Publications

 

Books

Silliman, B. R., T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness, editors. 2009. Human Impacts on Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. University of California Press.

 

 

Book Reviews

Griffin, J. and B. R. Silliman. 2009. Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores. M. Denny and S. Gaines (eds.) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

Griffin, J. and B. R. Silliman. 2010. Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale: Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems, Peterson, J. V. Kenedy, W. Dennison, and W. M. Kemp (eds.). The Quarterly Review of Biology.

 

 

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

in press

77. Thomsen M. S., T. Wernberg, A. Altieri A, F. Tuya, D. Gulbransen, K. McGlathery, M. Holmer, B. R. Silliman. In press.Habitat cascades: the conceptual context and global relevance of facilitation cascades via habitat formation and modification. Integrative and Comparative Biology.

76. Silliman, B. R. “Salt Marshes Under Global Siege”. In press. Coastal Marine Conservation: Science and Policy. G.C. Ray and J. McCormick-Ray. Wiley, John and Sons Inc.

75. Haney, R. A., B. R. Silliman, and D. M. Rand. In press. Nonneutral mitochondrial evolution in the Caribbean reef fish Halichoeres bivittatus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

74. Barbier, E., S. Hacker, E. Koch, A. Stier, B. R. Silliman. In press. Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems and Their Services. (eds., M. van den Belt and R. Costanza) in Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science (Series eds., E. Wolanski, and D. McLusky), Elsevier.

73. Holdredge, C., M. D. Bertness. E. V. Wettberg, B. R. Silliman. In press. Differential nutrient uptake abilities underlie a cryptic plant invasion. Oikos.

72. Díaz-Ferguson, E., R. Haney, J. Wares, B. R. Silliman. In press. Genetic connectivity, phylogeography and demographic history of the West Indian Topshell Cittarium pica: implications for management and conservation. PLOS ONE.

71. Gedan, K. B.*, M. Kirwan, E. Barbier, E. Wolinksi and B. R. Silliman. In press. Coastal vegetations present and future role in protecting shorelines: An answer to recent challenges to the paradigm. Journal of Climate Change.

 

2010

70. Altieri, A., B. K. van Wesenbeek, M. D. Bertness, B. R. Silliman. 2010. Facilitation cascade explains positive relationship between native biodiversity and invasion success. Ecology.

69. Thomsen, M.S., T. Wernberg, F. Tuya, B. R. Silliman. 2010. Ecological performance and possible origin of a ubiquitous but understudied gastropod. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 87:641-650.

68. Alberti, J., A. M.. Casariego, P. Daleo, E. Fanjul, B. R. Silliman, M. Bertness, and O. Iribarne. 2010. Abiotic stress mediates top-down and bottom-up control in an Argentinean salt marsh. Oecologia 163:181-191.

67. Granek, E. F., S. Polasky, C. V. Kappel, D. J. Reed, D. M. Stoms, E. W. Koch, C. J. Kennedy, L. A. Cramer, S. D. Hacker, E. B. Barbier, S. Aswani, M. Ruckelshaus, G. M. E. Perillo, B. R. Silliman, N. Muthiga, D. Bael, E. Wolanski. 2010. Ecosystem services as a common language for coastal ecosystem-based management. Conservation Biology 24:204-217.

66. Barbour, A. B., M. L. Montgomery, A. A. Adamson, E. Diaz-Ferguson, B. R. Silliman. 2010. Mangrove Use by the Invasive Lionfish, Pterois volitans. Marine Ecology Progress Series 401: 291-294.

65. Diaz-Ferguson, E., J. Robinson, B. R. Silliman and J. P. Wares. 2010. Comparative Phylogeography of East Coast American Salt Marsh Communities. Estuaries and Coasts 33:828-839.

 

2009

64. Daleo P., B. R. Silliman, J. Alberti, A. Canepuccia, M. Escapa, A. Canepuccia, N. Pena, and O. Iribarne. 2009. Top-down control of salt marsh plant production by crab facilitation of fungal infection. Journal of Plant Ecology 97:781-787.

63. Fox, H. E., P. Kareiva, B. R. Silliman, J. Hitt, D. Lytle, B. Halpern, C. Hawkes , J. Lawler, M. Neel, J. Olden, M. Schlaepfer, K. Smith, H. Tallis. 2009. Why fly? Ecologists sins of emission. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7:294-295.

62. Koch, E. W., E. D. Barbier, B. R. Silliman, D. J. Reed, G. M. E. Perillo, E. F. Granek, J. H. Primavera, N. Muthiga, C. V. Kappel, C. J. Kennedy, S. D. Hacker, S. Polasky, E. Wolanski, S. Aswani, L. A. Cramer, D. Bael and D. M. Stoms. 2009. Non-linearity in ecosystem services: temporal and spatial variability in coastal protection. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(1): 29-37.

61. Thomsen, M. S., K. J. McGlathery, A. Schartschild, B. R. Silliman. 2009. Distribution and ecological role of the non-native macroalgae Gracilaria vermiculophylla in Virginia salt marshes. Biological Invasions. 11:2303-2316.

60. Bromberg-Gedan, K., and B. R. Silliman. 2009. Using Facilitation Theory to Enhance Mangrove Restoration. Ambio 38:10.

59. Thomsen, M. S., T. Wernberg, B. R., Silliman and F. Tuya. 2009. Evidence for impacts of non-indigenous macroalgae: a meta-analysis of experimental field studies. Journal of Phycology 45:812-819.

58. Thomsen, M. S., T. Wernberg, A. Josefson, B. R. Silliman. 2009. Broad-scale patterns of abundance of non-indigenous soft-bottom invertebrates in Denmark. Helgoland Marine Research 63:159-167.

57. Farina, J., B. R. Silliman, M. D. Bertness. 2009. Can Conservation Biologists Rely on Established Community Structure Rules to Manage Novel Systems? … Not in Salt Marshes. Ecological Applications.

56. Bromberg-Gedan, K., B. R. Silliman, and M.D. Bertness. 2009. Centuries of human-driven change in salt marsh ecosystems. Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci. 1:117-141.

55. Silliman, B. R., T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness. An introduction to human impacts on salt marshes: Are marshes at risk?. in B. R. Silliman, T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness, editors. 2009. Human Impacts on Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. University of California Press.

54. Silliman, B. R., M. D. Bertness and M. Thomsen. Top-down control and human intensification of consumer pressure in U.S. southern salt marshes. in B. R. Silliman, T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness, editors. 2009. Human Impacts in Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. University of California Press.

53. Bertness, M. D., B. R. Silliman, C. Holdredge. Shoreline development and the future of New England salt marsh landscapes. in B. R. Silliman, T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness, editors. 2009. Human Impacts in Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. University of California Press.

52. Thomsen M. S., P. Adams, and B. R. Silliman. Anthropogenic threats to Australasian coastal salt marshes. in B. R. Silliman, T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness, editors. 2009. Human Impacts in Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. University of California Press.

51. Broomberg, K. and B. R. Silliman. Patterns of salt marsh loss within coastal regions of North America: pre-settlement to present. in B. R. Silliman, T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness, editors. 2009. Human Impacts in Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. University of California Press.

50. Osgood, D., and B. R. Silliman. From climate change to snails: potential causes of salt marsh die-back along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coasts. in B. R. Silliman, T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness, editors. 2009. Human Impacts in Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. University of California Press.

49. Silliman, B. R., T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness. A synthesis of anthropogenic impacts on salt marshes. in B. R. Silliman, T. Grosholtz, and M. D. Bertness, editors. 2009. Human Impacts in Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective.

 

2008

48. Barbier E. B., E. W. Koch, B. R. Silliman, S. D. Hacker, E. Wolanski, J. Primavera, E. Granek, S. Polasky, S. Aswani, L. A. Cramer, D. Stoms, C. Kennedy, D. Bael, C. Kappel, G. M. E. Perillo and D. J. Reed. 2008. Ecological Quality Changes Precede Changes in Quantity in Mangrove Forests - Response. Science.

47. Sala, N. M., D. Bertness, and B. R. Silliman. 2008. The Dynamics of Top-down and Bottom-up control in New England salt marshes. Oikos 117: 1050-1056.

46. Bertness, M. D. and B. R. Silliman. 2008. Human Disturbance Driven Consumer Control of Salt Marshes - When Dogma Bites. Conservation Biology 22(3):618-623.

45. Thomsen, M. S., T. Wernberg, P. Stehr, D. Krause-Jense, N. Risgaard-Petersen, and B. R. Silliman.^. 2008. Non-native macroalgae in Denmark: a national perspective. Marine Biology Research 3:61-72.

44. Thomsen, M. S., T. Wernberg, P. Stehr, B. R .Silliman, A. Josefson, D. Krause-Jensen, N. Risgaard-Petersen. 2008. Annual changes in abundance of non-indigenous marine benthos on a very large spatial scale. Aquatic Invasions 3: 133-140.

43. Barbier E. B., E W. Koch, B. R. Silliman, S. D. Hacker, E. Wolanski, J. Primavera, E. Granek, S. Polasky, S. Aswani, L. A. Cramer, D. Stoms, C. Kennedy, D. Bael, C. Kappel, G. M. E. Perillo and D. J. Reed. 2008.  Vegetation’s Role in Coastal Protection - Response. Science 320: 177.

42. Alberti, J., M. Escapa, O. Iribarne, B. R. Silliman, M. D. Bertness.  2008. Crab herbivory regulation of plant facilitative and competitive processes in Argentine salt marshes.  Ecology 89: 155-164.

41. Daleo P., J. Alberti, A. Canepuccia, M. Escapa, E. Fanjul, A. M. Casariego, B. R. Silliman, M. D. Bertness, and O. Iribarne. 2008. The role of mycorrhizal symbiosis on salt marsh plant zonation. Journal of Ecology 96: 431-437.

40. Barbier E. B., E W. Koch, B. R. Silliman, S. D. Hacker, E. Wolanski, J. Primavera, E. Granek, S. Polasky, S. Aswani, L. A. Cramer, D. Stoms, C. Kennedy, D. Bael, C. Kappel, G. M. E. Perillo and D. J. Reed. 2008. Coastal Ecosystem Based Management with non-linear ecological functions and values. Science 319: 321-323.

Subject of an article by Cornelia Dean in the The New York Times (Damaged Landscape Can Still be Helpful Reseachers Say, 12/15/2005).

Companion Commentary: Valiela and Fox 2008

 

2007

39. Thomsen, M.S., P. Stehr, C. Nyberg, D. Krause-Jensen, S. Schw?rter, B. R. Silliman. 2007. Gracilaria vermiculophylla in northern Europe, with emphasis on Danish conditions, and what to expect in the future. Aquatic Invasions 2: 83-94.

38. Thomsen M.S., T. Wernberg, P. St?hr, D. Krause-Jense, N. Risgaard-Petersen, and B. R. Silliman. 2007. Aliean macroalgae in Denmark: a broad-scale national perspective. Marine Biology Research 3: 61-72.

37. F. Hildago, B. R. Silliman, M. C. Bazterrica, and M. D. Bertness. 2007. Distribution and feeding of native and exotic predators on rocky shores of Patagonia, Argentina. Estuaries 30: 887-895.

36. Daleo P., E. Fanjul, A. Mendez Casariego, B. R. Silliman, and M. D. Bertness, and O. Iribarne. 2007. Ecosystem engineers activate plant-mycorrhizal mutualisms in wetlands. Ecology Letters 10: 902-908.

35. Bazterrica, C., B. R. Silliman, C. Crane, F. J. Hidalgo, M. D. Bertness. 2007. Limpet grazing and physical stress on wave-protected Patagonian rocky shores. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 353: 22-34.

34. Alberti, J., M. Escapa, P. Daleo, O. Iribarne, B. R. Silliman, M. Bertness, and C. Costa. 2007. Large-scale herbivory patterns and grazing effects of burrowing crabs in Southwestern Atlantic salt marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 349: 235-243.

33. Haney, R., B. R. Silliman, and D. Rand. 2007. A multi-locus assessment of connectivity and historical demography in the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum). Heredity: 1-9.

32. Grant, J. B., J. D. Olden, J. J. Lawler, C. R. Nelson, and B. R. Silliman. 2007. Academic institutions in the United States and Canada ranked according to research productivity in the field of Conservation Biology. Conservation Biology 21: 1139-1144.

31. Halpern, B. S., B. R. Silliman, J. Olden, J. Bruno, and M. D. Bertness. 2007. Positive interactions fundamental to effective restoration and conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 153-160.

30. Thomsen M. S, B. R. Silliman, and K. McGlathery. 2007. Spatial variation in recruitment of native and invasive species onto oyster reefs in a temperate soft bottom lagoon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 72: 89-101.

29. Altieri, A., B. R. Silliman, and M. D. Bertness. 2007. Hierarchical Facilitation of intertidal cordgrass-mussel bed communities. American Naturalist 169: 195-206.

 

2006

28. Haney, R., B. R. Silliman, A. Fry, C. Layman and D. Rand. 2006. The Pleistocene history of the sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus): non-equilibrium evolutionary dynamics within a diversifying species complex. Molecular Phylogentics and Evolution.

27. Lee, S. and B. R. Silliman. 2006. Competitive displacement of a marsh detritivore. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 339:75-85

26. Lawler J. J., J. E. Aukema, J. Grant, B. Halpern, P. Kareiva, C. R., Nelson, J. D. Olden, K. Oleth, M. A. Schlaepfer, B. R. Silliman, and P. Zaradic. 2006. Conservation science: a 20-year report card. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4(9): 473-480.

25. Kilheffer, J., D. J. Gustafson, and B. R. Silliman. 2006. Relative impacts of Littoraria irrorata and Prokelisia marginata on Spartina alterniflora growth. Estuaries 26:639- 644.

24. Bertness M. D., C. Crain, B. R. Silliman, M. C. Bazterrica, V. Renya, F. Hildago and J. Farina. 2006. The Community Structure and Organization of Western Atlantic Patagonian Rocky Shores. Ecological Monographs 76: 439-460.

Featured on the cover of ESA's Bulletin (04/15/2006).

 

2005

23. Silliman, B. R., J. van de Koppel, M. D. Bertness, L. Stanton, and I. Mendelsohn. 2005 Drought, snails, and large-scale die-off of southern U.S. salt marshes. Science 310:1803- 1806.

Featured in a science segment by John Nielson on National Public Radio?s All Things Considered (12/16/2005).
Subject of an article by Charlotte Schubert in Naturenews.com (Snails mount attack on US wetlands, (12/17/2005).
Subject of an article by Adrianne Appel on National Geographic.com (Snail armies mow down stricken marshes, 12/17/2005).
Subject of an article by Mike Toner in the The Atlanta Constitution (Snail blamed for key role in destruction of state's marshes, 12/15/2005).
Subject of an article in The Timaes-Picayune (Another coastal culprit, 12/20/2005).
Subject of an article on the ABCNews.com (Periwinkle snails harming LA marshes 12/19/2005)

22. van de Koppel, J., A. H. Altieri, B. R. Silliman, J. F. Bruno, and M. D. Bertness. 2005 Scale-dependent interactions and community structure on cobble beaches. Ecology Letters 9:45.

21. Schlaepfer, M.A., J. E. Aukema, J. Grant, B. Halpern, J. Hoekstra, P. Kareiva, J. Lawler, J. C. Manolis, C. R. Nelson, J. D. Olden, B. R. Silliman, S. Stephens, J. Wiens and P. Zaradic. 2005. Correspondence: Re-wilding: a bold plan that needs native megafauna. Nature 437:951.

20. Pennings, S. and B. R. Silliman. 2005. Linking biogeography and community ecology: latitudinal variation in plant-herbivore interaction strength. Ecology 86:2310-2319.

 

2004

19. Silliman, B. R. and M. D. Bertness. 2004. Shoreline development drives invasion of Phragmites australis and the loss of New England salt marsh plant diversity. Conservation Biology 18:1424-1434.

18. Mullan, C., B. R. Silliman, S. Bertness and M. D. Bertness. 2004. Spatial segregation of New England salt marsh plants across an estuarine salinity gradient. Ecology 85:2539- 2549.

17. Silliman, B. R., C. A. Layman, K. Geyer and J. C. Zieman. 2004. Predation by the black-clawed mud crab, Panopeus herbstii, in mid-Atlantic salt marshes: Further evidence for top-down control of community structure. Estuaries 27:188-196.

16. Bertness, M. D., G. Trussell, P. J. Ewanchuk, B. R. Silliman, and C. Mullan. 2004. Consumer controlled alternate community states on Gulf of Maine rocky shores. Ecology 85:1321-1331.

15. Layman, C.A., D. Arrington, B. Langerhans and B. R. Silliman. 2004. Effects of Estuarine Fragmentation on Fish Assemblage Structure. Bahamas Journal of Science 12:29-38.

14. Bertness, M. D., G. Trussell, P. J. Ewanchuk, and B. R. Silliman. 2004. Do Alternate stable states exist on Gulf of Maine rocky intertidal zone? Reply. Ecology 85:1160-1165.

13. Trussell, G., P. J. Ewanchuk, M. D. Bertness and B. R. Silliman. 2004. Predator-induced changes in prey behavior drive a trophic cascade in rocky shore tide pools. Oecologia 139:427-432.

12. Bertness, M. D., B. R. Silliman and R. Jefferies. 2004. North American salt marshes under siege. American Scientist 92: 54-61.

11. Layman, C. A., A. Arrington, R., B. R. Silliman and B. Langerhans. 2004. Degree of fragmentation affects fish assemblage structure in Andros Island (Bahamas) estuaries. Caribbean Journal of Science 40:232-244.

 

2003

10. Silliman, B. R. and S. Y. Newell. Fungal-farming in a snail. 2003. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 100:15643-15648.

Subject of an article by Susan Milius in Science News (New Farmer:Marsh Snails Plow Leaves, 12/03)
Subject of an article by Jon Whitfield in Nature: Science Update (Snails farm fungus, 12/ 2003)
Subject of an article by Andrew Sugden in Science (Molluscan Agriculture, 12/ 200)
Subject of an article in The Year in Science, World Book Encyclopedia (2004)
Subject of an article in Smithsonian National Zoo Magazine, July/August (2004)
Subject of an article in Canadian Wildlife, October (2004)

9. Silliman, B. R., C. A. Layman and A. Altieri. 2003. Symbiosis between an Alpheid shrimp and a Xanthid crab in salt marshes of mid-Atlantic states, U. S. A. Journal of Crustacean Biology 23:876-879.

8. Silliman, B. R. and A. Bortolus. 2003. Underestimation of Spartina alterniflora production in Western Atlantic salt marshes. Oikos 143: 549-555.

7. Layman, C. A., A. Arrington and B. R. Silliman. 2003. Underwater visual census provides snapshot assessment of tidal connectivity (Bahamas) 21:2-3. Ecological Restoration.

 

2002

6. Bertness, M. D., G. Trussell, P. J. Ewanchuk, and B. R. Silliman. 2002. Do Alternate stable states exist on Gulf of Maine rocky intertidal zone? Ecology 83: 3434?3448.

5. Silliman, B. R. and M. D. Bertness. 2002. A Trophic Cascade Regulates Salt Marsh Primary Production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 99: 10500-10505.

Topic on a weekly television show on Turner Broadcast System: Southern Coastal Culture (2004)
Subject of an article on DiscoveryChannel.com (Dec. 2002)
Subject of an article by Allen Breed, Associated Press (Crabbers, Scientists, struggle to find answers to a dying ecosystem, Sept. 2002). Featured by The Sun Sentinel, The Providence Journal, The Post and Courier, Richmond TimeDispatch, Washington Times, Charlotte Observer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Oregonian.

4. Bertness, M. D., P. J. Ewanchuk, and B. R. Silliman. 2002. Anthropogenic Modification of New England Salt Marshes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 99: 1395-1398

3. Layman, C. A. and B. R. Silliman. 2002. Preliminary survey of the fish fauna in Fresh Creek, Andros, Bahamas. Bulletin of Marine Science 70: 199-210.

 

2001

2. Silliman, B. R. and J. C. Zieman. 2001. Top-down control of Spartina alterniflora growth by periwinkle grazing in a Virginia salt marsh. Ecology 82: 2830-2845.

 

2000

1. Ray, G. C., M. G. McCormick-Ray, C. A. Layman and B. R. Silliman. 2000. Nassau grouper breeding aggregation at High Cay, Andros, Bahamas: implications for fisheries conservation. Bahamian Fisheries Reports.