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5. Completed Publications
a. Books/Monographs
Coyer, J., D. Steller and J. Witman 1999. The Underwater Catalog: a guide to methods in underwater research. 2nd Edition Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

Witman, J.D, and K. Roy, eds. Marine Macroecology. University of Chicago Press (edited volume) 2009 publication date, 448 pages

b. Chapters in Books:
Suchanek, T.H., R. Carpenter, J.D Witman, C. D. Harvell. 1983. Sponges as important space
competitors in deep Caribbean coral reef communities. NOAA Symposium Series for Undersea
Research Reports: Coral Reefs V1: 55-67

Witman, J. D. and K. P. Sebens. 1988. Benthic community structure at a subtidal rock pinnacle in the central Gulf of Maine. in. I. Babb and M. De Luca eds., Benthic Productivity and Marine Resources of the Gulf of Maine. National Undersea Research Program Research Report 88-3 : 67-104.

Sebens, K.P., J.D. Witman, R. Allmon, and E.J. Maney. 1988. Early community development experiments in rocky subtidal habitats (Gulf of Maine, 30 - 80 m). in. I. Babb and M. De Luca eds., Benthic Productivity and Marine Resources of the Gulf of Maine. National Undersea Research Program Research Report 88- 3 : 45 - 66.

Witman, J. D. and K. P. Sebens. 1990. Distribution and ecology of sponges at a subtidal rock ledge in the central Gulf of Maine. pp. 391-396. in K. Rutzler, ed, New Perspectives in Sponge Biology. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Witman, J.D., 1996. Dynamics of Gulf of Maine benthic communities. Pp 51-69 in, D. and E. Braasch eds. The health of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem: cumulative impacts of multiple stressors. RARGOM Report 96-1. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

Witman, J.D. 1998. Natural disturbance and colonization on subtidal hard substrates in the Gulf of Maine. Pp. 30-37 in. E. M. Dorsey and J. Pederson eds. Effects of fishing gear on the sea floor of New England. MIT Sea Grant Publication 98-4.

Witman, J.D., and P.K. Dayton. 2001 Rocky subtidal communities. Pp 339-366 in Bertness , M.D., S.D. Gaines and M. Hay eds. Marine Community Ecology. Sinauer Press

Branch, G.M., J.D. Witman, R. Bensted-Smith, R.H. Bustamante, G.M. Wellington, F. Smith and G. Edgar. 2002 Conservation Criteria For The Marine Biome, Pp. 72-79.: In A Biodiversity vision for the Galapagos Islands. Charles Darwin Foundation and World Wildlife Fund, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos.

Bensted-Smith, R., T. Allnut, G.M. Branch, R.H. Bustamante, C. Causton, E. Dinerstein, G. Powell, H. Snell, A. Tye, G.M. Wellington and J.D. Witman. 2002. Summary of the Vision For Conservation of Galapagos Biodiversity and the Issues Central to Its Achievement, Pp. 107-115. In A Biodiversity vision for the Galapagos Islands. Charles Darwin Foundation and World Wildlife Fund, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos.

Witman, J.D., M.R. Patterson and S.J. Genovese. 2004 Benthic pelagic linkages in subtidal communities: influence of food subsidy by internal waves. Pp 133-153 in Polis, G.A., M.E. Power and G.R. Huxel eds. Food webs at the landscape level. University of Chicago Press.

Witman, J.D., J.C. Ellis and W.B. Anderson. 2004 The influence of physical processes, organisms and permeability on cross-ecosystem fluxes. Pp 335-349 in Polis, G.A., M.E. Power and G.R. Huxel eds. Food webs at the landscape level. University of Chicago Press.

Witman, J.D. 2007 Benthic - pelagic coupling. pp 68-71. In: Encyclopedia of tidepools and rocky shores M.W. Denny and S.D. Gaines (eds.) University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

Witman, J.D. and K. Roy. in press Introduction. Chapter 1 in Marine Macroecology. University of Chicago Press. J.D. Witman and K. Roy editors

Roy, K.R. and J.D. Witman, in press. Species diversity of shallow marine invertebrates: patterns, processes and prospects. Chapter 4 in Marine Macroecology. University of Chicago Press. J.D. Witman and K. Roy editors

Leichter, J.J. and J.D. Witman. in press. Basin-scale oceanographic influences on marine macroecological patterns. Chapter 8 in Marine Macroecology. University of Chicago Press. J.D. Witman and K. Roy editors

Witman, J. D. and K. R. Roy in press. Experimental marine macroecology. Chapter 13 in Marine Macroecology. University of Chicago Press. J.D. Witman and K. Roy editors

Kotta, J. and J.D. Witman in press. Regional scale diversity patterns and their causes In: Hard Bottom Communities: patterns, scales, functions, shifts. M. Wahl (ed), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany

c. Refereed Journal Articles:

Witman, J.D. and R.A. Cooper. 1983. Disturbance and contrasting patterns of population structure in the brachiopod Terebratulina septentrionalis from two subtidal habitats. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 73: 57-79.

Witman, J.D. and T.H. Suchanek. 1984. Mussels in flow: drag and dislodgment by epizoans. Marine Ecology Progress Series.16: 259 - 268.

Witman, J. D. 1985. Refuges, biological disturbance, and rocky subtidal community structure in New England. Ecological Monographs 55: 421-445.

Witman, J. D. 1987. Subtidal coexistence: storms, grazing, mutualism, and the zonation of kelps and mussels. Ecological Monographs 57: 167-187.

Witman, J. D. 1988. Stability of Atlantic kelp forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 3: 285- 286.

Witman, J. D. 1988. Effects of predation by the fireworm Hermodice carunculata on milleporid hydrocorals. Bulletin of Marine Science. 42: 446-458.

Edmunds, P.J and J.D. Witman. 1991. Effect of Hurricane Hugo on the primary framework of a reef along the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 78: 201-204.

Witman, J. D. and K. P. Sebens. 1992. Regional variation in fish predation intensity: a historical perspective in the Gulf of Maine. Oecologia 90: 305 - 315.

Witman, J. D. 1992. Physical disturbance and community structure of exposed and protected reefs: a case study from St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. American Zoologist 32: 641-634.

Dumas, J.V. and J.D. Witman 1993. Predation by gulls on two rocky intertidal crabs, Cancer irroratus and Carcinus maenus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 169: 89 – 101

Witman, J.D., J.J. Leichter, S.J. Genovese, and D.A. Brooks. 1993 Pulsed phytoplankton supply to the rocky subtidal zone: influence of internal waves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 90: 1686-1690.

Sheild, C.J. and J. D. Witman. 1993. The impact of Henricia sanginolenta predation on the finger sponges, Isodictya spp. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 166: 107 -133.

Lesser, M.P, J.D. Witman and K.P. Sebens. 1994. Effects of flow and seston availability on scope for growth of benthic suspension feeding invertebrates from the Gulf of Maine. Biological Bulletin. 187:319- 335

Andres, N. G. and J.D. Witman 1995. Trends in community structure on a Jamaican reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 118: 305-310.

Pile, A.J., M.R. Patterson and J.D. Witman. 1996. In situ grazing on plankton < 10 um by the boreal sponge Mycale lingua. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 141: 95-102

Bruno, J.F. and J.D.Witman. 1996. Defensive mechanisms of scleractinian cup corals against overgrowth by colonial invertebrates. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 207: 229-241.

Leichter, J.J. and J.D. Witman. 1997. Water flow over subtidal rock walls: effects on distribution and growth of suspension feeders. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 209: 293-307.

Witman, J.D and K.R. Grange. 1998. Links between rain, salinity and predation in a rocky subtidal community. Ecology 79: 2429-2447

Smith, F. and J.D. Witman. 1999. Species diversity in subtidal landscapes: maintenance by physical processes and larval recruitment. Ecology 80: 51-69

Genovese, S.J and J.D. Witman. 1999. Interactive effects of flow speed and particle concentration on growth rates of an active suspension feeder. Limnology and Oceanography. 44: 1120- 1131

Bruno, J.F., C. Siddon, J.D. Witman and P.L. Colin. 2001. El Niño related coral bleaching in Palau, Western Caroline Islands. Coral Reefs. 20: 127-136

Hill, M.F., J.D. Witman and H. Caswell 2002. Spatio-temporal variation in Markov Chain models of subtidal community succession. Ecology Letters, 5: 665-675

Lucky, A., T.L. Erwin and J.D. Witman 2002. Temporal and spatial diversity and distribution of arboreal Carabidae in a Western Amazonian Rain Forest. Biotropica 34: 376 – 386.

Witman, J.D., S.J. Genovese, J. F. Bruno, J. W. McLaughlin and B. I. Pavlin. 2003. Massive prey recruitment and the control of rocky subtidal communities on large spatial scales. Ecological Monographs 73: 441-462

Witman, J.D and F. Smith. 2003. Rapid community change at a tropical upwelling site in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 25-45

Farina, J.M., S.Salazar, K.P. Wallem, J.D. Witman and J.C. Ellis. 2003. Nutrient exchanges between marine and terrestrial ecosystems: the case of the Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaecki. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 873-887

Byrnes, J. E. and J. D. Witman. 2003 Impact assessment of an invasive flatworm, Convoluta convoluta, in the Southern Gulf of Maine. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 293: 173-191

Siddon,C.E. and J.D.Witman. 2003 Influence of chronic, low-level hydrodynamic forces on subtidal community structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series 261: 99-110

Genovese, S.J. and J.D. Witman 2004. Wind mediated diel variation in flow speed in a Jamaican back reef environment: effects on ecological processes. Bulletin of Marine Science 75: 281-293

Witman, J.D, R.J. Etter and F. Smith. 2004. The relationship between regional and local species diversity in marine benthic communities: a global perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101: 156644 – 15669.

Siddon, C.E and J.D.Witman 2004. Behavioral indirect interactions: multiple predator effects and prey switching in the shallow rocky subtidal. Ecology 85: 2398-2945.

Hill, M.F, J.D. Witman and H.Caswell 2004. Markov chain analysis of succession in a rocky subtidal community. American Naturalist 164: E46-E61

Ellis, J.C., Chen, W., O’Keefe, B., Shulman, M.J., and Witman, J.D. 2005. Predation by gulls on crabs in rocky intertidal and shallow subtidal zones of the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 324:31-43.

Altieri, A.H and J.D. Witman. 2006. Local extinction of a foundation species in a hypoxic estuary: integrating individuals to ecosystem. Ecology 87: 717-730.

Ellis, J.C., Fariña, J.M., and Witman, J.D. 2006. Nutrient transfer from sea to land: the case of gulls and cormorants in the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Animal Ecology.75: 565- 574.

Lindsey, E, L., Altieri, A.H. and J.D.Witman 2006. Influence of biogenic habitat on the recruitment and distribution of a subtidal xanthid crab. Marine Ecology Progress Series 306: 223-231.

Shelton, A O., D. A. Woodby, K. Hebert and J. D. Witman 2006. Evaluating age determination and spatial patterns of growth of the red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) in southeast Alaska. Transactions of American Fisheries Society 135: 1670-1680.

Ellis, J.C., M. J. Shulman, M. Wood, J. D. Witman, and S. Lozyniak 2007. Regulation of intertidal food webs by avian predators on New England rocky shores . Ecology 88: 853-863.

Witman, J. D., M. Cusson, P. Archambault, A. J. Pershing and N. Mieszkowska. 2008. The relation between productivity and species diversity in temperate – Arctic marine ecosystems. Ecology 88: S66- S80.

Irving, A. D. and J.D. Witman in press Positive effects of damselfish override negative effects of urchins to prevent a habitat switch. Journal of Ecology

Lee, D. E., J.H. Robinson, J.D. Witman, S.E. Copeland, F. Smith, E.M. Harper and M. Lamare. in press Observations on recruitment, growth and ecology in a diverse brachiopod community, Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. Paleontology

5g. Invited Lectures and Papers Presented at Meetings (since 1994, for papers, 1st author only listed)

1994 Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University
1994 Department of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
1994 Population Biologists of New England Annual Meeting, Smith College
1994 Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Monterey, CA
1995 Sigma Xi Invited Speaker, Marine Biological laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
1995 Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine Workshop, Dartmouth College
1995 American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA
1995 Benthic Ecology Meetings, Rutgers University, NJ
1994, 1995 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Marine Biology Course
1996 Fourth International Temperate Reef Symposium, Santiago, Chile
1996 Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island
1996 Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1996 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Providence, RI
1997 Benthic Ecology Meetings, Portland ME
1997 Workshop on the Effect of Fishing Gear Disturbance on the Sea Floor of New England, MIT
1997 Symposium on Biomechanics and Marine Ecology: Is the Marriage Working? Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA
1997 Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos Islands
1998 Coral Reef Research Foundation, Palau Islands
1998 Biology Department, Mt. Holyoke College
1999 Workshop on Biodiversity Vision for the Galápagos Islands Eco-Region, sponsored by the World Wildlife Foundation and the Charles Darwin Foundation, Galápagos Islands
1998 Workshop on Cross -Ecosystem Exchanges of Nutrients, Prey and Consumers, VII International Congress of Ecology, Florence, Italy
2000 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Davis
2000 FONDAP Workshop on Marine Macroecology and Conservation: Contrasting Patterns Between Hemispheres, Vina del Mar, Chile
2000 Biological Sciences Department, Stanford University
2000 School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
2000 Benthic Ecology Meetings, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
2001 Biology Department, California State College at Northridge, Northridge, CA
2002 Zoology Department, University of Rhode Island
2003 Benthic Ecology Meetings, Groton, CT
2003 Large scale Ecology Symposium, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA
2003 Biology Department, University of Laval, Quebec City, Canada
2004 Biology Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2004 Department of Marine Science, University of Connecticut, Avery Point campus
2004 Symposium on Geographical Ecology, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR
2005 Benthic Ecology Meeting, Williamsburg, VA
2005 Symposium on Marine Macroecology, Ecological Society of America and International Congress of Ecology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada (symposium organizer)
2005 Symposium on Cross-Ecosystem Ecology, Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA (graduate student invited speaker)
2005 Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften IFM-GEOMAR Kiel, Germany
2005 Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos Islands
2006 Environmental Studies Center, Brown University
2007 Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
2008 Benthic Ecology Meetings, Providence, RI
2008 Biology Department, Boston University, MA

5i. Papers in Review:

Witman, J.D, M. Brandt and F. Smith. Coupling between subtidal prey and consumers along a mesoscale upwelling gradient in the Galapagos Islands, in review, Ecological Monographs.

5j. Work in Progress:
Journal papers:

Palardy, J.E. and J.D. Witman Flow influences on marine biodiversity.
Palardy, J.E., J.D. Witman and A.H. Altieri. Demography and growth of a non-symbiotic coral in the Galapagos Islands: effects of upwelling and substrate orientation
Palardy, JE, Altieri, AH, Witman, JD, Grottoli, AG. Effects of upwelling on the stable carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen isotopes in coral skeleton and tissue.
Altieri, A.H., J.E Palardy and J.D. Witman. Galápagos urchins enhance diversity by sheltering life among their spines

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