List of works by Brian R. Silliman

A blueprint for blue carbon: toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2

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A broad framework to organize and compare ecological invasion impacts

scientific article

A framework to study the context-dependent impacts of marine invasions

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A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

A meta-analysis of seaweed impacts on seagrasses: generalities and knowledge gaps

scientific article

Abiotic stress mediates top-down and bottom-up control in a Southwestern Atlantic salt marsh.

scientific article

Academic institutions in the United States and Canada ranked according to research productivity in the field of conservation biology.

scientific article published in October 2007

Alien macroalgae in Denmark – a broad-scale national perspective

scientific article published on 20 April 2007

American Alligator Digestion Rate of Blue Crabs and Its Implications for Stomach Contents Analysis

An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

Animal-borne imaging reveals novel insights into the foraging behaviors and Diel activity of a large-bodied apex predator, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Annual changes in abundance of non-indigenous marine benthos on a very large spatial scale

scientific article published in June 2008

Are the ghosts of nature’s past haunting ecology today?

Artificial habitats host elevated densities of large reef-associated predators

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Artificial reefs facilitate tropical fish at their range edge ⬇️

scientific article published on 06 May 2019

Author Correction: The future of Blue Carbon science

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

Behavioral self-organization underlies the resilience of a coastal ecosystem.

scientific article

Biogeographic consequences of nutrient enrichment for plant-herbivore interactions in coastal wetlands

scientific article

Bottom-up and top-down human impacts interact to affect a protected coastal Chilean marsh

scientific article published in March 2016

Broad-scale patterns of abundance of non-indigenous soft-bottom invertebrates in Denmark

scholarly article by Mads S. Thomsen et al published 11 November 2008 in Helgoland Marine Research

Can conservation biologists rely on established community structure rules to manage novel systems? ... Not in salt marshes

scientific article

Citizen science reveals female sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) exhibit signs of site fidelity on shipwrecks

scientific article published on 22 April 2019

Climate Change, Human Impacts, and Coastal Ecosystems in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Coastal ecosystem-based management with nonlinear ecological functions and values

scientific article published in January 2008

Comparative Phylogeography of North American Atlantic Salt Marsh Communities

scientific article published on 21 September 2009

Conservation science: a 20-year report card

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Consumer Fronts, Global Change, and Runaway Collapse in Ecosystems

article by Brian R. Silliman et al published 23 November 2013 in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Consumer control of salt marshes driven by human disturbance.

scientific article published in June 2008

Consumer diversity across kingdoms supports multiple functions in a coastal ecosystem

scientific article

Consumer-plant interaction strength: importance of body size, density and metabolic biomass

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Correction: Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Correction: Population Genetics of a Trochid Gastropod Broadens Picture of Caribbean Sea Connectivity

scientific article published on 29 September 2010

Crab herbivory regulates plant facilitative and competitive processes in Argentinean marshes.

scientific article published in January 2008

Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants

scientific article published on 11 March 2011

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impacts on Salt Marsh Fiddler Crabs (Uca spp.)

scholarly article by Scott Zengel et al published 3 February 2016 in Estuaries and Coasts

Degradation and resilience in Louisiana salt marshes after the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Density-dependent effects on initial growth of a branching coral under restoration

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Disease can shape marine ecosystems

scientific article published on 3 February 2020

Does relative abundance modify multiple predator effects?

scientific article published in 2015

Drought, snails, and large-scale die-off of southern U.S. salt marshes

scientific article published on December 2005

EVIDENCE FOR IMPACTS OF NONINDIGENOUS MACROALGAE: A META-ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL FIELD STUDIES(1).

scientific article published on August 2009

Ecological performance and possible origin of a ubiquitous but under-studied gastropod

scientific article published in 2010

Ecosystem engineers activate mycorrhizal mutualism in salt marshes

scientific article

Ecosystem services as a common language for coastal ecosystem-based management.

scientific article

Effects of predation and nutrient enrichment on the success and microbiome of a foundational coral

scientific article published on 27 December 2016

Effects of selection and mutation on mitochondrial variation and inferences of historical population expansion in a Caribbean reef fish

scientific article published on 3 August 2010

Erratum to: Abiotic stress mediates top-down and bottom-up control in a Southwestern Atlantic salt marsh

scholarly article by Juan Alberti et al published 6 August 2011 in Oecologia

Facilitation cascade drives positive relationship between native biodiversity and invasion success

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Facilitation cascade explains positive relationship between native biodiversity and invasion success

article published in 2010

Facilitation shifts paradigms and can amplify coastal restoration efforts

scientific article

Factors affecting individual foraging specialization and temporal diet stability across the range of a large "generalist" apex predator

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Field Experiments and Meta-analysis Reveal Wetland Vegetation as a Crucial Element in the Coastal Protection Paradigm

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Foundation species' overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes

scientific article

Fungal farming in a snail

scientific article

Geographical distribution patterns ofCarcharocles megalodonover time reveal clues about extinction mechanisms

scientific article (publication date: 30 March 2016)

Grazer facilitation of fungal infection and the control of plant growth in south-western Atlantic salt marshes

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Habitat cascades: the conceptual context and global relevance of facilitation cascades via habitat formation and modification

scientific article published on 11 May 2010

Habitat collapse due to overgrazing threatens turtle conservation in marine protected areas.

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Habitat use patterns of the invasive red lionfishPterois volitans: a comparison between mangrove and reef systems in San Salvador, Bahamas

scholarly article by Catalina Pimiento et al published 18 November 2013 in Marine Ecology

Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally

scientific article published on 3 November 2023

Hierarchical Organization via a Facilitation Cascade in Intertidal Cordgrass Bed Communities

scientific article published in 2007

Hierarchical organization via a facilitation cascade in intertidal cordgrass bed communities.

scientific article published on 2 January 2007

How habitat-modifying organisms structure the food web of two coastal ecosystems

scientific article published in March 2016

Incorporating positive interactions in aquatic restoration and conservation

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Incorporating thresholds into understanding salinity tolerance: A study using salt-tolerant plants in salt marshes

scientific article

Independent and combined effects of multiple predators across ontogeny of a dominant grazer

scientific article published in 2014

Interactions among Foundation Species and Their Consequences for Community Organization, Biodiversity, and Conservation

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Livestock as a potential biological control agent for an invasive wetland plant ⬇️

scientific article

Local management actions can increase coral resilience to thermally-induced bleaching

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

Long-distance interactions regulate the structure and resilience of coastal ecosystems

scientific article published on 17 September 2014

Long‐term study reveals top‐down effect of crabs on a California salt marsh

scientific article published on 09 August 2021

Mimicry of emergent traits amplifies coastal restoration success

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Mycorrhizal fungi determine salt-marsh plant zonation depending on nutrient supply

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Natural enemies govern ecosystem resilience in the face of extreme droughts

scientific article published on 6 January 2017

New metrics for managing and sustaining the ocean's bounty

scholarly article by Heather Tallis published in January 2012

Nitrogen enrichment suppresses other environmental drivers and homogenizes salt marsh leaf microbiome

scholarly article by Pedro Daleo et al published 16 May 2018 in Ecology

Non-linear interactions between consumers and flow determine the probability of plant community dominance on Maine rocky shores

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Non-linearity in ecosystem services: temporal and spatial variability in coastal protection

scholarly article by Evamaria W Koch et al published February 2009 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Nutrient enrichment enhances hidden differences in phenotype to drive a cryptic plant invasion

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Parasites enhance resistance to drought in a coastal ecosystem

scientific article published on 29 October 2019

Patch size-dependent community recovery after massive disturbance

scientific article

Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Physical Stress, Consumer Control, and New Theory in Ecology

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Physical stress modifies top-down and bottom-up forcing on plant growth and reproduction in a coastal ecosystem

scientific article published in August 2015

Population Genetics of a Trochid Gastropod Broadens Picture of Caribbean Sea Connectivity ⬇️

scientific article published on September 10, 2010

Positive Interactions in the Coral Macro and Microbiome

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Predator diversity stabilizes and strengthens trophic control of a keystone grazer ⬇️

scientific article published on August 25, 2010

Predator size-structure and species identity determine cascading effects in a coastal ecosystem

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Publisher Correction: Local management actions can increase coral resilience to thermally-induced bleaching

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Rapid degradation of Deepwater Horizon spilled oil by indigenous microbial communities in Louisiana saltmarsh sediments

scientific article

Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world’s biotic carbon hotspots

scientific article published on 6 May 2022

Relationships between a common Caribbean corallivorous snail and protected area status, coral cover, and predator abundance

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Salt marshes

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Scale-dependent interactions and community structure on cobble beaches

scientific article published in January 2006

Secondary foundation species as drivers of trophic and functional diversity: evidence from a tree-epiphyte system

scientific article

Secondary foundation species enhance biodiversity

scientific article published on 05 March 2018

Size, sex and individual-level behaviour drive intrapopulation variation in cross-ecosystem foraging of a top-predator

scientific article published on 24 November 2014

Species recovery and recolonization of past habitats: lessons for science and conservation from sea otters in estuaries

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

Supporting Spartina: Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Symbiosis between an Alpheid Shrimp and a Xanthoid Crab in Salt Marshes of Mid-Atlantic States, U.S.A

scholarly article by Brian R. Silliman et al published 1 January 2003 in Journal of Crustacean Biology

The Pleistocene history of the sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus): Non-equilibrium evolutionary dynamics within a diversifying species complex

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The Roles of Large Top Predators in Coastal Ecosystems: New Insights from Long Term Ecological Research

scientific article published on 05 August 2013

The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved ρCO2 on a marine foundation species.

scientific article

The future of Blue Carbon science

scientific article published on 05 September 2019

The importance of an underestimated grazer under climate change: how crab density, consumer competition, and physical stress affect salt marsh resilience

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The present and future role of coastal wetland vegetation in protecting shorelines: answering recent challenges to the paradigm

scientific article published on 15 December 2010

The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services

scholarly article by Edward B. Barbier et al published May 2011 in Ecological Monographs

Thresholds in marsh resilience to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

scientific article

Time to cash in on positive interactions for coral restoration

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Top predators suppress rather than facilitate plants in a trait-mediated tri-trophic cascade.

scientific article

Trophic cascades in rocky shore tide pools: distinguishing lethal and nonlethal effects

scientific article published on 11 February 2004

Using facilitation theory to enhance mangrove restoration.

scientific article published in March 2009

Weather fluctuations affect the impact of consumers on vegetation recovery following a catastrophic die-off

scientific article published on 14 December 2018

What evidence exists on the performance of nature-based solutions interventions for coastal protection in biogenic, shallow ecosystems? A systematic map protocol

scientific article published in 2023

Whole-community facilitation regulates biodiversity on Patagonian rocky shores

scientific article

Why do we fly? Ecologists' sins of emission

article by Helen E. Fox et al published August 2009 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Wide-ranging phylogeographic structure of invasive red lionfish in the Western Atlantic and Greater Caribbean

scientific article published in 2015

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