Publications
Coral epigenetic responses to nutrient stress: Histone H2A. X phosphorylation dynamics and DNA methylation in the staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis. Ecology and evolution. 8:12193–12207.
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2018. Corallivory varies with water depth to influence the growth of Acropora hyacinthus, a reef-forming coral. Ecosphere. 12:e03623.
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2021. Density dependence drives habitat production and survivorship of Acropora cervicornis used for restoration on a Caribbean coral reef. Frontiers in Marine Science. 3
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2016. Fish-derived nutrient hotspots shape coral reef benthic communities. Ecological Applications. 25:2142–2152. shantz_et_al_eco_apps_2015.pdf (472.55 KB)
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2015. Harnessing ecological processes to facilitate coral restoration. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
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2018. Near-term impacts of coral restoration on target species, coral reef community structure, and ecological processes. Restoration Ecology. 27:1166–1176.
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2019. Newly dominant benthic invertebrates reshape competitive networks on contemporary Caribbean reefs. Coral Reefs. :1–12.
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2019. Nitrogen Identity Drives Differential Impacts of Nutrients on Coral Bleaching and Mortality. Ecosystems. 23:798–811.
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2020. Nutrient pollution and predation differentially affect innate immune pathways in the coral Porites porites. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7:742.
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2020. Overfishing and the ecological impacts of extirpating large parrotfish from Caribbean coral reefs. Ecological Monographs.
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2020. Positive interactions between corals and damselfish increase coral resistance to temperature stress. Global Change Biology. 29:417–431.
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2023. Priority effects in coral–macroalgae interactions can drive alternate community paths in the absence of top-down control. Ecology. :e3831.
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2022. A response to Doropoulos and Babcock. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 16:559–560.
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2018. Species-specific patterns in corallivory and spongivory among Caribbean parrotfishes. Coral Reefs. 38:417–423.
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2019. Thermal stress reveals a genotype-specific tradeoff between growth and tissue loss in restored Acropora cervicornis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 572:129–139.
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