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Bold indicates lab members, # indicates undergraduates in the lab, ^ indicates postdoc in lab

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Shayka, B., Hasselbarth, M.H. ^, Schill, S. and Allgeier, J. E. 2023. The natural capital of seagrass beds in 

the Caribbean: evaluating their ecosystem services and blue carbon trade potential. Biology Letters

 

Andskog, M. A. *, C. A. Layman, and Allgeier, J. E. * 2023. Seagrass production around artificial reefs is 

resistant to human stressors. (* = equal contribution) Proceedings of the Royal Society B

 

Shakya, A. # and Allgeier, J. E., 2023. Water column contributions to coral reef productivity: an ecosystem 

ecology perspective to help overcome challenges of context dependence. Biological Reviews 

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Cline, T. W.^*, and Allgeier, J.E.*. 2022. Weak evidence for fish community control of coral reef resilience. Nature Ecology and Evolution (* = joint first author)

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Esquivel, K*, Hesselbarth, M.H.K.*, Allgeier, J. E. 2022. Mechanistic support for increased primary

production around artificial reefs. Ecological Applications (* = joint first author)

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Schiettekatte, N.M.D., plus 22 other authors including Munsterman K.S.Allgeier, J.E. 2022 Trade-offs redefine the vulnerability of reef fish functions. Nature Ecology and Evolution

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Brines, E., #, A. Andskog, K. S. Munsterman, and Allgeier, J. E.. 2022 Fish fertilization of seagrass across a gradient of eutrophication in Haiti. Marine Biology

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Allgeier, J.E., Weeks, B.C., Wenger, S.J., Wale, N., Schiettekatte, NMD, Villéger, S, Burkepile, D.E.,

Munsterman, K.S., Parravicini, V. 2021 Phylogenetic conservativism determines nutrient dynamics

of coral reef fishes. Nature Communications

 

Allgeier, J.E. 2021. Nutrient Stoichiometry of fishes and invertebrates in Caribbean coastal ecosystems.

Ecology

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Munsterman, K.S. #, Allgeier, J.E., Peters, J.R., Burkepile, D.E. 2021. A view from both ends: shifts in

herbivore assemblages impact top-down and bottom-up processes on coral reefs. Ecosystems.

 

Layman, C.A.,  Allgeier, J.E,  Geary, S.T., 2020. Moving beyond semantics: Advancing restoration with food

web approaches. Food Webs

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Layman, C.A.* and Allgeier, J.E*. Artificial reefs viewed from the bottom-up: an ecosystem ecology

perspective. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2020 (* = equal contribution)

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Allgeier, J.E., Wenger, S.J., Layman, C.A. 2020. Taxonomic identity explain variation in body nutrient content

in a diverse food web. Scientific Reports.

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Allgeier, J.E., Andskog, M., Hensel, E., Appaldo, R., Layman, C.A., Kemp, D. 2020 Rewiring coral:

anthropogenic nutrient shift coral-algal nutrient and energy pathways toward algal dominance. Global Change Biology. 00: 1–14

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Allgeier, J.E., ^Cline, T.W.,, R. A. Wathen, Walsworth, T. N., Layman, C. A., and Schindler, D. S. 2020 Individual behavior drives ecosystem function. Science Advances

                  - featured by numerous news outlets including The Detroit Free Press 

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Schiettekatte, NMD, Barneche, DR, Villéger, S, Allgeier, J.E., Burkepile, D.E., Brandl, S.E., Casey, J.E.,  

Mercière, A., Munsterman, K.S. #, Morat, F., Parravicini, V. 2020 Nutrient limitation, bioenergetics and

stoichiometry: A new model to predict elemental fluxes mediated by fishes. Functional Ecology. 00: 1– 13.

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Allgeier, J.E., ^Cline. T.W., 2019 Technical Comment: Demographic dynamics of the smallest marine 

vertebrates fuel coral reef ecosystem functioning. Science 366: 6472

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Hensel, E., Allgeier, J.E., Layman, C.A., 2019. Effects of predator presence and habitat complexity on reef fish communities in The Bahamas. Marine Biology 166:136

 

Wathen, G*, Allgeier, J.E. *, Bouwes, N., Pollock, M.M., Schindler, D.E., and Jordan, C.E. 2019. Beaver

activity increases habitat complexity and spatial partitioning of steelhead trout. Canadian Journal of

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. (* = joint first author)

 

Lyon, R.P, Eggleston, D.L., Bohnenstiehl, D.R., Layman, C.A., Ricci, S.W., Allgeier, J.E. 2019. Fish

community structure, habitat complexity, and soundscape characteristics of patch reefs in a tropical, back-reef system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 609:33-48

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Vandermeer, J,, Agaii, A., Allgeier, J.E., Badgley, C., Baucom, R., Blesh, J., Fink Shapiro, L, Jones, A., Hoey, L., Jain, M., Perfecto, I., Wilson, M. 2018. Feeding Prometheus: An interdisciplinary approach for solving the global food crisis. Frontiers in Sustainability

 

Allgeier, J.E., Layman, C.A., Montana, C.G., Buhler, S.B., Appaldo, R., Rosemond, A.D. 2018. Anthropogenic versus fish-derived nutrient effects on seagrass community structure and function. Ecology

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Allgeier, J.E., Speare K.E., Burkepile, D.E.  2018. Estimates of fish and coral larvae as nutrient subsidies to coral reef ecosystems. Ecosphere

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Allgeier, J.E., Adam, T.C., Burkepile, D.E.  2017. The importance of individual and species-level traits for trophic niches among herbivorous coral reef fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 

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Allgeier, J.E., Layman, C.A. Burkepile, D.E. 2017. Animal pee in the sea: consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics in the world's changing oceans.  Global Change Biology

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Allgeier, J.E., Valdivia, A., Cox, C.S., Layman, C.A. 2016. Fishing down nutrients on coral reefs. Nature

Communications 7:1246

          - featured by 42 news outlets including National Geographic

          - interviewed for Canadian Broadcasting Company's "Quirks and Quarks" 

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Layman, C.A., Allgeier, J.E., Montana, C. 2016. The attraction-production debate viewed from the bottom-

up:mechanistic evidence of enhanced production. Ecological Engineering 95: 574-579

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Streicker, D.G. and Allgeier, J.E.  2016. Variability in individual dietary specialization across a resource gradient in common vampire bats. Journal of Applied Ecology 53:1280-1288. 

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Allgeier, J.E., Wenger, S.J., Schindler, D.E., Layman, C.A., Rosemond, A.D.  2015.  Metabolic theory and

taxonomic identity predict nutrient cycling in a diverse food web. Proceedings of the National Academy

of Sciences of the USA 112 (20): 2640-26437

          - received feature commentary in PNAS and numerous independent news outlets (see here

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Allgeier, J.E., Layman, C.A., Mumby, P.J., Rosemond, A.D. 2015. Biogeochemical implications of regional

biodiversity loss across coastal marine ecosystems. Ecological Monographs 85: 117:132

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Archer, S.K., Allgeier J.E., Semmens, B.X., Heppell, S.A., Pattengill-Semmens, C.V., Rosemond, A.D., Bush, P., McCoy, C.M., Johnson, C.B., and Layman, C.A., 2015. Hot moments in spawning aggregations: implications for ecosystem-scale nutrient cycling. Coral Reefs 34: 19-23

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Allgeier, J.E., Layman, C.A., Mumby, P.J., Rosemond, A.D. 2014. Consistent nutrient storage and supply

mediated by diverse fish communities in coral reef ecosystems. Global Change Biology 20: 2459-2472

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Hammerschlag-Peyer, C.M., Allgeier, J.E., Layman, C.A. 2013. Predator effects on faunal community

composition in shallow seagrass beds of The Bahamas.  Journal of Experimental Biology and Marine Ecology 446: 282-290

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Burkepile, D.E., Allgeier, J.E., Shantz, A., Pritchard, C., Lemoine, N., Bhatti, L., Layman, C.A. 2013.  Nutrient

supply from fishes facilitates macroalgae and suppresses corals in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem.  Scientific Reports 3: 1493

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Allgeier, J.E., Yeager, L.A., Layman, C.A. 2013 Consumers alter nutrient limitation regimes and enhance

primary production.  Ecology 94: 521-529.

           - see press release in Science Daily

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Layman, C.A., Allgeier, J.E., Yeager, L.A., Stoner, E.B.  2013 Thresholds of ecosystem response to nutrient

enrichment from fish aggregations.  Ecology 94: 530-536

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Layman, C.A. and Allgeier, J.E.  2012. Characterizing trophic ecology of generalist consumers: a case study on the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans in The Bahamas. Marine Ecology Progress Series 448:131-14

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Allgeier, J.E., Rosemond, A.D., Layman, C.A. 2011. Small-scale variation in nutrient limitation and seagrass

nutrient content in Bahamian mangrove wetlands. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 407: 330-336

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Yeager, L.A., Allgeier, J.E., Layman, C.A. 2011. Experimental test of how patch- and landscape-scale variables affect fish community assembly. Oecologia 167: 157-168

            - Awarded top graduate student paper 2011, Florida International University

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Allgeier, J.E., Rosemond, A.D., Layman, C.A.  2011. The frequency and magnitude of non-additive responses

to multiple nutrient enrichment. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 96-101

            - Recommended F1000 and Awarded top graduate student paper 2011, Odum School of Ecology,                          UGA

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Layman, C.A.*, Allgeier, J.E.*, Rosemond, A.R., Dahlgren, C.P., Yeager, L.  2011. Marine fishery declines

viewed from the bottom-up. Ecological Applications 21(2): 343-349 (* = joint first author);

             - Recommended F1000

             - see press release in Science Daily

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Allgeier, J.E., Mehring, A.S., Rosemond, A.D., Layman, C.A.  2010. Significant nutrient co-limitation across a

gradient of fragmentation in sub-tropical mangrove-dominated estuaries.  Limnology and Oceanography 55(66): 2660-2668

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Layman, C.A., Montaña, C.G., Allgeier, J.E.  2010. Linking community assembly and rates of water level

change in river littoral habitats. Aquatic Ecology 44: 269-273

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Layman, C.A., Quattrochi, J.P., Peyer, C.M., Allgeier, J.E.  2007.  Niche width collapse in a resilient predator

following ecosystem fragmentation.  Ecology Letters 10:937-944

 

Manuscripts in advanced stages

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Andskog, M. A. #*, C. A. Layman, and Allgeier, J. E. * Anthropogenic controls on biogeochemical hotspots in

a seagrass ecosystem. (* = joint first author)

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Technical Reports

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Layman, C.A., and Allgeier. J.E.  Scientific regional evaluation of habitat for proposed marine protected area in southern Haiti.  2012. Report for The Nature Conservancy

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Allgeier, J.E.  Temporal variation and vertical migration of zooplankton in the upper 90 meters of the pelagic zone in Lake Tanganyika. 2001. Proc. Nyanza Project Lake Tanganyika

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