Seagrass Publications
FWRI Seagrass Lab Publications
Alvarado-Marchena L, Furman BT, Breitbart M (2025) Construction and characterization of an infectious cDNA clone of turtle grass virus X from a naturally infected Thalassia testudinum plant. mBio, 16(1):02828-24.
Bowden JA, Mehdi Q, Blackman LE, Correia K, Sinkway, TD, Marcin J, Furman BT, Congdon V, Aufmuth J (2025) Sand dollars (Mellita quinquiesperforata): A new bioindicator for tracking PFAS in coastal waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 213:117673.
Campbell JE, Patranella A, Hatchell BA, Furman BT, Wheeler ME (2025) Staminate flowers of the non-native seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, observed for the first time in Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA. Botanica Marina, 68(5): 499-502.
Hayes CT, Alford SB, Belgrad BA, Correia KM, Darnell MZ, Dillon KS, Furman BT, Hall MO, Martin CW, McDonald AM, Smee DL (2025) Drivers of Regional Variability in Producer and Consumer Stable Isotope Values (δ13C and δ15N) Within Turtle Grass-Dominated Meadows Across the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts, 48(4):101.
Lytle MA, Wheeler ME (2025) Evidence of Halodule wrightii flower and seed production at its northern range extent in the western North Atlantic (USA). Aquatic Botany, 201:103921.
Rodemann JR, James WR, Rehage JS, Furman BT, Pittman SJ, Santos RO (2025) Response of submerged aquatic vegetation seascapes to a large-scale seagrass die-off: A case study in Florida Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 318:109221.
Samper-Villarreal J, Creed JC, Frade D, Furman BT, Bandeira S, El-Hacen HM, Peralta AC, Serrão EA, Vera Vegas BE, van Tussenbroek BI (2025) Updated extinction risk of seagrass species in the Tropical Atlantic Bioregion. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 6:1656995.
Stevenson LV, Kamel SJ, Darnell KM, Furman BT, Jarvis JC (2025) Cold Tolerance in Halodule wrightii Across Latitudinally Distinct Populations in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Estuaries and Coasts, 48(1):3.
Tettelbach ST, Europe JR, Tettelbach CR, Schwartz M, Havelin J, Maloney B, Bonal DM, Furman BT, Czaja Jr RE, 2025. Life in a post‐eelgrass world: Temporal compression of a spatial refuge from predation. Ecosphere, 16(8):70367.
Beck MW, Flaherty-Walia K, Scolaro S, Burke MC, Furman BT, Karlen DJ, Pratt C, Anastasiou CJ, Sherwood ET (2024) Hot and fresh: evidence of climate-related suboptimal water conditions for seagrass in a large gulf coast estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 47(6):1475-1497.
Correia KM, Alford SB, Belgrad BA, Darnell KM, Darnell MZ, Furman BT, Hall MO, Hayes CT, Martin CW, McDonald A, Smee DL (2024) Hurricane effects on seagrass and associated nekton communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts, 47(1):162-175.
de Fouw J, Madden CJ, Furman BT, Hall MO, Verstijnen Y, Holthuijsen S, Frankovich TA, Strazisar T, Blaha M, Van Der Heide T (2024) Reduced seagrass resilience due to environmental and anthropogenic effects may lead to future die-off events in Florida Bay. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11:1366939.
Griffin EK, Costa KA, Lukacsa D, Greenberg J, Hall LM, Furman BT, Congdon VM, Green T, Suchanec K, Bowden JA (2024) Nontargeted lipidomics of Florida seagrasses. Aquatic Botany, 193:103773.
James WR, Furman BT, Rodemann JR, Costa, SV, Fratto ZW, Nelson JA, Rehage JS, Santos RO (2024) Widespread habitat loss leads to ecosystem‐scale decrease in trophic function. Global Change Biology, 30(4):17263.
Lim SJ, Rosario K, Kernbach ME, Gross AJ, Furman BT, Breitbart M (2024) Limited potexvirus diversity in eastern Gulf of Mexico seagrass meadows. Journal of General Virology, 105(6):002004.
Congdon VM, Hall MO, Furman BT, Campbell JE, Durako MJ, Goodin KL, Dunton KH (2023) Common ecological indicators identify changes in seagrass condition following disturbances in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecological Indicators, 156:111090.
Tringali MD, Gorham SB, Seyoum S, Puchulutegui C, Bass MS, Furman BT, Mallison C (2023) A PCR assay for the detection of introduced Vallisneria spiralis, V. denseserrulata and their hybrids. Conservation Genetics Resources, 15(3):125-133.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Durako M, Moffler M (1987) Factors affecting the reproductive ecology of Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany, 27:79-97.