Publications

Le Pape, O., B.J. Ciotti, K.E. van de Wolfshaar, R.D. Seitz, J. Friese, D. Eggleston, E.J. Brown, R.M. Turnbull, F. Martinho, A. Waugh, F.E. Werner, and K. Rose. 2026, Protection and restoration of Essential Fish Habitats in coastal environments: from evidence-based science to effective policy (ICES Journal of Marine Science).

Seitz, R.D., K.E. Knick, E. Suchonic, A. Pysher. 2025. Recruitment and size of Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) on oyster castle and grow tile alternative reef substrates. Ecosphere 16(8), e70380

Ciotti, B.J., E.J. Brown, F. Colloca, D.B. Eggleston, A.C. Hyman, O. Le Pape, R.N. Lipcius, M. Maathuis, S.S.H. Poiesz, K.A. Rose, R.D. Seitz, D. Ventura, K.E. van de Wolfshaar. 2025. Measuring juvenile habitat quality for fishes and invertebrates: perspectives from fifty years of research. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70050.

Patel, J., K.E. Knick, G.G. Saluta, R.N. Lipcius, and R.D. Seitz. 2025. Alternative substrate types promote substantial eastern oyster recruitment and benthic community productivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 754: 51–63.

Seitz, R.D., R.N. Lipcius, J. Patel, and G. Ralph. 2025. Crustaceans as herbivores, predators, and general consumers. In Natural History of Crustaceans (Eds Martin Theil, Lars Gutow), Oxford University Press.

Seitz, R.D., and A.H. Hines. 2023. Ecology of Mya arenaria. Chapter 6, Pages 139–165 in V. S. Kennedy and B. F. Beal, editors. The soft-shell clam Mya arenaria: biology, fisheries, and mariculture. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. https://doi.org/10.47886/9781934874745.ch6

Flavio, H., R.D. Seitz, D.B. Eggleston, J.C. Svendsen, J.G. Støttrup. 2023. Hard-bottom habitats support commercially important fish species: a systematic review for the North Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea. PeerJ 11: e14681. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14681

Longmire, K.A., R.D. Seitz, M. Seebo, R. Brill, and R.N. Lipcius. 2022. Biological responses of the predatory blue crab and its hard clam prey to ocean acidification and low salinity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 701: 67-81. DOI: 10.3354/meps14198

Longmire, K.A., R.D. Seitz, A. Smith, and R.N. Lipcius. 2021. Saved by the shell: oyster reefs can shield juvenile blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 672: 163–173. DOI: 10.3354/meps13781

Strain, E., P. Steinberg, M. Vozzo, E. Johnston, M. Abbiati, M. Aguilera, L. Airoldi, D. Aguirre, G. Ashton,  M. Bernardi, P. Brooks, B. Chan, S. Chee, R. Coutinhosa, T. Crowe, A. Davey, L. Firth, C. Fraser, M. Hanley, S. Hawkins, K. Knick, E. Lau, K. Leung, C. McKenzie, C. MacLeod, S. Mafanya, F. Mancuso, L. Messano, T. Ng, K.  O'Shaughnessy, P. Pattrick, M. Perkins, S. Perkol-Finkel, F. Porri, D. Ross, G. Ruiz, I. Sella, R. Seitz, R. Shirazi, M. Thiel, R. Thompson, J. Yee, C. Zabin, and M. Bishop. 2021. A global analysis of complexity-biodiversity relationships on marine artificial structures. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30(1): 140-153. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13202

Seitz, R.D. 2020. Blue Crabs: Beautiful Savory Swimmers of the Chesapeake Bay. Chapter 8, in Benjamin Cuker, editor. “Diet for a sustainable ecosystem: the science for recovering the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its people.”– Hampton University. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45481-4_7

Glaspie, C.N., R.D. Seitz, and R.N. Lipcius. 2020. Are predator-prey model
predictions supported by empirical data? Evidence for storm-driven shift to
alternative stable state in crab-clam system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 645: 83–90. Archived at https://doi.org/10.1101/224097.

Valdor, P.F., A. Gómez, P. Steinberg, E. Tanner, A. Knights, R.D. Seitz, L. Airoldi, L. Firth, C. Arvanitidis, M. Ponti, E. Chatzinikolaou, P.R. Brooks, T.P. Crowe, A. Smith, G. Méndez, A. Ovejero, A. Soares-Gomes, J.A. Burt, C. MacLeod, and J.A. Juanez. 2020. A global approach to mapping the environmental risk of commercial harbours on aquatic systems. Marine Policy 119: 1040165. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1bEs9,714McruS

Seitz, R.D., S. Aguilera, M.A. Wood, and R.N. Lipcius. 2019. Production and vertical distribution on riprap shorelines in Chesapeake Bay: a novel rocky intertidal habitat. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 228: 106357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106357

Pfirrmann, B.W., R.D. Seitz. 2019. Ecosystem services of restored oyster reefs in a Chesapeake Bay tributary: abundance and foraging of estuarine fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 628: 155–169. (open access)  https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13097

Valdor, P.F., A.G. Gómez, C. Kerléguer, P. Steinberg, E. Tanner, L. Airoldi, C. Arvanitidis, P. Brooks, J. Burt, E. Chatzinikolaou, L. Firth, S. Grace, A. Knights, C. MacLeod, G. Méndez, A. Ovejero, M. Ponti, S. Scyphers, R.D. Seitz, A. Smith, A. Soares, J.A. Juanes. 2019. A global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality. Marine Pollution Bulletin 149:110661. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110661

Glaspie, C.N., and R.D. Seitz. 2018. Habitat complexity and benthic predator-prey interactions in the Chesapeake Bay. PLoS ONE 13.10 (2018): e0205162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205162

Seitz, R.D., and C. Ewers Lewis. 2018. Loss of seagrass results in changes to benthic infaunal community structure and decreased secondary production. Bulletin of Marine Science 94(4): 1273-1292. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2017.1011

Glaspie, C.N., R.D. Seitz, M.B. Ogburn, A.H. Hines, and C. Dungan. 2018. Impacts of habitat, predators, recruitment, disease, and the environment on density of soft-shell clam Mya arenaria and stout razor clam Tagelus plebeius in the Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 603: 117-133. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12706

Glaspie, C.N., S.R. Jenkinson, and R.D. Seitz. 2018. Effects of estuarine acidification on an oyster-associated community in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Shellfish Research 37(1): 63-72. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.037.0105

Seitz, R.D., K.E. Knick, T.M. Davenport, and G.S. Saluta. 2018. Human influence at the coast: Upland and shoreline stressors affect coastal macrofauna and are mediated by salinity. Estuaries and Coasts 41: 114-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0347-6

Prosser, D.J., T.E. Jordan, J.L. Nagel, R.D. Seitz, D.E. Weller, and D.F. Whigham. 2018. Impacts of coastal land use and shoreline armoring on estuarine ecosystems: an introduction to a special issue. Estuaries and Coasts 41: 2-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0331-1

Davenport, T.M., R.D. Seitz, K.E. Knick, and N. Jackson. 2018. Living shorelines support nearshore benthic communities in upper and lower Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 41: 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0361-8

Karp, M.A., R.D. Seitz, and M.C. Fabrizio. 2018. Faunal communities on restored oyster reefs: the effects of habitat complexity and environmental conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 590: 35–51. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12470

Seitz, R.D., K.E. Knick, T.M. Davenport, and G.S. Saluta. 2017. Human influence at the coast: Upland and shoreline stressors affect coastal macrofauna and are mediated by salinity. Estuaries and Coasts. Online https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0347-6

Prosser, D.J., T.E. Jordan, J.L. Nagel, R.D. Seitz, D.E. Weller, and D.F. Whigham. 2017. Impacts of coastal land use and shoreline armoring on estuarine ecosystems: an introduction to a special issue. Estuaries and Coasts. Onlinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0331-1

Davenport, T.M., R.D. Seitz, K.E. Knick, and N. Jackson. 2017. Living shorelines support nearshore benthic communities in upper and lower Chesapeake Bay. Online, Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0361-8

Glaspie, C.N., and R.D. Seitz. 2017. Role of habitat and predators in maintaining functional diversity of estuarine bivalves. Marine Ecology Progress Series 570:113-125. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12103

Kornis, M.S., D. Breitburg, R. Balouskus1, D.M. Bilkovic, L.A. Davias, S. Giordano, K. Heggie, A.H. Hines, J.M. Jacobs, T.E. Jordan, R.S. King, C.J. Patrick, R.D. Seitz, H. Soulen, T.E. Targett, D.E. Weller, D.F. Whigham, and J. Uphoff, Jr. 2017. Linking the abundance of estuarine fish and mobile shellfish to shoreline hardening and land cover. Estuaries and Coasts 40: 1464-1486. doi: 10.1007/s12237-017-0213-6)

Lovall (formerly Bradley), C.D., R.D. Seitz, and K.E. Knick. 2017. Benthic communities and trophic structure at altered shorelines in a depauperate estuary. Bulletin of Marine Science 93(3): 715–741. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2016.1076

Glaspie, C.N. , K.S. Longmire, and R.D. Seitz. 2017. Acidification alters predator-prey interactions of blue crab Callinectes sapidus and soft-shell clam Mya arenaria. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 489: 58-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.11.010