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Publications from the Seagrass Ecosystems Research Lab at FIU

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Armitage, A.R., T. A. Frankovich and J. W. Fourqurean. In Press. Long term effects of adding nutrients to an oligotrophic coastal environment. Ecosystems
Herbert, D.A., W.B. Perry, B.J. Cosby and J.W. Fourqurean. In press. Projected reorganization of Florida Bay seagrass communities in response to increased freshwater delivery from the Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts
Frankovich, T.A., D. Morrison and J.W. Fourqurean. In press. Benthic macrophyte distribution and abundance in estuarine mangrove lakes: Relationships to environmental variables. Estuaries and Coasts xx:xxx-xxx. DOI 10.1007/s12237-010-9279-0
Campbell, J.E. and J.W. Fourqurean. In press. Novel methodology for in situ carbon dioxide enrichment of benthic ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography Methods
Duarte, C.M., N. Marbà, E. Gacia, J.W. Fourqurean, J. Beggins, C. Barrón, E.T. Apostolaki. In press. Seagrass community metabolism: assessing the carbon sink capacity of seagrass meadows. Global Biogeochemical Cycles xx:xxx-xxx. DOI 10.1029/2010GB003793
Kennedy, H., J. Beggins, C. M. Duarte, J.W. Fourqurean, M. Holmer, N. Marbà, and J. J. Middelburg. 2010. Seagrass sediments as a global carbon sink: isotopic constraints. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24: GB4026. DOI 10.1029/2010GB003848
Fourqurean, J.W., S. Manuel, K.A. Coates, W.J. Kenworthy and S.R. Smith. 2010. Effects of excluding sea turtle herbivores from a seagrass bed: overgrazing may have led to loss of seagrass meadows in Bermuda. Marine Ecology Progress Series 419:223-232. DOI 10.3354/meps08853
Fourqurean, J.W., M.F. Muth and J.N. Boyer. 2010. Epiphyte loads on seagrasses and microphytobenthos abundance are not reliable indicators of nutrient availability in coastal ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60:971-983. DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.003
Dewsbury, B.M. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2010. Artificial reefs concentrate nutrients and alter benthic community structure in an oligotrophic, subtropical estuary. Bulletin of Marine Science 86(4): 813-828. DOI 10.5343/bms.2009.1066
Baggett, L.P., K.L. Heck, Jr., T.A. Frankovich, A.R. Armitage and J.W. Fourqurean. 2010. Nutrient enrichment, grazer identity and their effects on epiphytic algal assemblages: field experiments in sub-tropical turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadows. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 406:33-45. DOI 10.3354/meps08533
Fourqurean, J.W., T.J Smith III, J. Possley, T. M. Collins, D. Lee and S. Namoff. 2010. Are mangroves in the tropical Atlantic ripe for invasion? Exotic mangrove trees in the forests of south Florida. Biological Invasions 12:2509-2522. DOI 10.1007/s10530-009-9660-8
Armitage, A.R. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Stable isotopes reveal complex changes in trophic relationships following nutrient addition in a coastal marine ecosystem. Estuaries and Coasts 32:1152–1164. DOI 10.1007/s12237-009-9219-z
Waycott, M., C.M. Duarte, T.J.B. Carruthers, R.J. Orth, W.C. Dennison, S. Olyarnik, A. Calladine, J.W. Fourqurean, K.L. Heck, Jr., A.R. Hughes, G. Kendrick, W.J. Kenworthy, F.T. Short and S.L. Williams. 2009. Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academies of Science USA 106(3):12377-12381. DOI 10.1073 pnas.0905620106
Campbell, J.E. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Interspecific variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of seagrasses in South Florida. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 387:109-123 DOI 10.3354/meps08093
Frankovich, T.A., A.R. Armitage, A.H. Wachnicka, E.E. Gaiser and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Nutrient effects on seagrass epiphyte community structure in Florida Bay. Journal of Phycology 45:1010-1020. DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00745.x
Madden, C.J., D.T. Rudnick, A.A. McDonald, K.M. Cunniff, J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Ecological indicators for assessing and communicating seagrass status and trends in Florida Bay. Ecological Indicators 9S:S68-S82. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.02.004
Herbert, D.A. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Phosphorus availability and salinity control productivity and demography of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay. Estuaries and Coasts. 32(1):188-201. DOI 10.1007
Fourqurean, J.W., C.M. Duarte, M.D. Kershaw and S.T. Threlkeld. 2008. Estuaries and Coasts as an outlet for research in coastal ecosystems: a bibliometric study. Estuaries and Coasts. 31(3):469-476. DOI 10.1007/s12237-008-9046-7 57.
Herbert, D.A. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2008. Ecosystem structure and function still altered two decades after short-term fertilization of a seagrass meadow. Ecosystems. 11: 688–700. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9151-2 56.
Ruiz-Halpern, S., S.A. Macko and J.W. Fourqurean. 2008. The effects of manipulation of sedimentary iron and organic matter on sediment biogeochemistry and seagrasses in a subtropical carbonate environment. Biogeochemistry 87:113-126. DOI:10.1007/s10533-007-9162-7
Murdoch, T.J.T. , A.F. Glasspool, M. Outerbridge, J. Ward, S. Manuel, J. Gray, A. Nash, K. A. Coates, J. Pitt, J.W. Fourqurean, P.A. Barnes, M. Vierros., K. Holzer, and S.R. Smith. 2007. Large-scale decline of offshore seagrass meadows in Bermuda . Marine Ecology Progress Series 339:123-130.
Collado-Vides, L., V.G. Caccia, J.N. Boyer and J.W. Fourqurean. 2007. Distribution and trends in macroalgal components of tropical seagrass communities in relation to water quality. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 73:680-694.
Heithaus, M.R., A. Frid, A.J. Wirsing, L.M. Dill, J.W. Fourqurean, D.Burkholder, J. Thomson and L. Bejder. 2007. State-dependent risk-taking by green sea turtles mediates top-down effects of tiger shark intimidation in a marine ecosystem. Journal of Animal Ecology 76(5):837-844. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01260.x
Fourqurean, J.W., N. Marbà, C.M. Duarte, E. Diaz-Almela, E. and S. Ruiz-Halpern, 2007. Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain. Marine Biology 151:219-232. DOI:10.1007/s00227-006-0473-3
Arkema, K.K., S.C. Abramson and B.M. Dewsbury. 2006. marine ecosystem-based management: from characterization to implementation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Envionment 4(10):525-532.
Frankovich, T.A., E.E. Gaiser, J.C. Zieman and A.H. Wachnicka . 2006. Spatial and temporal distributions of epiphytic diatoms growing on Thalassia testudinum Banks ex Konig: relationships to water quality Hydrobiologia 569: 259-271
Orth, R.J., T.J.B. Carruthers, W.C. Dennison, C.M. Duarte, J.W. Fourqurean, K.L. Heck, Jr., R. Hughes, G. Kendrick, W.J. Kenworthy, S. Olyarnik, F.T. Short, M. Waycott and S.L. Williams. 2006. A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems. BioScience 56(12):987-996.
Peterson, B.J., C.M. Chester, F.J. Jochem and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Potential role of the sponge community in controlling phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 328:93-103.
Armitage, A.R and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. The short-term influence of herbivory near patch reefs varies between seagrass species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 339:65-74; doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2006.07.013.
Johnson, M.W., K.L. Heck, Jr., J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Nutrient content of seagrasses and epiphytes in the northern Gulf of Mexico: evidence of phosphorus and nitrogen limitation. Aquatic Botany 85(2):103-111.
Price, R.M., P.K. Swart and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Coastal groundwater discharge – an additional source of phosphorus for the oligotrophic wetlands of the Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569:23-36.
Gil, M., A.R. Armitage, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Nutrients increase epifaunal abundance and shift species composition in a subtropical seagrass bed. Hydrobiologia 569:437-447. 45. Armitage, A.R., T.A. Frankovich and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Variable responses within epiphytic and benthic microalgal communities to nutrient enrichment. Hydrobiologia 569:423-435.
Duarte, C.M., J.W. Fourqurean, D. Krause-Jensen and B. Olesen. 2005. Dynamics of seagrass stability and change. Pp. 271-294 In Larkum, A.W.D., Orth, R.J., and C.M. Duarte. Seagrasses: Biology, ecology and conservation. Springer
Carruthers, T.J.B., P.A.G. Barnes, G.E. Jacome and J.W. Fourqurean. 2005. Lagoon scale processes in a coastally influenced Caribbean system: implications for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(3): 441-455.
Fourqurean, J.W. S.P. Escorcia, W.T. Anderson and J.C. Zieman. 2005. Spatial and seasonal variability in elemental content, d¹³C and d¹⁵N of Thalassia testudinum from south Florida. Estuaries 28(3):447-461.
Armitage, A.R., Frankovich, T.A., Heck, K.L. Jr., Fourqurean, J.W. 2005. Complexity in the response of benthic primary producers within a seagrass community to nutrient enrichment. Estuaries 28(3):422-434.
Romero, L.M., T.J. Smith, III.,and J.W. Fourqurean 2005. Changes in mass and nutrient content of wood during decomposition in a South Florida mangrove forest. Journal of Ecology. 93(3):618-631.
Collado-Vides, L., L.M. Rutten and J.W. Fourqurean. 2005. Spatiotemporal variation of the abundance of calcareous green macroalgae in the Florida Keys: A study of synchrony within a macroalgal functional-form group. Journal of Phycology 41(4):742-752.
Fourqurean, J.W. and L.M. Rutten. 2004. The impact of Hurricane Georges on soft-bottom, back reef communities: site- and species-specific effects in South Florida seagrass beds. Bulletin of Marine Science 75(2):239-257.
Borum, J., O. Pedersen, T.M. Greve, T.A. Frankovich, J.C. Zieman, J.W. Fourqurean and C.J. Madden. 2005. Oxygen and sulfide dynamics in the tropical seagrass, Thalassia testudinum, Florida Bay (USA). Journal of Ecology 93(1):148-158.
Ferdie, M. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2004. Responses of seagrass communities to fertilization along a gradient of relative availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in a carbonate environment. Limnology and Oceanography 49(6):2082-2094.
Zieman, J.C., J.W. Fourqurean and T.A. Frankovich. 2004. Reply to B.E. Lapointe and P.J. Barile (2004). Comment on J.C. Zieman, J.W. Fourqurean and T.A. Frankovich, 1999. Seagrass die-off in Florida Bay: Long-term trends in abundance and growth of turtlegrass, Thalassia testudinum. Estuaries 27(1)165-172
Armitage A.R., P. Fong. 2004. Upward cascading effects of nutrients: shifts in a benthic microalgal community and a negative herbivore response. Oecologia 139 (4): 560-567.
Fourqurean, J.W., J.E. Schrlau. 2003. Changes in nutrient content and stable isotope ratios of C and N during decomposition of seagrasses and mangrove leaves along a nutrient availability gradient in Florida Bay. Chemistry and Ecology 19:373-390.
Fourqurean, J.W., N. Marbà, and C.M. Duarte. 2003. Elucidating seagrass population dynamics: Theory, constraints, and practice. Limnology and Oceanography 48(5): 2070-2074.
Fourqurean, J.W., J.N. Boyer, M.J. Durako, L.N. Hefty, and B.J. Peterson. 2003. Forecasting the response of seagrass distribution to changing water quality: statistical models from monitoring data. Ecological Applications 13(2): 474–489.
Anderson, W.T. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2003. Intra- and interannual variability in seagrass carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes from south Florida, a preliminary study. Organic Geochemistry 34(2):185-194.
Peterson, B.J., C. D. Rose, L.M. Rutten and J.W. Fourqurean. 2002. Disturbance and recovery following catastrophic grazing: studies of a successional chronosequence in a seagrass bed. Oikos 97:361-370.
Fourqurean, J.W. and J. C. Zieman. 2002. Seagrass nutrient content reveals regional patterns of relative availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Florida Keys, FL, USA. Biogeochemistry 61:229-245.
Fourqurean, J.W. and L.M. Rutten. 2003. Competing goals of spatial and temporal resolution: monitoring seagrass communities on a regional scale . Pp 257-288 in: Busch, D. E. and J.C. Trexler, eds. Monitoring ecosystems: interdisciplinary approaches for evaluating ecoregional initiatives. Island Press, Washington, D. C. 447 pp.
Fourqurean, J.W., M.D. Durako, M.O. Hall and L.N. Hefty. 2002. Seagrass distribution in south Florida: a multi-agency coordinated monitoring program. pp 497-522 In: The Everglades, Florida Bay, and the coral reefs of the Florida Keys, edited by J. W. Porter and K. G. Porter. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Fourqurean, J.W. and Y. Cai. 2001. Arsenic and phosphorus in seagrass leaves from the Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Botany. 71:247-258.
Peterson, B.J., K.R. Thompson, J.H. Cowan and K.L. Heck. 2001. Comparison of predation pressure in temperate and subtropical seagrass habitats based on chronographic tethering. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 224:77-85.
Davis, B.C. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2001. Competition between the tropical alga, Halimeda incrassata, and the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Aquatic Botany. 71(3):217-232.
Chambers, R.M., J.W. Fourqurean, S.A. Macko, and R. Hoppenot. 2001. Biogeochemical effects of iron availability on primary producers in a shallow marine carbonate environment. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 1278-1286.
Fourqurean, J.W., A. Willsie, C.D. Rose and L.M. Rutten. 2001. Spatial and temporal pattern in seagrass community composition and productivity in south Florida. Marine Biology 138:341:354.
Peterson B. J. and K. L. Heck, Jr. 2001. Positive interactions between suspension-feeding bivalves and seagrass - a facultative mutualism. Marine Ecology Progress Series 213: 143-155.
Peterson B. J. and J. W. Fourqurean. 2001. Large-scale patterns in seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) demographics in south Florida. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 1077-1090.
Peterson B.J. and K. L. Heck, Jr. 2001. An experimental test of the mechanism by which suspension feeding bivalves elevate seagrass productivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 218: 115-125.
Cai, Y., Georgiadis, M. and J.W. Fourqurean. 2000. Determination of arsenic in seagrass using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta Part B 55:1411-1422.
Nuttle, W.K., J.W. Fourqurean, B.J. Cosby, J.C. Zieman, and M.B. Robblee. 2000. Influence of net freshwater supply on salinity in Florida Bay. Water Resources Research 36(7):1805-1822.
Peterson, B.J.; and Heck Jr., K.L. 1999. The potential for suspension feeding bivalves to increase seagrass productivity. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 240:37-52.
Fourqurean, J.W. and M. B. Robblee. 1999. Florida Bay: a history of recent ecological changes. Estuaries 22(2B):345-357.
Rose, C.D., and C. J. Dawes. 1999. Effects of community structure on the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Marine Ecology Progress Series 184:83-95.
Corbett, D. R., J. Chanton, W. Burnett, K. Dillon, C. Rutkowski and J.W. Fourqurean. 1999. Patterns of groundwater discharge into Florida Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 44(4):1045-1055.
Rose, C.D., W.C. Sharp, W.J. Kenworthy, J.H. Hunt, W.G. Lyons, E.J. Prager, J.F. Valentine, M.O. Hall, P. Whitfield, and J.W. Fourqurean. 1999. Sea urchin overgrazing of a large seagrass bed in outer Florida Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 190:211-222.
Zieman, J.C.

, J.W. Fourqurean and T.A. Frankovich. 1999. Seagrass dieoff in Florida Bay: long term trends in abundance and productivity of turtlegrass, Thalassia testudinum. Estuaries 22(2B):460-470.

Boyer, J.N., J.W. Fourqurean and R.D. Jones. 1999. Seasonal and long-term trends in the water quality of Florida Bay (1989-1997). Estuaries 22(2B):417-430
Hall, M.O., M.D. Durako, J.W. Fourqurean and J.C. Zieman. 1999. Decadal scale changes in seagrass distribution and abundance in Florida Bay. Estuaries 22(2B):445-459.
Frankovich, T.A. and J.W. Fourqurean. 1997. Seagrass epiphyte loads along a nutrient availability gradient, Florida Bay, FL, USA. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 159:37- 50.
Fourqurean, J.W., T.O. Moore, B. Fry, and J.T. Hollibaugh. 1997. Spatial and temporal variation in C:N:P ratios, d¹⁵N, and d¹³C of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) as indicators of ecosystem processes, Tomales Bay, CA, USA. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 157:147-157.
Boyer, J.N., J.W. Fourqurean, and R.D. Jones. 1997. Spatial characterization of water quality in Florida Bay and Whitewater Bay by multivariate analyses: Zones of similar influence. Estuaries 20(4):743- 758.
Fourqurean, J.W., K.L. Webb, J.T. Hollibaugh and S.V. Smith. 1997. Contributions of the plankton community to ecosystem respiration, Tomales Bay, California. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 44:493-505.
Chambers, R.M., J.W. Fourqurean, J.T. Hollibaugh and S.M. Vink. 1995. Importance of terrestrially-derived, particulate phosphorus to P dynamics in a west coast estuary. Estuaries. 18(3):518-526.
Fourqurean, J.W., G.V.N. Powell, W.J. Kenworthy and J.C. Zieman. 1995. The effects of long-term manipulation of nutrient supply on competition between the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum and Halodule wrightii in Florida Bay. Oikos 72:349-358.
Zieman, J.C., R. Davis, J.W. Fourqurean and M.B. Robblee. 1994. The role of climate in the Florida Bay seagrass dieoff. Bulletin of Marine Science 54(3):1088.
Fourqurean, J.W., R.D. Jones and J.C. Zieman. 1993. Processes influencing water column nutrient characteristics and phosphorus limitation of phytoplankton biomass in Florida Bay, FL, USA: Inferences from spatial distributions. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 36:295-314.
Fourqurean, J.W., J.C. Zieman and G.V.N. Powell. 1992. Relationships between porewater nutrients and seagrasses in a subtropical carbonate environment. Marine Biology 114:57-65.
Fourqurean, J.W., J.C. Zieman and G.V.N. Powell. 1992. Phosphorus limitation of primary production in Florida Bay: evidence from the C:N:P ratios of the dominant seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Limnology and Oceanography 37(1):162-171
Chambers, R.M. and J.W. Fourqurean. 1991. Alternative criteria for assessing nutrient limitation of a wetland macrophyte (Peltandra virginica (L.)) Kunth. Aquatic Botany 40:305-320.
Fourqurean, J.W. and J.C. Zieman. 1991. Photosynthesis, respiration and the whole plant carbon budget of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 69(1-2):161-170.
Powell, G.V.N, J.W. Fourqurean, W.J. Kenworthy and J.C. Zieman. 1991. Bird colonies cause seagrass enrichment in a subtropical estuary: observational experimental evidence. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 32(6):567-579.
Robblee, M.B., T.R. Barber, P.R. Carlson, M.J. Durako, J.W. Fourqurean, L.K. Muehlstein, D. Porter, L.A. Yarbro, R.T. Zieman and J.C. Zieman. 1991. Mass mortality of the tropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay (USA). Marine Ecology - Progress Series 71:297-299.
Powell, G.V.N., W.J. Kenworthy and J.W. Fourqurean. 1989. Experimental evidence for nutrient limitation of seagrass growth in a tropical estuary with restricted circulation. Bulletin of Marine Science 44(1):324-340.
Zieman, J.C., J.W. Fourqurean and R.L. Iverson. 1989. Distribution, abundance and productivity of seagrasses and macroalgae in Florida Bay. Bulletin of Marine Science 44(1):292-311.