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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS – reverse chronological order
(Collaborator Key - *undergraduate, ‡international , =Equal)
23. Stier A.C., S.W. Geange‡, and K.M. Hanson. 2013. Predator density and timing of arrival affect reef fish community assembly. Ecology. 94(5) 1057-1068. PDF
22. Stier A.C., S.W. Geange‡, and B.M. Bolker. 2013. Predator density and competition modify the shape of inverse density dependence in a shoaling reef fish. Oikos. 122: 171-178. 122: 171-178 PDF **Editor’s Choice at Oikos.
21. Stier A.C., J.A.Idjadi, S.W. Geange, and J.S.S. White. 2013. High mortality in a surgeonfish following an exceptional settlement event. In press Pacific Science. 67 (4).
20. Geange S.W.‡, J.S. Shima‡, and A.C. Stier. 2013. An evaluation of competitive effect and response in three species of coral reef fish. 2013. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 472: 239-248. PDF
19. Carr L.A., Stier A.C., Fietz K.‡, Montero I.‡, Gallagher A.J., and J.F. Bruno. 2013. Illegal Shark Fishing in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Marine Policy. 39: 317–321. PDF
18. Stier A.C.=, M.A. Gil=, C.S. McKeon=, S. Lemer‡, M. Leray‡, S.C. Mills‡, and C.W. Osenberg. 2012. Housekeeping mutualisms: do more symbionts facilitate host performance. PLoS ONE. 7(4): e32079. PDF
17. McCoy M.W., Stier A.C., and C.W. Osenberg. 2012. Predicting emergent effects of multiple predators on prey survival: The importance of depletion and the functional response. Ecology Letters. 15: 1449-1456. PDF
16. McKeon C.S., Stier A.C., Boyer S.E.*, and Bolker BM. 2012. Multiple Defender Effects: Synergistic coral defense by exosymbiotic crustaceans. Oecologia 169:1095-1103. PDF
15. Seifert A.W., J.R. Monaghan, M.D. Smith, B. Pasch, A.C. Stier, F. Michonneau, and M. Maden‡. 2011. The influence of functional traits on mechanisms controlling appendage regeneration. Biological Reviews. 87: 330 – 345. PDF
14. Barbier, E. B., S. D. Hacker, E. W. Koch, A.C. Stier, and B. R. Silliman. 2011. 12.06 – Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems and Their Services. Pages 109-127 in W. Editors-in-Chief: Eric and M. Donald, editors. Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science. Academic Press, Waltham. URL
13. Osenberg C.W., Shima J.S., Miller S.L., and A.C. Stier. 2011 Assessing effects of marine protected areas confounding in space and possible solutions. in J. Claudet (ed) Marine Protected Areas: Effects, networks, and monitoring – A multidisciplinary approach. Cambridge University Press. URL.
12. Barbier, E., S.D. Hacker, E. Koch, Stier A.C., and B. Silliman. 2011. The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services. Ecological Monographs. 81 (2) 169 – 193. PDF
11. Shantz A.A.*, Stier A.C., and J.A. Idjadi. 2011 Coral density and predation affect growth of a reef building coral. Coral Reefs. 30: 363 – 367. PDF
10. Stier A.C., and C.W. Osenberg. 2010. Propagule redirection: habitat availability affects colonization and recruitment in reef fishes Ecology 91:2826–2832. PDF. **Awarded best student paper award of 2010 UF dept. of Biology.
9. Stier A.C., McKeon C.S., Osenberg C.W. and J.S. Shima. 2010. Guard Crabs Alleviate Deleterious Effects of Vermetid Snails on a Branching Coral. Coral Reefs. 29 (4) 1019 – 1022. PDF
8. Shima J.S.‡, Osenberg C.W., and A.C. Stier. 2010. Deleterious effects of vermetid snail (Dendrapoma maxima) on coral growth and survival. Biology Letters. 6 (6) 815-818. ** Editors Choice in Science. PDF
7. Geange S.W.‡ and A.C. Stier. 2010. Charismatic microfauna alter cyanobacteria production through a trophic cascade. Coral Reefs. 29: 393 – 397. Abstract. PDF
6. Heinlein J.M.*, Stier A.C., and M.A. Steele. 2010. Predators reduce abundance and species richness of coral reef fish recruits via non-selective predation. Coral Reefs. 29. 527 – 532. Abstract. PDF
5. Geange S.W.‡ and A.C. Stier.2010. Priority effects and habitat complexity affect the strength of competition. Oecologia. 1: 111-118. Abstract. PDF
4. White J.W., Samhouri J.F., Stier A.C., Wormald C.L., Hamilton S.L., and S.A. Sandin. 2010. Synthesizing mechanisms of density dependence in reef fishes: behavior, habitat configuration, and observational scale. Ecology. 89:2980–2985. Additional photo appendix: Fish Density on Reefs. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 91:347–350. PDF
3. Geange S.W.‡ and A.C. Stier. 2009. Order of arrival affects competition in two reef fishes. Ecology. 90: 2868-2878. PDF
2. Boyer SE*, White JS, Stier A.C., and CW Osenberg. 2009. Effects of the fish anesthetic, clove oil (eugenol), on coral health and growth. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology 369: 53-57. PDF
1. Stier A.C., Steele M.A, and A.J. Brooks. 2008. Reef Fish Settle to Spines of Crown of Thorns Seastar, Acanthaster planci. Coral Reefs. 28: 227-227. PDF
IN REVIEW
Stier A.C., K.M. Hanson, S.J. Holbrook, R.J. Schmitt, A.J. Brooks. Independent Effects of Predators and Habitat Availability on Community Organization of Reef Fishes. In review Ecology
Stier A.C.= and Leray M.= , Multiple predator effects drive community organization of reef invertebrates. In review Ecology.
Monaghan, J.R., A.W. Seifert, A.C. Stier, F. Michonneau, B. Pasch, and M.D. Smith. Metamorphosis restricts regenerative capacity and growth in amphibians. In review Proc. Roy. Soc. B.
IN PREP
Stier A.C., Kulbicki M.‡, and A.M. Hein. Biogeography Drives Marine Food Web Structure. Intended for Ecology Letters.
Stier A.C. Bolker B., and C.W. Osenberg. Disentangling sampling effects from ecological process in analysis of beta diversity. Intended for Ecology Letters.
THESIS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
Stier A.C. 2012. Predators and Habitat Drive Reef Fish Community Organization. PhD Dissertation in Zoology. Department of Biology, University of Florida.
Carr L.A., Stier A.C., and Bruno J.F. 2011. Quantification of the seized shark catch aboard the Fer Mary I. Report to the Galapagos National Marine Park.
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