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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.
Bertness, M. D.,J. Bruno, B. R. Silliman, and J.J. Stachowicz. In prep. Marine Community Ecology and Conservation. Sinauer 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.
Book Chapters
12. van Wesenbeeck, B. K., J. N. Griffin, M. van Koningsveld, K.B. Gedan, M. W. McCoy, B. R. Silliman. “Nature-based coastal defenses: can biodiversity help?” in P. Kareiva and S. Levin, editors. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Elsevier.
11. 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.
10. McCoy, M. W., A. H. Altieri, C. Holdredge, M. S. Thomsen, and B. R. Silliman. In press. Facilitation. In Sourcebook in Theoretical Ecology, Alan Hastings and Louis Gross Eds.
9. Pennings, S. P. M. Alber, C. Alexander, M. Booth, A. Burd, Wei-Jun Cai, C. Craft, C. B. DePratter, D. DiIorio, J. T. Hollibaugh, C. Hopkinson, S. B. Joye, C. D. Meile, W. S. Moore, B. R.Silliman, V. Thompson and J. Wares. South Atlantic Tidal Wetlands. In press. The Ecology of Wetlands.
8. 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.
7. 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.
6. 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.
5. 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.
4. 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.
3. 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.
2. 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.
1. 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.
Journal Articles
Silliman mentored *post-doc, ** graduate student, or *** undergraduate student
in press
85. C. Pimiento**, E. Monaco***, B. R. Silliman. Predation on speared lionfish Pterois volitans by spotted moray Gymnothorax moringa. In press. Florida Scientist.
2012
84. Silliman, B. R., J. Diller***, M. McCoy*, K. Earl***, J. von de Koppel, and A. Zimmerman. 2012. Degradation and resilience in Louisiana salt marshes following the BP-DHW oil spill. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas. 1204922109
Featured on national NBC nightly news by Anne Thompson, lead. Environ. Correspondent.
Featured on PRI’s (with host Bruce Gellerman) Living on Earth in 15 minute interview with B. R. Sillliman: http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=12-P13-00026&segmentID=2
Featured on New Orleans Fox8 nightly news
Subject of an article in Science News
Subject of an article in The NY TIMES
Subject of an article in The Washington Post by Brian Vastag
Subject of an article in The Charlotte Observer
Subject of an article in Boston Globe
Subject of an article in Business Week by Elizabeth Lopatto
83. Angelini, C.**, and B. R. Silliman. 2012. Patch size-dependent community recovery after massive disturbance. Ecology. 93: 101-110.
82. Tjisse, H., L. L. Govers, J. de Fouw, H. Olff, M. van der Geest, Marieke, M. van Katwijk, T. Piersma, J. van de Koppel, B. R. Silliman, A. J. P. Smolders, and J. A. van Gils. 2012. Three-stage symbioses forms the foundation of seagrass ecosystems. Science. 319: 321-323.
81. Thomsen, M. S., T. Wernberg , H. Engelen, F. Tuya, M. Vanderklift, M. Holmer, K. McGlathery, F. Arenas, J. Kotta, B.R. Silliman. 2012. A meta-analysis of seaweed impacts on seagrasses: generalities and knowledge gaps. PLoS ONE. 7(1) e28595.
80. Silliman, B. R. & Angelini, C. 2012. Trophic cascades across diverse plant ecosystems. Nature Education Knowledge 3: 3.
79. Tallis, H. S. E. Lester, M. Ruckelshaus, M. Plummer, K. McLeod, A. Guerry, S. Andelman, M. Caldwell, M. Conte, S. Copps, D. Fox, R. Fujita, S. D. Gaines, G. Gelfenbaum, B. Gold, P. Kareiva, C. Kim, K. Lee, M. Papenfus, S. Redman, B. R. Silliman, L. Wainger, and C. White. 2012. New metrics for managing and sustaining the ocean’s bounty. Marine Policy.
78. Nifong, J. C.**, A. E. Rosenblatt, N. Johnson, W. Barichivich, B. R. Silliman, and M. R. Heithaus. 2012. American Alligator digestion rate of blue crabs and its implications for stomach contents analysis. Copeia. 3: 419-423.
2011
77. Silliman, B. R., M. D. Bertness, M. C. Bazterrica***, F. Hidalgo***, C. M. Crain, A. Alteiri***, and M. V. Reyna***. 2011. Whole-community facilitation regulates biodiversity on wind-swept Patagonia shorelines. PLoS ONE. e24502.
76. Angelini, C.**, A. Alteiri, B. R. Silliman, and M.D. Bertness. 2011. Interactions among foundation species underlie community organization. BioScience 61: 782- 789.
75. Griffin, J*. and B. R. Silliman. 2011. Predator diversity stabilizes and strengthens trophic control of a keystone grazer. Biology Letters 7: 79-82.
74. Griffin, J.* , K. Brun, N. Soomdat, J. Butler, and B. R. Silliman. 2011. Top-predators suppress rather than facilitate plants in a trait-mediated tri-trophic cascade. Biology Letters. 7: 710-713.
73. Thomsen, M. S*., T. Wernberg, J. Olden, J. Griffin and B. R. Silliman. 2011. A broad framework to organize and compare invasive species impacts. Environmental Research. 111: 899-908.
72. Barbier, E., S. Hacker, E. Koch, A. Stier, and B. R. Silliman. 2011. The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services. Ecological Monographs. 81: 169-193.
Featured on the cover of Ecological Monographs.
71. Thomsen, M. S. *, T. Wernberg, J. Olden, J. Griffin, and B. R. Silliman. 2011. A framework to study the context-dependent impacts of marine invasions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 400: 322-327.
70. Mcleod, E., R. Salm, M. Bjork, S. Bouillion, C. Duarte, C. Lovelock, and B. R. Silliman. 2011. A blueprint for blue carbon: towards an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9: 552-560.
69. Griffin, J. *, and B. R. Silliman. 2011. Resource partitioning and why it matters. Nature Education Knowledge 2: 8.
68. Gedan, K. B.*, M. Kirwan, E. Barbier, E. Wolinksi and B. R. Silliman. 2011. The present and future role of coastal wetland vegetation in protecting shorelines: answering recent challenges to the paradigm. Climatic Change 106: 7-29.
67. Garcia, E. A. *, M. D. Bertness, J. Alberti**, and B. R. Silliman. 2011. Estuarine crabs regulate strong cross ecosystem impacts by ants. Oecologia 166: 1111-1119.
66. Díaz-Ferguson E*., R. A. Haney, J. P. Wares and B. R. Silliman. 2011. Genetic structure and connectivity patterns of two Caribbean rocky-intertidal gastropods. Malacology. 78: 112-118.
2010
65. Altieri, A.**, B. K. van Wesenbeek, M.D. Bertness, and B. R. Silliman. 2010. Facilitation cascade explains positive relationship between native biodiversity and invasion success. Ecology 5: 1269-1275.
64. Haney, R. A.*, B. R. Silliman, and D. M. Rand. 2010. Nonneutral mitochondrial evolution in the Caribbean reef fish Halichoeres bivittatus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 821-828.
63. Díaz-Ferguson, E.*, R. Haney, J. Wares, and B. R. Silliman. 2010. Population genetics of a trophid gastropod broadens picture of Caribbean Sea connectivity. PLoS ONE 5: e12675.
62. 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, and E. Wolanski. 2010. Ecosystem services as a common language for coastal ecosystem-based management. Conservation Biology 24: 204-217.
61. Thomsen M. S.*, T. Wernberg, A. Altieri A, F. Tuya, D. Gulbransen, K. McGlathery, M. Holmer, and B. R. Silliman. 2010. Habitat cascades: the conceptual context and global relevance of facilitation cascades via habitat formation and modification. Integrative and Comparative Biology 50: 158-175.
60. Holdredge, C.**, M. D. Bertness. E. V. Wettberg, and B. R. Silliman. 2010. Nutrient enrichment enhances hidden differences in phenotype to drive a cryptic plant invasion. Oikos 119: 1776-1784.
59. Barbour, A. B.**, M. L. Montgomery, A. A. Adamson, E. Díaz-Ferguson, and B. R. Silliman. 2010. Mangrove use by the invasive lionfish, Pterois volitans. Marine Ecology Progress Series 401: 291-294.
58. 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 a Southwestern Atlantic salt marsh. Oecologia 163: 181-191.
57. Díaz-Ferguson, E.*, J. Robinson, B. R. Silliman and J. P. Wares. 2010.Comparative Phylogeography of North American Atlantic salt marsh communities. Estuaries and Coasts 33: 828-839.
56. Thomsen, M.S*., Wernberg, T., F. Tuya,, A., and B. R. Silliman. 2010. Ecological performace and possible origin of a ubiquitous but under-studied gastropod. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 87: 501-509.
2009
55. Daleo P.**, B. R. Silliman, J. Alberti, A. Canepuccia, M. Escapa, A. Canepuccia, N. Pena, and O. Iribarne. 2009. Grazer facilitation of fungal infection and the control of plant growth in south-western Atlantic salt marshes. Journal of Ecology 97: 781-787.
54. 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: 29-37.
53. 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.
52. Farina, J., B. R. Silliman, and M. D. Bertness. 2009. Can conservation biologists rely on established community structure rules to manage novel systems? … Not in Salt Marshes. 2009. Ecological Applications 19: 413-422.
Summarized and B.R. Silliman quoted in article by Erik Stokstad in Science (On the Origins of Ecological Structure, 326: 33-35, 2009).
51. 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, and H. Tallis. 2009. Why fly? Ecologists sins of emission. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 294-295.
50. Thomsen, M. S., K. J. McGlathery, A. Schartschild, and B. R. Silliman. 2009. Distribution and ecological role of the non-native macroalgae Gracilaria vermiculophylla in Virginia salt marshes. Biological Invasions. 11: 2303-2316.
49. Gedan, K.**, and B. R Silliman. 2009. Using facilitation theory to enhance mangrove restoration. Ambio 38:109.
48. Thomsen, M. S., T. Wernberg, A. Josefson, and B. R. Silliman. 2009. Broad-scale patterns of abundance of non-indigenous soft-bottom invertebrates in Denmark. Helgoland Marine Research 63: 159-167.
47. Gedan, B.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.
2008
46. 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.
45. 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 a companion article by Valiela and Fox, Managing Coastla Weltands in Science 319:290-291, 2009.
Featured in an article by in the NY TIMES.
44.Barbier E., E. Koch, B. R. Silliman, S.Hacker, E. Wolanski, E. Granek, S. Polasky, S. Aswani, L. Cramer, D. Stoms, C. Kennedy, D. Bael, C. Kappel, G. M. E. Perillo and D. J. Reed. 2008. Changes precede changes in quantity in mangrove forests - Response. Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/319/5861/321?ck=nck.
43. Alberti, J., M. Escapa, O. Iribarne, B. R. Silliman, and M. D. Bertness. 2008. Crab herbivory regulation of plant facilitative and competitive processes in Argentine salt marshes. Ecology 89: 155-164.
42. 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.
41. Bertness, M. D. and B. R. Silliman. 2008. Consumer control of salt marshes driven by human disturbance. Conservation Biology 22: 618-623.
40. Thomsen, M. S., T. Wernberg, P. Stehr, B. R .Silliman, A. Josefson, D. Krause-Jensen, and N. Risgaard-Petersen. 2008. Annual changes in abundance of non-indigenous marine benthos on a very large spatial scale. Aquatic Invasions 3: 133-140.
39. 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.
2007
38. Daleo P.**, E. Fanjul, A. M. Casariego, B. R. Silliman, M. D. Bertness, and O. Iribarne. 2007. Ecosystem engineers activate plant-mycorrhizal mutualisms in salt marshes. Ecology Letters 10: 902-908.
37. Halpern, B. S., B. R. Silliman, J. Olden, J. Bruno, and M. D. Bertness. 2007. Incorporating positive interactions in aquatic restoration and conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 153-160.
36. Haney, R.**, B. R. Silliman, A. Fry, C. Layman and D. Rand. 2007. The Pleistocene history of the sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus): non-equilibrium evolutionary dynamics within a diversifying species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 743-754.
35. Altieri, A.**, B. R. Silliman, and M. D. Bertness. 2007. Hierarchical organization via a facilitation cascade in intertidal cordgrass communities. American Naturalist 169: 195-206.
34. 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.
33. Bazterrica, C.***, B. R. Silliman, C. Crane, F. J. Hidalgo, and M. D. Bertness. 2007. Limpet grazing on a physically stressful Patagonian rocky shore. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 353: 22-34.
32. Thomsen, M.S.*, T. Wernberg, P. Stæhr, D. Krause-Jense, N. Risgaard-Petersen, and B. R. Silliman. 2007. Alien macroalgae in Denmark: a broad-scale national perspective. Marine Biology Research 3: 61-72.
31. Hildago, F.***, B. R. Silliman, M. C. Bazterrica, and Bertness M. D. 2007. Distribution and feeding of native and exotic predators on rocky shores of Patagonia, Argentina. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 887-895.
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. Alberti, J.**, M. Escapa, P. Daleo, O. Iribarne, B. R. Silliman, M. Bertness, and C. Costa. 2007. Local and geographic variation in grazing intensity by herbivorous crabs in SW Atlantic salt marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 349: 235-243.
28.Thomsen, M.S., P. Staehr, C. Nyberg, S. Schwaerter, D. Krause-Jensen, and B. R. Silliman. 2007. Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967 (Rhodophyta, Gracilariaceae) in northern Europe, with focus on Danish conditions, and what to expect in the future. Aquatic Invasions. 2: 83-94.
27. 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.
2006
26. 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 Ecological Society of America’s Bulletin (04/15/2006).
25. van de Koppel, J., A. H. Altieri, B. R. Silliman, J. F. Bruno, and M. D. Bertness. 2006. Scale-dependent interactions and community structure on cobble beaches. Ecology Letters 9: 45.
24.Lee, S.*** and B. R. Silliman. 2006. Competitive displacement of a marsh detritivore. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 339: 75-85.
23. 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: 473-480.
22.Gustafson,D. J., Kilheffer, J., and B. R. Silliman. 2006. Relative Effects of Littoraria irrorata and Prokelisia marginata on Spartina alterniflora.. Estuaries 26: 639-644.
2005
21. 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)
20. 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.
19. Pennings, S. and B. R. Silliman. 2005. Linking biogeography and community ecology: latitudinal variation in plant-herbivore interaction strength. Ecology 86: 2310-2319.
2004
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. 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.
16. 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: 1165-1167.
15. 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.
14. Bertness, M. D., B. R. Silliman and R. Jefferies. 2004. North American salt marshes under siege. American Scientist 92: 54-61.
13. 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.
12. 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.
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.
10. 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.
2003
9. 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)
8. Layman, C. A., A. Arrington and B. R. Silliman. 2003. Underwater visual census provides snapshot assessment of tidal connectivity (Bahamas). Ecological Restoration. 21: 2-3.
7. 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.
6. Silliman, B. R. and A. Bortolus. 2003. Underestimation of Spartina productivity in western Atlantic marshes: marsh invertebrates eat more than just detritus. Oikos 101: 549-554.
2002
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.
Featured by The Sun Sentinel, The Providence Journal, The Post, Courier, Richmond Time Dispatch, Washington Times, Charlotte Observer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, andThe Oregonian
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).
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. 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.
2. 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
1. 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.