Stachowicz Lab University of California, Davis

Publications


Books

Sax, D.F., J.J. Stachowicz, and S.D. Gaines (editors). 2005. Species invasions: insights into ecology, evolution and biogeography. Sinauer Press, Sunderland MA. 495pp.


Refereed papers

Hultgren, K. and J.J. Stachowicz. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of the brachyuran crab superfamily Majoidea indicates close congruence with larval morphology-based trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In Press.

Stachowicz, J.J, M. Graham, M.E.S. Bracken, A.I. Szoboszlai. 2008. Diversity enhances cover and stability of seaweed assemblages: the importance of environmental heterogeneity and experimental duration. Ecology. In Press.

Palumbi, S.R., P.A. Sandifer, J.D. Allan, M.W. Beck, D.G. Fautin, M.J. Fogarty, B.S. Halpern, L.S. Incze, Jo-Ann Leong, E. Norse, J.J. Stachowicz, and D.H. Wall. 2008. Managing for Ocean Biodiversity: Creating a National Biodiversity Conservation Agenda to Sustain Marine Ecosystem Services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. In press.

Olyarnik SV, Bracken MES, Byrnes JE, Hughes AR, Hultgren KM, Stachowicz JJ (2008) Ecological factors affecting community invasibility. In: Rilov G, Crooks JA (eds) Biological invasions of marine ecosystems: ecological, management, and geographic perspectives. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany

Thornber C.S., E. Jones, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2008. Differences in herbivore feeding preferences across a vertical rocky intertidal gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series. In Press.

Hultgren, K. and J.J. Stachowicz. 2008. Alternative camouflage strategies mediate predation risk among closely related co-occurring kelp crabs. Oecologia. 155:519- 528. [-pdf-]

Sax D.F., J.J. Stachowicz, J.H. Brown, J.F. Bruno, M.N. Dawson, S.D. Gaines, R.K. Grosberg, A.Hastings, R.D. Holt, M.M. Mayfield, M.I. OÕConnor, and W. R. Rice. 2007. Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:465-471 [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J., J.F. Bruno, and J.E. Duffy. 2007. Consequences of biodiversity for marine communities and ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematic 38: 739-766. [-pdf-]

Fridley, J. D., J. J. Stachowicz, S. Naeem, D. F. Sax, E. W. Seabloom, M. D. Smith, T. J. Stohlgren, D. Tilman, and B. V. Holle. 2007. The invasion paradox: Reconciling Pattern andn Process in Species Invasions. Ecology 88:3-17. [-pdf-] Hughes, A.E., J.E. Byrnes, D. L. Kimbro, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2007. Reciprocal relationships and potential feedbacks between biodiversity and disturbance. Ecology Letters 10:849- 864. [-pdf-]

Byrnes, J.E., Reynolds, P.L. and Stachowicz, J.J. 2007. Invasions and extinctions reshape coastal food webs. PloS One 2(3):e295. [-pdf-]

Bracken, M.E.S., C.A. Gonzalez-Dorantes, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2007. Whole community mutualism: Associated invertebrates facilitate a dominant habitat-forming seaweed. Ecology 88:2211-2219. [-pdf-]

Nydam, M.L. and Stachowicz, J.J. 2007. Predator effects on fouling community development. Marine Ecology Progress Series 337:93-101. [-pdf-]

Bracken MES, Stachowicz JJ. 2007. Top-down modification of bottom-up processes: selective grazing reduces macroalgal nitrogen uptake. Marine Ecology Progress Series 330:75-82. [-pdf-]

Worm, B. E.B. Barbier, N. Beaumont, J.E. Duffy, C. Folke, B.S. Halpern, J.B.C. Jackson, H.K. Lotze, F. Micheli, S.R. Palumbi, E. Sala, K.A. Selkoe, J.J. Stachowicz, and R. Watson. 2007. Response to comments on "Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services". Science 317:1283-1284. [-zip-]

Worm, B. E.B. Barbier, N. Beaumont, J.E. Duffy, C. Folke, B.S. Halpern, J.B.C. Jackson, H.K. Lotze, F. Micheli, S.R. Palumbi, E. Sala, K.A. Selkoe, J.J. Stachowicz, and R. Watson. 2006. Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 314:787-791. [-pdf-]

Bracken, M.E.S. and J.J. Stachowicz. 2006. Seaweed diversity enhances nitrogen uptake via complementary use of nitrate and ammonium. Ecology 87:2397-2403 [-pdf-]

Thornber, C.S., J.J. Stachowicz, and S.D. Gaines. 2006. Tissue type matters: selective herbivory on different life history stages of an isomorphic alga. Ecology 87:2255-2263 [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. and J.E. Byrnes. 2006. Species diversity, invasion success and ecosystem functioning: disentangling the influence of resource competition, facilitation and extrinsic factors. Marine Ecology Progress Series 311: 251-262 [-pdf-]

Duffy, J.E. and J.J. Stachowicz. 2006. Why biodiversity is important to oceanography: potential roles of genetic, species, and trophic diversity in pelagic ecosystem processes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 311: 179-189

Byrnes, J.E., J.J. Stachowicz, K. Hultgren, A.R. Hughes, S.V. Olyarnik and C.S. Thornber. 2006. Predator diversity enhances kelp forest trophic cascades by modifying herbivore behavior. Ecology Letters 9:61-71 [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. and D. Tilman. 2005. What species invasions tell us about the relationship between community saturation, species diversity and ecosystem functioning. Pages 41-64 In: D. Sax, J. Stachowicz and S. Gaines (eds) Species invasions: insights into ecology, evolution and Biogeography. Sinauer, Sunderland MA.

Stachowicz, J.J. and R.B. Whitlatch. 2005. Multiple mutualists provide complementary benefits that enhance to their seaweed host. Ecology 86:2418-2427 [-pdf-]

Hughes, A.R. and J.J. Stachowicz. 2004. Genetic diversity enhances the resistance of a seagrass ecosystem to disturbance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101:8998-9002. [-pdf-]

Thornber, C.S., B.P. Kinlan, M.H. Graham and J. J. Stachowicz. 2004. Population ecology of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida in California: environmental and biological controls on demography. Marine Ecology Progress Series 268:69-80. [-pdf-]

Bruno, J.F., J.J. Stachowicz and M.D. Bertness. 2003. Inclusion of facilitation into ecological theory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:119-125. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J., J. R. Terwin, R. B. Whitlatch and R.W. Osman. 2002. Linking climate change and biological invasions: ocean warming facilitates non-indigenous species invasion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99:15497- 15500. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J., H. Fried, R.B. Whitlatch and R.W. Osman. 2002. Biodiversity, invasion resistance and marine ecosystem function: reconciling pattern and process. Ecology 83:2575-2590. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. 2001. Mutualisms, positive interactions, and the structure of ecological communities. BioScience 51:235-246. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. 2001. Chemical Ecology of Mobile Marine Invertebrates: predators and prey, allies and competitors. Pages 153-190 in B. Baker and K McClintock, editors, Marine Chemical Ecology, CRC Press.

Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay. 2000. Geographic variation in camouflaging behavior by the decorator crab Libinia dubia. American Naturalist 156:59-71. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. and N. Lindquist. 2000. Hydroid defenses against predators: the importance of secondary metabolites vs. nematocysts. Oecologia 124:280-288.

Stachowicz, J.J., R.B. Whitlatch, and R.W. Osman. 1999. Species diversity and invasion resistance in a marine ecosystem. Science 286:1577-1579. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay. 1999. Reduced mobility is associated with compensatory feeding and increased diet breadth of marine crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 188:169-178. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay. 1999. Mutualism and coral persistence in algal- dominated habitats: the role of herbivore resistance to algal chemical defense. Ecology 80: 2085-2101. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay. 1999. Reducing predation through chemically-mediated camouflage: indirect effects of plant defenses on herbivores. Ecology 80:495-509. [-pdf-]

Hay, M.E., J.J. Stachowicz, E. Cruz-Rivera, S. Bullard, M. Deal, and N. Lindquist. 1998. Bioassays with marine and freshwater macro-organisms. Pages 39-141, in: J.G. Millar and K.F. Haynes (eds) Methods in Chemical Ecology. Chapman and Hall, New York.

Stachowicz, J.J. and N. Lindquist. 1997. Chemical defense among hydroids on pelagic Sargassum: predator deterrence and absorption of solar UV radiation by secondary metabolites. Marine Ecology Progress Series 155:115-126. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Facultative mutualism between an herbivorous crab and a coralline alga: advantages of eating noxious seaweeds. Oecologia 105:377-387. [-pdf-]

Stachowicz, J.J. and T.D. Allison 1995. Vegetation, browsing, and site factors as determinants of Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) distribution in central New Hampshire. Rhodora 97:357-374.