Selected Publications and Technical Reports

K Ugarelli, JE Campbell, OK Rhoades, CG Munson, AH Altieri, JG Douglass, KL Heck Jr., VJ Paul, SC Barry, L Christ, JW Fourqurean, TK Frazer, ST Linhardt, CW Martin, AM McDonald, VA Main, SA Manuel, C Marco-Méndez, LK Reynolds, A Rodriguez, LM Rodriguez Bravo, Y Sawall, K Smith, WL Wied, CJ Choi, U Stingl (2024) Microbiomes of Thalassia testudinum throughout the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico are influenced by site and region while maintaining a core microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology 15 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1357797

JE Campbell, OK Rhoades, CJ Munson, AH Altieri, JG Douglass, KL Heck Jr., VJ Paul, AR Armitage, SC Barry, E Betheli, L Christ, MJA Christianen, G Dodillet, K Dutton, JW Fourqurean, TK Frazer, BM Gaffeyn, R Glaznerg, JA Goeke, R Grana-Valdesa, VJ Jenkins, OAA Kramer, ST Linhardt, CW Martin, IG Martinez Lopez, AM MacDonald, VA Main, SA Manuel, C Marco-Méndez, DA O’Brien, O O’Shea, CJ Patrick, C Peabody, LK Reynolds, A Rodriguez, LM Rodriguez Bravov, A Sang, Y Sawall, K Smith, FOH Smulders, U Sun, JE Thompson, V van Tussenbroek, WL Wied (2024) Herbivore effects increase with latitude across a foundational seagrass. Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02336-5

BM Krebs, N Iadevaia, J Hecker, JG Douglass (2024) A simple approach to estimating the nutrient and carbon storage benefits of restoring submerged aquatic vegetation, applied to Vallisneria americana in the Caloosahatchee Estuary, Florida, USA. Ecological Engineering 200: 107167 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02336-5

JW Fourqurean, JE Campbell, OK Rhoades, CJ Munson, JR Krause, AH Altieri, JG Douglass, KL Heck J., VJ Paul, AR Armitage, SC Barry, E Bethel, L Christ, MJA Christianen, G Dodillet, K Dutton, TK Frazer, BM Gaffey, R Glazner, JA Goeke, R Grana-Valdes, OAA Kramer, ST Linhardt, CW Martin, I Gabriella Martinez Lopes, AM McDonald, VA Main, SA Manuel, C Marco-Mendez, DA O’Brien, O O’Shea, CJ Patrick, C Peabody, LK Reynolds, A Rodriguez, LM Rodriguez Bravo, A Sang, Y Sawall, FOH Smulders, JE Thompson, B van Tussenbroek, WL Wied, SS Wilson. (2023) Seagrass abundance predicts surficial soil organic carbon stocks across the range of Thalassia testudinum in the western North Atlantic. Estuaries and Coasts 46: 1280–1301. (link)

JG Douglass, RH Chamberlain, Y Wan, PH Doering (2020) Submerged vegetation responses to climate variation and altered hydrology in a subtropical estuary: interpreting 33 years of change. Estuaries and Coasts. 19 pp. (link)

JG Douglass, R Paperno, EA Reyier, AH Hines (2018) Fish and seagrass communities vary across a marine reserve boundary, but seasonal variation in small fish abundance overshadows top-down effects of large consumer exclosures. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 507: 39-52. (link)

JL Ruesink, JJ Stachowicz, PL Reynolds, C Boström, M Cusson, J Douglass, J Eklöf, AH Engelen, M Hori, K Hovel, K Iken, PO Moksnes, M Nakaoka, MI O'Connor, JL Olsen, EE Sotka, MA Whalen, JE Duffy (2017) Form-function relationships in a marine foundation species depend on scale: a shoot to global perspective from a distributed ecological experiment. Oikos (link)

SC McAskill, JG Douglass (2017) Salinity and temperature alter Pomacea maculata herbivory rates on Vallisneria americana. Journal of Molluscan Studies 83: 481-483 (link)

MES Bracken, JG Douglass, V Perini, GJ Trussell (2017) Spatial scale mediates the effects of biodiversity on marine primary producers. Ecology 98:1434-1443. (link)

JE Duffy, PL Reynolds, C Boström, JA Coyer, M Cusson, S Donadi, JG Douglass, JS Eklöf, AH Engelen, BK Eriksson, S Fredriksen, L Gamfeldt, C Gustafsson, G Hoarau, M Hori, K Hovel, K Iken, JS Lefcheck, P-O Moksnes, M Nakaoka, MI O'Connor, JL Olsen, JP Richardson, JL Ruesink, EE Sotka, J Thormar, MA Whalen, JJ Stachowicz (2015) Biodiversity mediates top–down control in eelgrass ecosystems: a global comparative-experimental approach. Ecology Letters 18:696-705 (link)

CW Gunnels IV, D Buzasi, MK Cassani, J Douglass, T El-Hefnway, EM Everham III, A Hartley, J Herman, M Mujtaba, J Muller, A Nicolas, L Southard, S Thomas, NE Demers (2015) Engaging students in ethical considerations of the scientific process through a simulated funding panel. CUR Quarterly 36:12-18 link

JG Douglass (2014) South Florida Water Management District, 2014 Systems Status Report: CERP Northern Estuaries Region, Caloosahatchee Estuary Submerged Aquatic Vegetation 1998-2013 (link)

JG Douglass, EA Canuel, JE Duffy (2011) Food web structure in a Chesapeake Bay eelgrass bed as determined through gut contents and 13C and 15N isotope analysis. Estuaries and Coasts 34: 701-711. (link)

JG Douglass, KE France, JP Richardson, JE Duffy (2010) Seasonal and interannual change in a Chesapeake Bay eelgrass community: insights into biotic and abiotic control of community structure. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 1499-1520. (link)

AC Spivak, EA Canuel, JE Duffy, JG Douglass, JP Richardson (2009) Epifaunal community composition and nutrient addition alter sediment organic matter composition in a natural eelgrass Zostera marina bed: a field experiment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 376: 55-67. (link)

JG Douglass, JE Duffy, JF Bruno (2008) Herbivore and predator diversity interactively affect ecosystem properties in a marine community. Ecology Letters 11: 598-608. (link) See also this technical comment and my response.

JG Douglass, JE Duffy, AC Spivak, JP Richardson (2007) Nutrient versus consumer control of community structure in a Chesapeake Bay eelgrass habitat. Marine Ecology Progress Series 348: 71-83. (link)