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FWRI Seagrass Lab Publications

Griffin EK, Hall LM, Brown MA, Taylor-Manges A, Green T, Suchanec K, Furman BT, Congdon VM, Wilson SS, Osborne TZ, Martin S, Schultz EA, Holden MM, Lukacsa DT, Greenberg JA, Deliz Quiñones KY, Lin EZ, Camacho C, Bowden JA (2023) Aquatic vegetation, an understudied depot for PFAS. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX. 

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Griffin EK, Hall LM, Brown MA, Taylor-Manges A, Green T, Suchanec K, Furman BT, Congdon VM, Wilson SS, Osborne TZ, Martin S, Schultz EA, Lukacsa DT, Greenberg JA, Bowden JA (2023) PFAS surveillance in abiotic matrices within vital aquatic habitats throughout Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin 192:115011.  

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Yin H, Aller JY, Furman BT, Aller RC, Zhu Q (2022) Cable bacteria activity and impacts in Fe and Mn depleted carbonate sediments. Marine Chemistry, 246:104176.  

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Correia KM, Alford SB, Belgrad BA, Darnell KM, Darnell MZ, Furman BT, Hall MO, Hayes CT, Martin CW, McDonald AM, Smee DL (2022) Drift macroalgal distribution in northern Gulf of Mexico seagrass meadows. PeerJ, 10:e13855.  

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Correia KM, Alford SB, Belgrad BA, Darnell KM, Darnell MZ, Furman BT, Hall MO, Hayes CT, Martin CW, McDonald AM, Smee DL (2022) Drift macroalgae positively influence seagrass-associated nekton communities of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:939296.    

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Hayes CT, Alford SB, Belgrad BA, Correia KM, Darnell MZ, Furman BT, Hall MO, Martin CW, McDonald AM, Smee DL, Darnell KM (2022) Regional variation in seagrass complexity drives blue crab Callinectes sapidus mortality and growth across the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 693:141-155.   

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James WR, Santos RO, Rodemann JR, Rezek RJ, Fratto ZW, Furman BT, Hall MO, Kelble CR, Rehage JS, Nelson JA, Coll M (2022) Widespread seagrass die-off has no legacy effect on basal resource use of seagrass food webs in Florida Bay, USA. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 79(6): 1831-1842.  

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Belgrad BA, Correia KM, Darnell KM, Darnell MZ, Hayes CT, Hall MO, Furman BT, Martin CW, Smee DL (2021) Environmental drivers of seagrass-associated nekton abundance across the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts, 44:2279-2290.   

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Rodemann JR, James WR, Santos RO, Furman BT, Fratto ZW, Bautista V, Hernandez JL, Viadero NM, Linenfelser JO, Lacy LA, Hall MO, Kelble CR, Kavanagh C, Rehage JS (2021) Impact of extreme disturbances on suspended sediment in western Florida Bay: Implications for seagrass resilience. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:633240.   

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Gorham SB, Seyoum S, Furman BT, Darnell KM, Reynolds LK, Tringali MD (2021) Molecular detection of a non-native hybrid eelgrass, Vallisneria spiralis Linnaeus (1753) × V. denseserrulata Makino (1921), in the southeastern United States. Aquatic Botany, 175:103445.   

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Hall MO, Bell SS, Furman BT, Durako MJ (2021) Natural recovery of a marine foundation species emerges decades after landscape-scale mortality. Scientific Reports, 11:6973.   

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Duffin P, Martin DL, Furman BT, Ross C (2021) Spatial patterns of Thalassia testudinum immune status and Labyrinthula spp. load implicate environmental quality and history as modulators of defense strategies and wasting disease in Florida Bay, United States. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12.  

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Wilson SS, Furman BT, Hall MO, Fourqurean JW (2020) Assessment of Hurricane Irma impacts on South Florida seagrass communities using long-term monitoring programs. Estuaries and Coasts, 43:1119–1132.   

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Tettelbach ST, Furman BT, Hughes SWT, Carroll JM, Peterson BJ, Havelin J, Tettelbach CRH, Patricio RM (2020) Attempted use of an uncommon bay scallop color morph for tracking the contribution of restoration efforts to population recovery. Restoration Ecology, 28:532-542.  

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Wheeler ME, Furman BT, Hall MO (2020) Leaf-tip morphology does not support species status for the seagrass Halodule beaudettei in Florida, USA. Gulf and Caribbean Research, 31(1): SC31-SC35.   

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Peñalver MM, Durako MJ, Furman BT, Hall MO (2020) Multiple stressors result in reduced reproductive effort by Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 647:65-78.  

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Darnell KM, Furman BT, Heck KL, Byron D, Reynolds L, Dunton KH (2020) Seed reserve hot spots for the sub-tropical seagrass Halodule wrightii (Shoal Grass) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts,   

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Furman BT, Peterson BJ, Heck KL (2020) Will the Florida Big Bend area become the next Gulf of Mexico reef tract? Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.  

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Van Bogaert N, Rosario K, Furman BT, Hall MO, Greco AM, Breitbart M (2019) Discovery of a novel potexvirus in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum from Tampa Bay, Florida. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 4:1-8. 

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Rezek RJ, Furman BT, Jung RP, Hall MO, Bell SS (2019) Long-term performance of seagrass restoration projects in Florida, USA. Scientific Reports, 9:15514. 

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Furman BT, Merello M, Shea CP, Kenworthy WJ, Hall MO (2019) Monitoring of physically restored seagrass meadows reveals a slow rate of recovery for Thalassia testudinum. Restoration Ecology, 27:421-430. 

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Carroll JM, Furman BT, Jackson LJ, Hunter EA, Peterson BJ (2019) Propagule risk in a marine foundation species: Seascape effects on Zostera marina seed predation. Journal of Ecology, 107:1982-1994. 

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Carroll JM, Keller DA, Furman BT, Stubler AD (2019) Rough around the edges: lessons learned and future directions in marine edge effects studies. Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 4:91-102. 

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Furman BT, Leone EH, Bell SS, Durako MJ, Hall MO (2018) Braun-Blanquet data in ANOVA designs: comparisons with percent cover and transformations using simulated data. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 597: 13-22. 

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Hall MO, Furman BT, Merello M, Durako MJ (2016) Recurrence of Thalassia testudinum seagrass die-off in Florida Bay, USA: initial observations. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 560:243-249. 

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Bell SS, Middlebrooks ML, Hall MO (2014) The value of long-term assessment of restoration: Support from a seagrass investigation. Restoration Ecology, 22(3): 304-310. Doi: 10.1111/rec.12087 

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Bell SS, Tewfik A, Hall MO, Fonseca MS (2008) Evaluation of seagrass planting and monitoring techniques: Implications for assessing restoration success and habitat equivalency. Restoration Ecology, 16(3): 407-416. 

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Bell SS, Brooks RA, Robbins BD, Fonseca MS, Hall MO (2001) Faunal response to fragmentation in seagrass habitats: implications for seagrass conservation. Biological conservation, 100(1): 115-123. 

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Hall MO, Bell SS (1993) Meiofauna on the seagrass Thalassia testudinum: population characteristics of harpacticoid copepods and associations with algal epiphytes. Marine Biology, 116:137-146. 

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Durako MJ, Hall MO (1992) Effects of light on the stable carbon isotope composition of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 86(1): 99-101. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24830274

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Durako M, Moffler M (1987) Factors affecting the reproductive ecology of Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany, 27:79-97.

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General Florida Bay literature

Carlson DF, Yarbro LA, Scolaro S, Poniatowski M, McGee-Absten V, Carlson PR (2018) Sea surface temperatures and seagrass mortality in Florida Bay: Spatial and temporal patterns discerned from MODIS and AVHRR data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 208:171-188.

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Hallac DE, Sadle J, Pearlstine L, Herling F, Shinde D (2012) Boating impacts to seagrass in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA: links with physical and visitor-use factors and implications for management. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63(11): 1117-1128. 

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Madden CJ, Rudnick DT, McDonald AA, Cunniff KM, Fourqurean JW (2009) Ecological indicators for assessing and communicating seagrass status and trends in Florida Bay. Ecological Indicators, 9:S68-S82. 

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Peterson BJ, Frankovich TA, Zieman JC (2007) Response of seagrass epiphyte loading to field manipulations of fertilization, gastropod grazing and leaf turnover rates. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 349(1): 61-72. 

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Armitage AR, Frankovich TA, Heck Jr. KL, Fourqurean JW (2005) Experimental nutrient enrichment causes complex changes in seagrass, microalgae, and macroalgae community structure in Florida Bay. Estuaries, 28(3):422-434.

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MO Hall (1999) Decadal changes in seagrass distribution and abundance in Florida Bay. Estuaries, 22(2B): 445-459.

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Fourqurean JW, Robblee MB (1999) Florida Bay: A history of recent ecological chances. Estuaries, 22: 345-357.

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Rose CD, Sharp WC, Kenworthy WJ, Hunt JH, Lyons WG, Prager EJ, Valentine JF, Hall MO, Whitfield PE, Fourqurean JW (1999) Overgrazing of a large seagrass bed by the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus in outer Florida Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 190:211-222. Doi:10.3354/meps190211 

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Corbett DR, Chanton J, Burnett DW, Rutkowski K, Fourqurean C, Fourqurean JW (1999) Patterns of groundwater discharge into Florida Bay. Limnology and Oceanography, 44:1045-1055

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Carlson Jr. PR, Yarbro LA, Barber TR (1994) Relationship of sediment sulfide to mortality of Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay. Bulletin of Marine Science, 54(3):733-746  

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Durako MJ (1994) Seagrass die-off in Florida Bay (USA): changes in shoot demographic characteristics and population dynamics in Thalassia testudinum. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 110:59-66. https://www.int-​res.com/abstrac​ts/meps/v110/ 

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Robblee MB, Barber TR, Carlson PR, Durako MJ, Fourqurean JW, Muehlstein LK, Porter D, Yarbro LA, Zieman RT, Zieman JC (1991) Mass mortality of the tropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay (USA). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 77:297-299.   

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