PUBLICATIONS from the
VIMS MARINE BIODIVERSITY LAB:


 

Bruno J.F., K.E. Boyer, J.E. Duffy, and S.C. Lee. In press. Relative and interactive effects of plant and grazer richness in a benthic marine community. Ecology.

Douglass, J.G., J.E. Duffy, and J.F. Bruno. In press. Herbivore and predator diversity interactively affect ecosystem properties in marine macroalgal communities. Ecology Letters.

Rubenstein, D.R., B.V. McCleery, and J.E. Duffy. In press. Microsatellite development suggests evidence of polyploidy in the social sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp Zuzalpheus brooksi. Molecular Ecology Notes.

Tóth, E. and J.E. Duffy. In press. Influence of sociality on allometric growth and morphological differentiation in sponge-dwelling alpheid shrimp. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Long, Z.T., J.F. Bruno, and J.E. Duffy. 2007. Biodiversity mediates productivity through different mechanisms at adjacent trophic levels. Ecology 88:2821-2829. (PDF)

Stachowicz, J.J., J.F. Bruno, and J.E. Duffy. 2007. Understanding the effects of marine biodiversity on community and ecosystem processes. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 38:739-766. (PDF)

Douglass, J.G., J.E. Duffy, A.C. Spivak, and J.P. Richardson. 2007. Nutrient versus consumer control of community structure in a Chesapeake Bay eelgrass habitat. Marine Ecology Progress Series 348:71-83. (PDF)

Spivak, A.C., E.A. Canuel, J.E. Duffy, and J.P. Richardson. 2007. Top-down and bottom-up controls on sediment organic matter composition in an experimental seagrass ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 52: 2595-2607. (PDF)

Ríos, R. and J.E. Duffy. 2007. A review of the sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, with description of Zuzalpheus, new genus, and six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). Zootaxa 1602:1-89. (PDF)

Duffy, J.E., B.J. Cardinale, K.E. France, P.B. McIntyre, E. Thébault, and M. Loreau. 2007. The functional role of biodiversity in food webs: Incorporating trophic complexity.  Ecology Letters 10:522-538. (PDF)

Canuel, E.A., A.C. Spivak, E.J. Waterson*, and J.E. Duffy. 2007. Biodiversity and food web structure influence short-term accumulation of sediment organic matter in an experimental seagrass system. Limnology and Oceanography, 52: 590-602. (PDF)

Worm, B., E.B. Barbier, N. Beaumont, J.E. Duffy, C. Folke, B.S. Halpern, J.B.C. Jackson, H.K. Lotze, F. Micheli, S.R. Palumbi, E. Sala, K.A. Selkoe, J.J. Stachowicz, and R. Watson. 2006. Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 314:787-790. (PDF)

Cardinale, B.J., Srivastava, D.S., Duffy, J.E., Wright, J.P., Downing, A.L., Sankaran, M. and Jouseau, C. 2006. Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of trophic groups and ecosystems: A meta-analysis. Nature 443:989-992. (featured as Must-Read [6.0] paper in Faculty of 1000) (PDF)

France, K.E. and J.E. Duffy. 2006. Biodiversity, dispersal, and scale interactively affect stability of ecosystem function in seagrass metacommunities. Nature 441:1139-1143. (featured as Must-Read [4.8] paper in Faculty of 1000) (PDF)

Bruno, J.F., S.C. Lee, J.S. Kertesz, R.C. Carpenter, Z.T. Long, and J.E. Duffy. 2006. Partitioning the effects of algal species identity and richness on benthic marine primary production. Oikos 115:170-178.  (PDF)

Macdonald, K.S. III and J.E. Duffy. 2006. Two new species of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp from the Belizean Barrier Reef, with a synopsis of the Synalpheus brooksi species complex. American Museum Novitates 3543: 1-22. (PDF)

Macdonald, K.S. III, R. Ríos, and J.E. Duffy. 2006. Biodiversity, host specificity, and dominance by eusocial species among sponge-dwelling alpheid shrimp on the Belize Barrier Reef. Diversity and Distributions 12:165-178 . (PDF)

Duffy, J.E. 2006. Biodiversity and the functioning of seagrass ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 311:233-250 (Invited). (PDF)

Duffy, J.E. and J.J. Stachowicz. 2006. Why biodiversity is important to oceanography: potential roles of genetic, species, and trophic diversity in pelagic ecosystem processes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 311:179-189. (PDF)

France, K.E. and J.E. Duffy. 2006. Consumer diversity mediates invasion dynamics at multiple trophic levels. Oikos 113:515-529. (PDF)

Duffy, J.E., J.P. Richardson, and K.E. France. 2005.  Ecosystem consequences of diversity depend on food chain length in estuarine vegetation. Ecology Letters 8:301-309. (PDF)

Tóth, E. and J.E. Duffy. 2005. Coordinated group response to nest intruders in social shrimp. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biology Letters 1:49-52.

Macdonald, K.S. III, L. Yampolsky, and J.E. Duffy. 2005. Molecular and Morphological Evolution of the amphipod radiation of Lake Baikal. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35:323-343.

Valentine, J. and J.E. Duffy. 2005. The central role of grazing in seagrass ecology. In: A.W.D. Larkum, R.J. Orth, and C.M. Duarte (eds). Seagrass Biology: A Treatise. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, in press.

Morrison, C. L., R. Ríos, and J.E. Duffy.  2004. Phylogenetic evidence for an ancient rapid radiation of Caribbean sponge-dwelling snapping shrimps (Synalpheus). Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution 30:563-58.

Rhode, J.M. and J.E. Duffy. 2004. Relationships between bed age, bed size, and genetic structure in Chesapeake Bay (Virginia, USA) eelgrass (Zostera marina L). Conservation Genetics 5: 1-11.

Rhode, J.M. and J.E. Duffy. 2004. Seed Production from the Mixed Mating System of Chesapeake Bay (USA) Eelgrass (Zostera marina L; Zosteraceae)American Journal of Botany 91:192-197.

Worm, B. and J.E. Duffy. 2003. Biodiversity, productivity, and stability in real food webs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:628-632.

Duffy, J.E. 2003. Biodiversity loss, trophic skew, and ecosystem functioning. Ecology Letters 6:680-687.

Duffy, J.E., E.A. Canuel, and J.P. Richardson. 2003. Grazer diversity and ecosystem functioning in seagrass beds. Ecology Letters 6:637-645.

Duffy, J.E. 2003.  The ecology and evolution of eusociality in sponge-dwelling shrimp. In: S. Higashi (editor). Genes, behavior, and evolution in social insects. University of Hokkaido Press, Sapporo, Japan, in press.

Sagasti, A., J.E. Duffy, and L.C. Schaffner. 2003.  Estuarine epifauna recruit despite periodic hypoxic stress. Marine Biology 142: 111-122.

Duffy, J.E. 2002. Biodiversity and ecosystem function: the consumer connection. Oikos 99:201-219.

Duffy, J.E., C.L. Morrison, and K.S. Macdonald.  2002. Colony defense and behavioral differentiation in the eusocial shrimp Synalpheus regalis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51:488-495.

Sagasti, A., L.C. Schaffner, and J.E. Duffy. 2001.  Effects of periodic hypoxia on mortality, feeding and predation in an estuarine epifaunal community. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 258:257-283.

31.   Duffy, J.E. and A.M. Harvilicz. 2001. Species-specific impacts of grazing amphipods in an eelgrass-bed community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 223:201-211.

30.  Parker, J.D., J.E. Duffy, and R.J. Orth  2001. Experimental tests of plant diversity effects on epifaunal diversity and production in a temperate seagrass bed. Marine Ecology Progress Series 224:55-67.

29.  Duffy, J.E., K.S. Macdonald, J.M. Rhode, and J.D. Parker.  2001. Grazer diversity, functional redundancy, and productivity in seagrass beds: an experimental test. Ecology 82:2417-2434.

28.  Duffy, J.E. and M.E. Hay.  2001.  The ecology and evolution of marine consumer-prey interactions. Pages 131-157 in: M.D. Bertness, M.E. Hay, and S.D. Gaines, editors. Marine Community Ecology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

27.  Sagasti, A., L.C. Schaffner and J.E. Duffy.  2000.  An epifaunal community thrives in an estuary with brief hypoxic episodes. Estuaries 23:474-487.

26. Duffy, J.E., C.L. Morrison, and R. Ríos. 2000. Multiple origins of eusociality among sponge-dwelling shrimps (Synalpheus). Evolution 54: 503-516.

25.  Duffy, J.E. and M.E. Hay. 2000. Strong impacts of grazing amphipods on the organization of a benthic community. Ecological Monographs 70:237-263.

24.  Ríos, R. and J.E. Duffy. 1999. Description of Synalpheus williamsi, a new species of sponge-dwelling shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae), with remarks on its first larval stage. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112:541-552.

23.  Duffy, J.E. and K.S. Macdonald. 1999. Colony structure of the social snapping shrimp Synalpheus filidigitus in Belize. Journal of Crustacean Biology 19:283-292.

22.  Duffy, J.E. 1998. On the frequency of eusociality in snapping shrimps with description of a new eusocial species. Bulletin of Marine Science 62:387-400.

21.  Duffy, J.E. 1996. Eusociality in a coral-reef shrimp. Nature 381:512-514.

20.  Duffy, J.E. 1996. Species boundaries, specialization, and the radiation of sponge-dwelling alpheid shrimp. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 58:307-324.

19.  Duffy, J.E. 1996. Resource-associated population subdivision in a symbiotic coral-reef shrimp. Evolution 50:360-373.

18.  Duffy, J.E. 1996. Synalpheus regalis, new species, a sponge-dwelling shrimp from the Belize Barrier Reef, with comments on host specificity in Synalpheus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16:564-573.

17.  Duffy, J.E. and M.E. Hay. 1994. Herbivore resistance to seaweed chemical defense: the roles of mobility and predation risk. Ecology 75:1304-1319.

16.  Pennings, S.C., S.R. Pablo, V.J. Paul, and J.E. Duffy. 1994. Effects of sponge secondary metabolites in different diets on feeding by three groups of consumers. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 180:737-

15.
  Duffy, J.E. 1993. Genetic population structure in two tropical sponge-dwelling shrimps that differ in dispersal potential. Marine Biology 90:127-138.

14.  Duffy, J.E. 1992. Host use patterns and demography in a guild of tropical sponge-dwelling shrimps. Marine Ecology Progress Series 90:127-138.

13.  Duffy, J.E. and V.J. Paul. 1992. Prey nutritional quality and the effectiveness of chemical defenses against tropical reef fishes. Oecologia90:333-339.

12.  Duffy, J.E. and M.E. Hay. 1991. Host plants as food and shelter: determinants of food choice in an herbivorous marine amphipod. Ecology 72: 1286-1298.

11.  Duffy, J.E. and M.E. Hay. 1991. Amphipods are not all created equal: a reply to Bell. Ecology 72:354-358.

10.  Duffy, J.E. 1990. Amphipods on seaweeds: partners or pests? Oecologia 83:267-276.

9.  Duffy, J.E. and M.E. Hay. 1990. Seaweed adaptations to herbivory. BioScience 40:368-376.

8.  Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy, and W. Fenical. 1990. Host-plant specialization decreases predation on a marine amphipod: an herbivore in plant's clothing. Ecology 71:733-743.

7.  Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy, V.J. Paul, P.E. Renaud, and W. Fenical. 1990. Specialist herbivores reduce their susceptibility to predation by feeding on the chemically defended seaweed Avrainvillea longicaulis. Limnology and Oceanography 35:1734-1743.

6.  Hay, M.E., J.R. Pawlik, J.E. Duffy, and W. Fenical. 1989. Seaweed-herbivore-predator interactions: host-plant specialization reduces predation on small herbivores. Oecologia 81:418-427.

5.  Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy, and W. Fenical. 1988. Seaweed chemical defense: among-compound and among-herbivore variance. Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, Australia 3:43-48.

4.  Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy, W. Fenical, and K. Gustafson. 1988. Chemical defense in the seaweed Dictyopteris delicatula: differential effects against reef fishes and amphipods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 48:185-192.

3.  Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy, C.A. Pfister, and W. Fenical. 1987. Chemical defense against marine herbivores: are amphipods insect equivalents? Ecology 68:1567-1580.

2.  Paul, V.J., M.E. Hay, J.E. Duffy, W. Fenical, and K. Gustafson. 1987. Chemical defense in the seaweed Ochtodes secundiramea (Montagne) Howe (Rhodophyta): effects of its monoterpenoid components upon diverse coral-reef herbivores. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 114:249-260.

1.  Duffy, J.E. and S. Tyler. 1984. Quantitative differences in mitochondrial ultrastructure of a thiobiotic and an oxybiotic turbellarian.Marine Biology 83:95-102.

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