Publications
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Animal pee in the sea: consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics in the world's changing oceans. Global Change Biology. 23:2166–2178.
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2017. Bacterial predation in a marine host-associated microbiome. The ISME journal. 10:1540-1544. welsh_et_al_ismej_2016.pdf (1.33 MB)
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2016. Biological trade-offs underpin coral reef ecosystem functioning. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6:701–708.
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2022. Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. :1.
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2018. Chemically mediated competition between microbes and animals: microbes as consumers in food webs. Ecology. 87:2821–2831.
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2006. Chronic low-level nutrient enrichment benefits coral thermal performance in a fore reef habitat. Coral Reefs. 40:1637–1655.
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2021. Chronic nutrient enrichment increases prevalence and severity of coral disease and bleaching. Global change biology. 20:544–554. vega_thurber_et_al_gcb_2014.pdf (502.69 KB)
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2014. Climate and fishing drive regime shifts in consumer-mediated nutrient cycling in kelp forests. Global Change Biology. 25:3179–3192.
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2019. Comparative analysis of foraging behavior and bite mechanics reveals complex functional diversity among Caribbean parrotfishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 597:207–220.
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2018. Comparing aquatic and terrestrial grazing ecosystems: is the grass really greener? Oikos. 122:306–312. burkepile_oikos_2013.pdf (563.42 KB)
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2013. A comparison of diver vs. acoustic methodologies for surveying fishes in a shallow water coral reef ecosystem. Fisheries Research. 189:62–66.
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2017. Complex interactions with nutrients and sediment alter the effects of predation on a reef-building coral. Marine Ecology. 42:e12670.
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2021. Context-dependent corallivory by parrotfishes in a Caribbean reef ecosystem. Coral Reefs. :1–10.
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2011. Context-dependent effects of nutrient loading on the coral-algal mutualism. Ecology. 95:1995–2005. shantz_and_burkepile_ecology_2014.pdf (191.58 KB)
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2014. Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: an inter-hemispheric comparison. Ecosystems. 12:982–995.
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2009. 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 in the Anthropocene: Interactive effects of anthropogenic stressors and corallivory on coral reefs. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5:525.
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2019. Corallivory varies with water depth to influence the growth of Acropora hyacinthus, a reef-forming coral. Ecosphere. 12:e03623.
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2021. Corals and their microbiomes are differentially affected by exposure to elevated nutrients and a natural thermal anomaly. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5:101.
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2018. 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. Different nitrogen sources speed recovery from corallivory and uniquely alter the microbiome of a reef-building coral. PeerJ. 7:e8056.
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2019. Differing nutritional constraints of consumers across ecosystems. Oecologia. 174:1367–1376. lemoine_et_al_2014_oecologia.pdf (230.88 KB)
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2014. Ecology: E-rat-ication to restore reefs. Current Biology. 31:R786–R788.
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