A5059533648- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Plant responses to water stress
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
- Marine and fisheries research
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
2018-2023
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
2008-2016
Florida Atlantic University
2008-2016
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2005
Southwestern University
1998-1999
McNeese State University
1995
Tropical cyclones drive coastal ecosystem dynamics, and their frequency, intensity, spatial distribution are predicted to shift with climate change. Patterns of resistance resilience were synthesized for 4138 time series from n = 26 storms occurring between 1985 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere predict how ecosystems will respond future disturbance regimes. Data grouped by (fresh water, salt terrestrial, wetland) response categories (biogeochemistry, hydrography, mobile biota, sedentary...
Mangroves are an ecological assemblage of trees and shrubs adapted to grow in intertidal environments along tropical, subtropical, warm temperate coasts. Despite repeated demonstrations their ecologic economic value, multiple stressors including nutrient over-enrichment threaten these other coastal wetlands globally. These ecosystems will be further stressed if tropical storm intensity frequency increase response global climate changes. likely interact, but the outcome that interaction is...
Abstract Climate change is altering species’ range limits and transforming ecosystems. For example, warming temperatures are leading to the expansion of tropical, cold-sensitive species at expense their cold-tolerant counterparts. In some temperate subtropical coastal wetlands, winters enabling mangrove forest encroachment into salt marsh, which a major regime shift that has significant ecological societal ramifications. Here, we synthesized existing data expert knowledge assess distribution...
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was a period of massive range contraction. Post‐LGM, water‐dispersed coastal species, including the red mangrove ( Rhizophora mangle ), expanded poleward as propagules were transported by ocean currents. We assessed postglacial marine expansion pathways for R. within Caribbean Basin and Florida. METHODS: Six microsatellite loci used to genotype 237 individuals from nine populations in Caribbean, Florida, Northwest Africa. evaluated genetic...
Abstract Aim We evaluated underlying mechanisms and genetic effects of climate‐driven range expansion Rhizophora mangle L., a coastal foundation species, along both West ( WFL ) East EFL Florida, USA . Location Eight sites encompassing the entire Florida R. at regional scale. Methods characterized population structure with combination analyses using seven microsatellite loci model‐based propagule transport. tested hypotheses on Finally, we compared edges assessed potential factors shaping...
Abstract Marine species with planktonic larvae often have high spatial and temporal variation in recruitment that leads to subsequent the ecology of benthic adults. Using a combination published unpublished data, we compared population structure salt marsh snail, Littoraria irrorata , between South Atlantic Bight Gulf Coast United States infer geographic differences test hypothesis Deepwater Horizon oil spill led widespread failure L. Louisiana 2010. Size‐frequency distributions both...
Studies of the effects oil on coastal species seldom address multiple oilings, even though contamination systems by more than one spill event is not uncommon. We report results two experiments in which first red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) seedling propagules were oiled with No. 6 fuel oil, and 34 mo later surviving saplings randomly assigned to new treatments reoiled south Louisiana crude a 2 × factorial design (main effects: prior history oiling oil). In Experiment 1 (No. oil), there...
Abstract Loss of plant biodiversity can result in reduced abundance and diversity associated species with implications for ecosystem functioning. In ecosystems low diversity, such as Neotropical mangrove forests, it is thought that genetic within the dominant could play an important role shaping communities. Here, we used a manipulative field experiment to study effects maternal genotypic identity red Rhizophora mangle on composition richness soil bacterial Using terminal restriction...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 371:117-129 (2008) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07683 Characteristics of mangrove swamps managed for mosquito control in eastern Florida, USA Beth Middleton1,*, Donna Devlin2, Edward Proffitt2, Karen McKee1, Kari Foster Getini1 1United States Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, 700...
Abstract Studies of the effects oil on coastal species seldom address multiple oilings, even though contamination systems by more than one spill event is not uncommon. We report results two experiments in which first red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) seedling propagules were oiled with No. 6 fuel oil, and 34 mo later surviving saplings randomly assigned to new treatments reoiled south Louisiana crude a 2 × factorial design (main effects: prior history oiling oil). In Experiment 1 (No....