Publications

53. 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. In press. Ecological Quality Changes Precede Changes in Quantity in Mangrove Forests. Science.

52. 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. In press. Salt Marshes Under Global Siege. University of California Press.

51. 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. In press. Salt Marshes Under Global Siege. University of California Press.

50. 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. In press. Salt Marshes Under Global Siege. University of California Press.

49. 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. In press. Salt Marshes Under Global Siege. University of California Press.

48. 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. In press. Salt Marshes Under Global Siege. University of California Press.

47. 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. In press . Salt Marshes Under Global Siege. University of California Press.

46. Sala, N. M. D. Bertness, and B. R. Silliman. In press. The Dynamics of Top-down and Bottom-up control in New England salt marshes. Oikos.

45. Bertness, M. D. and B. R. Silliman. In press. Human Disturbance Driven Consumer Control of Salt Marshes - When Dogma Bites. Conservation Biology.

44. Thomsen, M.S., Wernberg, T., Stæhr, P.A., Silliman, B.R., Josefson, A.B., Krause-Jensen, D., Risgaard-Petersen, N. 2008. Annual changes in abundance of non-indigenous marine benthos on a very large saptial scale. Aquatic Invasions 3: 133-139.

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. 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 Ti mes (Damaged Landscape Can Still be Helpful Reseachers Say, 12/15/2005).

Companion Commentary: Valiela and Fox 2008

39. Thomsen, M.S., P. Stæhr, C. Nyberg, D. Krause-Jensen, S. Schwærter, 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. Stæhr, D. Krause-Jense, N. Risgaard-Petersen, and B. R. Silliman. In press. 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 Bertness M. D. 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, 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.

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.

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).

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.

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 blackclawed 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, R. Langerhan 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.