and S.P. Powers (In review). Multiple prey effects: agnostic behaviors between prey species enhances consumption by their shared predator. Ecology.
Plutchak, R., K. Major, J. Cebrian, C.D. Foster, M.E. Miller, A. Anton, K.L. Sheehan, K.L. Heck Jr., and S.P. Powers (In review). The impacts of oyster reef restoration on nutrient dynamics and primary productivity in tidal marsh creeks of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts.
Johnson, M.W., S.P. Powers, C.L. Hightower, and M.D. Kenworthy (In review). Age, growth, mortality, and diet composition of vermillion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens) from the Mississippi Bight Fishery. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
Heck, K.L., Jr. J. Cebrian, S.P. Powers, N. Geraldi, R. Plutchak, D. Byron and K. Major (In Review). Ecosystem Services Provided by Oyster Reefs: An Experimental Assessment. Ecological Applications.
Ajemian, M. J. and S. P. Powers. (In review) Assessing residency and movements of spotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) in a shallow marine benthic landscape via an array of autonomous hydrophones. In: Advances in Fish Tagging and Marking Techniques. American Fisheries Society Symposium.
Brown, H., M. C. Benfield, S. F. Keenan, and S. P. Powers. (In review). Movement patterns and home ranges of a pelagic marine carangid (Caranx crysos) around a petroleum platform complex. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Manuscripts In press
Powers, S.P. Effects of density and water flow on early survivorship and growth of northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria). Journal of Shellfish Research 28(4): In Press.
Cebrian, J., G.A. Miller, J.P. Stutes, A.L. Stutes, M.E. Miller and K.L. Sheehan 2009. A comparison of fish populations in shallow coastal lagoons with contrasting shoalgrass (Halodule wrightii) cover in the north central Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research, In press.
2009
Fodrie, F. J., K. L. Heck, Jr., S. P. Powers, W.M. Graham and K.L. Robinson. Climate-related, decadal scale assemblage changes of seagrass-associated fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Global Change Biology doi: 10.111/j.1365-2486.2009.01889.x.
Powers, S. P., C. H. Peterson, J. H. Grabowski, and H. S. Lenihan. 2009. Evaluating the success of constructed oyster reefs in no-harvest sanctuaries: implications for restoration. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389: 159-170.
Geraldi, N. R., S. P. Powers, K. L. Heck, Jr., and J. Cebrian. Response of transient fish and crustaceans to oyster reef restoration in tidal creeks. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389: 171-180.
Gregalis, K. C., M. W. Johnson, and S. P. Powers. 2009. Restored oyster reef location and design affect reponses of resident and transient fish, crab and shellfish species in Mobile Bay, AL. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 138: 314-327.
Johnson, M.W., S. P. Powers, J. Senne and K. Park. 2009. Assessing the in situ tolerance of oysters under moderate hypoxic regimes: implications for oyster reef restoration. Journal of Shellfish Research 28 (2): 185-192.
Bethea, D.M., Hollensead, L., Carlson, J.K., Ajemian, M.J. , Grubbs, R.D., Hoffmayer, E.R., Del Rio, R., Peterson, G.W., Baltz, D.M., and Romine, J. Shark nursery grounds and essential fish habitat studies. 2009. Gulfspan Gulf of Mexico‐FY08. An Internal Report to NOAA's Highly Migratory Species Division. Sustainable Fisheries Division Contribution No. PCB‐08/02.
2008
Gregalis, K. C., S. P. Powers and K.L. Heck, Jr. 2008. Restoriation of oyster reefs along a bio-physical gradient in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Journal of Shellfish Research 27 (5): 1163 - 1169.
Fodrie, F.J., M. D. Kenworthy and S. P. Powers. 2008. Unintended facilitation between marine consumers generates enhanced mortality for their shared prey. Ecology 89 (12): 3268 - 3274.
Bethea, D.M., Hollensead, L., Carlson, J.K., Conrath, C.L., Ajemian, M.J., Hoffmayer, E.R., and Peterson, G.W. Shark nursery grounds and essential fish habitat studies. 2008. Gulfspan Gulf of Mexico‐FY07. An Internal Report to NOAA's Highly Migratory Species Division. Sustainable Fisheries Division Contribution No. PCB‐08/02.
2007
Cebrian, J., C. D. Foster, C. D., R. Plutchak, K. L. Sheehan, M. E. Miller, A. Anton, K. Major, K.L. Heck Jr., and S. P. Powers. 2007. The impact of Hurricane Ivan on the primary productivity and metabolism of marsh tidal creeks. Aquatic Ecology.
Coen, L. D., Mike, R. D. Brumbaugh, D. Bushek, R. Grizzle, M. W. Luckenbach, M. H. Posey, S.P. Powers, and S. G. Tolley. 2007. AS WE SEE IT: Ecosystem services related to oyster restoration. Marine Ecology Progress Series 341:304-307.
Powers, M. J., H. C. Summerson, C. H. Peterson, and S. P. Powers. 2007. Macroalgal growth on bivalve aquaculture netting enhances nursery habitat for mobile invertebrates and juvenile fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 339: 100-122.
Myers, R.A., Baum, J.K., Shepherd, T.D., Powers, S.P. and C.H Peterson. 2007. Cascading effects of the loss of predatory sharks from a coastal ocean. Science. 315: 1846-1850.
Powers, S.P., Bishop, M.A., Moffitt, S. and G.H. Reeves. 2007. Variability in freshwater, estuarine and marine residence of sockeye salmon (Onchorhyncus nerka) within the Copper and Bering River Deltas. In: Sockye salmon ecology, evolution, and management (C.A.Woody, ed.). American Fisheries Society Symposium, 54: 87-99.
Kline, T.C., Woody, C.A., Bishop, M.A., Powers, S.P., and E.E. Knudsen. 2007. Assessment of marine-derived nutrients in the Copper River Delta, Alaska, using natural abundance of the stable isotopes of nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon. In: Sockye salmon ecology, evolution, and management (C.A.Woody, ed.). American Fisheries Society Symposium, 54: 103-115.
Ajemian, M.J. and C.P. Sanford. 2007. Food capture kinematics of the deepwater chain catshark Scyliorhinus retifer. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87: 1277-1286.
Ulrich, G.F., Jones, C.M., Driggers, W.B., Drymon, J.M., Oakley, D. and C. Riley. Habitat utilization, relative abundance, and seasonality of sharks in estuarine and nearshore waters of South Carolina. American Fisheries Society Symposium 50: 125-139.
2006
Drymon, J.M, Driggers, W.B., Oakley, D., and G.F. Ulrich. 2006. Investigating life history differences between finetooth sharks, Carcharhinus isodon, in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Gulf of Mexico Science 1: 2-10.
Bishop, M.J., Powers, S.P., Porter, H.J., and C.H. Peterson. 2006. Benthic biological effects of seasonal hypoxia in a eutrophic estuary predate rapid coastal development. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science. 70: 415-426.
Powers, S.P., Bishop, M.A., Grabowski, J.H., and C.H. Peterson. 2006. Distribution of the invasive bivalve Mya arenaria L. on intertidal flats of southcentral Alaska. Journal of Sea Research, 55: 207-216.
2005
Powers S. P., C. H. Peterson, R. R. Christian , E. Sullivan, M. J. Powers, M. Bishop and C. P. Buzzelli. 2005. Effect of eutrophication on seafloor habitat of demersal fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 302: 233-243.
2004
Grabowski, J.H. and S.P. Powers. 2004. Habitat complexity mitigates trophic transfer on oyster reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 277: 291-295.
2003
Grabowski, J.H., S.P. Powers, C.H. Peterson, M.J. Powers, and D.P. Green. 2003. Consumer ratings of non-native (Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea ariakensis) vs. native (Crassostrea virginica) oysters. Journal of Shellfish Research, 22 (1): 21-30.
Peterson, C. H., J. H. Grabowski, and S. P. Powers. 2003. Estimated enhancement of fish production resulting from restoring oyster reef habitat: quantitative valuation. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 264: 251-266.
Powers, S. P., J. Grabowski, C.H. Peterson, and W.J. Lindberg. 2003. Estimating enhancement of fish production by offshore artificial reefs: uncertainty exhibited by divergent scenarios. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 264: 267-279.
Sperduto, M., S.P. Powers, and M. Donlan. 2003. Scaling restoration actions to achieve quantitative enhancement of loon, seaduck, and seabird populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 264: 221-233.
2002
Borsuk, M. E., S. P. Powers and C. H. Peterson. 2002. A survival model of the effects of bottom-water hypoxia on the population density of an estuarine clam (Macoma balthica). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 59: 1266-1274.
Buzzelli, C.P., R.A. Luettich Jr., S.P. Powers, C.H. Peterson, J.E. McNinch, J.L. Pinckney, and H.W. Paerl. 2002. Estimating the spatial extent of bottom-water hypoxia and habitat degradation in a shallow estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 230: 103-112.
Powers, S. P. and J. N. Kittinger. 2002. Hydrodynamic mediation of predator-prey interactions: differential patterns of prey susceptibility and predator success explained by variation in water flow. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 273: 171-187.
Powers, S. P., M. A. Bishop, J.H. Grabowski and C.H. Peterson. 2002. Intertidal benthic resources of the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Journal of Sea Research 47: 13-23.
2001
Powers, S. P., D. E. Harper, Jr. and N. N. Rabalais. 2001. Effect of large-scale hypoxia/anoxia on supply-settlement relationships of benthic invertebrate larvae. Pages 185 - 210, In: N.N. Rabalais and R.E. Turner (eds.), Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems. Coastal and Estuarine Studies 58, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
Peterson, C. H., F. J. Fodrie, H.C. Summerson and S. P. Powers. 2001. Site-specific and density-dependent extinction of prey by schooling rays: generation of a population sink in top-quality habitat for bay scallops. Oecologia 129: 349-356.
2000
Grabowski, J.H., S.P. Powers and M. Hooper. 2000. Balancing tradeoffs between predator protection and associated growth penalties in aquaculture of northern quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758): a comparison of two common grow-out methods. Journal of Shellfish Research, 19 (2): 957-962.
Powers, S. P. and C. H. Peterson. 2000. Conditional density dependence: The flow trigger to expression of density-dependent emigration in bay scallops. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 45 (3): 727-732.
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